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Living with Other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology

By: Richard Bauckham

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Living with Other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology

By: Richard Bauckham

Richard Bauckham offers a fresh approach to the relationship between humanity and creation and our responsibility before God to steward wisely. The Bible offers fresh and often innovative approaches to a wide range of the issues that arise in relating the Bible and Christian theology to the ecological concerns of our contemporary world. Clear, biblical teaching on ecology Encourages readers to a more responsible relationship to the planet Those interested in ecology and Christianity in tandem Anyone concerned with a greener world. It aims to show that the subject than is commonly supposed. While focusing especially on biblical material, it also engages Francis of Assisi, modern nature poetry, Matthew Fox and the history of interpretation.

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1780780230

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Gospel Women

Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels

By: Richard Buckham

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Gospel Women

Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels

By: Richard Buckham

This unique approach reveals that there is much more to be known about biblical women than previous studies have assumed. Employing historical and literary readings of the biblical texts, Bauckham successfully captures the particularity of each woman he studies.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802849997

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The Jewish World Around the New Testament

By: Richard Bauckham

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The Jewish World Around the New Testament

By: Richard Bauckham

A leading biblical scholar shows that the New Testament texts cannot be understood without careful attention to their Judaic and Second Temple roots.

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Baker Academic

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0801039037

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The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple

Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John

By: Richard Bauckham

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The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple

Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John

By: Richard Bauckham

A leading New Testament scholar explores key issues in the Gospel of John.

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The Bible in the Contemporary World

Hermeneutical Ventures

By: Richard Bauckham

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The Bible in the Contemporary World

Hermeneutical Ventures

By: Richard Bauckham

A crucial responsibility for Christian interpreters of Scripture, says Richard Bauckham, is to understand our contemporary context and to explore the Bible’s relevance to it in ways that reflect serious critical engagement with that context. In this book Bauckham models how this task can be carried out. Bauckham calls for our reading of Scripture to lead us to greater engagement with critical issues in today’s world, including globalization, environmental degradation, and widespread poverty. He works to bring biblical texts to bear on these contemporary realities through the Bible’s metanarrative of God and the world, according to which God’s purpose takes effect in the blessing and salvation and fulfillment of the world as his cherished creation.

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146744376X

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Jesus: A Very Short Introduction

By: Richard Bauckham

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Jesus: A Very Short Introduction

By: Richard Bauckham

Two billion people today identify as Christians, with the implication that Jesus is the focus of their relationship with God, and their way of living in the world. Such followers of Jesus are now more numerous and make up a greater proportion of the world's population than ever before. Despite its decline in the West, Christianity is rapidly increasing in areas such as Africa and China. Richard Bauckham explores the historical figure of Jesus, evaluating the sources and concluding that they provide us with good historical evidence for his life and teaching. In order to place Jesus in his proper historical context, as a Jew from Galilee in the early first century of our era, Bauckham looks at Jewish religion and society in the land of Israel under Roman rule. He explores Jesus' symbolic practices as well as his teachings, looks at his public career and emphasises how his actions, such as healing and his association with notorious sinners, were just as important as his words. Bauckham shows that Jesus was devoted to the God of Israel, with a special focus on God's fatherly love and compassion, and like every Jewish teacher he expounded the Torah, but did so in his own distinctive way. With a discussion about the way Jesus understood himself and what finally led to his death as a criminal on a Roman cross, he concludes by considering the significance Jesus has come to have for Christian faith worldwide. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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OUP Oxford

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0191620211

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"Son of Man"

Early Jewish Literature

By: Richard Bauckham

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"Son of Man"

Early Jewish Literature

By: Richard Bauckham

Who is the “Son of Man”? In pre-Christian Jewish writings, “Son of Man” was not a title, and it certainly did not indicate divinity. It was simply an expression for a man. Yet the term has held considerable interest among scholars of Christology for its use in describing Jesus in the gospels. And among those studying messianism in Second Temple Judaism, consensus about the valences of “Son of Man” in Scripture remains elusive. In the first volume of this landmark study, Richard Bauckham pushes the conversation forward, explicating the phrase “Son of Man” as it appears in Jewish interpretations of the book of Daniel and in the apocryphal book of 1 Enoch. With philological precision and sensitivity to his sources, Bauckham attunes us to the realities of early Jewish eschatology. Thorough and comprehensive, “Son of Man,” vol. 1, offers scholars a solid basis for understanding the context of the messiah in the centuries leading up to Jesus. Along with the forthcoming second volume, which parses the meaning of “Son of Man” in the Gospels, Bauckham’s work is essential for understanding one of the most widely used yet misunderstood phrases in the Bible.

