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Part 1 addresses three foundational matters: a theology of the word
of God; an overview of NT Greek terms related to preaching; the
scope and character of NT word ministries. Part 2 concentrates on
exegetical studies of sections of NT teaching that relate
especially to the post-apostolic context. Part 3 summarizes the
exegetical findings, sets them within the context of biblical
theology, and addresses some broader theological implications.
This is an examination ofthe eschatological and messianic elements
in the first twelve chapters of LXX Isaiah. The focus is on this
section because it represents a discrete unit within the book and
contains several pericopes which were significant in the
development of early Jewish and Christian eschatological and
messianic ideas.The first part of the book surveys the discussion
of eschatology and messianism in LXX Isaiah and the outlines the
issues involved. There is also a study of the book's translation
technique, focusing on the question of contextual interpretation
and actualization, and attempting to identify the mechanism by
which eschatological traditions are imprinted in the translation.
In the second part, the author analyses the rendering of the
well-known messianic oracles of LXX Isaiah 1-12, namely, 7:14-16,
9:5(6)-6(7), and 11:1-5. Besides the close exegetical analysis of
the specific passages, there is also a study of their immediate
context.This monograph suggests that the primary goal of the
translator was to communicate the meaning of the text, as he
understood it, rather than to make it the vehicle of his own
ideology. A number of renderings that have been seen as
theologically motivated could be explained simply on linguistic and
co-textual grounds, and, while there is theological interpretation
in individual cases, is not possible to identify any conscious
systematization. In the light of this study, the eschatological and
messianic hopes of the translator of LXX Isaiah 1-12 can be said to
come only partly into view in his translation.
Sectarianism in Qumran: A Cross-Cultural Perspective explores the
sectarian characteristics of the system of beliefs and laws of the
two major Qumran sects of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the yahad and the
Damascus Covenant, using theories of sectarianism and related
topics in sociology, anthropology and the study of religion. It
discusses Qumranic moral and purity boundaries, cultic rituals,
wealth, gender, atonement, revelation mysticism, structure and
organization and compares them with those of seven sects of the
same (introversionist) type: the early Anabaptists, Mennonites,
Hutterites and Amish, Puritans, Quakers and Shakers. The
sociological and historical relationship between the Qumran sects
and the related movements of 1 Enoch, Jubilees and the Essenes are
analyzed in detail, in order to understand the socio-religious
background of sectarianism in Qumran and its subsequent variations.
Throughout the chapters, differences between the yahad, the
Damascus Covenant and the Essenes are observed in relation to
social boundaries, social structure, gender relations, revelation
and inclination towards mysticism. Points of resemblance and
difference are traced between the Qumran sects and the early-modern
Christian ones, and several different patterns of sectarian
ideology and behaviour are noticed among all these sects.
John Locke's 1695 enquiry into the foundations of Christian belief is here presented for the first time in a critical edition. Locke maintains that the essentials of the faith, few and simple, can be found by anyone for themselves in the Scripture, and that this provides a basis for tolerant agreeement among Christians. An authoritative text is accompanied by abundant information conducive to an understanding of Locke's religious thought.
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The Tractate Ketubot ("marriage contracts") discusses inter alia
the sum specified at the time of marriage to be paid in the event
of divorce or the husband's death, together with the mutual
obligations of man and wife, the wife's property, the law of
inheritance in the female line and the widow's rights. The Tractate
Nidda ("Female impurity") regulates conduct during menstruation
(cf. Lev 15:19ff) and after birth (Lev 12); further topics are
women's life stages, puberty and various medical questions.
Feuerbachs "Theogonie" ist die Frucht sechsjahriger Studien, die er
im Anschluss an die 1848/49 in Heidelberg gehaltenen "Vorlesungen
uber das Wesen der Religion" begonnen hatte. Die Schrift vollendet
seine philosophisch-anthropologische Theorie vom Wesen der
Religion. Seine Religionsanalyse gelangt hier, unter philologisch
meisterhafter Benutzung literarischer Zeugnisse des Altertums, zur
Theorie des "theogonischen Wunsches": Die Vorstellungswelt der
Religion wird als phantastische gedankliche Schopfung blossen
menschlichen Wunschdenkens verstanden, das aus schmerzlich
empfundener menschlicher Ohnmacht und Bedurftigkeit im irdischen
Dasein entspringt. Damit wird die Religion, gleich welcher
Erscheinungsform, ihrem Ursprunge nach als allusionarer Akt der
Wunscherfullung begriffen; ihr wird ein ausschliesslich
subjektiv-menschlicher Ursprung zuerkannt."
