Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Biblical Studies - New Testament - General

"The end is near " The words reverberate unceasingly from the resonating radio voices and best-selling books of today's popular end-time prophecy "experts." This same shout of doom and gloom has been boldly proclaimed for years. Mankind has continually been assured "Jesus is coming soon " Nearly every generation has had its share of self-confident individuals who thought they knew the time of the end--ours is no different.

"Let No Mislead You" is an eye-opening investigation of the end-time sensationalism that has made many of today's popular "Bible" teachers,...

• The seventh trumpet
• The great apostasy
• The restrainer
• The Antichrist
• The Seventy Weeks of Daniel
• The 144,000...

The study focuses on the two-volume work Luke/Acts. This, in turn, involves probing the tradition from which the teaching derives.

The author has previously discussed the theology of Luke in the article "Interpreting Luke/Acts," The Literature and Meaning of Scripture (Inch and Bullock, eds.); and The Original Quest, subsumed...

"We must understand that some of the early Christians in the decades after Jesus' death] saw the message of Jesus largely within the context of Judaism. Indeed, Christianity might have remained as a sect within Judaism . In this initial stage there was little or no thought of any dividing line between Christianity and Judaism."-"The Catholic Study Bible" (written by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, ruling body of the American Roman Catholic Church) *****

When the world's largest Christian denomination acknowledges that early "Christianity" was merely a sect of the...

"We must understand that some of the early Christians in the decades after Jesus' death] saw the message of Jesus largely within the context of Judaism. Indeed, Christianity might have remained as a sect within Judaism . In this initial stage there was little or no thought of any dividing line between Christianity and Judaism."-"The Catholic Study Bible" (written by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, ruling body of the American Roman Catholic Church) *****

When the world's largest Christian denomination acknowledges that early "Christianity" was merely a sect of the...

This is a stimulating and practical book, useful for everyone from student to preacher to layperson. Eduard Schweizer provides a wonderfully organized and helpful commentary on the earliest gospel.

Marianne Thompson surveys the portrayal of God as Father in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism, in the ministry of Jesus, in the Synoptic Gospels, and in the writings of Paul and John. Thompson argues that, rather than rooting the image of God in a debate about gender, "Father" terminology really identifies an ancestor who grants inheritance.

In this clearly written introduction to the latter half of the New Testament, Lewis Donelson begins by asking, if we read this text in this way, what voices do we hear? Such a reading strategy requires historical imagination because the documents are separated from us by time, space, language, and culture. It also requires making these texts conversation partners in our understanding about God and ourselves.

Elizabeth Malbon tracks the way in which the characters other than Jesus are portrayed in the Gospel of Mark, employing a literary approach that reveals their contributions to the Gospel story. After outlining the four elements of narrative criticism, Malbon explores each of the characters and shows how their interaction advances the narrative.

Virtually all the current debates about the historical Jesus have their roots in questions that have been pursued by biblical historians over the past two centuries. This anthology brings together seminal essays by those scholars who have been most influential in the rise and development of Jesus studies, enabling the reader to compare their differing points of view.

In this splendid introduction to the elusive rhetorical device central to the New Testament picture of Jesus, Charles Hedrick explores the nature of the parable and its history of use. He asks basic questions such as, what is a parable? is Jesus really the author of the parables? and what does a parable mean? and then reviews a range of sources--from Aesop's fables to modern New Testament scholarship--to answer them. He also surveys the various ways the parables have been approached in literary criticism throughout history, giving specific examples of each method and delineating their...

In this work, Kenneth Schenck re-presents the complex argument of Hebrews in terms of the salvation story it tells. Written at a level for college and seminary students, Understanding the Book of Hebrews shows how this early Christian sermon utilized the events, settings, and characters of the salvation story line to remind the Christian audience that Christ has provided a definitive sacrifice for sins and that reliance on any other means of atonement is apostasy.

In this follow-up to his bestselling The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family, religion journalist Mark Pinsky explores the role that the animated features of Walt Disney played on the moral and spiritual development of generations of children. Pinsky explores thirty-one of the most popular Disney films, as well as recent developments such as the 1990s boycott of Disney by the Southern Baptist Convention and the role that Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg played in the resurgance of the company since the mid-1980s.

Once again, renowned homiletician David Buttrick has written a highly practical book that conveys and makes contagious his excitement for the theological task of preaching. In Speaking Jesus, Buttrick delineates the theological issues inherent in the Sermon on the Mount and presents a homiletical strategy for preaching its meaning and relevance. In Part One, Buttrick gives a general overview of the text and raises central theological issues imperative to its preaching, particularly the authenticity of Jesus' words and the sermon's relevance for today. In Part Two, he offers his...