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This volume presents international perspectives on interreligious
dialogue, with a particular focus on how this can be found or
understood within biblical texts. The volume is in four parts
covering both the Old and New Testaments (and related Greco Roman
texts) as well as the history of reception and issues of
hermeneutics. Issues of the relationships between religious
cultures are assessed both in antiquity and modernity In Part 1
(Old Testament) contributions range from the discussion of the
bible and plurality of theologies in church life (Erhard
Gerstenberger) to the challenge of multi-culturalism (Cornelis Van
Dam). Part 2 (New Testament and Greco-Roman Texts) considers such
things as Pagan, Jewish and Christian historiography (Armin Baum)
and the different beliefs it is possible to discern in the Ephesian
community (Tor Vegge). Part 3 provides issues from the history of
reception - including the role of Jesus in Islam (Craig A. Evans).
The volume is completed by a hermeneutical reflection by Joze
Krasovec, which draws the threads of dialogue together and
questions how we can best examine the bible in a modern,
international, multicultural society.
Biblical theology is confronted with tensions between love and
justice. There are sometimes attempts to avoid these tensions by
dissolving one side of the opposing concept. One such attempt is to
identify love and mercy as the essence of Christian theology,
overcoming law and reciprocal justice. However, such a dissolution
is irresponsible not only ethically, but also theologically-as the
discussion in a number of the studies collected in the present
volume will demonstrate.
Our world is full of violence, with repeated acts of terrorism and
generally rising rates of violent criminal acts as the most obvious
forms of the phenomenon in the Western world. It even reached the
peaceful shores of Norway in the summer of 2011. This was one of
the reasons why the first international meeting of the Norwegian
Summer Academy for Biblical Studies was devoted to the topic
'Violence as an Ethical Challenge in the Bible'. Eighteen biblical
scholars from nine different countries (Joshua Berman, Lennart
Bostrom, Friedmann Eissler, Torleif Elgvin, LarsOlov Eriksson,
Karin Finsterbusch, Georg Fischer, Terence E. Fretheim, Hallvard
Hagelia, Dana M. Harris, Robert L. Hubbard, Jr, Arstein Justnes,
Gordon McConville, Kirsten Nielsen, Tommy Wasserman, Karl William
Weyde, Peter Wick and Markus Zehnder) met on the beautiful premises
of Ansgar Theological Seminary to discuss some of the most
fundamental aspects of the topic. The papers presented at the
conference are collected in the present volume, dealing mostly with
the Hebrew Bible, but covering also the New Testament, Jewish
literature from the Second Temple period and the Qur'an. The
contributions reflect a refreshing variety of scholarly and
theological approaches. One of the fundamental questions addressed
in several studies is how biblical texts justifying violence can be
properly understood and used today. Other questions raised are how
violent some of the often-criticized biblical passages really are
and how violence can be overcome.
This volume contains twelve articles that shed new light on the
Book of Isaiah, covering a wide array of historical, linguistic and
theological topics. The various aspects of God's intervention at
different points of human history is a main focus of the studies.
The collection is marked by a broad diversity in approaches and
theological background, and is a useful tool especially for
scholars, students and pastors.
This volume presents international perspectives on interreligious
dialogue, with a particular focus on how this can be found or
understood within biblical texts. The volume is in four parts
covering both the Old and New Testaments (and related Greco Roman
texts) as well as the history of reception and issues of
hermeneutics. Issues of the relationships between religious
cultures are assessed both in antiquity and modernity In Part 1
(Old Testament) contributions range from the discussion of the
bible and plurality of theologies in church life (Erhard
Gerstenberger) to the challenge of multi-culturalism (Cornelis Van
Dam). Part 2 (New Testament and Greco-Roman Texts) considers such
things as Pagan, Jewish and Christian historiography (Armin Baum)
and the different beliefs it is possible to discern in the Ephesian
community (Tor Vegge). Part 3 provides issues from the history of
reception - including the role of Jesus in Islam (Craig A. Evans).
The volume is completed by a hermeneutical reflection by Joze
Krasovec, which draws the threads of dialogue together and
questions how we can best examine the bible in a modern,
international, multicultural society.
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