"A tightly argued and comprehensive treatment of an important area of New Testament studies." --The Christian Century
"By distinguishing oral from written modes of transmission, Kelber skillfully unlocks new doors for biblical interpretation." --Theology Today
What happens when speech turns into text? Spoken words, operating from mouth to ear, process knowledge differently from writing which links the eye to the visible, but silent letters on the page. Based on this premise, Werner Kelber discusses orality and writing, and the interaction between the two, at strategic points in...
"A tightly argued and comprehensive treatment of an important area of New Testament studies." --The Christian Century
Questions about civil society have been reopened in recent years with increasing urgency. How can we preserve and protect democracy? Is it possible to bring a moral dimension back into public life? How strong or weak do we want government to be? What can motivate us to be better, more responsibly engaged citizens?
In this book, well-known author Robert Wuthnow presents an engaging and provocative exploration of the role of Christianity in civil society which, he says, -applies to other U.S. religions as will.-
Professor Wuthnow considers three aspects of the relationship...
Questions about civil society have been reopened in recent years with increasing urgency. How can we preserve and protect democracy? Is it possible to...
The current controversy over the historical Jesus and his significance for both scholarship and religious belief continues to rage inside and outside the academy. In this volume, three distinguished New Testament scholars debate the historical, textual, and theological problems at the core of the controversy.
John Dominic Crossan offers a theological defense of the historical reconstruction of Jesus, arguing that if Christian faith is not founded on the historical Jesus, it will fall into Docetism. Luke Timothy Johnson counters this thesis, arguing that the biblical Christ and his...
The current controversy over the historical Jesus and his significance for both scholarship and religious belief continues to rage inside and outside ...
In April 2008 a conference was convened at Rice University that brought together experts in the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The papers discussed at the conference are presented here, revised and updated. The thirteen contributions comprise the keynote address by John Miles Foley; three essays on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible; three on the New Testament; three on the Qur'an; and two summarizing pieces, by the Africanist Ruth Finnegan and the Islamicist William Graham respectively. The central thesis of the book states that sacred Scripture was experienced...
In April 2008 a conference was convened at Rice University that brought together experts in the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity,...
Contributors survey the "state of the question" on specific issues in New Testament interpretation where interdisciplinary methods have played important roles: socioeconomic realities, communication media, the role of scribes and of social memory, orality and literacy, people's history and the study of peasant resistance.
Contributors survey the "state of the question" on specific issues in New Testament interpretation where interdisciplinary methods have played importa...
