T T Clark imprint: 345 books
Jesus and Brian
Exploring the Historical Jesus and his Times via Monty Python's Life of Brian
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Monty Python's Life of Brian film is known for its brilliant satirical humour. Less well known is that the film contains references to what was, at the time of its release, cutting edge biblical scholarship and Life of Jesus research. This research, founded on the acceptance of the Historical Jesus...
A History of the Hasmonean State
Josephus and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Kenneth Atkinson tells the exciting story of the nine decades of the Hasmonean rule of Judea (152 - 63 BCE) by going beyond the accounts of the Hasmoneans in Josephus in order to bring together new evidence to reconstruct how the Hasmonean family transformed their kingdom into a state that lasted...
John Duns Scotus
Introduction to His Fundamental Positions
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
Étienne Gilson's Jean Duns Scot: Introduction À Ses Positions Fondamentales is widely understood to be one of the most important works on John Duns Scotus' texts, famous for their complexity. James Colbert's translation is the first time that Gilson's work on Scotus has been put into English, with...
Social Selves and Political Reforms
Five Visions in Contemporary Christian Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2007
Christian ethicists from a wide spectrum of methods and commitments come together in arguing for some kind of social conception of the self, noticing that convergence sheds new light on the current range of theoretical options in Christian ethics. But it also opens up an important conversation about...
by Joan E. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Jesus Christ is arguably the most famous man who ever lived. His image adorns countless churches, icons, and paintings. He is the subject of millions of statues, sculptures, devotional objects and works of art. Everyone can conjure an image of Jesus: usually as a handsome, white man with flowing locks...
by Professor Steve Moyise
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
This is an ideal introduction to modern biblical studies. Readers are introduced to questions of inspiration, canon and authority. This is followed by chapters on historical approaches to the Bible, such as source, form and redaction criticism. Comparisons with other literature, such as ancient flood...
by Prof. David G. Horrell
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
This volume offers a concise and accessible introduction to 1 Peter, especially aimed at undergraduate-level students. It provides information on the likely historical and social setting of this letter, on its literary form and theological content, and on issues involved in its interpretation. In...
by Judith Wolfe
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Martin Heidegger is the 20th century theology philosopher with the greatest importance to theology. A cradle Catholic originally intended for the priesthood, Heidegger's studies in philosophy led him to turn first to Protestantism and then to an atheistic philosophical method. Nevertheless, his writings...
Purpose and Providence
Taking Soundings in Western Thought, Literature and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Do our lives have purpose? Despite the rise of secularism, we are still confronted by a sense of meaning and direction in the events of history and our own lives - something which is beyond us and not our own creation/imagination. Using the novels of Thomas Hardy and Julian Barnes, Vernon White tracks...
Ireland and the Reception of the Bible
Social and Cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Drawing on the work of leading figures in biblical, religious, historical, and cultural studies in Ireland and beyond, this volume explores the reception of the Bible in Ireland, focusing on the social and cultural dimensions of such use of the Bible. This includes the transmission of the Bible, the...
by Henry Wansbrough
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Introducing the New Testament presents the complex and often challenging texts and history of the New Testament in a clear and informative manner. The book begins with a section that gives readers a clear idea of how to use it most effectively for study and personal research, followed by a chapter...
Dynamics of Difference
Christianity and Alterity: A Festschrift for Werner G. Jeanrond
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This Festschrift in honour of Werner G. Jeanrond, currently Master of St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford, UK, investigates the challenge of alterity for Christianity, exploring and elaborating on this core concern in Jeanrond's hermeneutical theology. Blurring disciplinary boundaries, more than...
The Bible and the Qur'an
Biblical Figures in the Islamic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
The Bible and the Qur'an provides an overview of all the figures and groups who are mentioned in both the Bible and the Qur'an. Principal focus centres on the similarities and differences between the presentations of these characters in the two texts, with special emphasis placed on how they appear...
The Use and Abuse of the Bible
A Brief History of Biblical Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Written in an engaging and entertaining manner, this new book from leading Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough charts the use and abuse of scripture throughout the ages. It ranges from the evangelists' engagement with the Hebrew Scriptures to the use of the Bible in present day politics - perhaps...