Reading Biblical Narratives

Reducere. Based on a series of lectures given in Israel, Amit introduces the reader to the subtle ways of the biblical narrators. Covering issues of characte...

A biblical scholar identifies the covenant as an overarching theme among diverse biblical texts While the canonical scriptures were produced over m...

This... is a brilliant work." --Choice Sternberg] has written a very important book, both for his comprehensiveness and for the clearly-avowed fait...

..".I still believe that traditional Old Testament criticism has had the effect of killing the Old Testament for the church. This little tome can h...

Christian theology has concentrated too much on issues around guilt and the needs of the perpetrator of sin, but ignored the strong biblical theme ...

Reducere. 939At Christmas, God came into our ordinary world in the form of a child, and still today, God is at work through the ordinary stuff of life, if we...

The Old Testament offers a rich palette of ideas, images, and narratives that help us unpack some of the more compact and opaque theological ideas ...

Reducere. With emancipation, a long battle for equal citizenship began. Bringing together the histories of religion, race, and the South, Elizabeth L. Jemiso...

Description"No interpreter of the creation narratives can avoid interacting with this book." --Derek W. H. Thomas Christians have long discussed an...

Reducere. Seven specialists in Old Testament theology and interpretation come together to offer a variety of needed biblical perspectives and insights on how...

DescriptionFrank Kermode has long held a distinctive place among modern critics. He brings to the study of literature a fine and fresh critical int...

Reducere. DescriptionEven before its original publication in 1860, the Mei HaShiloach was attacked by Hasidic groups in Poland; attempts were even made to sa...

Reducere. Many Christian feminists wonder if they can simultaneously maintain their commitment to principles of gender equality and their faith in the Script...

Reducere. Unbinding Isaac takes readers on a trek of discovery for our times into the binding of Isaac story. Nineteenth-century Danish philosopher S ren Kie...

Reducere. Subtitle: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis is foundational reading for the Christian, concerned as it is w...

Reducere. DescriptionAs evidence accumulates regarding the effect of thought and emotion on health, more people are investigating spiritual healing. This boo...