In recent bilateral ecumenical dialogue the aim of the dialogue has
been to reach some form of doctrinal consensus. The three major
chapters of the book discuss the variety of forms of doctrinal
consensus found in ecumenical dialogues among Anglicans, Lutherans
and Roman Catholics. In general, the dialogue documents argue for
agreement/consensus based on commonality or compatibility. Each of
the three dialogue processes has specific characteristics and
formulates its argument in a unique way. The Lutheran-Roman
Catholic dialogue has a particular interest in hermeneutical
questions and proposes various forms of 'differentiated' or
perspectival forms of consensus. The Anglican-Roman Catholic
dialogue emphasises the correctness of interpretations. The
documents consciously look towards a 'common future', not the
separated past. "Ecclesiological Investigations" brings together
quality research and inspiring debates in ecclesiology worldwide
from a network of international scholars, research centres and
projects in the field.
This book reexamines the central themes of Reformation theology.
Chung considers the energy of the Spirit as the "Spiritus Creator
"within the natural world, the Spirit's place in the Trinity, the
role of the Spirit in election, the controversial question of the
third use of the law, and the effects of the Spirit for the life of
the world. In addressing these and many other issues, this book
clearly and carefully describes the fundamental shape of
Reformation thinking and introduces the reader to what was and is
at stake in the Reformation's insistence on the centrality of the
Gospel.
Radical changes in understandings of gender over the last two
centuries are at the heart of some of the most controversial issues
within Jewish life and law. They have influenced the basic concepts
of Judaism, of family structure, of liturgy, of thoughts about
leadership and of Halakhah. This volume discusses some of these
changes and new definitions and how they continue to be reflected
in the developing reform Halakhah.
Where the Waters Meet offers the reader a new way of viewing an old
subject. So often psychology and counselling therapies have been,
and still are, seen as competitors, or even enemies, vying for
supremacy as the true religion. This book invites us to take a
fresh look at these two fields, each with their own experience and
dogma, and view them in a different light. We are introduced to
complementarity, an approach through which vital common factors
begin to break through the barriers of convention and jargon. This
book is written from deeply held convictions about faith and about
therapy and emerges from several decades of experience in ordained
ministry, and of working as a psychodynamic counsellor. The author
is passionate about both the healing process of therapy and the
life-giving inspiration of faith. He sees the two not as enemies
but as intrinsically linked.
This volume brings Iwand's reflections on justification to bear on
questions of the intersection of church and society. Iwand
critiques the typical Lutheran understanding of the two kingdoms
and charts a new way forward for understanding Luther's theology,
as well as the way it addresses Christian life within society. Most
importantly, Iwand discusses church and society, which have so
often been closed to one another, and how they have been and
continue to be opened up to each other by the kingdom of God.
In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always
taken for granted. Whether they think of the evolutionary proofs of
Darwin or of spectacular investigation into the boundaries of
physics conducted by CERN's Large Hadron Collider, most people
assume that scientific enquiry goes to the heart of fundamental
truths about the universe. Yet elsewhere, science is under siege.
In the USA, Christian fundamentalists contest whether evolution
should be taught in schools at all. And in Muslim countries like
Tunisia, Egypt, Pakistan and Malaysia, a mere 15 per cent of those
recently surveyed believed Darwin's theory to be 'true' or
'probably true'. This thoughtful and passionately argued book
contends absolutely to the contrary: not only that evolutionary
theory does not contradict core Muslim beliefs, but that many
scholars, from Islam's golden age to the present, adopted a
worldview that accepted evolution as a given. Guessoum suggests
that the Islamic world, just like the Christian, needs to take
scientific questions - 'quantum questions' - with the utmost
seriousness if it is to recover its true heritage and integrity. In
its application of a specifically Muslim perspective to important
topics like cosmology, divine action and evolution, the book makes
a vital contribution to debate in the disputed field of 'science
and religion'.
Among the considerable oeuvre of Muhammad al-Shahrastani
(1086-1153), the prominent Persian theologian and heresiographer,
the Majlis-i maktub ('The Transcribed Sermon') is his only known
work in Persian. First delivered as a sermon in Khwarazm in Central
Asia, this treatise invokes the theme of creation and command,
providing an esoteric cosmological narrative where faith,
revelation, prophecy and the spiritual authority of the Household
of the Prophet are interwoven. The Majlis-i maktub further
discusses themes such as the evolution of religious law (shari'at)
and its culmination in the qiyamat (resurrection), the relation
between free will and predestination, the interplay between the
exoteric and esoteric aspects of faith, and the role and function
of the Shi?i Imams in the cosmological narrative. This treatise is
arguably the most dense expression of al-Shahrastani's thought, and
it demonstrably indicates the Ismaili inclination of this Muslim
scholar who has usually been regarded as a Shafi'i-Ash'ari.
Daryoush Mohammad Poor's comparative study of this treatise and the
corpus of Nizari Ismaili literature from the Alamut period
(1090-1256) reveals the massive impact of al-Shahrastani's thought
on every aspect of the doctrines of Nizari Ismailis.
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