T T Clark imprint: 345 books
by Rev'd Canon Dr William R S Lamb
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Given the extraordinary richness and range of contemporary theology, questions about the authority and inspiration of the Bible tend to garner ever increasing variety, complexity and controversy. Among those challenges include the questions posed by biblical criticism to the enterprise of Christian...
1 & 2 Kings: An Introduction and Study Guide
History and Story in Ancient Israel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Lester L. Grabbe provides a concise and up-to-date introduction to the books of Kings, covering all the historical and interpretative issues. Grabbe pays particular attention to how the history of ancient Israel can be reconstructed (or not as the case may be) through the text, and introduces students...
1 Peter: An Introduction and Study Guide
Reading against the Grain
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
The New Testament writing known as First Peter was probably written at the end of the 1st century CE; it is addressed to 'resident aliens' who live as colonial subjects in the Roman Province of Asia Minor. They are portrayed as a marginalized group who experience harassment and suffering. This letter...
God as Sacrificial Love
A Systematic Exploration of a Controversial Notion
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
In dialogue with a range of post-enlightenment critiques of Christian theologies regarding sacrificial love, Asle Eikrem presents an unconventional systematic approach to this multi-layered and complex theological topic. From Hegel to prominent 20th century theologians, from feminist theologies to...
by Professor Elizabeth Agnew Cochran
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
The Stoics are known to have been a decisive influence on early Christian moral thought, but the import of this influence for contemporary Christian ethics has been underexplored. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran argues that attention to the Stoics enriches a Christian understanding of the virtues, illuminating...
Job: An Introduction and Study Guide
Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
In the light of dramatic new interpretative approaches to the Bible this guide to Job follows not only a range of new approaches to the text but also addresses the traditional historical questions and other topical issues.
Dell particularly highlights the problem of genre in understanding Job....
by Dr David H. Wenkel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Coins have long been a vital part of the discipline of classical studies of the ancient world. However, many scholars have commented that coins have not been adequately integrated into the study of the New Testament. This book provides an interdisciplinary gateway to the study of numismatics for those...
(Per)mutations of Qohelet
Reading the Body in the Book
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
(Per)mutations of Qohelet explores the question, Who is Qohelet? Rather than peering behind or through the text to answer this question in terms of authorship, Koosed analyzes the identity that is created through the words on the page. The text is not a transparent medium connecting reader with author;...
The Immoral Bible
Approaches to Biblical Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
Eryl W. Davies discusses the ethically problematic passages of the Hebrew Bible and the way scholars have addressed aspects of the bible generally regarded as offensive and unacceptable.
The Eucharist
Origins and Contemporary Understandings
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Theological reflection upon the Eucharist is dominated by two paradigms: One approach interprets the Eucharist almost exclusively in theological terms, shaped by Scholasticism and the Reformation. Most discussions about the nature of the Eucharist, Eucharistic presence or the role of the priest follow...
Reimagining Delilah’s Afterlives as Femme Fatale
The Lost Seduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
The story of Samson and Delilah in Judges 16 has been studied and retold over the centuries by biblical interpreters, artists, musicians, filmmakers and writers. Within these scholarly and cultural retellings, Delilah is frequently fashioned as the quintessential femme fatale - the shamelessly seductive...
Numbers: An Introduction and Study Guide
The Road to Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Davies outlines the composition and date of Numbers, and the various attempts that have been made to establish a coherent and meaningful structure in its arrangement. Davies also shows how the application of reader-response criticism, feminist criticism and postcolonial criticism have contributed...
Conversational Theology
Essays on Ecumenical, Postliberal, and Political Themes, with Special Reference to Karl Barth
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
The essays in this wide-ranging collection fall into three main sections: Ecumenical Theology, Postliberal Theology, and Political Theology. The first section deals with Torrance and Barth on the Sacraments. Hunsinger includes here an examination of Torrance's views of baptism and the eucharist, as...
by Professor Daniel Castelo
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
This guide aims to elaborate and constructively engage some of the ongoing dogmatic challenges within the field of Christian pneumatology. Rather than a strict survey, the book largely represents a collection of working proposals on a number of relevant themes, including cosmology, mediation, the...