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Facing Your Giants Study Guide (Paperback, Study): Max Lucado Facing Your Giants Study Guide (Paperback, Study)
Max Lucado
R260 R246 Discovery Miles 2 460 Save R14 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Everyone has a "Goliath"-a problem so overwhelming it is seemingly gigantesque in its magnitude. Facing Your Giants Study Guide has the answers that believers need in order to face the giants in life. Whether your overwhelming problem is grief that you just can't deal with, divorce that has ravaged your family, or an addiction that has a vice-like clamp on your will-power, Facing Your Giants Study Guide will teach you to look past your problem towards the solution. Based on the life of David, this study guide is guaranteed to provide inspiration to succeed against even the most threatening difficulty.

1-2 Corinthians (Hardcover): Thomas C Oden 1-2 Corinthians (Hardcover)
Thomas C Oden
R2,626 R1,439 Discovery Miles 14 390 Save R1,187 (45%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Fitzroy Dearborn is pleased to announce an historic event in religious reference publishing -- Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Already eight years in development under the general editorship of Thomas C. Oden, the first six volumes have now been released: Mark; Romans; Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians; I Corinthians; Colossians; and the General Epistles.

Scripture today is interpreted primarily from the perspective of post-Enlightenment thinkers. Earlier commentary, particularly that of the renowned church fathers -- Ambrose, Chrysostom, Augustine, etc. -- has largely been lost to us. These early patristic writings are now rarely consulted -- not because they lack interest but because many of them have not been translated; still others are not readily available in reliable editions.

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is a truly unique resource: when completed, it will include 27 volumes encompassing the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, plus the Apocrypha. On each page readers will find the text of scripture, line by line, accompanied by the relevant commentary (in English) of the early church fathers. The salient insights, rhetorical power and unique exegeses of these great thinkers will now be available to readers in the 21st century.

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is possible only now, for it relies on computer searches of the ancient Greek, Latin, Coptic and Syriac patristic texts to identify and isolate commentary on individual books of the Bible. Volume editors (who together constitute an illustrious team of Biblical scholars) review and select the best expositions and analyses from dedicated Biblical commentary as well as from theentire range of patristic writings, including sermons, homilies, letters, and theological translations. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is thus an unprecedented international undertaking, involving the expertise of computer experts and translators as well as that of hundreds of Protestant, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic scholars from around the world.

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is dedicated to reclaiming for the modern reader classic commentary on the entire Christian canon: 21st century scholars, librarians, teachers, and students of the Bible will gain unequalled access to the most profound and enduring commentary by the early church fathers, from Element of Rome in the 2nd century to John of Damascus in the 8th century.

Fitzroy Dearborn expects great demand from libraries around the world for this extraordinary reference project, and very large initial printings allow us to price individual volumes at only $40 each. It is our hope that, at this price, even the smallest libraries will be able to afford this landmark work, which will be issued over a period of five years. Fitzroy Dearborn will record standing orders.

Megaleh Amukot with Galeh Amikata annotation Part 3 (Hebrew, Hardcover): Eyal Israel Zeidman Megaleh Amukot with Galeh Amikata annotation Part 3 (Hebrew, Hardcover)
Eyal Israel Zeidman
R1,408 R1,188 Discovery Miles 11 880 Save R220 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
James (Paperback): Richard Bauckham, John Court James (Paperback)
Richard Bauckham, John Court
R1,307 Discovery Miles 13 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Richard Bauckham explores the historical and literary contexts of the Epistle of James, discussing the significance of James as the brother of Jesus and leader of the early Jerusalem church. He gives special attention to the aphorisms which encapsulate James' wisdom, and to the way that James' teaching closely resembles that of Jesus.

