Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
THE READING CULTURE OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
The Production, Publication, Circulation, and Use of Books in the Early Christian Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2019
THE READING CULTURE OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY provides the reader with the production process of the New Testament books, the publication process, how they were circulated, and to what extent they were used in the early Christian church. It examines the making of the New Testament books, the New Testament...
UNDERSTANDING THE CREATION ACCOUNT
Basic Bible Doctrines of the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Throughout the Scriptures, God is identified as the Creator. He is the One “who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it.” (Isa 45:18) He is the One “who forms mountains and creates the wind” (Am 4:13) and is the One “who made the heaven and...
by Edward D. Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
It is a daunting task for the new Bible student to walk into a store for the purpose of purchasing a Bible. Immediately, he is met with shelves upon shelves of more than 100 different English translation choices: AMP, AT, ASV, BLE, CEB, CEV, ERV, ESV, HCSB, IB, ISV, JB, KJ21, LB, MLB, NAB, NASB,...
by Edward D. Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2012
It is a daunting task for the new Bible student to walk into a store for the purpose of purchasing a Bible. Immediately, he is met with shelves upon shelves of more than 100 different English translation choices: AMP, AT, ASV, BLE, CEB, CEV, ERV, ESV, HCSB, IB, ISV, JB, KJ21, LB, MLB, NAB, NASB,...
Making Sense of Old Testament Genocide
Christian Interpretations of Herem Passages
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
The divine commands to annihilate the seven nations living in Canaan (to 'devote them to destruction', herem in Biblical Hebrew) are perhaps the most morally troubling texts of the Hebrew and Christian bibles. Making Sense of Old Testament Genocide: Christian Interpretations of Herem Passages addreses...
When “The” Church Rides the Beast
Unfolding a Rome-Centered Mystery! (Revelation Chapters 17, 13 and 18:1-8)
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
When The Church Rides the Beast Unfolding a Rome Centered Mystery! With impassioned words Paul said, Let no man deceive you, That day [second coming] shall not come, exceptthat man of sin be revealed (1 Thessalonians 2:3)! It is now the time to unmincingly affirm that the antichrist is personified...
In the Name of Jesus
Exorcism among Early Christians
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
To many in the church in the West, exorcism seems like the stuff of movies. It requires acceptance of the premise that evil spirits exist and can invade, control, and impair the health of an individual and that the individual can, in turn, be cured through someone forcing the evil spirits to leave....
Worship the First-Century Way
Wandering Soul, Entitled Heart, & the Side-Tracked Churc h, #2
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
If you would like to worship as the apostles did, this book is for you. Their worship was dynamic in its simplicity.
Do you take for granted that the founders of major Christian denominations would approve of the way your denomination worships today? Find numerous quotes from them at the beginning...
by Bernard Alpert, Fran Alpert
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
In the 6th century BCE, Jerusalem and Judea were destroyed by the Babylonians. This traumatic event created the need to construct and articulate a comprehensive past that would give meaningful context to the identity of the Israelites. New modes of communal organization and worship during this period...
A Peaceable Hope
Contesting Violent Eschatology in New Testament Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
In the New Testament texts, there is significant tension between Jesus's nonviolent mission and message and the apparent violence attributed to God and God's agents at the anticipated end. David Neville challenges the ready association between New Testament eschatology and retributive vengeance on...
by Robert Alan King
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2016
Commentary on the Pericope of Romans 1:19-25 by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 4,500 words. In this study, King examines and discusses Romans 1:19-25, a pericope that provides us with an amazing insight into what happened after the Fall in the relationship between humanity and God. He explores...
Just the Bible: On Christmas
Just the Bible, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
For many, Christmas is the Christian festival of the year. It is a time to reflect on the birth of our Lord and Saviour, to put aside differences we may have with others, and get into the spirit of giving.
It is also a time for families. Parents delight at watching their children open their...
Tempest & Exodus
The biblical Exodus was the Hyksos Exodus
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
The biblical Exodus was the Hyksos Exodus.
The Tempest Stele of Pharaoh Ahmose I contains a quotation from the biblical account of the plagues, and the construction of the Tabernacle. This again demonstrates that the Israelite leaders were the Hyksos pharaohs of Lower Egypt, and so the biblical...
by Joseph M. Spencer
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
In The Vision of All, Joseph Spencer draws on the best of biblical and Latter-day Saint scholarship to make sense of the so-called “Isaiah chapters” in the first two books of the Book of Mormon. Arguing that Isaiah lies at the very heart of Nephi’s project, Spencer insists on demystifying the...