Hermeneutics list 33

The Pericope of the Adulteress in Contemporary Research

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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016

The contributors to this volume (J.D. Punch, Jennifer Knust, Tommy Wasserman, Chris Keith, Maurice Robinson, and Larry Hurtado) re-examine the Pericope Adulterae (John 7.53-8.11) asking afresh the question of the paragraph's authenticity. Each contributor not only presents the reader with arguments...

Eastward in Eden

by Jack Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017

The story of Adam and Eve is a parable, presented in much the same fashion as those which Jesus taught throughout His ministry. This being the case, this study addresses many of the facets of this parabolic presentation which reveals the precious truth of God’s kingdom in the earth. Through symbols...

Trace the Themes, eBook

A Topical Bible Study Guide Through Six Major Themes

by Spence Shelton
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018

Study Six Major Bible Themes with Free Companion Videos Dozens of major themes run throughout the Bible, each one pointing to Jesus in its own unique way. Discover the intriguing story contained within six of these themes as you watch them unfold from Genesis to Revelation. Trace the...

As It Is Written

Ancient Torah Lessons for the Modern-day Believer

by Christina Oakes
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013

The ancient writings of Scripture are overflowing with modern-day lessons. If we heed what they have to tell us, we will find ageless wisdom and timeless truths. Come explore their depths and find hidden treasure. In As It Is Written, Christina oakes challenges the notion that the first five books of...

Lift Up Your Heads

Nonverbal Communication and Related Body Imagery in the Bible

by John A. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018

We are increasingly conscious of the significance of our body language in our everyday interactions. The writers of the Bible were also aware of the role this nonverbal form of communication played and have recorded aspects of this in their narratives, or used idioms based on such gestures as head...

You Can Understand the Bible

by Dr. Bob Utley
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018

Can we know truth? Where is it found? Can we logically verify it? Is there an ultimate authority? Are there absolutes which can guide our lives, our world? Is there meaning to life? Why are we here? Where are we going? These questions—questions that all rational people contemplate—have haunted...

Cultural Engagement

A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues

by Karen Swallow Prior, Joshua Chatraw
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019

How should Christians approach important contemporary issues like war, race, creation care, gender, and politics? Christians in every culture are confronted with social trends and moral questions that can be difficult to navigate. But, the Bible often doesn't speak directly to such issues....

The Eagle Returns

A Fresh Look at the Gospel of John

by C. Paul Burnham
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

The Gospel of John was long assumed to be the work of an eyewitness, usually identified as John, son of Zebedee. More recently, many have judged it the unhistorical product of a "Johannine community." Reconsideration by Richard Bauckham has suggested that the author was a Jerusalem disciple...

L'amour réciproque

Textes choisis et présentés par Florence Gillet

by Chiara Lubich
Language: French
Release Date: February 15, 2018

« Aimez-vous les uns les autres » : Chiara Lubich explore le fondement philosophique du commandement de l'Évangile. La redécouverte du commandement nouveau de Jésus « Aimez-vous les uns les autres comme je vous ai aimés » (Jn 13,34 ;15,12) faite par Chiara Lubich au cours des années...

Specchi, lampade e finestre

Introduzione all'ermeneutica biblica

by Jean-Louis Ska
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 30, 2014

Vi sono molti modi diversi per classificare l'immensa gamma dei metodi letterari, ma le immagini ricorrenti dello specchio, della lampada e della finestra aiutano a definire tre direzioni principali dell'ermeneutica dall'antichità a oggi. Il volume si propone di fornire una «tavola di orientamento»,...

The Dream: Through the Eyes of Sowing and Reaping

by Jack Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015

The dream of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel, Chapter 2, has long been a challenge to our understanding. This study utilizes a unique approach through the spiritual meaning of numbers and the symbols found in Nebuchadnezzar's dream to present an understanding of the principle of sowing and reaping as...

Emmanuel (part 1)

by Ken Chant
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014

This is the first part of a two part series on "Christology" - or the study of Christ. The subject is presented in two parts, a study of Jesus as a man, which is this study, and a study of Jesus as God, and for no other reason than an attempt to make this study a little easier to grasp... "The...

Treasures From Paul: Corinthians

by Ken Chant
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015

The city of Corinth in southern Greece was founded by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. as a Roman colony, upon the ruins of an ancient town. Within 100 years it had grown to a great cosmopolitan seaport, and eventually attained a population of possibly 500,000 inhabitants, many thousands of whom were slaves.The...

The Cross and the Crown

by Ken Chant
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014

Having the peculiar benefit of living in a house placed between two tennis courts, Blaise Pascal was able to write -"Let no one maintain that I have said nothing new; my arrangement of the material is new. In a game of tennis we both play with the same ball, but one of us uses it to better...