Megaleh Amukot with Galeh Amikata annotation Part 2 (Hebrew, Hardcover): Eyal Israel Zeidman Megaleh Amukot with Galeh Amikata annotation Part 2 (Hebrew, Hardcover)
Eyal Israel Zeidman
R1,400 R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Save R220 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Word and Glory - On the Exegetical and Theological Background of John's Prologue (Hardcover): Craig A Evans Word and Glory - On the Exegetical and Theological Background of John's Prologue (Hardcover)
Craig A Evans
R6,280 Discovery Miles 62 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Word and Glory challenges recent claims that Gnosticism, especially as expressed in the Nag Hammadi tractate Trimorphic Protennoia, is the most natural and illuminating background for understanding the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel. Scriptural allusions and interpretive traditions suggest that Jewish wisdom tradition, mediated by the synagogue of the diaspora, lies behind the Prologue and the Fourth Gospel as a whole, not some form of late first-century Gnosticism. Several features of the Fourth Gospel reflect the synagogue and nascent Christianity's struggle to advance and defend its beliefs about Jesus who, as God's son and Agent, was understood as the embodiment of the Divine Word. All of the ingredients that make up Johannine christology derive from dominical tradition, refracted through the lens of Jewish interpretive traditions. There is no compelling evidence that this christology derived from or was influenced by gnostic mythology. Word and Glory also develops and tests criteria for assessing the relative value of post-New Testament sources for the interpretation of New Testament documents.>

Revelation Restored - Divine Writ And Critical Responses (Paperback, Revised): David W Halivni Revelation Restored - Divine Writ And Critical Responses (Paperback, Revised)
David W Halivni
R1,512 Discovery Miles 15 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Modern critical scholars divide the Pentateuch into distinct components, identifying areas of unevenness in the scriptural tradition, which point to several interwoven documents rather than one immaculate whole. While the conclusions reached by such critical scholarship are still matters of dispute, the inconsistencies which it has identified stand clearly before us and pose a serious challenge to the believer in divine revelation. How can a text marred by contradiction be the legacy of Sinai? How can there be reverence for holy scriptures that show signs of human intervention? David Weiss Halivni explores these questions, not by disputing the evidence itself or by defending the absolute integrity of the Pentateuchal words at all costs, but rather by accepting the inconsistencies of the text as such and asking how this text might yet be a divine legacy.Inconsistencies and unevenness in the Pentateuchal scriptures are not the discovery of modern textual science alone. Halivni demonstrates that the earliest stewards of the Torah, including some of those represented in the Bible itself, were aware of discrepancies within the tradition. From the Book of Chronicles through the commentaries of the Rabbis, sensitive readers have perceived maculations, which mitigate against the notion of an unblemished, divine document, and have responded to these maculations in different ways.Revelation Restored asserts that acknowledging and accounting for human intervention in the Pentateuchal text is not alien to the Biblical or Rabbinic tradition and need not belie the tradition of revelation. Moreover, it argues that through recognizing textual problems in the scriptures, as well as efforts to resolve them in tradition, we may learn not only about the nature of the Pentateuch itself but also about the ongoing relationship between its people and its source.

Megaleh Amukot with Galeh Amikata annotation Part 1 (Hebrew, Hardcover): Eyal Israel Zeidman Megaleh Amukot with Galeh Amikata annotation Part 1 (Hebrew, Hardcover)
Eyal Israel Zeidman
R1,137 Discovery Miles 11 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Paul, Judaism, and Judgment According to Deeds (Hardcover): Kent L. Yinger Paul, Judaism, and Judgment According to Deeds (Hardcover)
Kent L. Yinger
R3,027 Discovery Miles 30 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why does 'judgment according to deeds' produce no discernible theological tension for Paul, the apostle of justification by faith? For students of his writings, paradox, incoherence, or eschatological tension come more readily to mind. Paul felt no such theological tension because there was none - neither within his own soteriology, nor in that of the Judaism from which he learned to speak of 'judgment according to deeds'. For both, salvation is wholly by God's grace and the saved will be repaid (i.e. saved or condemned) in accordance with what they have done. Thus, Paul can promise eternal life to those who 'do good', while threatening wrath upon the disobedient (Rom 2:6-11), and without undermining justification by faith. This thorough 1999 examination of second temple and pauline texts interacts with discussions of 'covenantal nomism', justification, and the 'new perspective' on Paul to explore the Jewishness of the apostle's theology.

