The Texts @ Contexts series gathers scholarly voices from diverse contexts and social locations to bring new or unfamiliar facets of biblical texts to light. In 1 and 2 Corinthians, scholars from a variety of cultural and social locations shed new light on themes and dynamics in Pauls most intriguing letters to a complex church. Subjects include ......
Many of us would like to study the Bible, but don't know how to begin. A Beginner's Guide to Studying the Bible offers help in getting started with a book or smaller section of Scripture. The author provides help in using "tools" for Bible study such as commentaries, concordances, and atlases; shows how to get the whole picture about a particular ......
Before starting to read one of the 66 books in the Bible, it is helpful to have an overview of the book. A Beginner's Guide to the Books of the Bible provides accurate, concise, and easy-to-understand introductions to each of the 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament. Each description discusses the book's purpose, ......
Callahan suggests that scholars have wrongly placedthe sequence and therefore the importance of the workscollectively known as the Johannine tradition - the Gospel ofJohn and the Johannine Epistles. His proposal includesliterary, theological, and historical analysis as he argues forthe reevaluation of a significant part of the biblical canon.
A Marxist Interpretation of Church Leadership: Romans 13:1-7 is a study of Romans 13: 1-7 from a Marxist perspective. If too much emphasis is given to obedience, then this may provide the fundament for capitalism ruling with a focus on profit before people.
A Phenomenological Reading of Hosea 12.4-5 and 11.1-2: Commune with Us explores two passages from the Hebrew Bible's prophetic book containing puzzling plurals in the original language, pieces so enigmatic they are usually changed entirely in translation. Andrew Oberg, however, considers them delightfully confusing, and through in-depth ......
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.
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.
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.