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1467466654

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The Fate of the Dead

Studies on the Jewish and Christian Apocalypses

By: Richard Bauckham

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The Fate of the Dead

Studies on the Jewish and Christian Apocalypses

By: Richard Bauckham

These studies focus on personal eschatology in the Jewish and early Christian apocalypses. The apocalyptic tradition from its Jewish origins until the early middle ages is studied as a continuous literary tradition, in which both continuity of motifs and important changes in understanding of life after death can be charted. As well as better known apocalypses, major and often pioneering attention is given to those neglected apocalypses which portray human destiny after death in detail, such as the Apocalypse of Peter, the Apocalypse of the Seven Heavens, the later apocalypses of Ezra, and the four apocalypses of the Virgin Mary. Relationships with Greco-Roman eschatology are explored. Several chapters show how specific New Testament texts are illuminated by close knowledge of this tradition of ideas and images of the hereafter.

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BRILL

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9004267417

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God and the Crisis of Freedom

Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives

By: Richard Bauckham

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God and the Crisis of Freedom

Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives

By: Richard Bauckham

This book outlines a biblical understanding of freedom and the particular ways in which Christians choose to exercise that freedom in response to major issues confronting the world today. Specifically, Bauckham constructs a Christian understanding of freedom, explores the authority of Scripture in modern and postmodern contexts, and also examines themes of tradition, ethics, oppression, and ecology as they relate to issues of freedom and authority.

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0664224792

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Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2nd ed.

The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

By: Richard Bauckham

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Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2nd ed.

The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

By: Richard Bauckham

A groundbreaking work in New Testament studies expanded and updated Winner of the 2007 Christianity Today Book Award in Biblical Studies, this momentous volume argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the Jesus accounts circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses. In this expanded second edition Bauckham is adding a new preface, three substantial new chapters that respond to critics and clarify key points of his argument, and a comprehensive new bibliography.

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1467446807

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Jesus and the God of Israel

God Crucified and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity

By: Richard Bauckham

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Jesus and the God of Israel

God Crucified and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity

By: Richard Bauckham

God Crucified" and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity The basic thesis of this important book on New Testament Christology, sketched in the first essay 'God Crucified, is that the worship of Jesus as God was seen by the early Christians as compatible with their Jewish monotheism. Jesus was thought to participate in the divine identity of the one God of Israel. The other chapters provide more detailed support for, and an expansion of, this basic thesis. Readers will find not only the full text of Bauckham's classic book God Crucified, but also groundbreaking essays, some of which have never been published previously

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1842278967

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Tumbling Into Light

Collected Poems

By: Richard Bauckham

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Tumbling Into Light

Collected Poems

By: Richard Bauckham

Richard Bauckham is one of today’s most outstanding and internationally recognised biblical scholars and theologians. In addition he has, over a number of years, written a corpus of poetry that is admired by, among many others, Rowan Williams, Tom Wright, Jeremy Begbie, David Ford and Malcolm Guite. Tumbling Into Light collects together his poetry, including an extended sequence on the seasons and feasts of the church year, plus many other poems on biblical themes, creation and saints. This wide-ranging collection of poems will enrich the liturgy and worship of the church.

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Canterbury Press

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1786224364

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The Theology of the Book of Revelation

By: Richard Bauckham

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The Theology of the Book of Revelation

By: Richard Bauckham

The Book of Revelation is a work of profound theology. But its literary form makes it impenetrable to many modern readers and open to all kinds of misinterpretations. Richard Bauckham explains how the book's imagery conveyed meaning in its original context and how the book's theology is inseparable from its literary structure and composition. Revelation is seen to offer not an esoteric and encoded forecast of historical events but rather a theocentric vision of the coming of God's universal kingdom, contextualised in the late first-century world dominated by Roman power and ideology. It calls on Christians to confront the political idolatries of the time and to participate in God's purpose of gathering all the nations into his kingdom. Once Revelation is properly grounded in its original context it is seen to transcend that context and speak to the contemporary church. This study concludes by highlighting Revelation's continuing relevance for today.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521356911

