Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

The Book of Revelation can be read in various ways. Where interpretation opts not to venture beyond Revelation or approach the book as a forecast of end-time events, it typically favours either going behind the text, in search of a socio-historical...

Traditional understandings of God as deliverer depict God as a mighty liberator-warrior and wrathful avenger. Juliana Claassens explores alternative Old Testament metaphors that portray God as mourner, mother, and midwife--images that resist the violence...

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The Torah Unabridged is a detailed examination of legal reasoning in the Hebrew Bible. Focusing on the exegetical operations by which biblical laws related to intermarriage were applied to circumstances and persons that lie outside the sphere of their...

What is so new about the New Testament? Senior scholar Donald Hagner tackles the issue of how distinct early Christianity was from the first-century Judaism from which it emerged. He surveys newness in the entire New Testament canon, examining the...

Death still comes to Everyman, but this study of three twentieth-century German plays shows the harder challenge of living without salvation in an age of war and unprecedented mass destruction. Death comes to everyone, and in the late-medieval...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814658970Author Jerome T. WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Michael Glazier IncPublisher Michael Glazier IncWeight(grams) 340g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780449910177Author Christina BuchmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 434gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Images of the body in ancient Near Eastern civilizations are radically different from body images today, which in turn creates significant consequences for our understanding of the biblical notion of God's human shape and the frequent and widespread...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802803887Author Matthias HenzeFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800660086Author Ronald E. ClementsFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Augsburg FortressPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805212518Author Avivah Gottlieb ZornbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm)...

New Testament scholars typically assume that the men who pervade the pages of Luke's two volumes are models of an implied "manliness." Scholars rarely question how Lukan men measure up to ancient masculine mores, even though masculinity is increasingly...

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...

Draws together the most important articles on Scripture and hermeneutics by distinguished scholar and author N. T. Wright. Interpreting Scripture brings together into one volume Wright's self-selected, key lectures, papers, and reflections on topics of...

Is the Torah true? Do the five books of Moses provide an accurate historical account of the people of ancient Israel's origins? In The Original Torah, S. David Sperling argues that, while there is no archeological evidence to support much of the...

This interdisciplinary commentary ranges from early midrashic interpretation to contemporary rewritings introducing interpretations of the only biblical book not to mention God. Unearths a wealth of neglected rewritings inspired by the story's relevance...

This book features a learned and fascinating debate between two great Bible scholars about the New Testament as a reliable source on the historical Jesus. Bart Ehrman, an agnostic New Testament scholar, debates Craig Evans, an evangelical New Testament...

Are you or someone you love desperate for a miracle? As witnessed through Scripture, the God who was and is and is to come has been performing miracles from the beginning of time-so you can trust that Jesus wants to do something miraculous in your life...

This book begins by arguing that early Greek reflection on the afterlife and immortality insisted on the importance of the physical body whereas a wealth of Jewish texts from the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism and early (Pauline) Christianity...

"This enormously useful volume presents a 'world' of information and theoretical perspectives that have become indispensable for contextual exegesis of Luke-Acts. The authors of this fascinating and well-planned book are seasoned and trustworthy guides...

In From Metaphysics to Midrash, Shaul Magid explores the exegetical tradition of Isaac Luria and his followers within the historical context in 16th-century Safed, a unique community that brought practitioners of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam into...

In this 10-week Bible study for women, Lydia Brownback explores the themes of Colossians, exalting Christ as the ruler of everything and helping readers put him at the center of their own lives. About the AuthorLydia Brownback (MAR, Westminster...

This compact, one-semester introduction to the Bible prepares students to begin reading the biblical text as Christian Scripture, focusing on the meaning of Scripture for the church. The editors and contributors--experienced teachers with expertise in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800634216Author Brian K. BlountFormat HardbackPage Count 586Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626983113Author Steve HeinrichsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802867353Author Ronald J. AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802822260Author David D. BurrFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing Co

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Lambda Literary Awards (Spirituality) 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780829815351Author Theodore W Jr JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Pilgrim...

Joseph of Arimathea: A Study in Reception History examines the extensive and convoluted afterlives of a minor biblical character who nevertheless plays a major role in three pivotal scenes in the passion of Jesus Christ as presented by the four canonical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610976633Author Walter E PilgrimFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

In 1951 the Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston left grey, post-war London for Greece. Settling first on the tiny island of Kalymnos, then Hydra, their plan was to live simply and focus on their writing, away from the noise of the big...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780834135635Author Laurie J BraatenFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Beacon Hill Press of Kansas CityPublisher Beacon Hill Press of Kansas...

Keith Ward introduces this volume on the world's greatest ever bestseller by suggesting that the Bible is neither a book dictated by God, as some believe, nor just a set of out-dated taboos and politically slanted histories, as those at the opposite...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426772498Author Bruce M MetzgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon PressWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

The Biblical Qumran Scrolls paperback edition presents in three volumes all the Hebrew biblical manuscripts recovered from the eleven caves at Qumran. It provides a transcription of each identifiable fragment in consecutive biblical order together with...