Category: Criticism Interpretation

By John Calvin

ISBN-10: 0916206327

ISBN-13: 9780916206321

Ebook by way of Calvin, John

By Graeme Nicholson (auth.)

ISBN-10: 1349074756

ISBN-13: 9781349074754

ISBN-10: 1349074772

ISBN-13: 9781349074778

By D. A. Carson

As Christianity makes its effect upon generally diverse social contexts worldwide, new questions come up in regards to the interpretation of the church's biblical identification and undertaking. members contain Edmund P. Clowney, P.T. O'Brien, Russell P. Shedd, Ronald Y. okay. Fung, D. A. Carson, Sunand Sumithra, and David Adeney. one of the themes handled are venture, ministry, worship, syncretism, persecution, the church as a heavenly and eschatological entity and the biblical theology of the church. released on behalf of the area Evangelical Fellowship.

By P C Beentjes

ISBN-10: 9004170448

ISBN-13: 9789004170445

ISBN-10: 9047443616

ISBN-13: 9789047443612

This monograph contributes to a greater knowing of the "Book of Chronicles". The prior 40 years have noticeable an entire transformation within the learn of the "Book of Chronicles". the previous domination of Chronicles through parallel texts within the "Books of Samuel and Kings" made method for learning the old, sociological, literary, theological, and ideological elements of Chronicles of their personal correct. This book/document is now more and more well-known as being of significant curiosity to the second one Temple interval. analyzing the ebook of Chronicles, it seems that the Chronicler is continually reworking Israel's tradition(s) right into a new theological and ideological method. during this research, recognition is, hence, paid either to precise texts, corresponding to I Chronicles 17; 21; 2 Chronicles 20; 26, and to specific relevant subject matters, equivalent to the precise functionality of Jerusalem, and the abnormal manner of the way the Chronicler offers prophets, struggle narratives, and genealogies.

By Lewis

ISBN-10: 9004054987

ISBN-13: 9789004054981

By Peter Nagel

ISBN-10: 9004233342

ISBN-13: 9789004233348

The Manichaen faith, which was once based via Mani within the third century advert, tailored a number of components from mainstream Christianity. for that reason the connection among the texts of the 2 religions continues to be a full of life subject of study today.
This quantity comprises the until-now unpublished dissertation and 3 extra articles of Alexander Böhlig (*1912 † 1996), who was once one of many top students in Manichaean reports. within the creation Peter Nagel deals a biography detailing Böhlig's educational objectives. the most a part of the e-book reproduces the revised dissertation "Die Bibel bei den Manichäern", initially accomplished in 1947. Written almost immediately after the invention of the Medinet Madi Library, the pioneering examine weighed the effect of the Bible on Manichaeism. on the finish 3 similar articles of Alexander Böhlig, which can't be present in the collections of chosen papers, are reprinted.

By William Varner

ISBN-10: 0773461884

ISBN-13: 9780773461888

This paintings offers the texts and translations of 3 historical Jewish-Christian dialogues: The discussion of Athanasius and Zacchaeus (Greek, 4th c.); The discussion of Simon and Theophilus (Latin, fifth c.); and The discussion of Timothy and Aquila (Greek, sixth c.). this is often the 1st released translation of every of those texts. An advent discusses the context of those dialogues within the "Contra Judaeos" literature of the early church and likewise explores the query of whether they signify any real dialogue among Jews and Christians and in addition what reasons those dialogues served. cautious cognizance has been made to the dialogues' use of the Bible, in particular the outdated testomony, in furthering the dialogue concerning the Messiah. To this finish a accomplished Scriptural Index encourages larger comparative learn of those dialogues. it's the translator's function to reveal those works, which were the fear of a small circle of concentrated students, to a much wider scholarly viewers and to inspire better research of them and their function within the historical past of Jewish Christian kin.

By Florentino Garcia Martinez

ISBN-10: 9004095861

ISBN-13: 9789004095861

The current quantity includes a collection of experiences at the Aramaic texts from Qumran, initially released in Spanish yet completely revised the following, which examine the contributions made by means of the Qumran manuscripts to the learn of the Apocalyptic culture. The first 3 papers accumulated listed here are excited about apocalyptic texts belonging to the Enochic culture (Book of Noah, Books of Enoch, booklet of Giants) and exhibit how the fragmentary copies discovered at Qumran have significantly altered the way we comprehend them. the following reports care for texts that have been formerly unknown and which stem from the Danielic culture (4QPrNab, 4QpsDan Ar); they either significantly enhance our wisdom of the traditions of Daniel. The final stories talk about Qumranic apocalypses (4Q246, 11QNJ) which exhibit the richness and the range of the theological conceptions circulating in the Apocalyptic culture. The e-book bargains a such a lot up to date survey of study on those manuscripts and makes a clean contribution to the knowledge of Qumran and of the Apocalyptic culture.

By Steven B. Cowan, Terry L. Wilder

ISBN-10: 1433676788

ISBN-13: 9781433676789

In protection of the Bible gathers unheard of articles by way of complete students (Paul Copan, William A. Dembski, Mary Jo Sharp, Darrell L. Bock, etc.), addressing and responding to all the significant modern demanding situations to the divine idea and authority of Scripture.

By David M. Gunn, Paula McNutt

ISBN-10: 0826461492

ISBN-13: 9780826461490

Matthew's gospel starts and ends with the Jewish-Gentile debate, and on the center of either the difficulty and the gospel is the tale of the Canaanite lady. it's a tale that finds rigidity among Jews and proselytes in Matthew's group and responds to the query, "what needs to one do to be a member of the community?" This examine specializes in the stereotype of the girl as a Canaanite in addition to Matthew's assets and the shape of the tale. the belief is that the tale displays a reinforcement of Jewish legislations that permits gentiles to realize club within the Matthean group, therefore carrying on with the Jewish culture that permits gentiles into the religion.