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The narrative of the book of Ruth is a drama of ordinary human
life, but the drama unfolds against a background of the providence
and purposes of God. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld has written a
commentary that makes very clear why the book of Ruth has such
great importance as literature and as Scripture.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is
a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the
church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching
needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major
contribution to scholarship and ministry.
The stories of Elisha the prophet have received scant attention in
recent years, perhaps because they are so enigmatic. This study
places the Elisha material firmly within the narrative of Genesis-2
Kings, and examines the effect these stories have on the reader's
perception of the role of the 'prophet'. Using the narratological
theories of Mieke Bal, David Jobling and others, Bergen shows that
the Elisha stories present prophetism in a negative light,
confining prophets to a rather limited scope of action in the
narrative world.>
This study explores the interplay between the commendation of
enjoyment and the injunction to fear God in Ecclesiastes. Previous
studies have tended to examine these seemingly antithetical themes
in isolation from one another. Seeing enjoyment and fear to be
positively correlated, however, enables a fresh articulation of the
booka (TM)s theology. Enjoyment of life lies at the heart of
Qoheleta (TM)s vision of piety, which may be characterized as
faithful realism, calling for an authentic engagement with both the
tragic and joyous dimensions of human existence. Winner of the 2007
John Templeton Award for Theological Promise
This volume of essays, dedicated to the late Raymond B. Dillard,
addresses the question, 'Was the Chronicler a Historian?' It
includes profiles of the diverse kinds of material found in
Chronicles, and assesses their value for the reconstruction of the
history of ancient Israel. This collection represents the best of
recent scholarship on a subject that is generating intense
discussion in biblical research.>
This study explains Philippians (the apostle Paul's letter) by thinking about the lives of the Philippians (the people who received the letter). It is unique in using archaeology and literary evidence to build a detailed picture of the types of people likely to have been in Philippi and in the Christian community there. This comprehensive new explanation of Philippians as a letter written to call the Christians to unity under economic suffering, explains the letter (especially 2.6-11) in the specifically Roman setting of Philippi that includes a comparison of Christ with the Roman Emperor.
In The Time That Remains, Agamben seeks to separate the Pauline
texts from the history of the Church that canonized them, thus
revealing them to be the fundamental mession nic texts of the West.
He argues that Paul's letters are concerned not with the foundation
of a new religion but rather with the messianic abolition of Jewish
law. Situating Paul's texts in the context of early Jewish
messianism, this book is part of a growing set of recent critiques
devoted to the period when Judaism and Christianity were not yet
fully distinct, placing Paul in the context of what has been called
Judaeo-Christianity. Agamben's philosophical exploration of the
problem of messianism leads to the other major figure discussed in
this book, Walter Benjamin. Advancing a claim without precedent in
the vast literature on Benjamin, Agamben argues that Benjamin's
philosophy of history constituies a repetition and appropriation of
Paul's concept of remaining time. Through a close reading and
comparison of Benjamin's Theses on the Philosophy of History and
the Pauline Epistles, Agamben discerns a number of striking and
unrecognized parallels between the two works. Meridian: Crossing
Aesthetics
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Hosea, along with Amos, opens the period of the Writing Prophets.
He is the only man called to the office of prophet who both lived
and prophesied in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. This volume, no
available in a new casebound edition, offers a verse-by-verse
commentary on the book of Hosea. James Luther Mays gives the
background to the book of Hosea: Hosea, the man; the time; the
sayings; the message; and the contents of the book. The Old
Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative reatments of
important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and
general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international
standing.
Hebrew Biblical narratives are notoriously sparing in their
portrayal of character, leaving much to the reader. Here a number
of scholars assume the identities of some familiar biblical
characters, and use the clues in the text, their own exegetical
skills and knowledge of the biblical world, and their readerly
imagination to fill in the gaps of the biblical text. In doing so,
they remove the point of view of biblical narratives from the
narrator to one of the characters, allowing the ideology of the
text to be affirmed, adjusted or challenged. Contributors to this
volume include Francis Landy, Athalya Brenner, Yairah Amit, John
Goldingay, Jonathan Magonet, Hugh Pyper, and Philip Davies, and the
biblical characters include Rahab, Isaiah, Gomer, Eve, Delilah,
Joseph, Jeremiah and Haman.