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Theology of Jürgen Moltmann

By: Richard Bauckham

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Theology of Jürgen Moltmann

By: Richard Bauckham

The most comprehensive study available of one of the most influential of German Protestant theologians.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567251438

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Jude-2 Peter, Volume 50

By: Dr. Richard Bauckham

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Jude-2 Peter, Volume 50

By: Dr. Richard Bauckham

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship. Overview of Commentary Organization Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology. Each section of the commentary includes: Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope. Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English. Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation. Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here. Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research. Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues. General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

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Zondervan Academic

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0310586321

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The Bible in Politics

How to Read the Bible Politically

By: Richard Bauckham

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The Bible in Politics

How to Read the Bible Politically

By: Richard Bauckham

This second edition of Bauckham's wonderful work is essential reading for understanding the relationship between the Bible and politics. The enduring value of The Bible in Politics is that it teaches the reader how to read the Bible politically and to gain an understanding of the social relevance of the Bible that is more disciplined, more informed, more imaginative, and more politically fruitful than many interpreters--past and present--have achieved.

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Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2nd ed.

The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

By: Richard Bauckham

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The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

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God and the Crisis of Freedom

Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives

By: Richard Bauckham

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God and the Crisis of Freedom

Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives

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The Christian World Around the New Testament

Collected Essays II

By: Richard Bauckham

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The Christian World Around the New Testament

Collected Essays II

By: Richard Bauckham

Most of these thirty-one essays by Richard Bauckham, a well-known New Testament scholar, were first published between 1979 and 2015 in journals and multi-authored volumes. Two are previously unpublished and one has not been published in English before. They range widely over early Christianity and early Christian literature in both the New Testament period and the early patristic period, reflecting the author's conviction that the historical study of early Christianity should not isolate the New Testament literature from other early Christian sources, such as the apostolic fathers and the Christian apocryphal literature. Some of the essays develop further the themes of the author's books on aspects of the Gospels, such as the intended audiences of the Gospels, the way in which Gospel traditions were transmitted, the role of the eyewitnesses in the origins of the Gospels, the importance of Papias's evidence about Gospel traditions, and the relationship between canonical and Gnostic Gospels. Some of the essays relate to important persons, such as Peter, Barnabas, Paul and James. These include a full investigation of the evidence for the martyrdom of Peter and an attempt to locate the estate of Publius where Paul stayed on Malta. There are studies of the Sabbath and the Lord's Day in both the New Testament and patristic periods. There are studies that survey most of the main categories of apocryphal Christian literature, including apocryphal Gospels and Acts, and with a special focus on the non-canonical apocalypses, such as the Apocalypse of Peter and the Latin Vision of Ezra.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161533054

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Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2d ed.

By: Bauckham, Richard

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Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2d ed.

By: Bauckham, Richard

Jesus and the Eyewitness' argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who knew Jesus. The author challenges the assumption that the accounts of Jesus circulated as 'anonymous community traditions', asserting instead that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitnesses.

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James

Wisdom of James, Disciple of Jesus the Sage

By: Richard Bauckham

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James

Wisdom of James, Disciple of Jesus the Sage

By: Richard Bauckham

In the history of interpretation the letter of James has been marginalized and compared unfavorably with the writings of Paul. James argues for an important canonical role for James, not subordinate to Paul, but a complementary scriptural voice. Richard Baukham explores the historical and literary context of the text, discussing the significance of James as the brother of Jesus and leader of the early Jerusalem church. Major themes of James--wholeness, poverty, speech, ethics and prayer--are explored in relation to the current contexts of the contemporary reader of James. --From publisher's description.

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Psychology Press

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041510369X

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The Christian World Around the New Testament

Collected Essays II

By: Richard Bauckham

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Collected Essays II

By: Richard Bauckham

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Joshua Typology in the New Testament

By: Richard Ounsworth

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Joshua Typology in the New Testament

By: Richard Ounsworth

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 2010.

