BibleWorld
Biblical Resistance Hermeneutics within a Caribbean Context
1st Edition
By Oral A. W. Thomas
August 21, 2014
The Bible is of central importance within Caribbean life but is rarely used as an agent for social change. Caribbean biblical hermeneutics focus more on the meaning of biblical texts for today and less on the context in which the texts themselves were written. 'Biblical Resistance Hermeneutics ...
Jonah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story
1st Edition
By Lowell K. Handy
August 21, 2014
The story of Jonah, often read as a simple children's story, is a multifaceted and elaborate narrative with serious intent. Treating the biblical book as a fictitious story based on real locations and recognizable persons, 'Jonah's World' examines the background to the story and draws on social ...
Yours Faithfully: Virtual Letters from the Bible
1st Edition
By Philip R. Davies
August 21, 2014
'Yours Faithfully' presents an anthology of virtual letters from the Bible, in which leading scholars imagine correspondence between biblical characters. Each letter conveys the insights that a given character might have and, together, the letters provide a rich sense of the concerns which propel ...
Mark and its Subalterns: A Hermeneutical Paradigm for a Postcolonial Context
1st Edition
By David Joy
August 19, 2014
This book offers a fresh appraisal of the identity and involvement of the subalterns in Mark, arguing that the presence of the subalterns in Mark is a possible hermeneutical tool for re-reading the Bible in a postcolonial context like India. Part I paves the way for a creative discussion on Mark ...
On the Origins of Judaism
1st Edition
By Philip R. Davies
August 19, 2014
On the Origins of Judaism examines the formation of one of the oldest monotheistic religions. The book covers a diverse range of themes: the identity of those who produced and canonized the Hebrew Bible and subsequently shaped its interpretation; the significance and impact of Second Isaiah and the...
Delivering the Word: Preaching and Exegesis in the Western Christian Tradition
1st Edition
By William John Lyons, Isabella Sandwell
August 18, 2014
Biblical texts have been used consistently in sermons throughout Christian history. Preachers have transformed the texts into an aural experience, using them to evangelize, educate, edify, exhort, or even terrify, their audiences. Sermons have enabled Scripture to be communicated to people from a ...
Judaism, Jewish Identities and the Gospel Tradition: Essays in Honour of Maurice Casey
1st Edition
Edited
By James G. Crossley
August 18, 2014
Contemporary Gospel studies have recently taken increasing interest in the Jewish context of Jesus and the gospels. Judaism, Jewish Identities and the Gospel Tradition offers an overview of the ways in which Judaism is used in the canonical gospels and how this relates to the idea of a 'Jewish ...
Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts: Vol 1
1st Edition
By Ian Young, Robert Rezetko
August 15, 2014
Since the beginning of critical scholarship, biblical texts have been dated using linguistic evidence. In recent years, this has been a controversial topic. However, until now, there has been no introduction to and comprehensive study of the field. Volume I introduces the field of linguistic ...
Jesus in an Age of Terror: Scholarly Projects for a New American Century
1st Edition
By James G. Crossley
August 14, 2014
New Testament and Christian origins scholarship have historically been influenced by their political and social context. 'Jesus in an Age of Terror' applies the work of critical and media theorists to contemporary Christian origins and New Testament scholarship. Part one examines the influence of ...
Redrawing the Boundaries: The Date of Early Christian Literature
1st Edition
By J. V. M. Sturdy, Jonathan Knight
August 14, 2014
Was the New Testament written in the early first century CE or at a much later date? Sturdy's work was conceived as a reply to John Robinson's Reading the New Testament, which dated the New Testament material very early. Sturdy argued that the Pauline letters are in places interpolated, Colossians,...
Sodomy: A History of a Christian Biblical Myth
1st Edition
By Michael Carden
August 14, 2014
The biblical narrative of Sodom and Gomorrah has served as an archetypal story of divine antipathy towards same sex love and desire. 'Sodomy' offers a study of the reception of this story in Christian and Jewish traditions from antiquity to the Reformation. The book argues that the homophobic ...
The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud
1st Edition
By Diana Vikander Edelman, Ehud Ben Zvi
August 14, 2014
The Persian and Hellenistic periods saw the production and use of a variety of authoritative texts in Israel. 'The Production of Prophecy' brings together a range of influential biblical scholars to examine the construction of prophecy and prophetic books during the Persian period. Drawing on ...