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It's obvious that Jesus fulfilled prophecies about the promised
Messiah - or so the gospels make it seem. But the real story is
more complex, and more compelling. In hindsight we can see that
Jesus had help fulfilling prophecy. The gospel writers skillfully
manipulated prophecies - carefully lifting them out of context,
creatively reinterpreting them, even rewriting them - to match what
Jesus would do in fulfilling them. The evangelists also used the
prophecies themselves to shape the very stories that show their
fulfillment. This book describes in detail how Christian authors
"helped" Jesus fulfill prophecy. Studies of Greek oracles, the Dead
Sea Scrolls, translations of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek and
Aramaic, and the writings of Josephus explore the interpretive
techniques that paved the way for the New Testament's manipulation
of prophecy. This book analyzes how the belief that Jesus fulfilled
prophecy became an argument to justify a new notion: the view that
Christians had replaced Jews as God's chosen people. An aggressive
anti-Judaism is analyzed in chapters on patristic theologians such
as Justin Martyr and Augustine, who embedded it into the argument
from prophecy. The book concludes with an ethical argument for why
Christians should retire the argument from prophecy.
The pioneering work of The Jesus Seminar has come in for high
praise as well as searing denunciation from the press, the clergy,
the scholars. Now a veteran member of the Seminar, Robert Miller,
examines its agenda and its inner deliberations, dissecting the
rationale of the Seminar's historical work and clearly explaining
what its findings portend.
"At the end of the Trail of Tears there was a promise," U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the decision issued on
July 9, 2020, in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma. And that promise,
made in treaties between the United States and the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation more than 150 years earlier, would finally be kept. With the
Court's ruling, the full extent of the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation
was reaffirmed-meaning that 3.25 million acres of land in Oklahoma,
including part of the city of Tulsa, were recognized once again as
"Indian Country" as defined by federal law. A Promise Kept explores
the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely
the most significant Indian law case in well over 100 years.
Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an
in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it
might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other
tribes throughout the United States. For context, Robbie Ethridge
traces the long history of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from its
inception in present-day Georgia and Alabama in the seventeenth
century; through the tribe's rise to regional prominence in the
colonial era, the tumultuous years of Indian Removal, and the Civil
War and allotment; and into its resurgence in Oklahoma in the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Against this historical
background, Robert J. Miller considers McGirt v. Oklahoma,
examining important related cases, precedents that informed the
Court's decision, and future ramifications-legal, civil,
regulatory, and practical-for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, federal
Indian law, the United States, the state of Oklahoma, and Indian
nations in Oklahoma and elsewhere. Their work clarifies the stakes
of a decision that, while long overdue, raises numerous complex
issues profoundly affecting federal, state, and tribal relations
and law-and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
An essential resource for the analytical study of the gospels, The
Complete Gospel Parallels goes beyond the standard parallels. This
book gives those who study the gospels in English a one-volume
compendium of synopses not only for the Gospels of Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John, but also for the Gospels of Thomas and Peter, as
well as for a few gospel fragments (the Egerton Gospel, Gospel
Oxyrhynchus 1224, as well as the Jewish-Christian Gospels of the
Hebrews and the Nazoreans). The Complete Gospel Parallels also
includes a synopsis for the reconstructed Q Gospel, which enables
the reader both to discern how the text of Q can be derived and how
Q was adopted and adapted by Matthew and Luke. The Complete Gospel
Parallels features the fresh and vibrant Scholars Version
translation, which has been thoroughly revised and fine-tuned to
facilitate the precise comparison of parallel passages, using
consistent English for the same Greek and different English where
the originals vary. The Complete Gospel Parallels lucid
translation, its easy-to-use format, and its broad range of gospel
materials will enhance and deepen the serious reader s appreciation
of early Christian tradition and literature.
