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The KJV Super Giant Print Bible offers the classic King James Version
in super giant print with a thematic Scripture verse finder, one-year
Bible reading plan, full-color maps, a handy concordance,
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• Super Giant Print 17-point font size
Featuring a beautifully crafted press-grain paperback cover, thick
book paper, and an introduction to the gospel by Dane Ortlund, the
ESV Gospel of John, Share the Good News Edition offers an engaging
reading experience of this beloved New Testament book.
Revelation's Hymns examines the hymnic pericopes in Revelation in
light of the cosmic conflict theme. It considers this theme as
integral to the development of Revelation's plot. Recognizing that
critical studies give interpretative primacy to the political
realities that existed at the time of Revelation's composition,
Grabiner responds to the need for an examination of the storyline
from the perspective of issues that are of narrative importance.
Grabiner argues that the cosmic conflict is at the centre of the
book's concerns, and attempts to determine the function of the
hymns with respect to this. Previous examinations of the hymns have
considered them as a response and/or parody to Roman liturgy,
examples of God's unquestioned sovereignty, or expressions of
thematic overtones found throughout the book. While these
approaches make a contribution to a greater understanding of the
hymns, the relation to the ever-present conflict theme has not been
explored. This study allows the hymnic sections to engage with the
larger narrative issue as to who is truly the rightful sovereign of
the universe.
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Simon Gibson
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In this unique collection of daily meditations, theologian and
psychologist Rev Dr Simon Gibson brings together spiritual wisdom
and psychological insight to create a powerful resource for living
life to the full and making every day count!
This is an up-to-date and engaging introduction to the study of
Paul offering prompting fresh interpretations of this crucial
figure in biblical studies. The Apostle Paul is the most
influential theologian in the Christian tradition while also being
the most controversial and probably the least understood. He has
been regarded simultaneously as an anti-Semite, a figure who would
surely support the state of Israel, a misogynist, a feminist, a
conservative, and a radical. Just as at various times over the last
two millennia, Paul is again at the center of a range of
controversies, beginning especially with E. P. Sanders'
ground-breaking work in the late 1970's on Paul's relationship to
Judaism. Since then, the field of Pauline studies has been a
hot-bed of vigorous and creative debate. This book will serve as an
upper-undergraduate level engagement with these various
controversies and debates, introducing students to the historical
and hermeneutical dynamics that have given rise to the variety of
discussions before then rigorously working through them. The book
will begin by placing Paul historically in his first-century
context and throughout church history. Gombis will then introduce
the most significant debates in the study of Paul, drawing out the
lines of argument of the major players in Pauline studies before
then commending a way of processing the issues involved. The format
of discussions, then, will be somewhat of a broad survey of
advanced discussions, but will include Gombis's own advocacy of a
preferred view in each case. Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed"
are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers,
writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially
challenging - or indeed downright bewildering. Concentrating
specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to
grasp, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas,
guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding
material.
The KJV Gift and Award Bible is available in a wide variety of
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Presentation page, words of Christ in red, 7.75-point type, topical
page headings, concordance, and full-color maps. The KJV Gift and
Award Bible features the authorized version of the King James (KJV)
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of the Holy Bible.
Micah Kiel discusses the overly simplistic nomenclature
('Deuteronomistic') given to Tobit's perspective on retribution and
attempts to show, by coordinating it with Sirach and parts of 1
Enoch, how the book's view is much more complex than is normally
asserted. Kiel argues that the return of Tobit's sight is a
catalyst that ushers in new theological insight, specifically, that
the world does not run to the tightly mechanized scheme of act and
consequence. Kiel's close comparison between Tobit and selected
contemporaneous literature provides context and support for such
narrative observations. Sirach and parts of 1 Enoch demonstrate how
authors at the time of Tobit were expressing their views of
retribution in the realm of creation theology. The created order in
Tobit is unruly and rises up in opposition to God's righteous
characters. By way of this quirky tale, the author of Tobit
suggests that God does not function strictly according to old
formulae. Instead, a divine incursion into human reality is
necessary for the reversal of suffering.
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