Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
Faith in a Hidden God
Luther, Kierkegaard, and the Binding of Isaac
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The story of the binding of Isaac presents problems and opportunities for people who seek to live faithfully in relationship with a God who surpasses our understanding. This book examines how Luther and Kierkegaard read Genesis 22 in lively ways that both challenge and edify the life of faith. Luther...
by Kenneth B. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
Revelation - God's Word Revealed is the title of this book. Revelation is variously defined as: "an uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been previously wholly hidden or only obscurely seen. God has been pleased in various ways and at different times (Heb. 1:1) to make a supernatural...
Behold the Man
Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2008
In this book, Colleen Conway looks at the construction of masculinity in New Testament depictions of Jesus. She argues that the New Testament writers necessarily engaged the predominant gender ideology of the Roman Empire, whether consciously or unconsciously. Although the notion of what constituted...
by John Calvin
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical interpretation. All who take delight...
In Tongues of Mortals and Angels
A Deconstructive Theology of God-Talk in Acts and Corinthians
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Through close textual engagement, theological exposition, ethical reflection, and interdisciplinary collaboration, this book presents a constructive theology of divine speech in the Acts of the Apostles and 1 Corinthians in critical conversation with contemporary issues of sociopolitical, ecclesial,...
by Jerome T. Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
The pages of the Hebrew Bible are filled with stories - short and long, funny and sad, histories, fables, and morality tales. The ancient narrators used a variety of stylistic devices to structure, to connect, and to separate their tales - and thus to establish contexts within which meaning comes...
The Birth of the Trinity
Jesus, God, and Spirit in New Testament and Early Christian Interpretations of the Old Testament
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
How and when did Jesus and the Spirit come to be regarded as fully God? The Birth of the Trinity offers a new historical approach by exploring the way in which first- and second-century Christians read the Old Testament in order to differentiate the one God as multiple persons. The earliest Christians...
Jesus Research
The Gospel of John in Historical Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Most experts who seek to understand the historical Jesus focus only on the Synoptic Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke. However, the contributors of this volume come to an important consensus: that the Gospel of John preserves traditions that are independent of the Synoptics, and which are often as...
The Hermeneutics of the Biblical Writers
Learning to Interpret Scripture from the Prophets and Apostles
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2019
A method of interpretation--a hermeneutic--is indispensable for understanding Scripture, constructing theology, and living the Christian life, but most contemporary hermeneutical systems fail to acknowledge the principles and practices of the biblical writers themselves.
Christians today cannot...
Encountering the Living God in Scripture
Theological and Philosophical Principles for Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
This work gives a philosophical and theological account of the belief that Scripture enables people to encounter the life-giving reality of God. The authors examine the biblical foundations for this belief as given in a variety of witnesses from both Testaments and explain the philosophical and theological...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
This Oxford Handbook is a serious resource for the study of the literature of the Writings (Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Esther, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Daniel) of the Hebrew Bible, including its context and its scriptural/canonical shape and reception....
The Pentateuch
Introducing the Torah
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The Pentateuch is the heart of the Hebrew Bible and the foundational document of Judaism. It is also the focus of tremendous scholarly exploration and debate today regarding the complex history of its composition. This history will be explored along with analysis of the historical background and ancient...
by Tricia Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
The purpose of this book is to demonstrate the relevance of the biblical book of Esther to historic and current anti-Semitism, as well as anti-Judaism in the Church. The essential argument is that despite the fact that the Hebrew version of Esther is the most relevant book in the Hebrew Bible for...
by J Todd Ferrier
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The Logia or Sayings of The Master show a way of life that is completely pure, imbued with compassion for all creation and full of the healing power of Divine Love. They remove the veils of literal and personal interpretation and show, among many other things, that the terms Jesus Christ and Lord were...