The Complete Gospels is the first publication ever to collect the
canonical gospels and their extracanonical counterpoints under one
cover. The selected extracanonical gospels date from the first and
second centuries, are independent of the canonical gospels, and
significantly contribute to our understanding of the developments
in the Jesus tradition leading up to and surrounding the New
Testament gospels. Two additional texts, the Gospel of Judas and
the Gospel of the Savior, and a new text of Q are found in this
fourth edition. Each gospel begins with an introduction that sets
the text in its ancient and historical contexts and discusses the
overall structure and central themes. Cross references point out
the numerous parallel passages, intratextual indicators, and
thematic parallels so the reader can see how the individual
passages of a gospel fit into the rich tapestry of Jewish and early
Christian texts. Notes explain important translation issues, supply
necessary background information, offer guidance to difficult
passages, and honestly indicate problems in the text or in our
understanding of them. This volume is the premier publication of
the Scholars Version translation of the gospels a fresh translation
from the original languages into living American English that is
entirely free of ecclesiastical control. The Scholars Version
intentionally drops the pretense that academics have all the
answers. It strives to avoid both talking down, and over the heads
of readers. The goal is to make these fascinating texts
intelligible and inviting to all who want to study them.
The Complete Gospels is the first publication to collect the
canonical gospels and their extracanonical counterparts, from the
first and second centuries, under a single cover. These
extracanonical gospels are independent of the canon, and
significantly contribute to our understanding of the developments
in the Jesus tradition leading up to and surrounding the New
Testament. Each chapter comprises: - An updated translation of the
gospel. - An introduction that sets the text in its ancient and
historical contexts and discusses the overall structure and central
themes. - Notes that explain important translation issues, supply
necessary background information, offer guidance to difficult
passages, and honestly indicate problems in the text or in our
understanding of them. - Cross references to parallel passages,
intratextual indicators, and thematic parallels so the reader can
see how the individual passages of a gospel fit into the rich
tapestry of Jewish and early Christian texts. - This volume is the
premier publication of the Scholars Version translation of the
gospels-a fresh translation from the original languages into living
American English that is entirely free of ecclesiastical control.
The Scholars Version intentionally drops the pretence that
academics have all the answers. It strives to avoid both talking
down and over the heads of readers. The goal is to make these
fascinating texts intelligible and inviting to all who want to
study them.
"What if the purpose or function of a parable is not to instruct
but to haunt?" So begins Listening to the Parables of Jesus, edited
by Edward F. Beutner, who suggests that, from time to time, even
scholars scratch their heads in puzzlement over the yin and yang of
Jesus' parables. This concise, well-edited book brings together
insights from world-renowned scholars into the interpretation of
parables. Lane McGaughy's opening essay provides high fidelity
earphones that let readers hear the vivid and distinctive nature of
the language of parable. Robert Miller offers an original treatment
of two parables from the gospels of Matthew and Thomas, parables
that he renames, "The Overpriced Pearl" and "The Treasure of
Immorality." With his eye for narrative structure, film director
Paul Verhoeven identifies fault lines in Matthew's version of the
Vineyard Laborers and proposes an alternative version in which the
?first will be first.? In his essay on the Leased Vineyard, Brandon
Scott demonstrates how rabbinic parables can illuminate the
otherwise shadowy nooks and crannies of a dark parable of violence
found in Mark's gospel. The final three essays describe the
parables globally as artful language events?as fulcrums, so to
speak, upon which our understanding of the world gets overturned
and undermined. According to Robert Funk, Jesus? parables are
knotholes in the cosmic fence through which we glimpse the world as
Jesus saw it. In Listening to the Parables of Jesus, leading
scholars of the parables help readers find the knotholes. The rest
is up to them.
In this compelling study of the birth and infancy of Jesus, Robert
Miller separates fact from fiction in the gospel narratives and
relates them to stories about the miraculous births of Israelite
heroes and of Greek and Roman sons of God. "Born Divine analyzes
the Christian claim that the birth and childhood of Jesus fulfilled
Old Testament prophecies. The historical and theological dimensions
of the virgin birth tradition are discussed with honesty and
insight. This wide-ranging book also presents additional infancy
gospels from the second century through the Middle Ages.
Did the historical Jesus preach that God was about to bring an end
to human history and impose the divine kingdom on the earth and all
its peoples? Four eminent New Testament scholars -Dale Allison,
Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, and Stephen Patterson- come
together under the direction of Robert J. Miller to debate this,
the single most important question about the historical Jesus.
