Christology of the New Testament

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
A critical survey of New Testament Christology. It provides coverage of the christological ideas explicit or implicit in each of the main New Testament writers, as well as saying something about Jesus' own self-understanding. Chapters cover the individual Epistles and Gospels.

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The Gospels and Jesus

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Jesus of Nazareth and the four New Testament gospels continue to fascinate people from many cultural and religious backgrounds. Who was Jesus? Are Christian claims about him supported by solid historical evidence? How reliable are the evangelists portraits of Jesus which were written some forty to fifty years after his crucifixion? These […]

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Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
In this splendid introduction to the elusive rhetorical device central to the New Testament picture of Jesus, Charles Hedrick explores the nature of the parable and its history of use. In part one, he asks basic questions such as What is a parable? Is Jesus really the author of the parables? […]

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2 Corinthians 1-7

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
2 Corinthians 1-7

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Conversion at Corinth

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Paul's conversion and its impact on his theology has been studied extensively. Yet little has been done to relate this to Paul's attitude towards the conversion of others, or to perspectives on conversion held by converts in the churches Paul founded. Sot

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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers Inc.,U.S.
This is Edersheim's classic, his most well-known, scholarly, yet exceedingly practical and highly readable book. What was it really like to live when Jesus lived? Alfred Edersheim will take you there, shedding light on the cities, towns, religious sects, political struggles, customs, and lifestyles of Jesus' day.

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Solving the Romans Debate

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
Why did Paul address a long discussion of Jewish themes to a gentile audience? Scholars have long debated the double character of Romans. A. Andrew Das promises to resolve the debate through a fresh understanding of the identity and attitudes of the gentile Christians in Rome and of the expulsion of Jews from […]

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The Stars Will Fall from Heaven

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
The Stars Will Fall From Heaven explores New Testament texts employing language of cosmic catastrophe in their immediate and wider literary and historical contexts. Adams first investigates the Old Testament, Jewish apocalyptic and related literature and Graeco-Rornan sources, before moving on to concentrate on New Testament evidence. Adams' exegesis aims […]

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Dwelling in the Household of God

Publisher: Glazier (Michael) Inc.,U.S.
In her first book, God Dwells With Us: Temple Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel, Mary L. Coloe, P.B.V.M., explored the profound insight of John's Gospel expressed in Jesus' invitation to his disciples: Make your home in me, as I make mine in you (John 15:4).Dwelling in the Household of God moves us […]

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Oecumenius

Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
This is the first complete translation in English of Oecumenius's commentary, which is the first known Greek commentary on the book of Revelation. Written in the sixth century but discovered only at the beginning of the twentieth, it presents a fascinating view of a writer who strove to be […]

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