In this book, Cronauer proposes that a close source, composition,
and redaction analysis of the Naboth material found in the books of
Kings raises serious questions about the traditional interpretation
of this material and of its dating to the time of Jehu. These
questions have to do with the actual history behind this material,
the history of the composition, redaction, transmission, and
traditional dating of this material to the period of Jehu. He
contends that there is sufficient evidence to challenge the
traditional positions regarding these issues and to hypothesize a
much more complex history of composition and redaction, and, a much
latter dating for this material.
Understand the Prophets Like Never Before with Amazing Insights
from One of Today's Foremost Old Testament Scholars For many
Christians reading the Old Testament, trying to understand Israel's
prophets is like listening to just one side of a phone
conversation--you only get half the idea of it. You hear the
answer, but how do you know what question the prophet is answering?
In The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets, John Goldingay uncovers
the questions behind the prophets' answers that make their meaning
and relevance intelligible to us. Written as a series of imaginary
letters to the twelve Minor Prophets, The Lost Letters to the
Twelve Prophets asks the kinds of questions that Hosea, Micah,
Zechariah, and others were answering. The letters make clear the
issues these prophets of Israel were dealing with or deliver the
news they were responding to in their Old Testament writings. For
example, To Hosea: Why did you marry someone you knew might be
unfaithful? To Joel: It looks as if a locust epidemic is on the
way: what should we do? To Amos: What should we do about the war
crimes of peoples around us? To Obadiah: The Edomites have occupied
our land and pushed us out: what's up with that? To Jonah: When is
God going to fulfill his undertaking to destroy Nineveh? To Micah:
Will God always be angry with us as a people? To Nahum: When is God
going to fulfill his undertaking to destroy Nineveh? To Habakkuk:
When is God going to do something about injustice in Judah? To
Zephaniah: What do you mean by "the day of the Lord"? To Haggai:
When is God going to fulfill his promises about rebuilding the
temple? To Zechariah: Should Jeshua be High Priest when he has been
in an unclean land? To Malachi: Why does serving God seem
pointless? These and other questions help readers peer behind the
veil of Minor Prophets' utterances and unlock their significance
for today's Christians. Each chapter: begins with a brief paragraph
of background about the prophet recounts questions or reports that
have been addressed to the prophet in the form of a letter sums up
message of the prophet responding to that question offers a brief
comment or explanation after each passage The Lost Letters to the
Twelve Prophets offers an imaginative, fun, and engaging way for
students, pastors, and all serious Bible readers get a better grip
on what is happening in these often misunderstood biblical books
and get more out of their Bible reading and study.
This study argues that the gist and movement of the prophecy in the
book of Amos can be attributed to Amos himself, who composed a
coherent cycle of poetry. His dire predictions came after the Fall
of Samaria but before the Fall of Jerusalem. Writing a century
later, the author of the book preserved but updated Amos' text by
fitting it into a developing literary, historical and prophetic
tradition. Amos is used as a test case to show that prophecy
originated in the performing arts but was later transformed into
history and biography. The original prophecy is a song Amos recited
at symposia or festivals. The book's interest focusses on the
performer and his times.
This book encompasses all major events recorded in the Bible
fromthe destruction of the planet Earth between the first two
versesof Genesis; the new doctrine of the Age of Grace delivered to
theApostle Paul by Jesus Christ himself; details of the Great
Tribulation asprophesied by Daniel; the believers of today reigning
with Jesus in hisMillennial Kingdom and the new heaven and earth,
where the streets arepaved with gold. Get ready for the "read" of
your life
"Fred Wolfe has dedicated his life to examining the history,
practice, andinterpretation of the word of God. Th e Bible is too
oft en misquoted, and this book will help to shed light on some
common misconceptions, challenging the reader to strengthen their
understanding of God. Withscholarly evidence and reasoning, he has
writt en a blueprint of theBible's inception, as well as the
deepest meanings of its words. By closelyexamining one's
understanding of the word of God, they will fi nd a faithand
clarity so absolute that it can never be shaken. Th is book is a
must read, no matt er where one is in their walk with God."-Pastor
Matt hew Barnett, Co-Founder of the Dream Center
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