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3161519329

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Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: First and Second Chronicles

By: Richard J. Coggins

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Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: First and Second Chronicles

By: Richard J. Coggins

This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Coggin’s introduction to and concise commentary on First and Second Chronicles. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.

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1467453579

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God Crucified

Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament

By: Richard Bauckham

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God Crucified

Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament

By: Richard Bauckham

God Crucified presents a new proposal for understanding New Testament Christology in its Jewish context. Using the latest scholarly discussion about the nature of Jewish monotheism as his starting point, Richard Bauckham builds a convincing argument that the early Christian view of Jesus' divinity is fully consistent with the Jewish understanding of God. Bauckham first shows that early Judaism had clear ways of distinguishing God absolutely from all other reality. When New Testament Christology is read with this Jewish context in mind, it becomes clear that early Christians did not break with Jewish monotheism; rather, they simply included Jesus within the unique identity of Israel's God. In the final part of the book Bauckham shows that God's own identity, in turn, is also revealed in the life, death, and exaltation of Jesus. Originating as the prestigious 1996 Didsbury Lectures, this volume makes a contribution to biblical studies that will be of interest to Jews and Christians alike.

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The Irrevocable Call of God

An Inquiry Into Paul's Theology of Israel

By: Richard H. Bell

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The Irrevocable Call of God

An Inquiry Into Paul's Theology of Israel

By: Richard H. Bell

Richard Bell examines the impact of Paul's life changing experience before Damascus on his theological understanding of Israel. The book considers the development of Paul's view concerning the election and salvation of Israel, paying special attention to 1 Thessalonians, Galatians and Romans. The author examines Paul's critique of Israel's religion in the light of traditional protestant approaches and the 'new perspective'. The work concludes by considering some contemporary issues relating to Israel in the light of Paul's theology."--BOOK JACKET.

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3161480090

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What Are the Gospels?

A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography

By: Richard A. Burridge

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What Are the Gospels?

A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography

By: Richard A. Burridge

The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by overturning the previous consensus about Gospel uniqueness. Burridge argued convincingly for an understanding of the Gospels as biographies, a ubiquitous genre in the Graeco-Roman world. To establish this claim, Burridge compared each of the four canonical Gospels to the many extant Graeco-Roman biographies. Drawing on insights from literary theory, he demonstrated that the previously widespread view of the Gospels as unique compositions was false. Burridge went on to discuss what a properly "biographical" perspective might mean for Gospel interpretation, which was amply demonstrated in the revised second edition reflecting on how his view had become the new consensus. This third, twenty-fifth anniversary edition not only celebrates the continuing influence of What Are the Gospels?, but also features a major new contribution in which Burridge analyzes recent debates and scholarship about the Gospels. Burridge both answers his critics and reflects upon the new directions now being taken by those who accept the biographical approach. This new edition also features as an appendix a significant article in which he tackles the related problem of the genre of Acts. A proven book with lasting staying power, What Are the Gospels? is not only still as relevant and instructive as it was when first published, but will also doubtlessly inspire new research and scholarship in the years ahead."-- Provided by publisher.

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0802809715

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Theology through Community

Luke’s Portrayal of the Role of the First-Century Community of Believers in Theological Creativity

By: Richard A. Pruitt

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Theology through Community

Luke’s Portrayal of the Role of the First-Century Community of Believers in Theological Creativity

By: Richard A. Pruitt

Since the 1980s, renewal scholars have given considerable attention to the role of the believing community in the interpretive process. A broad consensus has emerged that a triad involving Scripture, the Spirit, and the believing community forms a cooperative relationship resulting in theological development, followed by commensurate action--identified in this research as theological creativity. In the context of this research, to be creative with theology is to take an existing theological assumption and broaden or adapt it to current circumstances, given the Spirit's evidential work and a consensual understanding of Scripture. But how does the community negotiate between Spirit and Scripture without subsuming either into its own predilections? For Luke, the first-century community of believers in Acts functions as an indispensable character in the formation of theological creativity. This work will demonstrate how Luke positions the community as a character in story form, between Spirit and Scripture, functioning as a bridge through which its testimony of the Spirit's evidential work and its application of Scripture interact. In order to illustrate this balancing act, we will use a modified configuration of the triadic notion: Spirit-Community-Scripture.

