Bible (The) Books

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41. The Personal Voice in Biblical Interpretation

    Edited by Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger

    Reading and interpreting the Bible, whether as an 'ordinary' or critical reader, has always been strongly influenced by a person's own experience.They demonstrate the variety of ways in which the Bible can have meaning for different people. The contributors offer challenging new perspectives on the...

    Published November 11th 1998 by Routledge
42. Origen

    By Joseph W. Trigg

    Series: The Early Church Fathers

    Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality.This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into...

    Published August 26th 1998 by Routledge
43. Ezra-Nehemiah

    By Lester L. Grabbe

    Series: Old Testament Readings

    In this provocative study, Lester Grabbe presents a unique approach to Ezra-Nehemiah with the combination of a literary and historical approach. Lester Grabbe challenges commonly held assumptions about Joshua and Zerubbabel, the initial resettlement of land after the exile, the figure of Ezra and...

    Published July 8th 1998 by Routledge
44. Galatians

    By Philip F. Esler

    Series: New Testament Readings

    Paul's letter to the Galatians, sometimes known as the Magna Carta of Christian liberty, is central to the understanding of the relation of Paul and the Law and is packed with crucial historical, social and theological material.Philip F. Esler provides a detailed and accessible interpretation of...

    Published July 1st 1998 by Routledge
45. The Creation of History in Ancient Israel

    By Marc Zvi Brettler

    The Creation of History in Ancient Israel demonstrates how the historian can start to piece together the history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a source....

    Published June 24th 1998 by Routledge
46. Violence, Utopia and the Kingdom of God

    Fantasy and Ideology in the Bible

    Edited by George Aichele, Tina Pippin

    This controversial book explores the presence of the fantastic in Biblical and related texts, and the influence of Biblical traditions on contemporary fantasy writing, cinema, music and art.The contributors apply a variety of critical concepts and methods from the field of fantasy studies,...

    Published June 10th 1998 by Routledge
47. The Crucible of Christian Morality

    By J. Ian H. McDonald

    Series: Religion in the First Christian Centuries

    The Crucible of Christian Morality explores the notion of Christian ethics and discusses its roots in the teachings of Jesus and also Hellenistic philosophy. Its significance in developing moral standards throughout the world and its stability in the modern world.The Crucible of Christian Morality...

    Published June 10th 1998 by Routledge
48. Luke's Gospel

    By Jonathan Knight, Jonathan Knight Nfa

    Series: New Testament Readings

    Luke's Gospel provides a comprehensive and schematic reading of Luke's Gospel, one of the most important books detailing the life and works of Christ, in six main parts. Knight introduces the Gospel and the narrative theory on which the Gospel rests. He offers a detailed, chapter-by-chapter...

    Published April 29th 1998 by Routledge
49. The Book of Hiding

    Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther

    By Timothy K. Beal

    Series: Biblical Limits

    The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine closely the categories of self and other...

    Published October 29th 1997 by Routledge
50. Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls

    By John J. Collins

    Series: The Literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls

    Since the photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls were released in 1992, there has been an explosion of interest in them. This volume explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls; how the notions of the 'end', Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect, influenced Judaism...

    Published June 25th 1997 by Routledge