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This collection of essays explores the rhetoric and practices
surrounding views on life after death and the end of the world,
including the fate of the individual, apocalyptic speculation and
hope for cosmological renewal, in a wide range of societies from
Ancient Mesopotamia to the Byzantine era. The 42 essays by leading
scholars in each field explore the rich spectrum of ways in which
eschatological understanding can be expressed, and for which
purposes it can be used. Readers will gain new insight into the
historical contexts, details, functions and impact of
eschatological ideas and imagery in ancient texts and material
culture from the twenty-fifth century BCE to the ninth century CE.
Traditionally, the study of "eschatology" (and related concepts)
has been pursued mainly by scholars of Jewish and Christian
scripture. By broadening the disciplinary scope but remaining
within the clearly defined geographical milieu of the
Mediterranean, this volume enables its readers to note comparisons
and contrasts, as well as exchanges of thought and transmission of
eschatological ideas across Antiquity. Cross-referencing, high
quality illustrations and extensive indexing contribute to a rich
resource on a topic of contemporary interest and relevance.
Eschatology in Antiquity is aimed at readers from a wide range of
academic disciplines, as well as non-specialists including seminary
students and religious leaders. The primary audience will comprise
researchers in relevant fields including Biblical Studies, Classics
and Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Near Eastern
Studies, Art History, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Studies and
Cultural Studies. Care has been taken to ensure that the essays are
accessible to undergraduates and those without specialist knowledge
of particular subject areas.
In this commentary, Graham Hamborg offers a timely and up to date
assessment of the books of Hosea, Joel and Amos. Recognising that
each had a compositional history leading to the final forms by
which we know them, he brings a literary approach to the texts and
connects them to other parts of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
Hamborg also draws attention to topics where there are a range of
scholarly views. 'Closer Look' sections explore significant themes
and terms in greater depth, and 'Bridging the Horizons' sections
indicate how the texts are of continuing significance in today's
world. Conveying the meaning and importance of Hosea, Joel, and
Amos in non-technical language and in an accessible style, this
volume will be a valuable commentary for biblical scholars,
students, and non-specialists for years to come.
Originally published in 1995, The Selected Works of George McCready
Price is the seventh volume in the series, Creationism in Twentieth
Century America, reissued in 2021. The volume brings together the
original writings and pamphlets of George McCready Price, a leading
creationist of the early antievolution crusade of the 1920s.
McCready Price labelled himself the 'principal scientific authority
of the Fundamentalists' and as a self-taught scientist he enjoyed
more scientific repute amongst fundamentalists of the time. This
interesting and unique collection of original source material
includes five of his writings between 1906 and 1924, challenging
the new Darwinian theory of evolution and natural selection through
his writings on the natural sciences. His literature covers the
topics of evolution and biology and critiques biological arguments
for evolution. He also wrote widely on geology offering his own
alternative argument of 'flood geography' in opposition to the
Darwinian theory concerning palaeontology and geology. This volume
will be of interest to historians of natural history and the
creationism movement, as well as scholars of religion and American
history.
Originally published in 1995, The Antievolution Pamphlets of Harry
Rimmer is the sixth volume in the series, Creationism in Twentieth
Century America. The volume brings together original sources from
the prominent evangelist and pastor Harry Rimmer. The consortium of
pamphlets in this volume detail Rimmer's antievolutionist
sentiments, a notion which characterized his early writings. The
pamphlets detail Rimmer's rhetoric on evolution and science from
the early part of the 20th century as he travelled across America
to disseminate his writings. The works in this volume address
Rimmer's polemic on the danger posed by modern science and the
consequential disassociation with religion. While Rimmer did not
discount science itself, he argued for, what he termed, 'true
science', claiming that modern science was based only in scientific
opinion and not fact. As a self-proclaimed scientist, these
writings take a unique view of the relationship between religion
and science from this period through Rimmer's dual nature as both
scientist and pastor. This volume will be of great interest to
historians of natural history, science and religion.
Originally published in 1995, Creation and Evolution in the Early
American Scientific Affiliation is the tenth volume in the series,
Creationism in Twentieth Century America, reissued in 2021. The
volume comprises of original primary sources from the American
Science Affiliation, a group formed following an invitation from
the president of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, in answer to
the perceived need for an academic society for American Evangelical
Scientists to explicate the relationship between science and faith.
