Joel Green: 19 books
Body, Soul, and Human Life (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
The Nature of Humanity in the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Are humans composed of a material body and an immaterial soul? This view is commonly held by Christians, yet it has been undermined by recent developments in neuroscience. Exploring what Scripture and theology teach about issues such as being in the divine image, the importance of community, sin,...
by Michael Joel Green and Vickie Kirk
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Twelve-year-old Daniel Braden usually enjoys a good mystery—that is, if it’s one he can read in a book, or watch on television. He's not fond of those that drop without warning into his real life. However, after a series of bizarre events, he discovers a mysterious stone in a most unusual...
The Character of Christian Scripture (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
The Significance of a Two-Testament Bible
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The early church received the Scriptures of Israel as Christian Scriptures and did not change them. The older testament was received as a witness to God, and when a newer testament emerged, the older was not dismissed, harmonized, or edited. Rather, the church moved forward with a two-testament witness.
Christopher...
Prophecy and Hermeneutics (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
A fresh wave of studies on the prophets has appeared in recent years. Old Testament scholar Christopher R. Seitz has written Prophecy and Hermeneutics as a way of revisiting, from the ground floor up, what gave rise to studies of the prophets in our modern period. In addition, Seitz clearly shows...
Psalms as Torah (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Reading Biblical Song Ethically
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The Psalms are the most-read part of the Old Testament, but their importance for ethics has often been overlooked. However, the Psalms offer some of the most potent ethical instruction in the Bible. In this book internationally renowned Old Testament scholar Gordon Wenham examines the source of the...
Seeing the Word (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Refocusing New Testament Study
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
At a time of deep disagreements about the nature and purpose of academic biblical studies, Markus Bockmuehl advocates the recovery of a plural but common conversation on the subject of what the New Testament is about.
Seeing the Word begins with an assessment of current New Testament studies,...
The Virtuous Reader (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Old Testament Narrative and Interpretive Virtue
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Biblical interpretation expert Richard S. Briggs presents a rich and thought-provoking portrait, or series of portraits, of the kind of character most needed to be a good reader of the Old Testament. He highlights the moral character or virtues most appropriate to the varied tasks of reading the Old...
by Joel B. Green
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
John Wesley boasted that he was a “man of one book,” but he was also a thoughtful student throughout his life and an author of many books. As breath gives life, John Wesley inhaled and exhaled the words of Scripture, shaping his thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and behavior. And like our eighteenth-century...
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Contents
THE PROPHETIC PICTURES
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
By Washington Irving
THE GOLD-BUG
By Edgar Allan Poe
CORPORAL FLINT'S MURDER (From "The Oak Openings")
By J. Fenimore Cooper
UNCLE JIM...
Practicing Theological Interpretation (Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic)
Engaging Biblical Texts for Faith and Formation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Much is written about the theory of theological interpretation, but how does it apply to actually working with biblical texts? This volume shows that theological interpretation is not so much an exegetical method as it is a practice concerned with Scripture's role in the faith and formation of persons...
Seized by Truth
Reading the Bible as Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
We read the Bible and interpret Scripture in order to live in grace-filled relation to God's divine purpose.
When we approach the Bible as Scripture author, Joel Green, takes seriously the faith statement that the Bible is our Book; these scriptures are our Scripture. We are not reading someone...
Conversion in Luke-Acts
Divine Action, Human Cognition, and the People of God
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Repentance and conversion are key topics in New Testament interpretation and in Christian life. However, the study of conversion in early Christianity has been plagued by psychological assumptions alien to the world of the New Testament. Leading New Testament scholar Joel Green believes that careful...
by Joel B. Green
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Salvation is the bedrock of our faith and the touchstone for faithful living. It is the good news of God drawing near to us as individuals but also as communities of faith. This book helps us understand that when we say "Jesus saves," we stand on scripture that proclaims a God who, through...
Recovering the Scandal of the Cross
Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
For the first-century Roman world the cross was first and foremost an instrument of shameful and violent execution. But early Christians, who had seen their world upended by the atoning power of the cross of Christ, came to view it in an entirely different light. Deeply scandalous, it was paradoxically...
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