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Search the Scriptures - Bible Devotions and Puzzle Fun (Hardcover): Michael E. Leonard Search the Scriptures - Bible Devotions and Puzzle Fun (Hardcover)
Michael E. Leonard
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wonderfully Made - Girl Devotional for Ages 08 to 11 (Hardcover): Eileen Nyberg Wonderfully Made - Girl Devotional for Ages 08 to 11 (Hardcover)
Eileen Nyberg
R644 Discovery Miles 6 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Letter to the Romans: A Linguistic and Literary Commentary (Hardcover, Revised edition): Stanley E. Porter The Letter to the Romans: A Linguistic and Literary Commentary (Hardcover, Revised edition)
Stanley E. Porter
R1,854 Discovery Miles 18 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Mark and Luke in Poststructuralist Perspectives - Jesus Begins to Write (Hardcover, New): Stephen D Moore Mark and Luke in Poststructuralist Perspectives - Jesus Begins to Write (Hardcover, New)
Stephen D Moore
R1,706 Discovery Miles 17 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"What is the lesson of that other, newly sprung tree (the cross) in whose bark Mark has carved his Gospel (for this is a book that bleeds)? Is it that Jesus's body, grafted onto the cross, became one with it, and thus became tree, branch, book, and leaf, inscribed with letters of blood, can now at last be read, no longer an indecipherable code but an open codex? And that in its (now) re(a)d(able) ink, lately invisible, the message that was scratched into the fig tree is transcribed: outside the gates, but only just, the summer Son is shining in full strength?"--Stephen D. Moore In this book Stephen D. Moore offers a dazzling new reading of the Gospels of Mark and Luke, applying the poststructuralist techniques of Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault to illuminate these texts in a way that no one has done before. Written with wit and a sensitivity to words--and wordplay--that is reminiscent of Moore's fellow countryman James Joyce, the book is also deeply learned, impressive in its detailed knowledge of previous scholarship as well as in the challenges it presents to that scholarship. Moore argues that whereas the language of the Gospels is concrete, pictorial, and often startling, the language of modern gospel scholarship tends to be propositional and abstract. Calling himself a New Test-what-is-meant scholar, he approaches the Gospels of Mark and Luke as though they were pictograms or dreamwork to decipher and interpret, writing a response that is no less visceral and immediate than the biblical texts themselves.

When We All Go Home - Translation and Theology in LXX Isaiah 56-66 (Hardcover): David A. Baer When We All Go Home - Translation and Theology in LXX Isaiah 56-66 (Hardcover)
David A. Baer
R6,646 Discovery Miles 66 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Paying special attention to chapters 56-66, David Baer analyses the labour that resulted in the Greek Isaiah. He compares the Greek text with extant Hebrew texts and with early biblical versions to show that the translator has approached his craft with homiletical interests in mind. This earliest translator of Isaiah produces a preached text, at the same time modifying his received tradition in theological and nationalistic directions which would reach their full flower in Targumic and Rabbinical literature. In basic agreement with recent work on other portions of the Septuagint, the Greek Isaiah is seen to be an elegant work of Hellenistic literature whose linguistic fluidity expresses the convictions and longings of a deeply Palestinian soul.>

The Tragedy in History - Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic History (Hardcover): Flemming A.J. Nielsen The Tragedy in History - Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic History (Hardcover)
Flemming A.J. Nielsen
R6,623 Discovery Miles 66 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this challenging new work, Nielsen compares Herodotus with Old Testament historiography as represented by the so-called Deuteronomistic History. He finds in the Old Testament evidence of a tragic form like that encountered in Herodotuss Histories. Nielsen begins by outlining Herodotuss Greek context with its roots in Ionic natural philosophy, the epic tradition and Attic tragedy, and goes on to analyse in some detail the outworking of the Herodotean tragedy. Against that background, the Deuteronomistic History is to be viewed as an ancient Near Eastern historiographic text in the tragic tradition.

