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Reading Joshua as Christian Scripture
Häftad, 2010
637 kr
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The book of Joshua has been received and used as Christian Scripture throughout Christian history. The challenge today, however, is how Christians should appropriately continue to read Joshua as Scripture, not least in the light of well-known historical and ethical difficulties with the narrative. …
Scripture and Its Readers
Readings of Israel's Story in Nehemiah 9, Ezekiel 20, and Acts 7
Häftad, 2015
624 kr
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That readers and biblical texts are somehow linked in a mutually transformative relationship is hardly a novel perception, especially in contexts where the Christian Bible has been received as normative Scripture for faithful worship and living. This study focuses on an aspect of this relationship …
“Too Much to Grasp”
Exodus 3:13–15 and the Reality of God
Häftad, 2015
460 kr
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Few phrases in Scripture have occasioned as much discussion as has the “I am who I am” of Exodus 3:14. What does this phrase mean? How does it relate to the divine name, YHWH? Is it an answer to Moses’ question (v. 13), or an evasion of an answer?The trend in late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century …
Trinity, Economy, and Scripture
Recovering Didymus the Blind
Häftad, 2015
674 kr
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The 4th-century teacher, Didymus the Blind, enjoyed a fruitful life as head of an episcopally-sanctioned school in Alexandria. Author of numerous dogmatic treatises and exegetical works, Didymus was considered a stalwart defender of the Nicene faith in his heyday. He duly attracted the likes of …
Knowledge by Ritual
A Biblical Prolegomenon to Sacramental Theology
Av Dru Johnson
Häftad, 2016
508 kr
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What do rituals have to do with knowledge? Knowledge by Ritual examines the epistemological role of rites in Christian Scripture. By putting biblical rituals in conversation with philosophical and scientific views of knowledge, Johnson argues that knowing is a skilled adeptness in both the biblical …
Imago Dei as Human Identity
A Theological Interpretation
Häftad, 2016
583 kr
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Theologians and Old Testament scholars have been at odds with respect to the best interpretation of the imago Dei. Theologians have preferred substantialistic (e.g., image as soul or mind) or relational interpretations (e.g., image as relational personhood) and Old Testament scholars have preferred …
"Seventy-Sevens Are Decreed"
A Canonical Approach to Daniel 9:24–27
Av Ron Haydon
Häftad, 2016
570 kr
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Few passages in the Old Testament are as enigmatic as Daniel 9:24-27. It makes sense, therefore, that a myriad of interpretations surround these four verses. Expanding on Brevard Childs’s brief work on Daniel, Haydon responds to this question with a canonical approach to Dan 9:24-27: reading a text …
Imprecation as Divine Discourse
Speech Act Theory, Dual Authorship, and Theological Interpretation
Av Kit Barker
Häftad, 2016
619 kr
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Christian readers of the Hebrew Bible are often faced with a troubling tension. On the one hand, they are convinced that this ancient text is relevant today, yet on the other, they remain perplexed at how this can be so, particularly when parts of it appear to condone violence. Barker’s volume …
Irenaeus and Genesis
A Study of Competition in Early Christian Hermeneutics
Häftad, 2009
582 kr
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Irenaeus, the second-century bishop of Lyons, left such an impression upon the church that he is sometimes considered to be theology’s “founding father.” After all, his legacy includes such theological landmarks as the regula fidei (or “rule of faith”) and the doctrine of recapitulation. Although …
Jeremiah's New Covenant
An Augustinian Reading
Häftad, 2011
694 kr
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The struggle to read Jeremiah 31:31–34 as Christian Scripture has a long and divided history, cutting across nearly every major locus of Christian theology. Yet little has been done either to examine closely the varieties of interpretation in the Christian tradition from the post-Nicene period to …
“According to the Law”
Reading Ezra 9–10 as Christian Scripture
Häftad, 2012
660 kr
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Christian interpreters have struggled with the story of Ezra 9–10 for many reasons. Its apparent legalism and racism, as well as its advocacy of divorce as a solution for intermarriage, is unacceptable for many Christians, yet this incident is presented in implicitly positive terms, and the …
Limits of a Text
Luke 23:34a as a Case Study in Theological Interpretation
Häftad, 2012
380 kr
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How does one limit a biblical text? Can one limit it? Should one? These questions drive one to examine core assumptions of biblical interpretation, assumptions about the aims and attitudes one brings to the task of reading the Bible. Is the aim of biblical exegesis to uncover what really happened, …
Reading with the Faithful
Interpretation of True and False Prophecy in the Book of Jeremiah from Ancient to Modern Times
Häftad, 2013
570 kr
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If, therefore, someone is a prophet, he no doubt prophesies, but if someone prophesies he is not necessarily a prophet.—OrigenOrigen, writing sometime in the mid-third century on the Gospel of John, has charted a course for the subsequent history of interpretation of true and false prophecy. …
Reading the Way to Heaven
A Wesleyan Theological Hermeneutic of Scripture
Häftad, 2014
601 kr
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The proliferation of work on the theological hermeneutics of Scripture in recent years has challenged and reimagined the divisions between systematic theology and biblical studies on the one hand and academy and church on the other. Also notable, however, has been the absence of a full-length …
Toward an Interpretation of the Book of Proverbs
Selfishness and Secularity Reconsidered
Häftad, 2013
656 kr
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Major religious themes of the Bible, such as election and covenant, are not mentioned in the book of Proverbs. Furthermore, self-interest underlies its motivational system (“you shall behave well, because it will be good for you”). These “selfish” and “secular” features have posed serious ethical …
Canonical Exegesis of the Eighth Psalm
YHWH's Maintenance of the Created Order through Divine Reversal
Häftad, 2013
624 kr
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Since Brevard Childs first introduced it as a “fresh approach” in the late 1960s, canonical exegesis has grown into a widely discussed and developed program—virtually a “school” of biblical interpretation—with many scholars carrying forward an approach to theological exegesis that emphasizes the …
Reading Old Testament Narrative as Christian Scripture
Häftad, 2017
494 kr
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Douglas Earl sets out a fresh perspective on understanding what is involved in reading Old Testament narrative as Christian Scripture. Earl considers various narratives as examples that model different interpretive challenges in the form of exegetical, ethical, historical, metaphysical, and …
Ruled Reading and Biblical Criticism
Häftad, 2019
460 kr
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In Ruled Reading and Biblical Criticism, Matthew T. Bell contends that the gulf in interpretive priorities between ancient and modern readers has been exaggerated and that careful study of early Christian reading practices suggests that it is both possible and productive to recontextualize early …
Reconsidering Creation Ex Nihilo in Genesis 1
Häftad, 2020
839 kr
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There is a broad consensus among biblical scholars that creation ex nihilo (from nothing) is a late Hellenistic concept with little inherent connection to Genesis 1 and other biblical creation texts. In this book, Nathan J. Chambers forces us to reconsider the question, arguing in favor of reading …
Voice Without End
The Role of David in Psalms 3–14
Häftad, 2021
403 kr
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The past fifty years have seen a strong interest in the shape and the message of the book of Psalms. In A Voice Without End, Andrew C. Witt evaluates the significance of Psalms 3–14, and in particular, the presence and function of the figure of David. Using representative interpreters and canonical …
