Creation in Jewish and Christian Tradition
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- Editors: Henning Graf Reventlow, Yair Hoffman
- Hardcover: 356 pages
- Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press (June 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1841271624
- ISBN-13: 978-1841271620
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Jewish and Christian perspectives on creation in the Bible, with contemporary theological, philosophical and political issues raised by the biblical-Jewish-Christian concepts of creation. This is the fifth volume produced by the Bochum-Tel Aviv seminar that explores various biblical and related themes from Jewish and Christian perspectives. Fourteen papers explore the notion of creation in the Bible and in Jewish and Christian theology. The very wide range of perspectives on creation include the Genesis accounts (Polak, Hoffman, Greenstein), creation in the Deuteronomistic History (Thiel), in Deutero-Isaiah (Polliack), Paul (Nebe) and Revelation (Toenges), with a review of creation in biblical theology by Reventlow. Ancient Egyptian concepts (Hasenfratz) and Israelite religion (Gruenwald) and the Qumran literature (Nitzan) are also covered. A final group of essays considers the ‘unsolved problem’ or Providence in creation (Link), the dialogue between theology and natural sciences (Grab) and the concept of creation in the World Council of Churches’ initiative on Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation.
The Minor Prophets in the New Testament
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- Editors: Maarten J.J. Menken, Steve Moyise
- Publisher: T & T Clark International
- Number Of Pages: 179
- Publication Date: 2009-11-15
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0567033058
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780567033055
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This title gives readers an overview of the status, role and function of the “Minor Prophets” in the first century. “The Minor Prophets in the New Testament” brings together a set of specially commissioned studies by authors who are experts in the field. After an introductory chapter on the use of the “Minor Prophets” in the second temple literature, each of the New Testament books that contain quotations from the “Minor Prophets” are discussed: “Mark”, “Matthew”, “Luke-Acts”, “John”, “Paul”, “Hebrews”, “James”, “1 and 2 Peter”, and “Revelation”. Readers are given an overview of the status, role and function of the “Minor Prophets” in the first century. The text considers the Greek and Hebrew manuscript traditions and offers insights into the various hermeneutical stances of the New Testament authors and the development of New Testament theology. Formerly the “Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement”, a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. “The Early Christianity in Context” series, a part of “JSNTS”, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. European Seminar on Christian Origins and “Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement” are also part of “JSNTS”.
Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing?
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- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Zondervan; First Edition edition (September 1, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0310252172
- ISBN-13: 978-0310252177
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Philip Yancey believes we are missing the supernatural hidden in everyday life. In this 2004 Christianity Today Book Award of Merit winner he investigates the natural world and discovers the supernatural hiding in plain view. Nature and super nature are not two separate worlds, but different expressions of the same reality. To encounter the world as a whole, we need a more supernatural awareness of the natural world. He promises that the grace-filled result will be a life of beauty, purpose, freedom, and faith.
The Oxford Bible Commentary
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- Author: John Barton, John Muddiman
- Hardcover: 1416 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 6, 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0198755007
- ISBN-13: 978-0198755005
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The Bible stands in a category of its own among the world’s literature. How you view the Bible, however, depends on what spectacles you are wearing. Like statistics, the Bible can be used to prove almost anything. As a result Bible commentaries are notorious for giving the author’s particular angle on the Bible as if it is the only viewpoint. In the case of The Oxford Bible Commentary the angle is “objectively academic.” John Muddiman and John Barton are the pair of Oxford dons who have put together the latest weighty book of Biblical scholarship. Happily, they are aware of the limitations of academic comment and don’t pretend the book is more than it is. Contributing scholars are mostly British and American and most of them come from a mainstream Protestant background. The articles are therefore polished, precise, and professionally pedantic. No one can fault the meticulous scholarship and wealth of detailed content. That’s just what you want from a hefty Bible commentary. On the other hand, what struck me from dipping into this tome is how slippery Biblical scholarship has become. At the turn of the last century Biblical criticism shot fundamentalism full of holes, but the new generation of scholars have now shot the certainties of old fashioned Biblical criticism full of holes. As a result the articles exhibit an odd mix of solid content with honest supposition, guesswork, and shoulder shrugging. This actually makes the book better. It’s refreshing to read academics who admit their uncertainties. Their honesty allows some questions to remain open-ended, and that’s exciting for any serious Biblical student.
The Old Testament World
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- Author: Philip R. Davies, John Rogerson
- Paperback: 250 pages
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 2 edition (January 1, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0664230253
- ISBN-13: 978-0664230258
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Written by two leading Old Testament scholars and widely used throughout the world, Davies and Rogerson’s The Old Testament World describes the historical, social, and cultural setting in which the Old Testament was written and examines the major genres of literature that it contains. Ideally suited for college-level introductory classes, it illuminates the literature of the Old Testament by showing how it was shaped by the events, social structures, and religious and intellectual ideas of the ancient civilizations and cultures in which it was produced.
Unlike most introductions, it goes beyond traditional formats and reflects the vast and significant changes that our understanding of the Old Testament has undergone in recent decades. Rather than using a conventional canonical-theological approach, the book presents the Old Testament as a monumental cultural achievement. Now thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the many developments of recent years, it is arranged according to major topics for study, followed by sections that introduce the major divisions of the text. It is illustrated with pictures, maps, and charts.
