Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church
By Robert W. Jenson
How does the church understand the relation between its Scripture and its creedal formulations? No one is more qualified to address that question than Robert W. Jenson, who shows how canon and creed work together and interact and that neither is an a...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 8/23/2010
ISBN: 9780664230548
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 152
The New Testament Evidence
By James D.G. Dunn
To answer the title question effectively requires more than the citing of a few texts; we must first acknowledge that the way to the answer is more difficult than it appears and recognize that the answer may be less straightforward than many would li...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 7/15/2010
ISBN: 9780664231965
Format: 5.5 x 8.5
Pages: 176
By Rowan A. Greer, James L. Kugel
This highly accessible book discusses how the early Jewish and Christian communities went about interpreting Scripture.The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/1/1986
ISBN: 9780664250133
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 220
The Selection and Rejection of Early Religious Writings
By Lee Martin McDonald
We know that the early Christian church had a variety of scriptures and other source material that informed their faith and shaped their thinking. We also know that after a few centuries the church decided to keep the twenty-seven books of our presen...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 7/20/2009
ISBN: 9780664233570
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 328
By Robert M. Grant
This volume in the Library of Early Christianity series explores the early Christian movement, especially as it is described in the book of Acts, and uses information about other religions being practiced during the same time period to fill in the st...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/1/1988
ISBN: 9780664250119
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 216
Female Saviors and Formative Christianity
By Gail P.C. Streete
This book examines the image of the savior and the experience of salvation, two concepts that are inextricably entwined. Gail Streete asserts that Christianity set aside female images of salvation by emphasizing the maleness of Jesus. She draws on so...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 11/1/1992
ISBN: 9780664253899
Format: 5 x 8
Pages: 228
The Other Side of Early Christianity
By Gerd Ludemann
According to the commonly held view, early Christianity was a time of great harmony, and heresy emerged only at a later stage. To the contrary, Gerd Ludemann argues that the time from the first Christian communities to the end of the second century w...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/1/1996
ISBN: 9780664226428
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 352
By Archibald M. Hunter
Archibald Hunter has thoroughly revised and updated this work. At the same time, he has preserved its outline and organization. This widely acclaimed book has already become a standard reference for teachers, ministers, college, and seminary students...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/1/1996
ISBN: 9780664249656
Format: 5 x 8
Pages: 224
Images of the Lost Disciple
By Kim Paffenroth
Judas: Images of the Lost Disciple traces the development of the stories about the most famous traitor in the history of Western Civilization. Its purpose is not to find the Judas of history, but rather to provide readers with a map that shows the si...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/1/2002
ISBN: 9780664224240
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 207
Images of the Lost Disciple
By Kim Paffenroth
Judas: Images of the Lost Disciple traces the development of the stories about the most famous traitor in the history of Western Civilization. Its purpose is not to find the Judas of history, but rather to provide readers with a map that shows the si...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/1/2011
ISBN: 9780664238308
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By Stanley E. Stowers
Making use of letters--both formal and personal--that have been preserved through the ages, Stanley Stowers analyzes the cultural setting within which Christianity arose.The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books explori...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/1/1986
ISBN: 9780664250157
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 192
A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity
By Luise Schottroff
Lydia's Impatient Sisters offers a social history of the everyday life of women, setting common experiences of labor, money, illness, and resistance in the context of the Roman imperial society.Luise Schottroff relates this history to important theol...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/1/1995
ISBN: 9780664226084
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 316
Gospels and Related Writings
By Wilhelm Schneemelcher, R. McL. Wilson
This revised edition is a translation of the sixth German edition, just as the original English New Testament Apocrypha was a translation of the third German edition. The introductions to individual texts have been either completely rewritten or thor...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 12/1/1990
ISBN: 9780664227210
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 572
Writings Relating to the Apostles; Apocalypses and Related Subjects
By Wilhelm Schneemelcher, R. McL. Wilson
This revised edition is a translation of the sixth German edition, just as the original English New Testament Apocrypha was a translation of the third German edition. The introductions to individual texts have been either completely rewritten or thor...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/1/1992
ISBN: 9780664227227
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 784
By David E. Aune
This volume in the Library of Early Christianity examines the literary techniques that were common during the development of the New Testament, and how these techniques influenced Scripture.The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outst...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/1/1985
ISBN: 9780664250188
Format: 6x9
Pages: 264