Vain Rhetoric - Private Insight and Public Debate in Ecclesiastes (Hardcover): Gary D. Salyer Vain Rhetoric - Private Insight and Public Debate in Ecclesiastes (Hardcover)
Gary D. Salyer
R6,668 Discovery Miles 66 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Vain Rhetoric explores how Ecclesiastes manipulates various strategies from the arsenal of ambiguity to communicate the strengths and limitations of both private insight and public knowledge. The Book of Ecclesiastes, like many ancient and modern first-person discourses, generates ambivalent responses in its readers. The book's rhetorical strategy produces both acceptance of, and suspicion towards, the major positions argued by the author. 'Vain rhetoric' aptly describes the persuasive and dissuasive properties of the narrator's peculiar characterization. It also describes how the Book of Ecclesiates, with its abundant use of rhetorical questions, constant gapping techniques, and other strategies from the arsenal of ambiguity, is a stunning testimony to the power of the various strategies of indirection to communicate to the reader something of his or her own rhetorical liabilities and limitations, as well as those of the religious community in general.

Between Sheol and Temple - Motif Structure and Function in the I-Psalms (Hardcover): Martin Ravndal Hauge Between Sheol and Temple - Motif Structure and Function in the I-Psalms (Hardcover)
Martin Ravndal Hauge
R6,623 Discovery Miles 66 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As against traditional cultic and sociological interpretations of the 'I' Psalms, this original study stresses the 'I' as a literary figure. Yet on the other hand, the historical interest of the traditional models is retained, here with emphasis on 'original' function and intent. There is a common set of central motifs related to the 'I'-figure, most easily discernible when referring to categories of locality. The 'I' is depicted in a sacred landscape of contrasting localities-'Sheol' and 'Temple' connected by the concept of 'Way'. This motif structure deploys an ideological language in which the 'I' figure is an embodiment of a religious paradigm, that attests a process of actualization and integration. The religiosity of these texts is of a mystical character, pointing to some religious practice of intense personal character aimed at experience of a divine reality. No doubt the social location of such experience was among the elite, but some texts hint at a possible 'democratization' of the religious practice they portray.>

What Does the Cross Mean to You? - A Twenty-One Day Journey to Wholeness (Hardcover): Corville Peters What Does the Cross Mean to You? - A Twenty-One Day Journey to Wholeness (Hardcover)
Corville Peters
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Jefferson Bible - The Life and Morals of (Hardcover): Thomas Jefferson The Jefferson Bible - The Life and Morals of (Hardcover)
Thomas Jefferson
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Finishing the Race (Hardcover): Tony Atwater Finishing the Race (Hardcover)
Tony Atwater
R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Colossians and Philemon (ICC) (Hardcover, New): Robert MCL Wilson Colossians and Philemon (ICC) (Hardcover, New)
Robert MCL Wilson
R5,962 Discovery Miles 59 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible. They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments. The new commentaries continue this tradition. All new evidence now available is incorporated and new methods of study are applied. The authors are of the highest international standing. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought.

Virtue amidst Vice - The Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1 (Hardcover): J.Daryl Charles Virtue amidst Vice - The Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1 (Hardcover)
J.Daryl Charles
R5,260 Discovery Miles 52 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Virtue amidst Vice represents an attempt to probe a relatively obscure portion of a relatively obscure New Testament document. 2 Peter reflects a social setting that presents a most daunting pastoral challenge. The danger confronting the Christian community is a lapse in ethical standards and a return-whether by mere forgetfulness or in wholesale apostasy-to the former way of life. 2 Peter's prophetic and paraenetic response borrows from the moral grammar of contemporary moral philosophers in exhorting the readers to recall-and validate through virtuous living-the faith they have received. The theme of the moral life runs throughout 2 Peter, with the various components of the author's literary arsenal subordinated to this thematic development. It is the function of the catalogue of virtues (1.5-7) both to introduce and to anchor the author's call to repel moral scepticism and reinvigorate the moral life.

Looking for Life (Hardcover): John G. Lewis Looking for Life (Hardcover)
John G. Lewis
R6,647 Discovery Miles 66 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Through exegetical studies of 1 Corinthians and Galatians, John Lewis shows how Paul synthesises theology and ethics - which interpreters frequently separate - as integrated aspects of Christian thinking and living. This fusion becomes evident in Paul's complex process of theological, moral reasoning that lies beneath the surface of his letters for which we have coined the phrase 'theo-ethical reasoning'. The book also examines how Paul encourages his churches to apply this theo-ethical reasoning in the community practice of spiritual discernment - a dialogical, comparative process of reasoned reflection on behaviour and experience. Through this practice of looking for life, community members are led by the Spirit as they reason together, attempting to associate the manifestations of new life with conduct that faithfully portrays Christ's self-giving pattern. This correlation of conduct with experience grounds Paul's own proclamation of Jesus Christ in word and deed. It also becomes the foundation for believers' faith and hope as they come to know Christ and experience the power of God. Thus, the book concludes that the practice of spiritual discernment by means of theo-ethical reasoning lies at the centre of Paul's religion.

