Colby Dickinson proposes a new political theology rooted in the intersections between continental philosophy, heterodox theology, and orthodox theology. Moving beyond the idea that there is an irresolvable tension at the heart of theological discourse, the conflict between the two poles of theology is made intelligible. Dickinson discusses the opposing poles simply as manifestations of reform and revolution, characteristics intrinsic to the nature of theological discourse itself. Outlining the illuminating space of theology, Theological Poverty in Continental Philosophy breaks new ground for critical theology and continental philosophy. Within the theology of poverty, the believer renounces the worldly for the divine. Through this focus on the poverty intrinsic to religious calling, the potential for cross-pollination between the theological and the secular is highlighted. Ultimately situating the virtue of theological poverty within a poststructuralist, postmodern world, Dickinson is not content to position Christian philosophy as the superior theological position, moving away from the absolute values of one tradition over another. This universalising of theological poverty through core and uniting concepts like grace, negation, violence and paradox reveal the theory’s transmutable strength. By joining up critical theology and the philosophy of religion in this way, the book broadens the possibility of a critical dialogue both between and within disciplines.

The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library presents twelve articles by renowned experts in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran studies. These articles explore from various angles the question of whether or not the collection of manuscripts found in the eleven caves in the vicinity of Khirbet Qumran can be characterized as a "library," and, if so, what the relation of that library is to the ruins of Qumran and the group of Jews that inhabited them. The essays fall into the following categories: the collection as a whole, subcollections within the overall corpus, and the implications of identifying the Qumran collection as a library.

The hagiographic materials from the world's religions can tell us much about the beliefs and practices of the people, yet the limited degree to which hagiography has been used as an instrument for understanding diverse religious traditions is surprising. Hagiography and Religious Truth provides a clearer understanding of the ways hagiography functions to disclose truth for practitioners and suggests various ways that these underexploited sources enrich our comprehension of broader issues in religious studies. This volume provides a much-needed cross-cultural and interreligious comparison of saints' lives, iconography, and devotional practices. The contributors show that hagiographic sources can in fact be "truths of manifestation," which function as vehicles for prefiguring, configuring, and refiguring religious, social, and cultural life. The editors argue that some meanings simply cannot be communicated effectively through historical-critical methodologies. By exploring how hagiography functions throughout several of the world's religious traditions, this volume illustrates how various modes of hagiography articulate religious ideas and uniquely represent conceptions of sanctity.

This volume presents a dialogue between historians, exegetes, and theologians on the background and key themes of the atonement in Hebrews. Presenting a range of differing perspectives and contributing to the renewed conversation between biblical and theological scholarship, the argument is structured in two parts: contexts and themes within Hebrews. Focusing on atonement not only in the Old Testament but also in the Greco-Roman world, and touching on themes such as sacrifice, plight and solution, and faith, these contributions shed light on the concept of the atonement in a directly scriptural way. The whole is a definitive collection of studies on the atonement in Hebrews that will be of service well beyond the confines of Hebrews' specialists, a collection as important for what it says about the atonement and the 21st century church as for what it says about Hebrews.

Este valioso libro viene a llenar un hueco enorme en la Teolog a Cristiana en lengua castellana: La falta de informaci n confiable sobre los or genes jud os de la fe cristiana. Para aquellos que buscan la sencillez, el libro expresa muchas verdades fundamentales que permanecieron ocultas en los antiguos tratados de la historia de la Iglesia en un lenguaje simple y ameno. En cambio, para aquellos que aman la seriedad acad mica el tratado est lleno de referencias cuidadosamente documentadas, frutos de la erudici n moderna y la antiqu sima tradici n de Israel. El inicio de esta obra provee al lector de la perspectiva hist rica del origen jud o de la Iglesia y su posterior separaci n de Israel. Luego, expone las fallas de las hip tesis aramea y griega como idiomas originales del Nuevo Testamento, y demuestra el origen hebreo de los Evangelios y las ense anzas de los ap stoles. Los siguientes cap tulos se enfocan en la judaidad de Jesucristo, y por qu nunca abandon su fe ancestral para fundar una religi n separada del tronco tradicional del juda smo del Segundo Templo. Explican, adem s, por qu las ense anzas de Jesucristo o Yahush a ha Mash aj son todas ellas jud as e interpretarlas fuera de ese marco religioso inevitablemente lleva a graves errores en la doctrina y la pr ctica de la fe. Por ltimo, explora con integridad teol gica c mo los Padres de la Iglesia y los Reformadores Protestantes forjaron con su antisemitismo los cap tulos m?'s vergonzosos de la historia humana: Las Cruzadas, la Santa Inquisici n y el Holocausto. Sin duda alguna, su consistente punto de vista jud o nazareno lo hace un libro sumamente interesante, informativo y conmovedor que debe ser le do por cada pastor, seminarista, misionero y estudiante sincero de la Biblia; tanto cristiano como jud o por igual.

In The Existential Philosophy of Etty Hillesum Meins G.S. Coetsier breaks new ground by demonstrating the Jewish existential nature of Etty Hillesum's spiritual and cultural life in light of the writings of Martin Buber, Emmanuel Levinas and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Hillesum's diaries and letters, written between 1941 and 1943, illustrate her struggle to come to terms with her personal life in the context of the Second World War and the Shoah. By finding God under the rubble of the horrors, she rediscovers the divine presence between humankind, while taking up responsibility for the Other as a way to embrace justice and compassion. In a fascinating, accessible and thorough study, Coetsier dispels much of the confusion that assails readers when they are exposed to the bewildering range of Christian and Jewish influences and other cultural interpretations of her writings. The result is a convincing and profound picture of Etty Hillesum's path to spiritual freedom.