Luke's Gospel (Paperback): Jonathan Knight Luke's Gospel (Paperback)
Jonathan Knight
R1,285 Discovery Miles 12 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Luke's Gospel provides a comprehensive and schematic reading of Luke's Gospel, one of the most important books detailing the life and works of Christ, in six main parts. Knight introduces the Gospel and the narrative theory on which the Gospel rests. He offers a detailed, chapter-by-chapter exposition of the Gospel and also alternative perspectives, such as feminism and deconstruction. He considers the principal motifs of the Gospel, particularly the theme of the temple, which has been previously overlooked in Luke scholarship, arguing that Jesus pronounces the present temple forsaken by God to introduce himself as the cornerstone of the eschatological temple. Finally, he examines earlier readings of Luke's Gospel.
Jonathan Knight presents an accessible and jargon-free introduction to the Gospel and makes a valuable addition to the New Testament Readings series.

The Book of Hiding - Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther (Hardcover): Timothy K Beal The Book of Hiding - Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther (Hardcover)
Timothy K Beal
R4,470 Discovery Miles 44 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine closely the categories of self and other in relation to religion, sexism, nationalism, and the ever-looming legacies and future possibilities of annihilation. Beal applies the critical tools of contemporary theorists, such as Cixous, Irigaray and Levinas, challenging widely held assumptions about the moral and life-affirming message of Scripture and even about the presence of God in the book of Esther. The Book of Hiding draws together a variety of different perspectives and disciplines, creating a unique space for dialogue raising new questions and reconsidering old assumptions, which is profoundly interesting and well-articulated.

The Book of Hiding - Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther (Paperback, New): Timothy K Beal The Book of Hiding - Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther (Paperback, New)
Timothy K Beal
R1,576 Discovery Miles 15 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine closely the categories of self and other in relation to religion, sexism, nationalism, and the ever-looming legacies and future possibilities of annihilation. Beal applies the critical tools of contemporary theorists, such as Cixous, Irigaray and Levinas, challenging widely held assumptions about the moral and life-affirming message of Scripture and even about the presence of God in the book of Esther. The Book of Hiding draws together a variety of different perspectives and disciplines, creating a unique space for dialogue raising new questions and reconsidering old assumptions, which is profoundly interesting and well-articulated.

The Gospel of Thomas (Hardcover): Richard Valantasis The Gospel of Thomas (Hardcover)
Richard Valantasis
R4,480 Discovery Miles 44 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


This volume offers the first full commentary on the Gospel of Thomas, a work which has previously been accessible only to theologians and scholars. Valantasis provides fresh translations of the Coptic and Greek text, with an illuminating commentary, examining the text line by line. He includes a general introduction outlining the debates of previous scholars and situating the Gospel in its historical and theological contexts.
The Gospel of Thomas provides an insight into a previously inaccessible text and presents Thomas' gospel as an integral part of the canon of Biblical writings, which can inform us further about the literature of the Judeo-Christian tradition and early Christianity.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203131479

The Gospel of Thomas (Paperback): Richard Valantasis The Gospel of Thomas (Paperback)
Richard Valantasis
R1,285 Discovery Miles 12 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


This volume offers the first full commentary on the Gospel of Thomas, a work which has previously been accessible only to theologians and scholars. Valantasis provides fresh translations of the Coptic and Greek text, with an illuminating commentary, examining the text line by line. He includes a general introduction outlining the debates of previous scholars and situating the Gospel in its historical and theological contexts.
The Gospel of Thomas provides an insight into a previously inaccessible text and presents Thomas' gospel as an integral part of the canon of Biblical writings, which can inform us further about the literature of the Judeo-Christian tradition and early Christianity.