Impartial - A Journey through The Acts of the Apostles 1-10 (Hardcover): Audrey Lupisella Impartial - A Journey through The Acts of the Apostles 1-10 (Hardcover)
Audrey Lupisella
R941 Discovery Miles 9 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem - A Study of Prophetic Narrative (Hardcover): Mark Roncace Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem - A Study of Prophetic Narrative (Hardcover)
Mark Roncace
R5,949 Discovery Miles 59 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

*Uses both a narratological and historical-critical method to read these specific passages of Jeremiah *Demonstrates that the story of Jeremiah and Zedekiah is not the typical god prophet/bad king story found in much of prophetic literature and the Deuteronomic History *Provides an intertextual reading of the passages which connects Jeremiah to other figures in the Old Testament The book offers a narratological and intertextual reading of Jeremiah 37:1-40:6, a text that features the dynamic interaction between the prophet Jeremiah and King Zedekiah in the context of events surrounding the fall of Jerusalem. While there have been many literary studies of biblical texts, there has been little such work on the narratives in the book of Jeremiah. This fact is surprising since the Jeremianic stories are narrated in a lively and sophisticated manner and contain complex characters and vivid dialogue and action, reminiscent of texts in the Primary History which have received much more literary attention. Roncace's book begins to uncover the richness of the prophetic narratives in Jeremiah. The study focuses on issues of characterization and point of view as well as the text's connections with other passages in the book of Jeremiah and those beyond it, particularly the Deuteronomistic History. Roncace argues that the text develops complex images of both Zedekiah and Jeremiah. It is not a story of the good prophet and the bad king; times as chaotic and confusing as the final days of Jerusalem do not call for a black-and-white story. Rather the text invites both sympathy and criticism for Jeremiah and Zedekiah. Jeremiah is the embattled prophet of God; yet at times he appears deceptive and manipulative, more concerned about his own well-being than that of the people, and his message can be ambiguous and in the end is not fully correct. Zedekiah, for his part, appears receptive to Jeremiah's word and protects the prophet from others who would harm him; yet he is too irresolute to take any action to save the city. The ambiguity in the portrayals of both figures is further developed by intertextual connections. Jeremiah can be compared to Moses, the Rabshakeh, Daniel, Joseph, Samuel, Nathan, and Micaiah, while Zedekiah can be compared to the monarchs that correspond to these figures (Pharaoh, Hezekiah, Saul, David, and Ahab).

A Heart of Praise (Hardcover): Tena DeGraaf A Heart of Praise (Hardcover)
Tena DeGraaf
R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Senior Moments with the Bible - Brief Daily Bible Lessons for Seniors (Hardcover): Dorman Laird Senior Moments with the Bible - Brief Daily Bible Lessons for Seniors (Hardcover)
Dorman Laird
R1,017 R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sister or Wife? - 1 Corinthians 7 and Cultural Anthropology (Hardcover): J.Dorcas Gordon Sister or Wife? - 1 Corinthians 7 and Cultural Anthropology (Hardcover)
J.Dorcas Gordon
R6,296 Discovery Miles 62 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This work investigates the social dynamics within the Corinthian community and the function of Pauls argumentation in the light of those dynamics. The models of Victor Turner and Mary Douglas, cultural anthropologists, guide the inquiry. Gordon concludes that the conflict in 1 Corinthians 7 arose as the result of two antithetical views of the root metaphor, In Christ all are children of God, no male and female. One group supported a kinship system based on patrilineal marriage and hierarchical community structures. A second group demanded that an egalitarian sibling relationship should order the community. Paul attempts to persuade both factions that their commitment to each other and to him is primary. His arguments encourage each group to reconsider the absoluteness of its stance and to learn to live with ambiguity.

