Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament

The apostle Paul was a vital force in the development of Christianity. Paul's historical and religious context affects the theological interpretation of Paul's writings, no small issue in the whole of Christian theology.

Recent years have seen much controversy about the apostle Paul, his religious and social context, and its effects on his theology. In the helpful Counterpoints format, four leading scholars present their views on the best framework for describing Paul's theological perspective, including his view of salvation, the significance of Christ, and his vision for the...

Luke is the fifth release in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series--the only commentary series with a graphical display, theology in application section and identification of the main idea for each section. Luke sought to assure believers about the truth of the gospel (1:4) and to advance their understanding of God's ways in the world as revealed in Christ's ministry, death, and resurrection. Luke wrote as a historian, theologian, and pastor, and Garland's commentary strives to follow suit in assisting those who will preach and teach the text and those who seek to...

Nietzsche claimed that the "Twilight of the Idols" was a general introduction to his philosophy. Against the current of his times, he attacked Greek civilization as the ultimate source of decadence. Socrates and Plato are vilified, and the concept of a 'real' world beyond that which we see is scorned as a moral 'optical illusion'. "The Anti-Christ" offers a similarly pungent critique of Christianity, pointing out that the Gospels reveal two contradictory views of Jesus, one a 'bringer of joy' the other a preacher of Last Judgment, Sin, and Guilt.

In this commentary, Fred Craddock focuses on the text of Philippians rather than on conversations among scholars about the text. His commentary on the text differs from many other commentaries in that issues of authorship, date, place of writing, integrity, of purpose are dealt with at points where the text itself raises these issues. In order to assist those who preach, Craddock gives special attention to passages that appear in most lectionaries. Further, he draws attention to the theology of Paul as reflected in all of his letters wherever it enlightens or is enlightened by the text....

Der Band untersucht die Thematisierung von "Armut" in Qumran, im Psalter sowie in prophetischen Texten (Jes, Jer und Zef) und die sich darin abzeichnenden religiosen Konfliktlagen. Dabei wird die in neueren Arbeiten verstarkt vertretene These uberpruft, da fur die sogenannte "Armenfrommigkeit" eine Art Armenbewegung in ausgebeuteten, vollig verarmten und verelendeten Unterschichtskreisen zu veranschlagen sei.

Die vorliegende Veroffentlichung kommt zu dem Ergebnis, da das "Armsein" eine religios fundierte Existenzweise ist. Die Defizite, uber die geklagt wird, sind nicht materieller...

An die Seite des Corpus der Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller (GCS) stellte Adolf von Harnack die Monographienreihe der Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur (TU), die er bereits 1882 begrundet hatte und die nunmehr als "Archiv fur die ... Ausgabe der alteren christlichen Schriftsteller" diente.