Baker Academic imprint: 719 books
I Suffer Not a Woman
Rethinking I Timothy 2:11-15 in Light of Ancient Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1998
Solid scriptural and archaeological evidence refutes the traditional interpretation used to bar women from leadership.
Women in the World of the Earliest Christians
Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general....
Christianity in the Greco-Roman World
A Narrative Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Background becomes foreground in Moyer Hubbard's creative introduction to the social and historical setting for the letters of the Apostle Paul to churches in Asia Minor and Europe.
Hubbard begins each major section with a brief narrative featuring a fictional character in one of the great...
The Text of the New Testament
From Manuscript to Modern Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
The Text of the New Testament is a brief introduction for the lay person into the process whereby the New Testament came to be. It describes the basics of ancient writing tools, manuscripts, the work of scribes, and how to think about differences in what the various manuscripts say. This is a revised...
by Peter S. Williamson, Peter Williamson, Mary Healy
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
In this addition to the well-received Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS), seasoned New Testament scholar and popular speaker Peter Williamson interprets Revelation from within the living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students alike. The seventeen-volume...
by Robert H. Gundry
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Delve Deeper into God's WordIn this verse-by-verse commentary, Robert Gundry offers a fresh, literal translation and a reliable exposition of Scripture for today's readers.These Pastoral Epistles were written in order to instruct and encourage the young associates of Paul, who is facing martyrdom in...
High View of Scripture?, A (Evangelical Ressourcement)
The Authority of the Bible and the Formation of the New Testament Canon
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Where did the Bible come from? Author Craig D. Allert encourages more evangelicals to ask that question. In A High View of Scripture? Allert introduces his audience to the diverse history of the canon's development and what impact it has today on how we view Scripture. Allert affirms divine inspiration...
Practicing Christian Doctrine
An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This introductory theology text explains key concepts in Christian doctrine and shows that doctrine is integrally linked to the practical realities of Christian life. In order to grow into more faithful practitioners of Christianity, we need to engage in the practice of learning doctrine and understanding...
by George T. Montague, Peter Williamson, Mary Healy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
In the second volume of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS), George Montague offers a Catholic pastoral commentary on the letters to Timothy and Titus, presenting sound exegesis followed by reflection on the pastoral, theological, and practical applications of the text.The CCSS offers...
by Mary Healy, Dennis SJ Hamm, Peter Williamson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon, written by Paul from prison in the middle of the first century, were addressed to specific Christian communities facing concrete challenges. What did these letters mean at the time, and what do they mean for us today?
In this addition to the Catholic Commentary...
by Warren Carter
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
This useful, concise introduction to the worlds around the New Testament focuses on seven key moments in the centuries before and after Jesus. It enlightens readers about the beginnings of the Christian movement, showing how religious, political, and economic factors were interwoven in the fabric...
Apostle Paul
His Life and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Paul's writings are centrally important not only for the establishment of the Christian faith but also for the whole history of Western culture. Senior New Testament scholar Udo Schnelle offers a comprehensive introduction to the life and thought of Paul that combines historical and theological analysis....
Old Testament Theology
Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
A top Old Testament theologian known for his accessible and provocative writing probes what is necessary to understand and appropriate the Hebrew Bible as a fundamental resource for Christian theology and life today. This volume offers a creative example of theological interpretation, modeling a way...
Still Sovereign
Contemporary Perspectives on Election, Foreknowledge, and Grace
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
The relationship between divine sovereignty and the human will is a topic of perennial theological dispute and one that is gaining increased attention among contemporary evangelicals.
In Still Sovereign, thirteen scholars write to defend the classical view of God's sovereignty. According to...