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Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging
Maia Kotrosits challenges the contemporary notion of "early Christian literature," showing that a number of texts usually so described are "not particularly interested" in a distinctive Christian identity. By appealing to trauma studies and diaspora theory and giving careful attention to the dynamics within these texts, she shows that this sample of writings offers complex reckonings with chaotic diasporic conditions and the transgenerational trauma of colonial violence.
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Healing in the Gospel of Matthew: Reflections on Method and Ministry
Walter T. Wilson adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the healing narratives in the Gospel of Matthew, combining the familiar methods of form, redaction, and narrative criticisms with insights culled from medical anthropology, feminist theory, disability studies, and ancient archaeology.
$39.00
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Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1: Life, Culture, and Society
This accessible volume includes modern general studies of Galilee and of Galilean history, as well as specialized studies on taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road systems, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide.
$75.00
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Rupturing Eschatology: Divine Glory and the Silence of the Cross
Rupturing Eschatology is Eric Trozzo's constructive retrieval of Luther's theology of the cross for the purpose of establishing a contemporary Lutheran and "emerging" account of the cross, silence, and eschatology.
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Paul: Apostle to the Nations, An Introduction
Who was Paul? What did he do? What did he write? Walter F. Taylor sets out to bring together a wealth of contemporary perspectives in a clear and accessible synthesis...
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The New Testament: A Literary History
Gerd Theissen takes up the problem of the emergence of the New Testament canon out of the wide variety of early Christian literature. Drawing from Max Weber's...
$34.00
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Performing the Gospel: Orality, Memory, and Mark
This ground-breaking volume gathers the best new work in Gospels criticism centered on how the Gospels actually came to be: through oral tradition, story...
$29.00
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Contours of Old Testament Theology
In this masterwork, one of America's leading biblical scholars takes a fresh look at the theology of the Old Testament. Anderson cuts his own path and...
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Jesus and the Powers: Conflict, Covenant, and the Hope of the Poor
Refusing a false dichotomy between "politics" and "religion" in Jesus' world (and our own), Jesus and the Powers rediscovers Jesus' response to the imperial...
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Revolt of the Scribes: Resistance and Apocalyptic Origins
In previous studies, Richard A. Horsley has set Jesus in the context of Jewish prophetic and social banditry movements and has elaborated the imperial context...
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Jesus in Context: Power, People, and Performance
What difference did empire make for Jesus and his disciples? What difference did empire make for the broader social currents of which he and they were a part?...
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Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts, Second Edition
Hanson and Oakman's award-winning and illuminating volume has become a widely used and cited introduction to the social context of Jesus and the early Jesus...
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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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The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith, 2nd Edition
The land was one of the most vibrant symbols for the people of ancient Israel. In the land—gift, promise, and challenge—was found the physical...
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Jesus and the Message of the New Testament
Joachim Jeremias was one of the most innovative and productive New Testament scholars of the twentieth century. This volume brings together some of his...
$22.00
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The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus & Paul Ignited a Revolution & Transformed the Ancient World
Set against the backdrop of Roman imperial history, The Message and the Kingdom demonstrates how the quest for the kingdom of God by Jesus, Paul, and the...
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The Sayings of Jesus: The Sayings Gospel Q in English
Presenting the Sayings Gospel Q succinctly. Taking the English text from the International Q Project's authoritative The Critical Edition of Q (Fortress...
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The Ancient Church as Family
The author explores the literature of the first three centuries of the church in terms of group identity and formation as surrogate kinship. Why did this...
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Reading Biblical Narratives: Literary Criticism and the Hebrew Bible
Based on a series of lectures given in Israel, Amit introduces the reader to the subtle ways of the biblical narrators. Covering issues of character, plot...
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Who Is Jesus?: History in Perfect Tense
In Who Is Jesus? Keck clarifies the difference between the way Jesus is presented in the Gospels and the way critical historians portray him. He then...
$22.00
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