Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Biblical Studies - History & Culture

Multidisciplinary in approach, this informative yet entertaining encyclopedia covers major aspects of miraculous phenomena through more than 150 alphabetically arranged entries that document how humanity's belief in religious miracles over multiple places, periods, and faiths have affected society--even changed the course of history. Written for high school students and general readers, the coverage enables readers to learn about different civilizations and cultures, the controversies surrounding different beliefs, and the often uncomfortable engagement of religion with...

Many of the writings deemed 'apocryphal' and 'pseudepigraphical'were in circulation in the early centuries of Judaism and Christianity. Their influences and impacts on the development of early communities, and the development of Jewish and Christian thoughts, have not yet been sufficiently examined. While this judgment is especially true for the so-called Christian Apocrypha, it also applies for other writings that were not included in the Jewish and Christian Bibles and nor in other sacred collections of Scripture, like Rabbinics and Patristics.

Most of these ancient writings...

To many Christians all over the world, one of the most important lessons the Bible teaches is about salvation. How can individuals achieve eternal life? In the Bible, who are the important players in humankind's salvation?

Author Curtis B. Davis's The Covenant presents an uncompromising truth of what the Bible teaches about humankind and its salvation. Just as God used Noah for the salvation of a remnant of the antediluvian, or pre-flood world, so does he use Abraham for the salvation of a remnant of this world. It is imperative that everyone who harbors hopes of salvation...

To many Christians all over the world, one of the most important lessons the Bible teaches is about salvation. How can individuals achieve eternal life? In the Bible, who are the important players in humankind's salvation?

Author Curtis B. Davis's The Covenant presents an uncompromising truth of what the Bible teaches about humankind and its salvation. Just as God used Noah for the salvation of a remnant of the antediluvian, or pre-flood world, so does he use Abraham for the salvation of a remnant of this world. It is imperative that everyone who harbors hopes of salvation...

This book seeks to establish the inadequacy of readings of the Gospel of Matthew as intended for, and a reflection of, a local audience or community. Despite repeated challenges, the local audience thesis continues to dominate a large proportion of Matthean scholarship, and, as such, the issue of
determining the Gospel's audience remains an open question.

In this book, Cedric E. W. Vine posits four main critiques. The first suggests the assumptions which underpin the text-focused process of identifying the Gospel's audience, whether deemed to be local, Jewish, or universal, lack...