Borg, Crossan, and Patterson argue that Jesus taught that God's
kingdom was already here, not that it was coming in the near
future. Dale Allison defends the widely-held view that Jesus was an
apocalyptic prophet. Everyone's cards are on the table in this
candid exchange. The disagreements are sharp and the debate is both
pointed and respectful. This book is an eloquent exploration of a
pressing issue that strongly affects how we understand the
historical Jesus and Christian life today.
"At the end of the Trail of Tears there was a promise," U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the decision issued on
July 9, 2020, in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma. And that promise,
made in treaties between the United States and the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation more than 150 years earlier, would finally be kept. With the
Court's ruling, the full extent of the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation
was reaffirmed-meaning that 3.25 million acres of land in Oklahoma,
including part of the city of Tulsa, were recognized once again as
"Indian Country" as defined by federal law. A Promise Kept explores
the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely
the most significant Indian law case in well over 100 years.
Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an
in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it
might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other
tribes throughout the United States. For context, Robbie Ethridge
traces the long history of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from its
inception in present-day Georgia and Alabama in the seventeenth
century; through the tribe's rise to regional prominence in the
colonial era, the tumultuous years of Indian Removal, and the Civil
War and allotment; and into its resurgence in Oklahoma in the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Against this historical
background, Robert J. Miller considers McGirt v. Oklahoma,
examining important related cases, precedents that informed the
Court's decision, and future ramifications-legal, civil,
regulatory, and practical-for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, federal
Indian law, the United States, the state of Oklahoma, and Indian
nations in Oklahoma and elsewhere. Their work clarifies the stakes
of a decision that, while long overdue, raises numerous complex
issues profoundly affecting federal, state, and tribal relations
and law-and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Native American peoples suffer from health, educational,
infrastructure, and social deficiencies of the sort that most
Americans who live outside tribal lands are wholly unaware of and
would not tolerate. Indians are the poorest people in the United
States, and their reservations are appallingly poverty-stricken;
not surprisingly, they suffer from the numerous social pathologies
that invariably accompany such economic conditions. Historically,
most tribal communities were prosperous, composed of healthy,
vibrant societies sustained over hundreds and in some instances
perhaps even thousands of years. By creating sustainable economic
development on reservations, however, gradual long-term change can
be effected, thereby improving the standard of living and
sustaining tribal cultures. Reservation "Capitalism" relates the
true history, describes present-day circumstances, and sketches the
potential future of Indian communities and economics. It provides
key background information on indigenous economic systems and
property-rights regimes in what is now the United States and
explains how the vast majority of Native lands and natural resource
assets were lost. Robert J. Miller focuses on strategies for
establishing public and private economic activities on reservations
and for creating economies in which reservation inhabitants can be
employed, live, and have access to the necessities of life,
circumstances ultimately promoting complete tribal
self-sufficiency.
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Once and Future Faith (Paperback)
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Many ideas once thought to be foundational to Christianity are now
known to be false due to scientific discoveries regarding the
nature of the universe and historical findings about how
Christianity began. Is Christianity doomed to irrelevance or even
extinction? How might Christianity reinvent itself so that it can
address the real concerns of people in today's world? This
collection of essays from such leading thinkers as Karen Armstrong
and John Shelby Spong addresses questions such as life after death,
the meaning of God, apocalypticism, and the significance of Jesus'
death. Contributors: Karen Armstrong, Don Cupitt, Arthur J. Dewey,
Robert W. Funk, Lloyd Geering, Roy W. Hoover, Robert J. Miller,
Stephen J. Patterson, Bernard Brandon Scott, John Shelby Spong
What is the future of the Christian tradition as it confronts the
challenges and opportunities of the global age? That question,
addressed by authors from around the globe, leads in turn to more
questions. What elements of a traditional Christian faith can be
carried forward in an authentic contemporary faith: The Bible as
Sacred Scripture? Life after death? Sin and guilt? Reward and
punishment? How do we make an earth-centered vision the heart of a
faith for the second axial age? And many more. Contributors
include: John Shelby Spong, Episcopal Bishop Emeritus of Newark,
New Jersey; Robert W. Funk, Founder of the Jesus Seminar; Eugenie
Scott, Director of the Center for Science Education; Richard
Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh & Primus of the Scottish
Episcopal Church, Retired; Lloyd Geering, Emeritus Professor of
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Don Cupitt, former
Dean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England; Anne Primavesi,
Fellow of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion,
Birkbeck College, University of London; and Fellows of the Jesus
Seminar.
