Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
Israel and Babylon
the Influence of Babylon on the Religion of Israel
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
***Publisher's note: This edition have been carefully reproduced word by word from the original. It includes a full table of contents and linked footnotes for easy of research and study. This is the ultimate version of Gunkel's classic response to Delitzsch!***
Franz Delitzsch's lectures in...
Reading the Historical Books
A Student's Guide to Engaging the Biblical Text
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Biblical history can be some of the most difficult material for beginning students to grasp. The conventions of contemporary history writing are quite different from those of ancient Israelite writers. Here a master teacher offers basic orientation to the genre and conventions of the Old Testament...
Amos: An Introduction and Study Guide
Justice and Violence
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
This study guide to Amos is divided into three parts. The first sets out to describe the genre, style, shape and aim of the text, along with its leading ideas, with the help of recent scholarship on the Hebrew Bible in general and the prophets in particular. Special note is taken of the many images...
Family in the Bible
Exploring Customs, Culture, and Context
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
What does the Bible say about the importance of the family? How can we apply these ancient perspectives to modern Christian life? The essays gathered in this volume provide reflections from leading biblical scholars.
The authors focus on reading the Scriptures from the perspective of the authors in...
by Gerald Johns
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
The Bully Pulpit is unique because it allows the Bible to speak for itself as it wends its way through the narrative from Genesis to the exiles. It just doesn’t mention a passage, but allows the story to unfold, from chapter to chapter, using the exact words of the Bible while adding commentary...
by Dr. C. H. E. Sadaphal
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Increase your understanding about temptation, opportunity, personal transformation, self-improvement, and living the Christian life in hostile environments. The Power of God's Word will boost your understanding of how the Bible provides simple, easy, and actionable advice for your job, career, relationships,...
The Tower of the Flock
The Christmas Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
The Tower of the Flock
Dr. Christine Van Horn has a comprehensive understanding of what it means for Jesus to be the Lamb of God. Her intensive study was born out of a revelation from God on this subject. The Tower of the Flock is the second part of this study, following The Lamb Eternal.
The...
by Thomas Troward
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
It is a great book, simply written, wherein the Christian author dares honestly to face the fact that the words of the bible can not be accepted in their literal meaning, and yet he has been able to preserve for us the deep, underlying spiritual truths of the Good Book. Contents: Chapter 1 - The Creation...
by Edward E. Rochon
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2014
The essay opens with a preface explaining the intent of the work. Exegesis is defined, methods of deceit described. The matter of qualifications is mentioned. The first chapter discusses the two epistles ascribed to Peter in the New Testament. The claim is that Peter did not write them because he...
Was Christ Born At Bethlehem?
A Study on the Credibility of St. Luke
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2011
About this edition:-over 100 fully linked footnotes-original Greek language support-fully linked table of contents-formatted especially for ebook format
The issue of the dating and placing of Christ's birth within history has been an ongoing topic of debate for 2000 years.
In the late...
The Origin of Heresy
A History of Discourse in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity. Where does this notion come from? This book traces the construction of the idea of ‘heresy’ in the rhetoric of ideological disagreements in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian texts and in the development of the polemical...
by St. Augustine of Hippo
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
ST. AUGUSTINE was an indefatigable preacher. He considered regular preaching an indispensable part of the duty of a bishop. To his homilies we owe most of his exegetical labors. The homilies were delivered extempore, taken down by scribes and slightly revised by Augustin. They retain their colloquial...
A New Perspective on Jesus (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)
What the Quest for the Historical Jesus Missed
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
In this compelling study, renowned author James D. G. Dunn provides a critique of the quest for the historical Jesus. Dunn claims that the quest has been misguided from the start in its attempt to separate the historical Jesus from the Christ of faith.
Dunn argues that Jesus scholars have consistently...
by Phoenix Xavier
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
This brief book is aimed at young teens or anyone older who wishes to look at the differences (or similarities) between the scientific viewpoint on the creation of the universe and what is documented in Genesis? What if the original Hebrew text is re-examined? Would science agree with the Bible or...