Outline: The relationship between science and religion (SR) has often been portrayed as combative. However, the interface of the two discipline is complex and nuanced, and they have much to learn from each other. This book welcomes readers to the SR dialogue. This helpful introductory work is simultaneously an encyclopedia, an annotated bibliography, and a survey. The book's stalwart adviso…
Outline: This book explores the interplay between chance and providence in the monotheistic religious traditions, looking at how their interaction has been conceptualized as our understanding of the workings of nature has changed. This lively historical conversation has generated intense ongoing theological debates, and provocative response from science: what are we to make of the history of o…
Outline: The Church and Postmodern Culture series features high-profile theorists in continental philosophy and contemporary theology writing for a broad, nonspecialist audience interested in the impact of postmodern theory on the faith and practice of the church. Many in the church who are wrestling with ministry in a postmodern era view deconstruction as a negative aspect of the postmodern …
Outline: That the author is the most significant contemporary European philosopher cannot be doubted. He has yet to be completely understood and his place in the framework of European thought has still to be evaluated. His concern with the Being of being is a reflection of his deep longing to understand demands rejection of such definition as rational, economic, or pragmatic. That the author'…
Outline: The main topics covered are 'the great commandment', the synagogue and its function, the parable, the Sabbath, divorce and forgiveness. These topics differ not only in subject matter, but also in the type comparison offered - legal, historical, literary, theological and even contrasting themes. Reading the texts will produce questions for dialogue - some suggested questions for discu…
Outline: As in other volumes of the Cambridge Bible Commentary, there are introductions to the books dealt with, followed by the text of the New English Bible divided into sections. Each section of the text is followed by the commentary upon it. The preaching of the prophets Hagai and Zechariah gave a new impetus to the life of the 'remnant' of the Jewish people returned from the Babylonian …
Outline: The plan of this volume of commentary on the New English Bible text of three Old Testament books follows the pattern established by the New Testament series of Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the New English Bible. The main divisions of the text are those provided by the New English Bible itself. The text is further subdivided for the purposes of the commentary, which is printed in s…
Outline: The prophet Ezekiel in exile from the land of Judah came to see the reason for his country's downfall, and prophesied its eventual restoration with the revival of faith and more responsibility. This visionary book is often difficult to understand. The author's commentary makes is meaning available to the modern reader, particularly by explaining the historical context. When so expl…
Outline: The five Old Testament books dealt with this volume of the Commentary occupied a special place in Hebrew tradition as selected readings for major festivals and were accordingly brought together in Hebrew manuscripts to form a group of five scrolls. The books of The Five Scrolls vary greatly: debate about their holiness and authority is recorded from the second century A.D. onwards, an…
Outline: The Chronicles, divided into two books purely for convenience, have long suffered from neglect; this is partly because much of their content can be found elsewhere in the Old Testament and partly because their presentation, emphasizing genealogies and ritual ceremonies, has lacked appeal for modern man over the last few hundred years. Yet these books, with their theological interpret…
Outline: This series of commentaries of the New English Bible is designed for use in schools and colleges for the minister and the layman. Each volume comments on one book, or a few short books, of the Bible and in each the text is given in full. Sections of text and commentary alternate, so that the reader does not have to keep two books open, or turn from one part of the book to the other,…
Outline: The Cambridge Bible Commentary gives the full text in the NEB version, with a lucid untechnical commentary designed for students in schools and colleges, for ministers of religion, and laymen generally. The volume is meant to be read as an uninterrupted unity, with introductory sections leading straight into the text, which is itself interwoven with the commentary. The central theme…
Outline: The author's volume, like the others in the series, contains the text in the NEB translation, with introductory material preceding it, and a commentary directly following each section of text. The author explains the nature and function of the whole book, its place in Jewish religious history and thought, and among the Old Testament books, and its continuing relevance today.
