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This New Testament marks the thirty years since the launch of The
Revised English Bible. This facsimile edition comes with a new
preface by the Archbishop of York John Sentamu, as well as the
original preface by the former Archbishop of Canterbury and
chairman of the Translation Committee, Donald Coggan. Originally
commissioned by the mainline British Christian denominations, the
REB translation constitutes a truly ecumenical Bible version
presented in British English. This anniversary New Testament
reproduces the lucid prose of the REB and is attractively presented
in a single-column setting. It comes in a pocket-sized format bound
in flexible green imitation leather with gilt edges, combining
practicality with affordable elegance. Compact and graceful, it is
suitable for every occasion and would make a fine gift.
Stephanie Day Powell illuminates the myriad forms of persuasion,
inducement, discontent, and heartbreak experienced by readers of
Ruth. Writing from a lesbian perspective, Powell draws upon
biblical scholarship, contemporary film and literature, narrative
studies, feminist and queer theories, trauma studies and
psychoanalytic theory to trace the workings of desire that produced
the book of Ruth and shaped its history of reception. Wrestling
with the arguments for and against reading Ruth as a love story
between women, Powell gleans new insights into the ancient world in
which Ruth was written. Ruth is known as a tale of two courageous
women, the Moabite Ruth and her Israelite mother-in-law Naomi. As
widows with scarce means of financial or social support, Ruth and
Naomi are forced to creatively subvert the economic and legal
systems of their day in order to survive. Through exceptional acts
of loyalty, they, along with their kinsman Boaz, re-establish the
bonds of family and community, while preserving the line of
Israel's great king David. Yet for many, the story of Ruth is
deeply dissatisfying. Scholars increasingly recognize how Ruth's
textual "gaps" and ambiguities render conventional interpretations
of the book's meaning and purpose uncertain. Feminist and queer
interpreters question the appropriation of a woman's story to
uphold patriarchal institutions and heteronormative values. Such
avenues of inquiry lend themselves to questions of narrative
desire, that is, the study of how stories frame our desires and how
our own complex longings affect the way we read.
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Tom Wright has completed a tremendous task: to provide
comprehensive guides to all the books of the New Testament, and to
furnish them with his own fresh translation of the entire text.
Each short passage is followed by a highly readable commentary with
helpful background information. The format makes it appropriate
also for daily study.
Mark, Manuscripts, and Monotheism is organized into three parts:
Mark's Gospel, Manuscripts and Textual Criticism, and Monotheism
and Early Jesus-Devotion. With contributors hailing from several
different countries, and including both senior and junior scholars,
this volume contains essays penned in honor of Larry W. Hurtado by
engaging and focusing upon these three major emphases in his
scholarship. The result is not only a fitting tribute to one of the
most influential New Testament scholars of present times, but also
a welcome survey of current scholarship.
Pauline- and Gospel-centred readings have too long provided the
normative understanding of Christian identity. The chapters in this
volume features evidence from other, less-frequently studied texts,
so as to broaden perspectives on early Christian identity. Each
chapter in the collection focuses on one or more of the later New
Testament epistles and answers one of the following questions: what
did/do these texts uniquely contribute to Christian identity? How
does the author frame or shape identity? What are the potential
results of the identities constructed in these texts for early
Christian communities? What are the influences of these texts on
later Christian identity? Together these chapters contribute fresh
insights through innovative research, furthering the discussion on
the theological and historical importance of these texts within the
canon. The distinguished list of contributors includes: Richard
Bauckham, David G. Horrell, Francis Watson, and Robert W. Wall.
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