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1532664036

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The Making of Paul

Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity

By: Richard I. Pervo

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The Making of Paul

Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity

By: Richard I. Pervo

The influence of the apostle Paul in early Christianity goes far beyond the reach of the seven genuine letters he wrote to early assemblies; Paul was reveredand fiercely opposedin an even larger number of letters penned in his name, and in narratives told about him and against him, that were included in our New Testament and, far more often, treasured and circulated outside it. Richard Pervo provides an illuminating and comprehensive survey of the legacy of Paul and the various ways he was remembered, honored, and vilified in the early churches.

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Fortress Press

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1451417004

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Practical Theology

An Introduction

By: Richard R. Osmer

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Practical Theology

An Introduction

By: Richard R. Osmer

Every church congregation encounters challenging situations, some the same the world over, and others specific to each church. Richard Osmer here seeks to teach congregational leaders -- including, but not limited to, clergy -- the requisite knowledge and skills to meet such situations with sensitivity and creativity. Osmer develops a framework for practical theological interpretation in congregations by focusing on four key questions: What is going on in a given context? Why is this going on? What ought to be going on? and How might the leader shape the context to better embody Christian witness and mission? The book is unique in its attention to interdisciplinary issues and the ways that theological reflection is grounded in the spirituality of leaders. Useful, accessible, and lively -- with lots of specific examples and case studies -- Osmer‘s Practical Theology effectively equips congregational leaders to guide their communities with theological integrity.

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146743812X

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Invitation to Biblical Interpretation

Exploring the Hermeneutical Triad of History, Literature, and Theology

By: Andreas J. Köstenberger,Richard Duane Patterson

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Invitation to Biblical Interpretation

Exploring the Hermeneutical Triad of History, Literature, and Theology

By: Andreas J. Köstenberger,Richard Duane Patterson

Invitation to Biblical Interpretation provides seminarians and upper-level collegians a textbook utilizing the "hermeneutical triad" method. This approach to interpretation is based on giving due consideration to both the historical setting and the literary context, as well the theological message.

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Kregel Academic

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0825488591

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9780825488597

Grace and Global Justice

The Socio-Political Mission of the Church in an Age of Globalization

By: Richard Gibb

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Grace and Global Justice

The Socio-Political Mission of the Church in an Age of Globalization

By: Richard Gibb

What does it mean for the twenty-first century church to conceive of itself as a community defined by the covenant of grace? 'Grace and Global Justice' explores the ramifications of this central Christian doctrine for the holistic mission of the church in the context of a globalized world.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1597529982

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9781597529983

Forms of Nationhood

The Elizabethan Writing of England

By: Richard Helgerson

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Forms of Nationhood

The Elizabethan Writing of England

By: Richard Helgerson

What have poems and maps, law books and plays, ecclesiastical polemics and narratives of overseas exploration to do with one another? By most accounts, very little. They belong to different genres and have been appropriated by scholars in different disciplines. But, as Richard Helgerson shows in this ambitious and wide-ranging study, all were part of an extraordinary sixteenth- and seventeenth-century enterprise: the project of making England.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226326349

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9780226326344

An Introduction to Christian Theology

By: Richard J. Plantinga,Thomas R. Thompson,Matthew D. Lundberg

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An Introduction to Christian Theology

By: Richard J. Plantinga,Thomas R. Thompson,Matthew D. Lundberg

Far from being solely an academic enterprise, the practice of theology can pique the interest of anyone who wonders about the meaning of life. This introduction to Christian theology – exploring its basic concepts, confessional content, and history – emphasizes the relevance of the key convictions of Christian faith to the challenges of today's world. Part I introduces the project of Christian theology and sketches the critical context that confronts Christian thought and practice today. Part II offers a survey of the key doctrinal themes of Christian theology, including revelation, the triune God, and the world as creation, identifying their biblical basis and the highlights of their historical development before giving a systematic evaluation of each theme. Part III provides an overview of Christian theology from the early church to the present. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of An Introduction to Christian Theology includes a range of new visual and pedagogical features, including images, diagrams, tables, and more than eighty text boxes, which call attention to special emphases, observations, and applications to help deepen student engagement.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108846416

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A New Introduction to Theology