John 14-17 (Paperback): Simon Manchester John 14-17 (Paperback)
Simon Manchester; Edited by Elizabeth McQuoid
R166 Discovery Miles 1 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Troubled. Confused. Uncertain. After 3 years with Jesus there was so much the disciples didn't understand. They were still reeling from the news that someone in their inner circle would betray the Lord. Worse still, Jesus predicted that their fiery and courageous friend Peter would deny him, and that his death was imminent. It seemed unthinkable. What would Jesus say to them? What comfort could he possibly offer? Reclining around the meal table, Jesus answered questions, taught and prayed for his disciples. In this final tutorial, he wanted to remind them of his love and faithfulness. Regardless of what was to come and how things looked, he was in complete control, and events would indeed unfold according to his sovereign plan.

Mark's Gospel (Hardcover): John Painter Mark's Gospel (Hardcover)
John Painter
R4,467 Discovery Miles 44 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Mark's 'biography' of Jesus is the earliest of the four gospels, and influenced them all. The distinctive feature of this biography is the quality of 'good news', which presupposes a world dominated by the forces of evil.
John Painter shows how the rhetorical and dramatic shaping of the book emphasises the conflict of good and evil at many levels - between Jesus and the Jewish authorities, Jesus and the Roman authorities, and the conflict of values within the disciples themselves. These matters of content are integral to this original approach to Mark's theodicy, while the stylistic issue raises the question of Mark's intended readership.
John Painter's succinct yet thorough treatment of Mark's gospel opens up not only these rhetorical issues, but the social context of the gospel, which Painter argues to be that of the Pauline mission to the nations.

Mark's Gospel (Paperback): John Painter Mark's Gospel (Paperback)
John Painter
R1,289 Discovery Miles 12 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Mark's "biography" of Jesus is the earliest of the four gospels, and influenced them all. The distinctive feature of this biography is the quality of "good news", which presupposes a world dominated by the forces of evil.
John Painter shows how the rhetorical and dramatic shaping of the book emphasises the conflict of good and evil at many levels - between Jesus and the Jewish authorities, Jesus and the Roman authorites, and the conflict of values within the disciples themselves. These matters of content are integral to this original approach to Mark's theodicy, while the stylistic issue raises the question of Mark's intended readership.
John Painter's succint yet thorough treatment of Mark's gospel opens up not only these rhetorical issues, but the social context of the gospel, which Painter argues to be that of the Pauline mission to the nations.

Revelation (Paperback): Rev A J P Garrow, A.J.P. Garrow Revelation (Paperback)
Rev A J P Garrow, A.J.P. Garrow
R1,273 Discovery Miles 12 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Revelation claims to tell the story of 'what must soon take place', and yet, despite centuries of scholarly research, the order and content of this story has remained one of the greatest mysteries of all time.
Arguing that Revelation was designed to be heard in six separate instalments, A.J.P. Garrow's innovative book suggests a new and orderly understanding of the structure of the story. This development makes possible a new and coherent interpretation of 'what must soon take place'.
According to this study, John discerned a close connection between the present and the End. For today's readers, as for the members of the seven churches, this insight has profound implications for the way in which world events, weekly worship and everyday choices are perceived.

The Challenge of Diversity - The Witness of Paul and the Gospels (Paperback, New): David Rhoads The Challenge of Diversity - The Witness of Paul and the Gospels (Paperback, New)
David Rhoads
R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is addressed primarily to Christians of various denominations in the United States-to parishes, both laity and clergy, and to students. The book is useful in teaching, preaching, spiritual formation, and mission. Its aim is simply to be a source of Christian renewal at both the personal and the parish levels as together we seek to minister to one another and to the world. It is an invitation to reach beyond our own perspective and to embrace a wider circle of diverse viewpoints as legitimate expressions of the Christian life-both in the New Testament and in the contemporary church-and to be open to learn and grow from them.

Jesus Framed (Paperback, New): George Aichele Jesus Framed (Paperback, New)
George Aichele
R1,312 Discovery Miles 13 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Biblical Limits is a new series which brings to the traditional field of Biblical Studies literary criticism, anthropology and gender-based approaches, thus reaching new ways of understanding Biblical texts.
Jesus Framed is a collection of essays on reading the gospel of Mark. It uses literary theory, most notably the writings of Roland Barthes, to examine some of the difficulties in the text of Mark. A series of close readings of the gospel of Mark is compared to similar texts, both biblical and otherwise. Drawing on Mark's famous phrase that to those who are outside all comes through parables (Mark 4:11-12), Jesus Framed explores the boundaries between insiders and outsiders, those who can and those who cannot find a meaning in the text.

