Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
I Kings
Torn in Two
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The Book of Kings narrates the vivid and turbulent history of Israel and its monarchs. In I Kings: Torn in Two, master educator Alex Israel uncovers the messages hidden between the lines of the biblical text and draws rich and indelible portraits of its great personalities. Revealing a narrative of...
Kingdom of Priests
A History of Old Testament Israel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
From the origins and exodus to the restoration and new hope, Kingdom of Priests offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of Old Testament Israel. Merrill explores the history of ancient Israel not only from Old Testament texts but also from the literary and archeological sources of the ancient...
by Ian D. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Kingship and Memory in Ancient Judah addresses the question of how a postmonarchic society would remember and imagine its monarchy, and kingship in general, as part of its past, present, and future. How did Judeans of the early Second Temple period conceive of the monarchy? By way of a thorough analysis...
Which Bible Would Jesus Use?
The Bible Version Controversy Explained and Resolved
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2015
Are you sick of hearing the same old insincere questions like, “Tell me, which edition of the KJV is the Bible?” or “Where was the Bible before 1611?”
You’ll find the best answers to these questions and more in Which Bible Would Jesus Use? Now you can go on the offensive by asking...
by Michael B. Shepherd
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Analysis of inner-biblical exegesis ordinarily involves examination of the intertextual relationship between two texts within the biblical corpus. But in many cases there is an often overlooked intertext that serves as a bridge between the two texts. Such an intermediary text reads the primary text...
by John C. Peckham
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
The Concept of Divine Love in the Context of the God-World Relationship addresses the significant and far-reaching theological conflict over the nature of God’s love, which is deeply rooted in broader conflicts regarding divine ontology and the nature of the God-world relationship. After engaging...
by John Howard Yoder, Michael G Cartwright, Peter Ochs
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Between 1971 and 1996 the late John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) wrote a series of ten essays revisiting the Jewish-Christian schism in which he argued that, properly understood, Jesus did not reject Judaism, Judaism did not reject Jesus, and the Apostle Paul's universal mandate for the salvation of the...
Not God's People
Insiders and Outsiders in the Biblical World
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2008
In the Bible, there is a drama of defining who are truly God's people—and who are not. Using an array of biblical texts from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Not God's People explores how ancient Jews and Christians created their own identity in relation to others. The book analyzes...
The Particulars of Rapture
Reflections on Exodos
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Avivah Zornberg grew up in a world of rabbinic tradition and scholarship and received a Ph.D. in English literature from Cambridge University. The Particulars of Rapture, the sequel to her award-winning study of the Book of Genesis, takes its title from a line by the American poet Wallace Stevens...
God's Divorce
Understanding New Testament Divorce and Remarriage Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
In this simple yet profound study, Colin Hamer shows the reader that the Bible is the dramatic story of two marriages and two divorces. God's relationship with humanity from the Garden of Eden to the end of time mirrors a marriage relationship, and the gospel is an offer by the Bridegroom Messiah...
by Yahweh's Restoration Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Each of the horsemen symbols in the seals of Revelation represents a key aspect in the coming three-and-a-half year tribulation that will destroy most of humanity. Learn now how you can be saved.
The Greatest of These
Addresses on the Thirteenth Chapter of First Corinthians
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2017
I have only the usual reason—or excuse—for publishing these sermons, many of my own people who heard them preached wished to possess them in more permanent form. They were preached in the course of my regular ministry, and they are printed exactly as they were preached. I am indebted to many writers...
Does the New Testament Imitate Homer?
Four Cases from the Acts of the Apostles
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In this provocative challenge to prevailing views of New Testament sources, Dennis R. MacDonald argues that the origins of passages in the book of Acts are to be found not in early Christian legends but in the epics of Homer. MacDonald focuses on four passages in the book of Acts, examines their potential...
by James H. Charlesworth
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
In a perplexing passage from the Gospel of John, Jesus is likened to the most reviled creature in Christian symbology: the snake. Attempting to understand how the Fourth Evangelist could have made such a surprising analogy, James H. Charlesworth has spent nearly a decade combing through the vast array...