Embodiment, Experience and Encounter

By: Richard Bourne,Imogen Adkins

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A New Introduction to Theology

Embodiment, Experience and Encounter

By: Richard Bourne,Imogen Adkins

Encountering theology for the first time is exciting, but it can also be daunting. Some struggle to connect with doctrinal discussion they perceive to be abstract or abstruse. Others may find the scope of theology, and the connections between different theological issues, dizzying. In order to address these difficulties and keep the initial excitement alive, A New Introduction to Theology offers a range of accessible, practical, experiential and interactive encounters with the major elements of academic Christian theology. The guiding motif of this book is the claim that theology is full-bodied thought. The phrase 'full-bodied' shows both the richness of the experience of theology and its nature as a thoroughly embodied encounter with ways of knowing God and God's ways with the world. This motif allows the authors to bring together topics ranging from theology through the arts, sexuality and the body and the nature of the church's everyday life, to mystical theology, spirituality, political action and ecology. Working imaginatively with the five senses and the notions of loving and resting, each chapter provides a range of activities, guided discussions and reflections on key theological texts, authors and issues. This is a unique introduction to the key innovative and interdisciplinary elements from contemporary theology, ideal for individual reflection, classroom work, or flexible and distributed learning.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567666700

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The Invitation

A Theology of Evangelism

By: Richard R. Osmer

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The Invitation

A Theology of Evangelism

By: Richard R. Osmer

Moving beyond conversionism Many Christians today are uncomfortable with older, simpler notions about evangelism as conversionism but see as insufficient the more progressive model of evangelism as hospitality. Transcending that dichotomy, Richard Osmer advances a theology of evangelism as a multifaceted act of invitation into Christ-following community. Osmer begins by exploring references to evangelism in the New Testament—both in the Gospels and in the letters of Paul. He then enters into dialogue with Karl Barth to work through ideas of church witness and the relationship of evangelism to salvation. Finally, with lucid explanations and illustrative case studies, he offers guidance for pastors, laity, and students to use as they reimagine how evangelism might best happen in their churches and missional organizations. Osmer’s approach mirrors the conviction, stated in his introduction, that our concept of evangelism must be formed and constantly reformed by keeping the Bible, church doctrine, and practical theology in conversation. Foundational to Osmer’s rendering of evangelism as invitation is the essential truth that it is Christ and the Holy Spirit who calls converts and makes disciples—not Christians. Thus, we can invite our neighbors to the wedding feast while remaining reassured that the table is already set.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467462659

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9781467462655

The Acts of Paul

A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

By: Richard I Pervo

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The Acts of Paul

A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

By: Richard I Pervo

Richard I. Pervo provides the most complete translation of the pseudepigraphic Acts of Paul in English, together with a detailed commentary. The research perspective of this work is primarily literary, with detailed attention to the history of composition and revision. The author encourages a fresh look at this section of the 'Apocraphal Acts' through the lens of the Pauline legacy and in the context of ancient popular narrative.

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James Clarke & Company

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0227902718

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9780227902714

Gospel Women

Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels

By: Richard Buckham

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Gospel Women

Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels

By: Richard Buckham

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0802849997

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9780802849991

Keeping the Church in Its Place

The Church as Narrative Character in Acts

By: Richard P. Thompson

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Keeping the Church in Its Place

The Church as Narrative Character in Acts

By: Richard P. Thompson

Thompson's study offers a fresh reading of Acts that keeps the church within its literary place within that narrative. His study uncovers descriptions of the church that emphasize certain characteristics presented in the opening scenes of the narrative: the blessing and presence of God, the unanimity of the believers, the communal caring for one another, and the proclamation of the gospel. The progression of the Acts narrative presents an evolving image of the church that eventually includes both Jewish and non-Jewish believers of the gospel, with growing opposition from the Jewish people and even from the Jewish believers in Jerusalem. This dynamic portrait of the church in the book of Acts contrasts three different views concerning "the people of God": the Jewish people as the historical people of God, Jewish believers as represented by the Jerusalem church, and the church that includes both Jews and Gentiles. By offering such a dynamic narrative of these various groups of believers, Acts encourages readers to defien and identify the church or Christian community as the people who belong to God rather than those whose identity as God's people is based on historical or religious categories.

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0567584941

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9780567584946

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