Outline: Jonathan Edwards and the Life of God retrieves Edward's theology of participation, critically elucidating the concept of theosis in his Trinitian theology. This volume brings Edward's rich theological work into conversation with the patristic and Reformed traditions (Calvin and, especially, Barth) in order to construct a more hopeful, liberating, and truly human version of Christian li…
Outline: From Global to Local, the many faces of global Christianity - As they have from the very first century, the highly diverse and creative religious lives of ordinary Christians have decisively engaged the enormous developments of the twentieth century. However tentatively they can all be pieced together, these are some of their stories. Whether in the sugar cane fields of Central America…
Outline : This volume brings together an ecumenical team of scholars to provide a historical overview of how worship developed in three major Christian traditions: Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant - including Reformation traditions, evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism. The first book in the series, Theological Foundations of Worship, presented key theological concepts related to …
Outline : This volume is the result of the 2021 session of the Linguistics and the Biblical Text research group of the Institute for Biblical Research, which addresses the history, relevance, and prospects of broad theoretical linguistic frameworks in the field of biblical studies. Cognitive Linguistics, Functional Grammar, generative linguistics, historical linguistics, complexity theory, and …
Outline: Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible is a monument of enormous learning. Complete, trustworthy, and portable, Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible is an indispensable reference for all readers of the Bible. For nearly a century, lay people and scholars alike have valued both the authoritative contents and the convenient format of this one-volume work. Here are just a few reasons Hastings' Di…
Although this volume completes my commentary on the Book of Psalms, no work on the Psalter can be said to be complete. There still remain questions about difficult words and constructions, uncertainties about the translation of the tenses, and different proposals about the structure and setting of the psalms. And so there must be periodic updates with corrections and clarifications as research …
This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity, from the fourth century B.C.E. to the fifth century C.E. The selections are taken from the plethora of ancient religions, including Judaism and …
Outline : The Lord's commitment to make himself known throughout the nations is the overarching missionary theme of the Bible and the central theological concern of Exodus. Countering scholarly tendencies to fragment the text over theological difficulties, Ross Blackburn contends that Exodus should be read as a unified whole, and that an appreciation of its missionary theme in its canonical con…
Outline: This Reader examines biblical patterns and principles of communication, and presents six case studies investigating aspects of communication in an Asian context. Intended to help promote the study of communication, the chapters have wide application as readings for courses in missiology, Christian anthropology, cross cultural communication, mass media, sociology, strategy evaluation an…
Outline: Jonathan Edwards and the Life of God retrieves Edward's theology of participation, critically elucidating the concept of theosis in his Trinitian theology. This volume brings Edward's rich theological work into conversation with the patristic and Reformed traditions (Calvin and, especially, Barth) in order to construct a more hopeful, liberating, and truly human version of Christian li…
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- The complete text of the Greek Old Testament as it appears in the Rahlfs-Hanhart revised Septuaginta, laid out in a clear, modern, and highly readable format.
- Includes all Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books, as well as double-texts, which are presented on facing pages for easy comparison
- Every word occurring 100 times or fewer in Septuaginta - as well as every word that occurs…
Outline: The author arrived in Guatemala in 1964 as a Presbyterian missionary assigned to the faculty of the Presbyterian Seminary of Guatemala. The extenson program of that institution, now known throughout the world, was then in its second year and still struggling to survive. One of the most urgent needs was to develop self-study textbooks, and the author's first attempt was an Inductive …