Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
Derashot LeDorot: Genesis
A Commentary for the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Derashot Ledorot: Genesis, A Commentary for the Ages is a selection of essays on the book of Genesis based on sermons given by Rabbi Norman Lamm during the years 1952 and 1976, while he served as a synagogue rabbi. These essays, culled from the files of the Lamm Archives of Yeshiva University, feature...
by Robert H. Gundry
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Delve Deeper into God's Word
In this verse-by-verse commentary, Robert Gundry offers a fresh, literal translation and a reliable exposition of Scripture for today's readers.
In these three short letters, the apostle John seeks to strengthen the Christian's knowledge, joy, and assurance...
Did God Really Command Genocide?
Coming to Terms with the Justice of God
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. Even Christians have a hard time stomaching such a thought, and many avoid reading those difficult Old Testament passages that make us squeamish. Instead,...
Cross Vision
How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd tackles the Bible’s biggest dilemma.
The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peace—it’s a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century. Now, with the sensitivity of a pastor and...
by Gregory A. Boyd, Deacon Godsey
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
In his revolutionary book Cross Vision, Gregory A. Boyd proposed his groundbreaking "cruciform hermeneutic," a way for Christians to make sense of the violence of the Old Testament by seeing it through the crucifixion of Jesus. Now Boyd has teamed up with pastor Deacon Godsey to develop...
The Txtspk Bible
SMS Language Version of The Holy Bible
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
You’re holding the Holy Bible, New Living Txtspk Translation. This is the first bible in the world in Txtspk English. Millions of people, students, scholars, pastors, missionaries, and laypersons alike, have trusted Txtspk Bible, learning from it and applying it to the challenges of their daily...
Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian
A Kingdom Corrective to the Evangelical Gender Debate
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Regarding gender relations, the evangelical world is divided between complementarians and egalitarians. While both perspectives have much to contribute, the discussion has reached a stalemate. Michelle Lee-Barnewall critiques both sides of the debate, challenging the standard premises and arguments...
Is the Good Book Good Enough?
Evangelical Perspectives on Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2010
The political emergence of evangelical Christians has been a signal development in America in the past quarter century. And while their voting tendencies have been closely scrutinized, their participation in the policy debates of the day has not. They continue to be caricatured as anti-intellectual...
Ephesians
An Exegetical Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2002
Harold Hoehner has taught biblical exegesis to thousands of students over the years. He now brings that experience to bear on this important work.
He begins with a helpful introduction to the letter of Ephesians in which he addresses issues of authorship, structure and genre, historical setting,...
The Apostle Paul and the Christian Life
Ethical and Missional Implications of the New Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
The "new perspective" on Paul, an approach that seeks to reinterpret the apostle Paul and his letters against the backdrop of first-century Judaism, has been criticized by some as not having value for ordinary Christians living ordinary lives. In this volume, world-renowned scholars explore...
The Face of New Testament Studies
A Survey of Recent Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
In The Face of New Testament Studies, editors Scot McKnight and Grant R. Osborne bring together New Testament experts who track developments in their specialized fields of research-and why those developments are important. It provides scholars and students with a useful survey of the "state-of-the-question" in New Testament Studies.
The State of New Testament Studies
A Survey of Recent Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
This book surveys the current landscape of New Testament studies, offering readers a concise guide to contemporary discussions. Bringing together a diverse group of experts, it covers research on the most important issues in New Testament studies, including new discipline areas, making it an ideal...
Salvation by Allegiance Alone
Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
We are saved by faith when we trust that Jesus died for our sins. This is the gospel, or so we are taught. But what is faith? And does this accurately summarize the gospel? Because faith is frequently misunderstood and the climax of the gospel misidentified, the gospel's full power remains untapped....
Justification Reconsidered
Rethinking A Pauline Theme
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Much has been written of late about what the apostle Paul really meant when he spoke of justification by faith, not the works of the law. This short study by Stephen Westerholm carefully examines proposals on the subject by Krister Stendahl, E. P. Sanders, Heikki Raisanen, N. T. Wright, James D. G....