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Telling Tales about Jesus: An Introduction to the New Testament Gospels
What are the Gospels and what does it mean to read them? Warren Carter leads the beginning student in an inductive exploration of the New Testament Gospels, asking about their genre, the view that they were written by eyewitnesses, the early church traditions about them, and how they employ Hellenistic biography.
$39.00
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Paul and His Recent Interpreters
In the course of this masterly survey, Wright asks searching questions of all of the major contributors to Pauline studies in the last fifty years.
$44.00
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The Social World of the Sages: An Introduction to Israelite and Jewish Wisdom Literature
The notion of a distinct "wisdom tradition" in ancient Israel has a long history-but does it have a basis in the evidence? Mark R. Sneed argues for a redefinition of the wisdom literature as a loosely cohering collection of books aimed at educating scribal apprentices in moral instruction and the art of living.
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Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging
Maia Kotrosits challenges the contemporary notion of "early Christian literature," showing that a number of texts usually so described are "not particularly interested" in a distinctive Christian identity. By appealing to trauma studies and diaspora theory and giving careful attention to the dynamics within these texts, she shows that this sample of writings offers complex reckonings with chaotic diasporic conditions and the transgenerational trauma of colonial violence.
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Healing in the Gospel of Matthew: Reflections on Method and Ministry
Walter T. Wilson adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the healing narratives in the Gospel of Matthew, combining the familiar methods of form, redaction, and narrative criticisms with insights culled from medical anthropology, feminist theory, disability studies, and ancient archaeology.
$39.00
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Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1: Life, Culture, and Society
This accessible volume includes modern general studies of Galilee and of Galilean history, as well as specialized studies on taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road systems, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide.
$75.00
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Seeing the Lord's Glory: Kyriocentric Visions and the Dilemma of Early Christology
Kaiser examines the phenomenon of "kyriocentric" visions in Second Temple Judaism, asking whether such traditions are sufficient to account for the shape of early claims regarding the divinity of Christ.
$49.00
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The Practice of Hope: Ideology and Intention in 1 Thessalonians
Although the political interpretation of Paul is still considered something of a novelty in North America and Europe, it is well established in Latin America...
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The New Testament: A Literary History
Gerd Theissen takes up the problem of the emergence of the New Testament canon out of the wide variety of early Christian literature. Drawing from Max Weber's...
$34.00
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The Four Gospels on Sunday: The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship
Premier liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop argues that far too often liturgy, preaching, and liturgical theology are informed by naïve and outdated exegesis. In another fully original...
$49.00
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Christ's Body in Corinth: The Politics of a Metaphor
Yung Suk Kim takes up the language of "body" that infuses 1 Corinthians, Paul's most complicated letter, and the letter that provides us the most...
$29.00
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Solving the Romans Debate
Scholars have long debated the "double character" of Romans. Why did Paul address a long discussion of Jewish themes to a Gentile audience? Das provides...
$29.00
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Jesus and the Message of the New Testament
Joachim Jeremias was one of the most innovative and productive New Testament scholars of the twentieth century. This volume brings together some of his...
$22.00
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The Sayings of Jesus: The Sayings Gospel Q in English
Presenting the Sayings Gospel Q succinctly. Taking the English text from the International Q Project's authoritative The Critical Edition of Q (Fortress...
$11.99
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Who Is Jesus?: History in Perfect Tense
In Who Is Jesus? Keck clarifies the difference between the way Jesus is presented in the Gospels and the way critical historians portray him. He then...
$22.00
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The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide
In the continuing quest for the elusive but compelling figure of Jesus of Nazareth, Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz's authoritative yet engaging book is the...
$49.00
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Paul and the Gentiles: Remapping the Apostle's Convictional World
In this first major analysis of Paul's understanding of Gentile salvation in several years, Terence Donaldson offers a creative approach to the major themes...
$26.00
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Prayer in the New Testament
Oscar Cullmann offers here the first complete treatment of the New Testament doctrine and practice of prayer, a subject he refers to as "the greatest gift of...
$22.00
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Paul
This book makes a certain demand on its readers, though perhaps less on the professional theologian au fait with current research than on the layperson, for...
$44.00
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Matthew in History: Interpretation, Influence, and Effects
In this provocative book, Ulrich Luz points the way beyond the limitations of the historical-critical method as it has been practiced during the past two...
$16.00
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