The Reading and Transformation of Isaiah in Luke-Acts (Hardcover): Peter M. Allen The Reading and Transformation of Isaiah in Luke-Acts (Hardcover)
Peter M. Allen
R5,270 Discovery Miles 52 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An investigative study into where, how and why Luke interacts with Isaiah. References to Isaiah occur at key points in the narrative, typically introducing the mission of main characters and outlining or summarising the overall plot, suggesting that Luke utilises Isaiah as part of his interpretive framework. The overarching theme drawn from Isaiah appears to be the servant's mission to bring salvation to all people (Isa 49:6). Luke's careful selection and radical interpretation of Isaianic texts highlights surprising aspects of this theme. These include the nature and scope of salvation, the necessary suffering role of the Messiah and its connection with the proclamation of salvation, and the unexpected response to the message by Israel and the nations. Mallen's study rehabilitates the importance of the servant motif for Luke, not in terms of atonement or as a christological title but rather in supplying the job description for Jesus' messianic mission and that of his followers.

In the Footsteps of the Savior Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video - Following Jesus Through the Holy Land (Paperback): Max... In the Footsteps of the Savior Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video - Following Jesus Through the Holy Land (Paperback)
Max Lucado
R466 R426 Discovery Miles 4 260 Save R40 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Enrich Your Faith by Walking with Jesus Join Max Lucado on an inspirational journey through the hills, the dust, and the homes of the Holy Land! Discover, with new eyes, God's heart for his people and his deep love for you. In this video Bible study, you and your small group are invited to come with Max through Capernaum, Galilee, Bethany, Jerusalem, and more. As Max weaves together insights from his own travels to Israel with teaching from his bestselling books, he will guide you to walk where Jesus walked and ponder the promises he made. God has more in store for you than you can imagine! This video Bible study will provide you an encounter with the life-altering Holy One as you follow in the footsteps of the Savior through the Holy Land. Sessions and video run times: Capernaum: Following Jesus When You Doubt (20:00) Sea of Galilee: Following Jesus in Your Storms (20:00) Mount of Beatitudes: Following Jesus When You Worry (21:00) Temple Steps: Following Jesus...And Only Jesus (20:00) Garden Tomb: Following Jesus When You Need Hope (20:30) Caesarea by the Sea: Following Jesus When You Need Grace (21:00) This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including: The study guide itself-with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader's guide. An individual access code to stream all video sessions online. (You don't need to buy a DVD!) Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2028. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.

From Followers to Leaders - The Apostles in the Ritual Status Transformation in Acts 1-2 (Hardcover): Nelson P. Estrada From Followers to Leaders - The Apostles in the Ritual Status Transformation in Acts 1-2 (Hardcover)
Nelson P. Estrada
R6,304 Discovery Miles 63 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Nelson Estrada examines the apostles' transformation of status from followers to leaders in Acts 1-2. He challenges the common view that Acts 1:12-14 is the preparation for the coming of the Spirit in Acts 2, and that the sole purpose of Acts 1:15-26 is to set the number of the aposties at twelve-in line with Jesus' prophecy in Luke 22:30. Instead, Estrada reads Acts 1:12-14 and 1:15-26 as primarily propagandistic in nature. He argues that these pericopes promote the leadership integrity of the apostles by attempting to win the support of the women disciples and Jesus' family and then, through Judas' excommunication, extirpation, and replacement, to win that of the 120 disciples.

Feeling Is the Secret (Hardcover): Neville Goddard Feeling Is the Secret (Hardcover)
Neville Goddard
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Courting Betrayal - Jesus as Victim in the Gospel of John (Paperback): Helen Orchard Courting Betrayal - Jesus as Victim in the Gospel of John (Paperback)
Helen Orchard
R3,192 Discovery Miles 31 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study explores the dynamics of violence within John's Gospel, focusing on the portrayal of the character of Jesus. It offers an understanding of the Johannine Jesus that counters the traditional model of a serene figure who maintains sovereign control over his environment. Establishing the prevalence of material indicating opposition to Jesus, it argues that his experience and perception of victimization are key to his identity. Furthermore, it is suggested that Jesus colludes with his victimizers, raising the issue of who is responsible for his betrayal and death. Drawing on the disciplines of victimology, literary criticism and liberation theology, the work comprises targeted exegesis of substantial portions of the Gospel, revealing the prominence of the theme of violence and raising a number of christological questions.

Fitness Training for the Mind and Spirit - A Daily Routine for Intellectual and Spiritual Hygiene (Hardcover): Philip M Hudson Fitness Training for the Mind and Spirit - A Daily Routine for Intellectual and Spiritual Hygiene (Hardcover)
Philip M Hudson
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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