In this Lenten devotional, each reflection focuses on a key point in Matthew and includes a prayer and inspirational verse, as well as questions for individual reflection or small-group discussion. This is the third and final book in our Lectionary-based Lenten meditations.
Two Books on Genesis Against the Manichees ; and, on the Literal Interpretation of Genesis, an Unfinished Book, Vol. 84
No other part of the Hebrew Scriptures, aside from the Psalter and sections of the prophet Isaiah, captured the interest and aroused the attention of the early Church as did the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis. Augustine of Hippo, the early Latin Church's profoundest scholar, devoted three treatises to these chapters. The first two - On ......
This revised edition of Carl Vaught's theological investigation of the Sermon on the Mount begins with the assumption that the text cannot be understood apart from a transformation of the human spirit. The stages of this transformation are outlined in the Beatitudes; and against this background, the volume comes to focus on the perfection that ......
A Christ-Centered guide to the Gospel of Luke for daily devotion and group study during Lent. Exploring the major themes found in Luke's gospel, including the ways of God-promise, fulfillment, salvation, and the work of the Holy Spirit-Koester shows us how to live in this world-in vocation and compassion, worship and prayer. Each of the 47 ......
This volume provides an introduction to psychological interpretations of the Hebrew Bible in general, with the Garden of Eden story as a test case. It approaches the text from Freudian, Jungian and Developmental psychologies, comparing and contrasting the different methods while taking on the hermeneutical issues. The work of Ricoeur is used to ......
In a changing society, Christians and Jews have looked to the Bible to find values and models. But the Hebrew Bible does not offer just a single model for family behavior or relationships. This volume explores the positive and negative aspects of family life in ancient Israel as portrayed in the Bible. Rashkow examines the relationships between ......
An analysis of the implications of the Holocaust for interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. The contributors discuss theoretical and methodological considerations emerging from the Shoah and demonstrate the importance of these considerations in the reading of specific biblical texts.
An analysis of the implications of the Holocaust for interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. The contributors discuss theoretical and methodological considerations emerging from the Shoah and demonstrate the importance of these considerations in the reading of specific biblical texts.
In this major study, leading feminist biblical critic Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza focuses on Paul and his interpreters. She questions the apolitical ethos of biblical scholarship and argues for an alternative rooted in a critical understanding of language as a form of power. Modern biblical criticism, she reasons, derives much of its methodology ......
