Baker Academic imprint: 719 books
Whose Community? Which Interpretation? (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In this volume, renowned philosopher Merold Westphal introduces current philosophical thinking related to interpreting the Bible. Recognizing that no theology is completely free of philosophical "contamination," he engages and mines contemporary hermeneutical theory in service of the church....
Scaling the Secular City
A Defense of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1987
This volume offers up-to-date arguments for God's existence and for Jesus's deity and resurrection, answers to objections to Christian theism, and discussions of four key issues.
God the Father Almighty
A Contemporary Exploration of the Divine Attributes
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1998
In God the Father Almighty Erickson develops a sturdy exposition of the doctrine of God. He interacts with criticism brought against the traditional view of God and offers a fresh analysis of the attributes of God in light of Scripture and the contemporary scene.
God the Father Almighty is...
Handbook for Biblical Interpretation
An Essential Guide to Methods, Terms, and Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to methods, terms, and concepts used by biblical interpreters. It offers students and non-specialists an accessible resource for understanding the complex vocabulary that accompanies serious biblical studies. Articles, arranged alphabetically, explain terminology...
God in Dispute
"Conversations" among Great Christian Thinkers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
This volume creatively explores the history of Christian thought by imagining a series of twenty-nine dialogues and debates among key figures throughout church history. It traces the history of theology via such conversation partners as Augustine and Pelagius, Calvin and Arminius, Barth and Brunner,...
Evangelicals and Tradition (Evangelical Ressourcement)
The Formative Influence of the Early Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
The past few years have seen a growing interest among evangelical leaders in the thought and life of the early Christian church. There is a desire to rediscover historical roots in the face of today's postmodern and increasingly post-denominational world.
Evangelicals and Tradition is the first...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
This bestselling reference tool has been a trusted resource for more than 25 years with over 165,000 copies sold. Now thoroughly updated and substantially revised to meet the needs of today's students and classrooms, it offers cutting-edge overviews of key theological topics.
Readable and reliable,...
Transforming Worldviews
An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
In the past, changes in behavior and in belief have been leading indicators for missionaries that Christian conversion had occurred. But these alone--or even together--are insufficient for a gospel understanding of conversion. For effective biblical mission, Paul G. Hiebert argues, we must add a third...
Exploring the Origins of the Bible (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)
Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
How did the Bible we have come to be? What do biblical scholars mean when they talk about canon, the Septuagint, the Apocrypha, or the Masoretic Text? All this biblical study is interesting, but does it really matter? Leading international scholars explain that it does. This thought-provoking and...
Justification of God, The
An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1993
John Piper presents a careful, reasoned study of the doctrine of election. He dissects Paul's argument to highlight the picture of God and his righteousness painted in Romans 9. Undergirded by his belief that the sovereignty of God is too precious a part of our faith to dismiss or approach weak-kneed, Piper explores the Greek text and Paul's argument with singular deftness.
The Parables
Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Fully one-third of Jesus' words in the Synoptic Gospels occur in parables. It could be said that knowing the parables is essential for understanding the person of Christ. In this work, Brad Young displays his unique perspective as a scholar steeped in both Jewish and Christian studies. While parables...
Theological Introduction to the Pentateuch, A
Interpreting the Torah as Christian Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
In this concise volume, a team of fresh Old Testament voices explores the theological dimensions of the Pentateuch and provides specific examples of critically engaged theological interpretation. This Pentateuch text is unique in that it emphasizes theological reading, serving as an affordable supplement...
Are You the One Who Is to Come?
The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Did Jesus claim to be the long-awaited "messiah"? Going against much contemporary scholarship, Australian scholar Michael Bird argues that he did. He begins by exploring the messianic expectations in the Old Testament and Second Temple Jewish literature. Next, Bird points out weaknesses...
Matthew
Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1968
For ten years, the well-received first edition of this introduction offered readers a way to look at scriptural texts that combines historical, narrative, and contemporary interests. Carter explores Matthew by approaching it from the perspective of the "authorial audience"--by identifying...