Sermons on Galatians (Hardcover): Jean Calvin Sermons on Galatians (Hardcover)
Jean Calvin; Translated by Kathy Childress
R979 R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Save R117 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Calvin stresses the great themes of Galatians - human sin and depravity; law and grace; the love that took Christ Jesus to the cross; forgiveness of sin; justification by faith alone; and the resultant life of holiness.

Providence (Hardcover): John Piper Providence (Hardcover)
John Piper 1
R933 R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Save R142 (15%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

John Piper brings a lifetime of theology, Bible meditation, and pastoral ministry to bear on the doctrine of God's providence, showing how God's all-pervasive governing of all things glorifies Christ, and is spectacularly good news for those who trust him.

Praying the Names of God (Paperback): Ann Spangler Praying the Names of God (Paperback)
Ann Spangler
R501 R470 Discovery Miles 4 700 Save R31 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Names have power--and knowing God's name is to enjoy a kind of privileged access to him. Join bestselling author Ann Spangler as she invites you to experience God's love and power by exploring the Hebrew names of God. Names in the ancient world did more than simply distinguish one person from another. In fact, they often conveyed the essential nature and character of a person. This is especially true when it comes to the names of God recorded in the Bible: El Shaddai, Elohim, Adonai, Abba, El Elyon. Praying the Names of God is a twenty-six-week devotional study that explores the most prominent names of God in the Old Testament to reveal the deeper meanings behind them and to teach you how to pray through them. Each name or title is broken down into three sections each week: Monday: Study a portion of Scripture that reveals a specific name of God Tuesday through Thursday: Pray specific Scripture passages related to the name Friday: Pray Scripture promises connected to the name As you journey through this devotional, you'll gain a more intimate understanding of who God is and how he can be relied upon in every circumstance of your life, enabling you to echo the psalmist's prayer: "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God."

Matthew 24-28 Vol 4 (The MacArthur New Testament Commentary) (Hardcover): John F Macarthur Matthew 24-28 Vol 4 (The MacArthur New Testament Commentary) (Hardcover)
John F Macarthur
R650 R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Save R72 (11%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

These study guides, part of a set from noted Bible scholar John MacArthur, take readers on a journey through biblical texts to discover what lies beneath the surface, focusing on meaning and context, and then reflecting on the explored passage or concept. With probing questions that guide the reader toward application, as well as ample space for journaling, "The MacArthur New Testamant Commentary Series" are invaluable tools for Bible students of all ages. This work on Matthew 24-28 is part of a New Testament commentary series which has as its objective explaining and applying Scripture, focusing on the major doctrines and how they relate to the whole of the Bible. This New Testament commentary series reflects the objective of explaining and applying Scripture, focusing on the major doctrines and how they relate to the whole of Scripture. This volume is a study of chapters 24-28 of the book of Matthew.

John's Gospel (Hardcover): Revd Mark W. G. Stibbe, Mark W.G. Stibbe John's Gospel (Hardcover)
Revd Mark W. G. Stibbe, Mark W.G. Stibbe
R5,327 R4,469 Discovery Miles 44 690 Save R858 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"John's Gospel" is an innovative study of the fourth gospel. It shows how the current pluralism of literary methodologies can be used to illuminate Biblical texts. Mark W. G. Stibbe, a leading authority on St. John, uses the methods of structuralism, deconstructionism and narrative criticism in his interpretation.
Stibbe examines the character of Jesus using reader response criticism then analyzes the plot using structuralist literary criticism and the genre using archetypal criticism. He discusses the structure of the gospel using the methodology of deconstructionism. He also interprets the polemic against the Jews by drawing on the ethics of reception. The book contains a detailed introduction which puts readers in touch with recent research and a conclusion which points forward to future areas of development. A comprehensive bibliography is also included. "John's Gospel" is an invaluable work for all those interested in the Bible as literature.

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