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By Paul W. Walaskay
In this book, Paul Walaskay discusses Luke's description of the early church, its leadership, and its struggles as a people of God amid competing religious claims. He helps the reader understand Luke and his contemporaries and examines the first-cent...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/1/1998
ISBN: 9780664252618
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 250
By Lewis R. Donelson
Paul's influence on Christian thought has been powerful and formative. The deuteropauline epistles, attributed to but not written by Paul, were actually authored by early Christians in an attempt to apply Pauline insights to particular challenges not...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/1/1996
ISBN: 9780664252649
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 204
By Choon-Leong Seow
The book of Daniel is concerned with religious persecution. Daniel's message in this apocalyptic text, however, assures that God will deliver those who trust God, refuse to worship other Gods, and keep Jewish tradition in the face of persecution. C. ...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1/31/2003
ISBN: 9780664256753
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 216
By Thomas W. Mann
Deuteronomy, Thomas Mann notes, is more than a relic of ancient history. It is a living document that deals with issues that have relevance for the modern-day reader, including justice and the vision of the Great Society, individual responsibility ve...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 12/1/1995
ISBN: 9780664252663
Format: 6x9
Pages: 167
By David Rensberger
David Rensberger shows here how the Epistles of John spoke to the emerging concerns of an early Christian community that cherished John's Gospel. The Epistles apply many of the themes of the Gospel to new situations. In particular the Elder, who writ...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 4/1/2001
ISBN: 9780664258016
Format: 6x9
Pages: 130
By J. Gerald Janzen
The book of Exodus is literally a story about "going out," and as such, it touches on something all of us have in common: each of our lives is marked by different kinds of goings out and comings in. J. Gerald Janzen reads the Exodus story as both the...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 12/1/1997
ISBN: 9780664252557
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 288
By Ronald E. Clements
The book of Ezekiel was written during a tumultuous time in Israel's history. It follows a period that began with Ezekiel's warning of Jerusalem's fall and his prediction of the destruction of the temple--a sanctuary regarded as so holy that its dest...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 6/1/1996
ISBN: 9780664252724
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 224
By Johanna W.H. van Wijk-Bos
According to this well-known author, today's readers find much that is familiar in Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, including the message of God's faithfulness in the face of prejudice, sexism, and patriarchy.Books in the Westminster Bible Companion serie...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/1/1998
ISBN: 9780664255978
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 147
By Paul K. Hooker
In this volume, a part of the Westminster Bible Companion series, Paul Hooker suggests that First and Second Chronicles is not a "history of Israel," but rather a theological reflection on the story of Israel's faith. The Chronicler, according to Hoo...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 10/1/2001
ISBN: 9780664255916
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 308
By Terence E. Fretheim
Old Testament scholar Terence Fretheim identifies the theology in the dramatic accounts of the books of Kings, which chronicles the reigns of more than forty kings over a period of nearly four hundred years. Interspersing theological reflections thro...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 4/1/1999
ISBN: 9780664255657
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 240
By Fred B. Craddock
Fred B. Craddock examines the letters of First and Second Peter and Jude, asking, what kind of literature is it? who wrote the letter? to whom was the letter written? and for what purpose was the letter written? Craddock's answers let us draw from th...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 12/1/1995
ISBN: 9780664252656
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 168
By Eugene H. Peterson
The power of story as God's word to the community of faith is never more clear than in the books of Samuel. Emotion, drama, complexity of character, and mystery fill the pages of these two biblical books. Eugene Peterson's commentary emphasizes the r...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 9/1/1999
ISBN: 9780664255237
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 288
By W. Sibley Towner
Not only does the book of Genesis begin our Bible, but it also can serve to begin the discussion of a variety of important topics as well: the question of origins, tensions between genders and between siblings, the reality of sin, the saga of human f...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 3/1/2001
ISBN: 9780664252564
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 308
By Frances Taylor Gench
For believers who have grown weary or disillusioned with their Christian commitment, the letter to the Hebrews offers much practical assistance. In this day of dwindling church attendance and clergy burnout, a new reading of Hebrews offers an encoura...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 9/1/1996
ISBN: 9780664255275
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 140
By Bruce C. Birch
Often called "minor prophets," these first great classical prophets spoke to issues that dominated their times--love, redemption, fidelity, renewal, authority, justice, righteousness, and inclusivity--and that continue to have great relevance today.B...
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 6/1/1997
ISBN: 9780664252717
Format: 6 x 9
Pages: 272
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