The society confronted the debate between creation and evolution
head on, leaving a paper trail documenting their thoughts and
struggles. This diverse and expansive collection includes 53
selections that appeared during the organisation's first two
decades and focuses on the encounter between science and American
evangelicalism in the twentieth century, in particular the debates
surrounding the ever-increasing preference for evolutionary theory.
The collection will be of especial interest to natural historians,
and theologians as well as academics of philosophy, and history.
In this six-session video Bible study (DVD/digital downloads sold
separately), bestselling author Dr. David Jeremiah reminds us that the
Christian life is to be lived looking forward and with our eyes fixed
on the race in front of us—not looking back over at our shoulder at the
other runners or the past. In the Bible, the apostle said as much when
he wrote, "Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected;
but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has
also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are
behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press
toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus" (Philippians 3:12-14 (NKJV).
Dr. Jeremiah draws on this key verse to show that while it is good at
times to look back, we need to make sure that we don't go back and
allow the past to dictate our future. We need to celebrate our good
memories but also celebrate our bad memories with finality—thanking God
for the lessons that He has taught us through the experience and
committing to use those lesson to make positive changes in our lives.
We then need to allow our past memories to cultivate our dreams—boldly
stepping into the mission God has for us and allowing Him to
continually transform us to be more like Christ.
Now is the time to step past our comfort and our failure. Now is the
time to move forward in following God.
The first publication in a new series-Christian Arabic Texts in
Translation, edited by Stephen Davis-this book presents
English-language excerpts from thirteenth-century commentaries on
the Apocalypse of John by two Egyptian authors, Bulus al-Bushi and
Ibn Katib Qas.ar. Accompanied by scholarly introductions and
critical annotations, this edition will provide a valuable
entry-point to important but understudied theological work taking
place at the at the meeting-points of the medieval Christian and
Muslim worlds.
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This tried and true classroom favorite by respected New Testament
scholar Gary Burge has been praised for its usefulness. The
expanded second edition has been revised throughout to take account
of current scholarship and introduces software tools that have
become available since the original edition was published.
Combining original insight with how-to guidance, this textbook
helps students interpret the Gospel of John and apply it in
teaching and preaching.
Lent is traditionally a time of repentance and penitence but it
also offers an opportunity to see the world afresh, with a new
sense of wonder. These readings, up to Easter and beyond, encourage
us not only to regard ourselves with a healthy realism and accept
responsibility for our shortcomings, but also to recognise the
nature and purposes of God and the never-ending renewal of
possibility, both within ourselves and in the world.
ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal: 1-3 John pairs the entirety of
the books of 1-3 John with a lightly dotted blank page opposite
each page of Bible text and hand-lettered illustrations
interspersed throughout-providing space to creatively engage with
and reflect on the Word of God.
Combining the smooth reading experience of the Thomas Nelson NKJV Comfort
Print® typeface with the popular format of the Journal the WordTM Bibles.
Do you underline Scripture, take notes during sermons, or express your thoughts
through journaling? The NKJV Journal the WordTM Bible is a trustworthy and
indispensable resource for anyone who puts pen to paper for deeper engagement with
God's Word. The extra-wide lined margins make this Bible ideal for note taking or
journaling.
The NKJV Journal the WordTM Bible is truly inspirational from cover to cover and sure
to make an excellent gift as a treasured personal keepsake. The Thomas Nelson NKJV
Comfort Print® typeface is designed to honor the beauty of the New King James
Version, providing a particularly smooth reading experience for longer engagement in
God's Word.
After an unforgettable three years, the charismatic teacher who
called you and your brother James to follow him says, 'Right, let's
go to Jerusalem' It's thrilling to be setting out on the next stage
of the adventure. But life in the company of Jesus is not for the
faint-hearted. Certainly there's fun, as lark about with the other
young disciples. But it's pretty edgy too, not knowing who is going
to turn up next and what might be expected of you. And as the days
pass by, the huge demands on Jesus as he heals and teaches invoke
both a strange tenderness, and a growing dread of why exactly you
are journeying to the holy city . . . Looking through the eyes of
the disciple John, The Journey follows Luke's chronology from Luke
9.51, as Jesus 'set his face to go to Jerusalem' Absorbing,
exuberant and affective, it offers daily (weekday) readings for
Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday, with a poem for each
Saturday. It is suitable to use individually or in groups.
