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Liberating Paul: The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle
For centuries the apostle Paul has been invoked to justify oppression — whether on behalf of slavery, to enforce unquestioned obedience to the state, to...
$34.00
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A Love Supreme: A History of the Johannine Tradition
Callahan suggests that scholars have wrongly placed the sequence and therefore the importance of the works collectively known as the Johannine tradition—...
$20.00
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Judas: Betrayer or Friend of Jesus?
This fascinating books sifts the evidence and startlingly concludes that in the earliest sources Judas was not a traitor. While the name Judas Iscariot evokes...
$26.00
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The Book of Acts: Form, Style, and Theology
This volume brings together some of Dibelius's most important work. While he is especially renowned for his commentaries, Dibelius was on the forefront of...
$19.00
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Ruth: Continental Commentaries
This volume provides a readable introduction to the narrative book of Ruth appropriate for the student, pastor, and scholar. LaCocque combines historical,...
$39.00
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I Am . . .: Biblical Women Tell Their Own Stories
Athalya Brenner presents fictionalized "autobiographies" of a dozen women and women groups in the Hebrew Bible, and also lets them share a conversation...
$29.00
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The Memoirs of God: History, Memory, and the Experience of the Divine in Ancient Israel
This insightful work examines the variety of ways that collective memory, oral tradition, history, and history writing intersect. Integral to all this are the...
$29.00
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From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile
Beginning late in the Old Testament period and continuing for the next six hundred years, the Jewish high priests were often the most important members of...
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Beyond the Passion: Rethinking the Death and Life of Jesus
For most Christian believers, what is truly remarkable and important about Jesus is not his life, but his resurrection from the dead. They may believe that...
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Does the Bible Justify Violence?
Renowned biblical scholar John J. Collins asks tough questions about the relationship between the portrayals of violence in the Bible and how they have been...
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Reading Mark: Engaging the Gospel
A renowned scholar on the Gospel of Mark, Rhoads utilizes a variety of methods to plumb the depths of this earliest story of Jesus. From new forms of literary...
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Reading Women's Stories: Female Characters in the Hebrew Bible
In this literary approach to biblical stories for the modern reader, Petersen's study examines the dynamics of biblical narrative, employing workable methods...
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Conflict and Identity in Romans: The Social Setting of Paul's Letter
What is the purpose of Paul's letter to the Romans? Esler provides an illuminating analysis of this epistle, employing social-scientific methods along with...
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1 & 2 Kings: Continental Commentaries
This volume provides a readable introduction to the narrative books of 1 and 2 Kings appropriate for the student, pastor, and scholar. Fritz combines...
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The Fiery Throne: The Prophets and Old Testament Theology
This work brings together some of Zimmerli's most important and interesting work on Old Testament theology and the prophets. He is especially renowned for his...
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Poor Banished Children of Eve: Woman as Evil in the Hebrew Bible
What gave rise to symbolizing woman as evil in the biblical tradition and other ancient Near Eastern societies? Taking her title from a Roman Catholic prayer...
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Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostles
Klauck describes the religious world into which Christianity was born, by looking at it from the many experiences of the first Christians as recorded in Acts....
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Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins: Diversity, Continuity, and Transformation
In the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Christian scholars portrayed Judaism as the dark religious backdrop to the liberating events of...
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Jesus in His Jewish Context
In this stimulating work, one of the most renowned scholars of ancient Judaism explores how Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom and the earliest Jesus movement...
$29.00
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Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece: Religion, Politics, and Culture
The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words about...
$29.00
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