Outline: Although liturgical tradition in Reformed churches is a frequently probed subject, information in certain aspects of the field is limited. To alleviate this situation, the author places major emphasis to this book on some lesser known areas of Reformed worship. At the same time, he touches in highlights of Reformed liturgical history, particularly the relative significance of sermon…
Outline: This story of the Scottish Covenanters has a significance far beyond that of a local squabble in a provincial backwater of civilization in the seventeenth century. Limited though it is in space and time, it focuses attention upon a crucial issue which the Christian Church has had to face throughout its history, and which is as acute today as ever it was. That issue was not the questi…
Outline: This classic study of the founder of Methodism by a Franciscan priest, now reissued, is in two main parts. The first, beginning with Luther and Zwingli, is a brilliant historical survey showing the point to which Protestantism had evolved and much larger section treats of John Wesley himself and his associates; it is concerned of course wih Wesley's life and personality, but it treat…
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 …
Outline: This book presents a re-reading of the stories of Old Testament women, highlighting their spirituality and exploring their experiences in the light of third-world women today. In Part One, the author discusses the stories of eight Old Testament women: Hagar, Rahab, Jephthah's daughter, Ruth and Naomi, Abigail, and the two unnamed women of 2 Kings. In her meditations of these images o…
Outline: Rebelling against a century of Old Testament scholarship, the authors persuasively argue that the first eleven chapters of Genesis are not a literary patchwork by different editors as widely supposed, but are the work of one author of extraordinary subtlety and skill. Comparing Genesis 1-11 with primeval histories from the Ancient Near East, the authors urge their readers to apprecia…
Outline: In this latest additional to the popular handbook series, the author gives teachers and students a comprehensive guide to the grammar and vocabulary of both 2 Peter and Jude. Within the text of these intertwined Catholic Epistles, the author finds rhetorical features and stylistic elements often overlooked. Used in combination with traditional commentaries, students will be guided to…
Outline: The pas fifty years have seen powerful shifts in the methods and objectives of Biblical Studies. The study of Johannine Literature, in particular, has seen a proliferation of new approaches, as well as innovative exegetical and theological conclusions. This volume surveys the emerging landscape from the perspective of scholars who have shaped the field. Written in a conversational a…
Outline: In this refreshing and thoughtful interpretation of the biblical book of Jonah, the author seeks to recover the book's prophetic thrust : how Jonah is cast out from the divine Presence and works his way back - line Elijah - in a love story of rejection and reconciliation. This book explores the role reversal of Eternity and Jonah and suggests the possibility that God can not only chan…
Outline: The history of Israel of the Bible remains one of the most holy contested issues in scholarship of the Hebrew Bible today. One of the clearest voices in the debate is that of the author. In the pages of this volume the author distills years of writing on the history of Israel from its beginnings up to the destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem (586 B.C.E.). The author divides …
Outline: This book introduces the books of the New Testament, their authors and their contexts along with key areas of critical scholarship. Questions and exercises are also included to encourage direct engagement with the biblical text. This helpful book will give students beginning their studies the confidence and skills to start analysing New Testament texts for themselves.
Outline: Among the smiling faces in church on Sunday mornings are those who long for deeper, more genuine relationships within their local congregations - active, intentional relationships that nurture the soul, and foster spiritual growth. Drawing on decades of experience in spiritual direction, congregational ministry, and seminary teaching, this book offers a clear and rich introduction to …
Outline: Isaiah 40 - 66 is not only a well-known and much loved part of Christian Scripture, but essential background for understanding the New Testament. It is also important because it grew out of the deepest crisis in Israel's history. Christians today too live in a time of crisis, of deep social and political unrest. Like the Israelites in Babylon, we need to reconstruct our tradition fa…
Outline: In a world where people still oppress and enslave one another, and rulers are still afraid or unwilling to give freedom and equality to those they rule, the Book of Exodus has a message that many need to hear. Following the series pattern, detailed interpretation and commentary on the Bible narrative are supported by special notes on the historical and literary background, and on the …
Outline: This book has become a classic textbook that has rapidly established itself as the standard introduction to the subject for student and general reader alike. This new edition includes minor corrections and clarifications: the Further Reading section has been revised and the discussion of a number of topics has been brought up to date. House churches now appear in descriptions of ear…
Outline: How did early Christians remember Jesus - and how did they develop their own Christian identities and communities? In this revelatory book, the author explores how transgression contributed to early Christian identity in the Gospels, Acts, Letters of Paul, and Revelation. Examining Jesus as a friend of sinners, challenger of purity laws, transgressor of conventional masculine values…
Outline: Reconciliation is high on many agendas today. The author argues convincingly that reconciliation between God and humanity is at the heart of the Christian faith. It must also be sought in the political, social and personal arenas, in the field of ecology and, perhaps most difficult of all, within ourselves. All these areas are interrelated. The Christian understanding of reconcili…
Outline: This classic reprint of the author's book provides a new generation of students and scholars with the opportunity to benefit from his excellent examination of the figure of Paul in the light of his Greco-Roman origins.
Outline: This book explores the historical reasons for the creation of the book of James and the implications for the creation of the Christian canon. The author makes a compelling case that James was written in the mid-second century and is, like 2 Peter, an attempt to provide a distinctive shape to the emerging New Testament. This book bolsters the claim that the Catholic Epistles not only …
Outline: The author is an outstanding expert in the interreligious field and has, throughout his career and ministry, built up a high reputation for understanding and dialogue between faith communities. Here, the author deals with the use of Scripture, inclusivism and exclusivism, pluralism and particularism, mission and dialogue. The text phase of Christian thought, he argues, will be shaped…