Native nation economies have long been dominated by public sector
activities - government programs and services and tribal
government-owned businesses - which do not generate the same
long-term benefits for local communities that the private sector
does. In this work, editors Robert Miller, Miriam Jorgensen, Daniel
Stewart, and a roster of expert authors address the
underdevelopment of the private sector on American Indian
reservations, with the goal of sustaining and growing Native nation
communities, so that Indian Country can thrive on its own terms.
Chapter authors provide the language and arguments to make the case
to tribal politicians, Native communities, and allies about the
importance of private sector development and entrepreneurship in
Indigenous economies. This book identifies and addresses key
barriers to expanding the sector, provides policy guidance, and
describes several successful business models - thus offering
students, practitioners, and policymakers the information they need
to make change.
Most American Indian reservations are islands of poverty in a sea
of wealth, but they do not have to remain that way. To extract
themselves from poverty, Native Americans will have to build on
their rich cultural history including familiarity with markets and
integrate themselves into modern economies by creating institutions
that reward productivity and entrepreneurship and that establish
tribal governments that are capable of providing a stable rule of
law. The chapters in this volume document the involvement of
indigenous people in market economies long before European contact,
provide evidence on how the wealth of Indian Nations has been held
hostage to bureaucratic red tape, and explains how their wealth can
be unlocked through self-determination and sovereignty.
Most American Indian reservations are islands of poverty in a sea
of wealth, but they do not have to remain that way. To extract
themselves from poverty, Native Americans will have to build on
their rich cultural history including familiarity with markets and
integrate themselves into modern economies by creating institutions
that reward productivity and entrepreneurship and that establish
tribal governments that are capable of providing a stable rule of
law. The chapters in this volume document the involvement of
indigenous people in market economies long before European contact,
provide evidence on how the wealth of Indian Nations has been held
hostage to bureaucratic red tape, and explains how their wealth can
be unlocked through self-determination and sovereignty.
This single-volume book contends that reshaping the paradigm of
American Indian identity, blood quantum, and racial distinctions
can positively impact the future of the Indian community within
America and America itself. This academic compendium examines the
complexities associated with Indian identity in North America,
including the various social, political, and legal issues impacting
Indian expression in different periods; the European influence on
how self-governing tribal communities define the rights of
citizenship within their own communities; and the effect of Indian
mascots, Thanksgiving, and other cultural appropriations taking
place within American society on the Indian community. The book
looks at and proposes solutions to the controversies surrounding
the Indian tribal nations and their people. The authors—all
leading advocates of Indian progress—argue that tribal
governments and communities should reconsider the notion of what
comprises Indian identity, and in doing so, they compare and
contrast how indigenous people around the world define themselves
and their communities. Chapters address complex questions under the
discourse of Indian law, history, philosophy, education, political
science, anthropology, art, psychology, and civil rights. Topics
covered in depth include blood quantum, racial distinctions, First
Nations, and tribal citizenship.
"Native America, Discovered and Conquered" takes a fresh look at
American history through the lens of the Doctrine of Discovery--the
legal basis that Europeans and Americans used to lay claim to the
land of the indigenous peoples they "discovered." Robert J. Miller
illustrates how the American colonies used the Doctrine of
Discovery against the Indian nations from 1606 forward. Thomas
Jefferson used the doctrine to exert American authority in the
Louisiana Territory, to win the Pacific Northwest from European
rivals, and to "conquer" the Indian nations. In the broader sense,
these efforts began with the Founding Fathers and with Thomas
Jefferson's Corps of Discovery, and eventually the Doctrine of
Discovery became part of American law, as it still is today. Miller
shows how Manifest Destiny grew directly out of the legal elements
and policies of the Doctrine of Discovery and how Native peoples,
whose rights stood in the way of this destiny, were "discovered"
and then "conquered." Miller's analysis of the principles of
discovery brings a new perspective and valuable insights to the
study of Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, the Louisiana Purchase, the
Pacific Northwest, American expansionism, and U.S. Indian policy.
This Bison Books edition includes a new afterword by the author.
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