In Methods for Luke, four leading scholars demonstrate how different interpretive methods provide insight into the Gospel of Luke. Introducing contemporary perspectives on historical criticism, feminist criticism, narrative criticism, and Latino interpretation, they illustrate these approaches to New Testament study by examining either the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19-31 ) or Jesus' warning regarding the scribes and the story of the women with two small coins (Luke 20: 45-21:4). The use of two "set texts" enables readers to understand how method makes a difference in the reading of the same text.

Combining the two most popular word study tools into one manageable volume, this multi-purpose Bible language reference contains all the essentials you need to study the biblical text without having to know Hebrew or Greek. Provides definition, explanation, and concordance entries. In a manageable size and readable text, this book is neatly split in its two components: The New Strong's Concise Concordance: Built from The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Groups together variant spellings of proper names, allowing the concordance to be used with all modern translations-not just the King James. Eliminates some common words that are not likely to be used in searching for a particular passage. Condenses some heavily used words by attaching to them the most important passages, enabling the user to quickly find specific verses. Vine's Concise Dictionary of the Bible: A condensed combination of W. E. Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words and Nelson's Expository Dictionary of the Old Testament. Organized alphabetically by English words that represent the key vocabulary of biblical theology. Includes many other terms of interpretive importance that may be rich in cultural significance or otherwise obscure to modern readers. Each article contains the part of speech, the transliteration, the Strong's number for easy cross-indexing, and a concise and expository definition of the word or term. Dependable information in a clear presentation, this Concise edition of two classic Bible study resources is designed to better serve the needs of the standard user-from those in or preparing for ministry, to anyone interested in getting to know Scripture better.

"Reading the Women of the Bible "takes up two of the most significant intellectual and religious issues of our day: the experiences of women in a patriarchal society and the relevance of the Bible to modern life.

The best concordance for word study! This exclusive new edition of a legendary classic puts generations of biblical research at your fingertips. The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible is a valuable tool for pastors, teachers, and students of the Bible. This expanded edition is computer generated for highest accuracy, and the Hebrew and Greek dictionaries have been augmented with definitions from the classic reference work Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. Exclusive Features: Every word of the Bible is indexed Includes the best of Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words Hebrew and Greek dictionaries have three times more word study information than any other edition Words of Christ are highlighted in red for quick identification Includes a complete topical index to the Bible Contains additional cross-references to standard Bible dictionaries and lexicons If you're looking for a complete yet simple concordance that allows for precise and accurate word study, The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible is the ideal choice for your library.

Paul's letters to the Corinthian church have left a mark on Christian Scripture in a way that could never have been predicted. Here the pastoral issues of a first-century Christian community in what Chrysostom identified as "still the first city in Greece" stand out in bold relief. How was a community shaped by the cross to find its expression in a city that Chrysostom knew to be "full of orators and philosophers" and that "prided itself . . . above all on its great wealth"? How was church unity to be maintained in a setting where prominent believers, bending truth and morality to their own advantage, divided the body of Christ? Here lay the challenge for the apostle Paul. And as the apostle writes, the fathers lean over his shoulder, marveling and commenting on his pastoral wisdom. Best known among these patristic commentators is Chrysostom, whose seventy-seven homilies on the two Corinthian epistles are a treasury of exposition and application. The fragmentary works of Didymus the Blind and Severian of Gabala give us samples of Greek exegesis from the Alexandrian and Antiochene schools. The partial work of Theodore of Mopsuestia, a commentator of great skill and insight, was long valued in the church. And the comments of Theodoret of Cyrus are notable for their sensitivity to the intertextuality of Scripture. Then there are Origen and Pelagius, whose names resonate with notable error, to the needless obscuring of their brilliant insights into Scripture. But pride of place goes to the unknown fourth-century commentator long mistaken for Ambrose and now dubbed "Ambrosiaster." His excellent commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians has been unavailable in English translation, and for that reason it is excerpted more generously in this volume. This Ancient Christian Commentary on 1-2 Corinthians opens a whole new way of reading these New Testament texts. The pastoral and theological interpretation of the fathers offers spiritual and intellectual sustenance to those who would read Paul again with open minds and hearts. Here we find the Pauline wisdom of the cross generating an effective heritage of Christian interpretation.

Every single name in the Bible has a meaning. Without knowing the meanings of the names leaves any reading of the Bible incomplete. Have you ever wondered what 'Adam' means? David, Saul, Solomon? What does Jehovah and God mean? What about Jesus and Mary? Revelation: A True Translation of the Bible explains all the meanings of the Biblical names. This book answers all the mysteries of the Bible which have puzzled Biblical scholars for centuries, and it explains the meanings through language and culture which the author, Hawaa Ayoub, draws on and has personal experience with. Revelation also explores the background of the Bible and discusses cultural, geographical, and language phenomena - topics that are of interest to Biblical scholars and professors, linguists, other experts and serious readers of the Bible as well as those with a personal interest in Biblical stories. From the Biblical names of characters and places, the stories of wanderings, sacrifices at altars, warring, taking over land, punishment and reward, infertile women and miraculous pregnancies - Hawaa Ayoub explains in great detail what the Biblical stories are all about. Ideal for scholars, and those with a personal interest in the Bible, and anyone seeking an authoritative and detailed explanation of the Biblical stories, its figures and places. Ayoub not only translates the names in the Bible, but also shows who authored the Biblical stories and why they were created.

Anat Israeli presents the first feminist commentary in the series on a chapter from the "Order of Women." She discusses the last chapter of Tractate Qiddushin, devoted to "betrothals." Chapter 4 deals in general with two major topics: the first is Jewish genealogies (what parts the mother and father play in deciding who is a Jew and who can marry whom). The second topic is about forbidden seclusions between members of the opposite sex (since they can bring about promiscuity, adultery and other unwanted sexual contacts). In this study, Anat Israeli and her collaborators first analyze the Mishnah and show what its authors had considered important about these two topics, and then they show how the emphases had shifted on the way between the land of the Mishnah (Israel) and the land of the Talmud (Babylonia).

A 2001 Christianity Today Book of the Year While patristic commentary on St. Paul's shorter letters--Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, the Pastorals and Philemon--was not so extensive as that on his longer letters, certain passages in these letters proved particularly important in doctrinal disputes and practical church matters. Pivotal in controversies with the Arians and the Gnostics, the most commented-upon christological text amid these letters was Colossians 1:15-20, where Jesus is declared "the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation." In other texts scattered throughout the Pastorals, the fathers found ample support for the divinity of the Son and the Spirit and for the full union of humanity and divinity in the one redeemer, the "one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5). These early Christian commentators also looked to the Pastorals, where Pauline authorship was assumed, for important ethical and moral teaching, as well as explicit qualifications for choosing church leaders and guidelines for overseeing the work and behavior of widows. Chief among the Eastern commentators and widely excerpted throughout this volume is John Chrysostom, praised for his pastoral insight and shrewd, generous empathy with the apostle Paul. Other Greek commentators whose works are cited include Theodoret of Cyr, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Severian of Gabala, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Athanasius, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa. Among Western commentators Augustine dominates. His work is joined by that of Ambrosiaster, Pelagius, Jerome, Hippolytus, Tertullian, Novatian, Cyprian of Carthage, Hilary of Poitiers and Ambrose, among others. Of particular interest for their ascetical and devotional insight are works from Syrian and Egyptian churches, including Aphrahat, Ephrem the Syrian, Isaac of Nineveh and Philoxenus of Mabbug. This volume opens up a treasure house of ancient wisdom that allows these faithful witnesses, some appearing here in English translation for the first time, to speak with eloquence and intellectual acumen to the church today.