Originally published in 1995, The Early Writings of Harold W. Clark
and Frank Lewis Marsh is the eighth volume in the Creationism in
Twentieth Century America series, reissued in 2019. The book is a
collection of original writings by the prominent creationist Harold
W. Clark, and the biologist, educator and young Earth creationist
Frank Lewis Marsh. Although both were significant figures in the
anti-evolutionist movement of the early 20th century, unlike other
members of the movement, both Marsh and Clarke were trained
scientists studying under eminent evolutionists of the time. Both
writers struggled to reconcile new scientific understandings of
geology, botany and palaeontology, supported by Darwin's theory of
evolution, with their own creationist beliefs in genesis and flood
theory. Both scientists as such began to develop their own theories
of evolution that remained in line with creationist beliefs. This
compact and unique collection includes the writings of Marsh and
Clark from this period, featuring some of their well-known works on
the subject including 'Back to Creation' and 'Fundamental Biology'.
This volume of original sources will be of interest to academics of
religion, natural history and historians of the 19th century.
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The publication in 1881 of The New Testament in the Original Greek,
by the Cambridge scholars Brooke Foss Westcott (1825 1901) and
Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828 1892), marked the culmination of
twenty-eight years of work and revolutionised the theory and
methods of New Testament textual criticism. The editors broke with
tradition and reconstructed a critical text based on the
third-century uncial manuscripts Codex Vaticanus and Codex
Sinaiticus, paving the way for future editions. Westcott and Hort's
claim to reconstruct the 'original text' may seem extravagant
today; but according to Bruce Metzger theirs was the 'most
noteworthy critical edition of the Greek Testament ever produced by
British scholarship'. This second volume contains the reconstructed
text. Readings that the editors thought were possible contenders
for the original are printed in the margin; other readings, judged
to be of value but appearing later, are given in the appendix.
This paradigm-shifting study is the first book-length investigation
into the compositional dates of the New Testament to be published
in over forty years. It argues that, with the notable exception of
the undisputed Pauline Epistles, most New Testament texts were
composed twenty to thirty years earlier than is typically supposed
by contemporary biblical scholars. What emerges is a revised view
of how quickly early Christians produced what became the seminal
texts for their new movement.
Jeremiah in History and Tradition examines aspects of the Book of
Jeremiah from a variety of perspectives including historical,
textual, redaction, and feminist criticism, as well as the history
of its reception. The book looks afresh at the Book of Jeremiah
through the lens of intertextuality and reception history in the
broadest sense, exploring Jeremiah in its historical context as
well as the later history and interpretation of the text, and also
reconsidering aspects of the Book of Jeremiah's traditions. This
volume features essays from a unique assembly of scholars, both
seasoned and new. It is divided into two parts: "Jeremiah in
History", which explores a variety of readings of Jeremiah from the
point of view of classical historical criticism; and "Jeremiah in
Tradition", which discusses the portraits and use of both the book
and the figure of Jeremiah in extra-biblical traditions. Offering
challenging new theories, Jeremiah in History and Tradition is
invaluable to scholars and students in the field of Biblical
Studies. It is a useful resource for anyone working on the
interpretation of the biblical text and the readings of the text of
Jeremiah throughout history.
This book examines migration and colonialism in the ancient Near
East in the late second millennium BCE, with a focus on the Levant.
It explores how the area was shaped by these movements of people,
especially in forming the new Iron Age societies. The book utilises
recent sociological studies on group identity, violence, migration,
colonialism and settler colonialism in its reconstruction of
related social and political changes. Prime examples of migrations
that are addressed include those involving the Sea Peoples and
Philistines, ancient Israelites and ancient Arameans. The final
chapter sets the developments in the ancient Near East in the
context of recent world history from a typological perspective and
in terms of the legacy of the ancient world for Judaism and
Christianity. Altogether, the book contributes towards an enhanced
understanding of migration, colonialism and violence in human
history. In addition to academics, this book will be of particular
interest to students of this period in the Ancient Near East, as
well anyone working on migration and colonialism in the ancient
world. The book is also suitable to the general public interested
in world history.
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