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The Vine and the Son of Man
Eschatological Interpretation of Psalm 80 in Early Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, scholars have traced out the rich and complex traditions of biblical interpretation in Second Temple Judaism. Little attention has been given to date to Psalm 80, however. Andrew Streett demonstrates that the Psalm, which combines the story of Israel as...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Here an international team of scholars, draws out the implications of the newest scholarship on the nature of apocalypticism for the variety of New Testament writings. Each entry presses the boundaries of current discussion regarding the nature of apocalypticism in application to a particular New...
Election of the Lesser Son
Paul's Lament-Midrash in Romans 9-11
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
God chooses Israel (salvation “first to the Jew and then the gentile”), but without showing favoritism? Paul genuinely grieves for Israel as one speaking “in” Christ, yet prays to be cursed, cut off from Christ? Romans 9–11 remains one of the most difficult and contested biblical texts in...
by Jordan J. Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
No one disputes today that Jesus must be understood as a participant in the currents of Second Temple Judaism. However, his relation to the institution of the synagogue has received much less attention despite the clear depiction in all four Gospels of the synagogue as the site of his activity and...
The Gospel on the Margins
The Reception of Mark in the Second Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Scholars of the Gospel of Mark usually discuss the merits of patristic references to the Gospel’s origin and Mark’s identity as the “interpreter” of Peter. But while the question of the Gospel’s historical origins draws attention, no one has asked why, despite virtually unanimous patristic...
Resurrection as Anti-Imperial Gospel
1 Thessalonians 1:9b-10 in Context
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Presuming that the heart of Paul’s gospel announcement was the news that God had raised Jesus from the dead (as indicated in 1 Thessalonians 1:9b-10), Pillar explores the evidence in Paul’s letter and in aspects of the Roman imperial culture in Thessalonica in order to imagine what that proclamation...
Psalms Old and New
Exegesis, Intertextuality, and Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Reading the Book of Psalms in its original context is the crucial prerequisite for reading its citation and use in later interpretation, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III. Here he offers pastors, teachers, and students an accessible commentary to the Psalms, as well...
Torah Old and New
Exegesis, Intertextuality, and Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Reading the books of the Law, the Pentateuch, in their original context is the crucial prerequisite for reading their citation and use in later interpretation, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III. Here, he offers pastors, teachers, and students an accessible commentary...
1 Corinthians
An Exegetical and Contextual Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
The India Commentary on the New Testament (ICNT) series aims to give a well-informed exposition of the meaning of the text and relevant reflections in everyday language from a contemporary Indian context. The intended audience is the theological seminary or bible college, both students and faculty....
Jesus and Temple
Textual and Archaeological Explorations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The New Testament provides abundant evidence that Jesus frequented the temple; according to Acts, so did his followers after his death. But the Gospels also depict Jesus in conflict with temple authorities, and questions about his attitude to the temple swirl around what the Gospels label false accusations...
The Authors of the Deuteronomistic History
Locating a Tradition in Ancient Israel
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Peterson engages one of the most enduring controversies in current critical scholarship on the Hebrew Bible, the identities and provenances of the authors of the various “editions” of the Deuteronomistic History. Critically reviewing the presuppositions of scholars reaching back to Martin Noth,...
by James Barker
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
The Gospel of John’s relationship to the Synoptic Gospels is a perennial question. For centuries, the Gospel of Matthew has been considered the least likely of possible written sources of the Fourth Gospel. In an ambitious reappraisal, James Barker demonstrates John’s use of the redacted Gospel...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Decades ago, Werner G. Kummel described the historical problem of Romans as its “double character”: concerned with issues of Torah and the destiny of Israel, the letter is explicitly addressed not to Jews but to Gentiles. At stake in the numerous answers given to that question is nothing less...
Soundings in Kings
Perspectives And Methods In Contemporary Scholarship
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
In Soundings in Kings, international scholars examin 1 and 2 Kings as an independent work, identifying new methods and models for envisioning the social location of the authors (or redactors) of Kings, the nature of the intended audience or audiences, and the political and rhetorical implications...