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John Kaltner

John Kaltner is Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Virginia Ballou McGehee Professor of Muslim-Christian Relations, and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

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What Then Does This Text Mean?

Approaches to Critical Biblical Interpretation

Author(s):
Steven McKenzie
John Kaltner

What Then Does This Text Mean? offers a comprehensive survey of the most common methods and approaches used in contemporary biblical scholarship to help students navigate both foundational and newer critical lenses being used in biblical interpretation today. Organized into five sections, this textbook brings together twenty-two essays by accomplished Bible scholars, each written in an accessible style and including detailed explanations of a particular approach along with an example of it...
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Price: $42.00
Publication Date: 10/20/2026
0664265103

What Do Our Neighbors Believe?, Second Edition

Questions and Answers on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Author(s):
Micah Greenstein
Kendra Hotz
John Kaltner

The current social and political climate makes it easy to benefit from religious misunderstanding. Political and religious leaders create fear of the religious other in order to drum up support for themselves. But the best way to combat deliberate misrepresentation is to provide accurate, timely information about the three great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Originally published in 2007, What Do Our Neighbors Believe? Second Edition organizes the three belief sys...
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Price: $22.00
Publication Date: 10/08/2019
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New Meanings for Ancient Texts

Recent Approaches to Biblical Criticisms and Their Applications

Author(s):
Steven McKenzie
John Kaltner

"As . . . newer approaches [to biblical criticism] become more established and influential, it is essential that students and other serious readers of the Bible be exposed to them and become familiar with them. That is the main impetus behind the present volume, which is offered as a textbook for those who wish to go further than the approaches covered in To Each Its Own Meaning by exploring more recent or experimental ways of reading." —from the introductionThis book is a ...
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Price: $36.00
Publication Date: 08/23/2013