Craig Bartholomew: 29 books
Sugar Man
The Life, Death and Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Like many South Africans in the seventies and eighties, Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom were obsessed with the music of Rodriguez, but the man himself was a mystery. Only his name was known, and the fact that he had killed himself on stage. After years of searching in a...
Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament
A Book-by-Book Survey
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
The groundbreaking Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (DTIB) introduced readers to key names, theories, and concepts in the field of biblical interpretation. It has been well received by pastors and students, won book awards from Christianity Today and the Catholic Press Association,...
The Character of Christian Scripture (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
The Significance of a Two-Testament Bible
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The early church received the Scriptures of Israel as Christian Scriptures and did not change them. The older testament was received as a witness to God, and when a newer testament emerged, the older was not dismissed, harmonized, or edited. Rather, the church moved forward with a two-testament witness.
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Prophecy and Hermeneutics (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
A fresh wave of studies on the prophets has appeared in recent years. Old Testament scholar Christopher R. Seitz has written Prophecy and Hermeneutics as a way of revisiting, from the ground floor up, what gave rise to studies of the prophets in our modern period. In addition, Seitz clearly shows...
Psalms as Torah (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Reading Biblical Song Ethically
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The Psalms are the most-read part of the Old Testament, but their importance for ethics has often been overlooked. However, the Psalms offer some of the most potent ethical instruction in the Bible. In this book internationally renowned Old Testament scholar Gordon Wenham examines the source of the...
Seeing the Word (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Refocusing New Testament Study
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
At a time of deep disagreements about the nature and purpose of academic biblical studies, Markus Bockmuehl advocates the recovery of a plural but common conversation on the subject of what the New Testament is about.
Seeing the Word begins with an assessment of current New Testament studies,...
The Virtuous Reader (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Old Testament Narrative and Interpretive Virtue
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Biblical interpretation expert Richard S. Briggs presents a rich and thought-provoking portrait, or series of portraits, of the kind of character most needed to be a good reader of the Old Testament. He highlights the moral character or virtues most appropriate to the varied tasks of reading the Old...
by Craig Bartholomew, Anthony C. Thiselton, Zondervan
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
It is well known that the Western university gradually evolved from the monastic stadium via the cathedral schools of the twelfth century to become the remarkably vigorous and interdisciplinary European institutions of higher learning that transformed Christian intellectual culture in the thirteenth...
Body, Soul, and Human Life (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
The Nature of Humanity in the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Are humans composed of a material body and an immaterial soul? This view is commonly held by Christians, yet it has been undermined by recent developments in neuroscience. Exploring what Scripture and theology teach about issues such as being in the divine image, the importance of community, sin,...
Beyond the Modern Age
An Archaeology of Contemporary Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
The modern age has produced global crises that modernity itself seems incapable of resolving—deregulated capitalism, consumerism, economic inequality, militarization, overworked laborers, environmental destruction, insufficient health care, and many other problems. The future of our world depends...
Where Mortals Dwell
A Christian View of Place for Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Place is fundamental to human existence. However, we have lost the very human sense of place in today's postmodern and globalized world. Craig Bartholomew, a noted Old Testament scholar and the coauthor of two popular texts on the biblical narrative, provides a biblical, theological, and philosophical...
When You Want to Yell at God
The Book of Job
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Think you know Job? Think again. Craig Bartholomew wants to help you read the book of Job from a different perspective. Let go of the Job you think you know―and discover the real man.
Is it true that what goes around comes around? Does right behavior ensure blessing? Is suffering always brought...
Excellent Preaching
Proclaiming the Gospel in Its Context and Ours
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
The goal of preaching is to let the powerful message of the Bible penetrate the lives of your congregation. A well-crafted sermon can help to bridge the gap between biblical context and contemporary application.
In Excellent Preaching, Craig Bartholomew explains why we need to be acquainted...
Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics
A Comprehensive Framework for Hearing God in Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Renowned scholar Craig Bartholomew, coauthor of the bestselling textbook The Drama of Scripture (75,000 copies sold), writes in his main area of expertise--hermeneutics--to help seminarians pursue a lifetime of biblical interpretation. Integrating the latest research in theology, philosophy, and biblical...