Third wave womanism is a new movement within religious studies with deep roots in the tradition of womanist religious thoughtwhile also departing from it in key ways.After a helpful and orienting introduction, this volume gathers essays from established and emerging scholars whose work is among the most lively and innovative scholarship today.The ......
From God's surprising call to Abraham to leave home and family to God's enigmatic commands that he evict one son and sacrifice another, Genesis 12-25 is one of the most dramatic stories of the Old Testament. In an inviting style that showcases his literary discernment, theological sophistication, and passion for the biblical text, Terence E. ......
The U.S. Declaration of Independence of 1776 decreed that all men were created equal and were endowed by their Creator with "certain unalienable Rights." Yet, U.S.-born free and enslaved Black people were not recognized as citizens with "equal protections under the law" until the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. Even then, White supremacists ......
Although character has been the subject of focused literary-critical study of the New Testament (and a point of connection with "character ethics") since the 1970s, the author observes that there is still no consensus regarding how characterization should be understood in contemporary literary theory or in biblical studies.
A Synoptic Christology of Lament explores the Christological implications of the way the Evangelists portray Jesus as someone who both answered cries of distress and uttered them. They take up the language of lament from Israel's Scriptures to accomplish this biographical aim.
Without presuming either prior knowledge of the Bible or a particular attitude toward it, the author uses straightforward language to lead the reader on an exploration of the Bible's contents and the history of its writings, showing how critical methods help readers understand what they find in the Bible.
John J. Collins's A Short Introduction to the Hebrew Bible has become a popular option for college and seminary classrooms. The third edition is presented in a new and engaging format with new maps and images. An index has been added to the volume for the first time.
Combined with student-friendly features, including charts, maps, photographs, chapter summaries, illuminating vignettes, and bibliographies for further reading, this second edition has been carefully revised to take the scholarly developments into account. A dedicated website includes test banks and classroom resources for the busy instructor.
Hagar and Ishmael are portrayed as: dispossessed, yet protected; abandoned, yet given promises that rival those of the covenant with Abraham. John T. Noble carefully examines their roles and depictions in Genesis and concludes that Ishmael is a key figure whose ambiguous status requires a rethinking of the goals and values of the Priestly work.
