Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU (One of the Most Influential Books on Nonviolent Resistance, Christianity & Inner Fate)
What It Means To Be A True Christian At Heart – Crucial Book for Understanding Tolstoyan, Nonviolent Resistance and Christian Anarchist Movements
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
This carefully crafted ebook: “THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU (One of the Most Influential Books on Nonviolent Resistance, Christianity & Inner Fate)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis,...
Handbook for Biblical Interpretation
An Essential Guide to Methods, Terms, and Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to methods, terms, and concepts used by biblical interpreters. It offers students and non-specialists an accessible resource for understanding the complex vocabulary that accompanies serious biblical studies. Articles, arranged alphabetically, explain terminology...
Stories with Intent
A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Winner of the 2009 Christianity Today Award for Biblical Studies, Stories with Intent offers pastors and students a comprehensive and accessible guide to Jesus' parables. Klyne Snodgrass explores in vivid detail the historical context in which these stories were told, the part they played in Jesus'...
INTERPRETING THE BIBLE
Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
John 8:31-32 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word , you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free .”
Delving into the...
Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics
A Comprehensive Framework for Hearing God in Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Renowned scholar Craig Bartholomew, coauthor of the bestselling textbook The Drama of Scripture (75,000 copies sold), writes in his main area of expertise--hermeneutics--to help seminarians pursue a lifetime of biblical interpretation. Integrating the latest research in theology, philosophy, and biblical...
The Ladder of Jacob
Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and His Children
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
Rife with incest, adultery, rape, and murder, the biblical story of Jacob and his children must have troubled ancient readers. By any standard, this was a family with problems. Jacob's oldest son Reuben is said to have slept with his father's concubine Bilhah. The next two sons, Simeon and Levi, tricked...
An Introduction to the New Testament
The Abridged Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Since its publication in 1997, Raymond Brown’s Introduction to the New Testament has been widely embraced by modern readers seeking to understand the Christian Bible. Acknowledged as a paragon of New Testament studies in his lifetime, Brown was a gifted communicator who wrote with ease and clarity.
Abridged...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU
One of the Most Influential Works on Nonviolent Resistance & Inner Fate – Crucial Book for Understanding Tolstoyan, Nonviolent Resistance and Christian Anarchist Movements
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become...
by Dr. Bob Lockhart
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
One of the difficulties that many people have with this last book of the Bible lies in the fact that they do not begin with the text itself but with a particular scheme of interpretation. Then they try to superimpose that scheme of interpretation on the the text of Revelation. The author has made...
by Grant R. Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
The Book of Revelation contains some of the most difficult passages in Scripture. Grant Osborne's commentary on Revelation begins with a thorough introduction and the many difficulties involved in its interpretation. He also examines elements that complicate the interpretation of apocalyptic literature.
As...
Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship
How the Bible Shapes Our Interpretive Habits and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A Fresh Approach to the Art of Biblical Interpretation
This book offers a fresh approach to the art of biblical interpretation, focusing on the ways Scripture itself forms its readers as wise and faithful interpreters. David Starling shows that apprenticing ourselves to the interpretive practices...
Studying Paul's Letters
Contemporary Perspectives and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Joseph A. Marchal leads a group of scholars who are also experienced teachers in courses on Paul. More than a series of “how-to” essays in interpretation, each chapter in this volume shows how differences in starting point and interpretive decisions shape different ways of understanding Paul....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Many introductions to biblical studies describe critical approaches, but they do not discuss the theological implications. This timely resource discusses the relationship between historical criticism and Christian theology to encourage evangelical engagement with historical-critical scholarship. Charting...
Kingdom of God as Liturgical Empire, The
A Theological Commentary on 1-2 Chronicles
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Bestselling author and theologian Scott Hahn views the author of Chronicles as the first biblical theologian. Chronicles offers the first attempt to understand and interpret the entire sweep of Old Testament history from the creation of the world to the Israelites' return from exile.
This commentary...