Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
Ezekiel 38-48
A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
A fresh interpretation of the final major sections of the Hebrew book of Ezekiel, chapters 38-48
Stephen L. Cook offers an accessible translation and interpretation of the final sections of Ezekiel. These chapters, the most challenging texts of scripture, describe the end-time assault of Gog...
It’S Not Rocket Science
The Theology of St. Paul the Apostle
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Its Not Rocket Science: The Theology of St. Paul the Apostle offers an understandable and usable introduction to the theology of Paul of Tarsus. By digesting and condensing the impressions and interpretations of more than one hundred other writers, Irving L. Brittle Jr. presents an approachable work...
by J Stafford Wright
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
When we start to think about God, we soon come to a point where we say, "I can discover nothing more about God by myself. I must see whether He has revealed anything about Himself, about His character, and about the way to find Him and to please Him." From the beginning, the Christian church...
Wisdom's Feast
An Invitation to Feminist Interpretation of the Scriptures
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Woman Wisdom in Proverbs 9 invites any who want to learn her ways to come and eat at her table—an image for the rich and satisfying teaching that she offers. In this book Barbara Reid invites readers to this feast, drawing on women's wisdom to offer fresh new interpretations of biblical texts in...
Feminist Frameworks and the Bible
Power, Ambiguity, and Intersectionality
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
This volume on intercultural biblical interpretation includes essays by feminist scholars from Botswana, Germany, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United States. Reading from a rich variety of socio-cultural locations, contributors present their hermeneutical frameworks for interpretation...
Covenant and Communion
The Biblical Theology of Pope Benedict XVI
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's election as Pope Benedict XVI brought a world-class biblical theologian to the papacy. There is an intensely biblical quality to his pastoral teaching and he has demonstrated a keen concern for the authentic interpretation of sacred Scripture.
Here a foremost interpreter...
Textual Criticism of the Bible
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
Textual Criticism of the Bible provides a starting point for the study of both Old and New Testament textual criticism. In this book, you will be introduced to the world of biblical manuscripts and learn how scholars analyze and evaluate all of that textual data to bring us copies of the Bible in...
by St. Augustine of Hippo
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
In any commentary on a portion of the Old Testament by a writer unacquainted with Hebrew, exact criticism, and freedom from mistake, must not be expected. But the Psalms have been so in the mouth and in the heart of God's people in all languages, that it has been necessary often to find an explanation...
Jeremiah: An Introduction and Study Guide
Prophecy in a Time of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
This guide provides a concise introduction to the ways the book of Jeremiah has been interpreted by scholars, and to new possibilities of interpretation still open to readers. Outlining approaches the reader encountering the book may best adopt, Mary E. Mills moves into the reception of the prophetic...
by John Calvin
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
This is the annotated edition including * an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse....
Scriptural Authority and Biblical Criticism in the Dutch Golden Age
God's Word Questioned
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Scriptural Authority and Biblical Criticism in the Dutch Golden Age explores the hypothesis that in the long seventeenth century humanist-inspired biblical criticism contributed significantly to the decline of ecclesiastical truth claims. Historiography pictures this era as one in which the dominant...
by Dan Lioy
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
In this thought-provoking study, Dan Lioy asserts that a Christocentric and Christotelic perspective is an unmistakable feature of Paul’s discourse. The journey begins with an analysis of the old Adamic creation in Genesis 1–3 before digressing into representative passages from Paul’s writings,...
New Testament Theology and its Quest for Relevance
Ancient Texts and Modern Readers
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
New Testament theology raises many questions, not only within its own boundaries, but also in relation to other fields such as history, literary criticism, sociology, psychology, history, politics, philosophy, and religious studies. But, the overarching question concerns the relevance of two thousand...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
The study of the Bible has long included a literary aspect with great attention paid not only to what was written but also to how it was expressed. The detailed analysis of biblical books and passages as written texts has benefited from the study of literature in classical philology, ancient rhetoric,...