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Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible
By Catherine Gunsalus González
Historical-critical approaches to Scripture rule out some readings and commend others, but they rarely offer much help to either theological reflection or the preaching of the Word. They do not point the church forward in the life of discipleship.The...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/16/2011
ISBN: 9780664232023
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 256
By Kenneth Schenck
This is a compact introduction to the work of Philo (c. 20 BCE-50 CE), the important Jewish thinker and scriptural interpreter. Kenneth Schenck provides a guide for understanding Philo's complex works, a roadmap for topics and contents of Philo's wri...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 2/2/2005
ISBN: 9780664227357
Format: 6x9
Pages: 184
By John F.A. Sawyer
This dictionary not only identifies terms and biblical figures but also examines them from the perspective of "reception history"--the history of the Bible's effect on its readers. Biblical books, passages, and characters certainly played important r...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/27/2009
ISBN: 9780664223380
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 312
A Study of the Sources and Significance of Origen's Interpretation of Scripture
By R. P.C Hanson
In this classic work in patristic studies, R. P. C. Hanson elucidates the views of the third-century theologian Origen on the nature and interpretaion of Scripture. The introduction by a leading Origen scholar sets Hanson's work in its context and ex...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 2/28/2003
ISBN: 9780664224448
Format: 5 x 8
Pages: 400
Protestant Perspectives on Mary
By Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Cynthia L. Rigby
Despite her prominence in the Christian narrative, Mary has largely been neglected within the Protestant church. Recent interest in such issues as feminism, spirituality, parenting, and ecumenism, however, force a serious reexamination of Mary's plac...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/30/2002
ISBN: 9780664224387
Format: 6x9
Pages: 168
Commentaries
By Joseph Haroutunian
This volume, demonstrating the main elements of Calvin's doctrine as they appear in his many commentaries on the books of the Old and New Testaments, speaks with singular power to the ordinary reader today. Included are more than two hundred selectio...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/1/1958
ISBN: 9780664241605
Format: 5.5 x 8.5
Pages: 412
By T.H.L. Parker
This enlarged and revised edition of a much-acclaimed, full-length study (1971) of Calvin's New Testament commentaries expounds upon Calvin's principles of interpretation. It considers early sixteenth-century hermeneutics and gives special emphasis t...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/1/1993
ISBN: 9780664254896
Format: 6 x 8
Pages: 268
By T.H.L. Parker
Calvin had always been regarded as one of the greatest biblical commentators in the history of the church. Now again available is this complete study of his Old Testament expositions--both written commentaries and lectures transcribed verbatim. The b...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/1/1993
ISBN: 9780664254902
Format: 6 x 8
Pages: 248
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
Genesis Motifs in the New Testament
By PAUL SEVIER MINEAR
In this major thematic work, senior scholar Paul Minear examines the Genesis motifs that are echoed in numerous parts of the New Testament. By doing so, Minear links the story of the old creation with the story of the new creation as he examines the ...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 8/1/1994
ISBN: 9780664255312
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 142
From the Hebrew Scriptures to Benedict XVI
By Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen
This collection of essays by prominent scholars surveys the ways in which the Decalogue—the Ten Commandments—has been understood and appropriated from biblical times until today. With chapters devoted to major thinkers—such as Aquin...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 11/28/2012
ISBN: 9780664234904
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 260
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
Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible
By Joseph S. Harvard, Allen Verhey
Historical-critical approaches to Scripture rule out some readings and commend others, but they rarely offer much help to either theological reflection or the preaching of the Word. They do not point the church forward in the life of discipleship.The...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 5/6/2011
ISBN: 9780664232665
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 312
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives
By Letty M. Russell, Phyllis Trible
In different ways, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all trace their beginnings to Abraham. His wives, Hagar and Sarah, though also pivotal in the story, have received far less attention. In this book, however, noted Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scho...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/2/2006
ISBN: 9780664229825
Format: 6 X 9
Pages: 224
An Introduction to Critical Issues
By M. Patrick Graham, Steven L. McKenzie
Scholarship in the Hebrew Scriptures is more bountiful and diverse than ever before, a situation that presents a formidable challenge to the student trying to understand the critical issues in Hebrew Bible study. This book deals with each section of ...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 5/1/1998
ISBN: 9780664256524
Format: 6x9
Pages: 256
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