Short description: A major study of the apostle to the Gentiles, combining exceptional scholarship with an unusual approach. Schoeps interprets Paul's theology in the light of his Jewish background, which coloured and conditioned his Christological teaching.

A major study of the apostle to the Gentiles, combining exceptional scholarship with an unusual approach that interprets Paulis theology in the light of his Jewish background, an influence that inevitably coloured and conditioned his Christological teaching.

Short description: A massive and detailed examination of the Christological traditions which led to the use of names for Jesus long embedded in the life of Judaism, the Palestinian primitive Church, and in pre-Pauline Christianity.

A detailed examination of the Christological traditions which led to the use of names for Jesus long embedded in the life of Judaism, the Palestinian primitive Church, and in pre-Pauline Christianity. A key work on the development of Christological ideas followed by many later scholars.

Short description: The author shows that the New Testament pattern of unity is two-fold. It is a pattern of complementarity, not of uniformity. One emphasises the institutional, traditional and particular: the other the persona, dynamic and universal. Yet the two are one.

A stimulating examination of the nature of Christian unity based on the pattern revealed in the New Testament. The author sees a two-fold pattern of complementarity, not uniformity, that emphasises both aspect of religion: the institutional and particular, and the personal and universal.

The range and sweep of John Calvin's theology have rarely been more comprehensively presented than by Niesel in this important book, which has long been recognized by Calvin scholars and students of Reformation theology as an essential work. The range and sweep of John Calvin's theology have rarely been more comprehensively presented than by Niesel in this important book, long been recognized by Calvin scholars and students of Reformation theology as an essential work. Niesel moves systematically through the great Reformer's theology and provides a lucid exposition. He does this by breaking...

The range and sweep of John Calvin's theology have rarely been more comprehensively presented than by Niesel in this important book, which has long been recognized by Calvin scholars and students of Reformation theology as an essential work. The range and sweep of John Calvin's theology have rarely been more comprehensively presented than by Niesel in this important book, long been recognized by Calvin scholars and students of Reformation theology as an essential work. Niesel moves systematically through the great Reformer's theology and provides a lucid exposition. He does this by breaking...

A series of sermons, revealing Brunner as an outstanding preacher. Few theologians of his eminence combine their understanding of the central doctrines of the Christian faith with such persuasive spiritual exposition and eloquence. "Preaching," says Brunner, "is a living occurrence which can only very imperfectly be crystallised in writing." But the most critical judges of sermons will admit that here a master preacher moves beyond the printed page into the soul of the reader. There is a personal poignancy about the FraumAnster sermons, which places them in the forefront of modern preaching....

Brunner sees St Paul's Epistle to the Romans as 'the chapter of destiny of the Christian Church'. Here, in Luther's words, is the 'purest gospel' upon which the very existence of the Christian faith depends and from which it draws its life. Concentrated, decisive and instructive, nothing within the New Testament is more closely argued both theological and personal. Out of his years of scholarly wisdom Brunner meditates on the great Question: What is wrong with the Churches? Brunner finds an answer in the contrast between the virile Spirit-filled fellowship of the New Testament and the...