Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Books
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Deuteronomy A Commentary Old Testament Library
Book SynopsisThis commentary on Deuteronomy clarifies and explains the appropriate units of text, paying careful attention to its historical setting, its literary features and the theological concerns arising from the text.
£57.29
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Daniel A Commentary Old Testament Library
Trade Review"This literate and learned book is the first major commentary on Daniel of the twenty-first century. It is distinguished from previous commentaries by the extensive treatment of the history of reception, but it also provides an informed and engaging treatment of the book in its ancient historical context."--John J. Collins, Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation, Yale Divinity School"Carol Newsom has written a delightful new commentary on this peculiar book in the Bible. She guides her reader expertly through the historical context in ancient Israel and skillfully navigates the relevant ancient Near Eastern parallels, while being mindful of the considerable theological challenges Daniel poses. In her consideration of the scholarly literature Newsom is cautious when the evidence is insufficient or open to interpretation, yet decisive when conventional views need to be replaced. All of this will prove eminently helpful for Daniel's modern readers, the newcomer and the expert alike. What sets this commentary apart, however, is that Newsom does much more than merely provide useful information. Using her intimate knowledge of Second Temple Judaism, Newsom draws on multiple contexts to explain the biblical text: she routinely refers to other early Jewish apocalypses and relates them to Daniel, she cites from the Qumran library where Daniel was very popular, and she gives sufficient room to the reception history of Daniel in Judaism and Christianity, which is impressive. A fabulous new commentary for any reader who is looking for a critical engagement with the book of Daniel. This volume is deeply learned, yet easily accessible. It will soon become a standard tool for all interested in Daniel."--Matthias Henze, Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, Founding Director, Program in Jewish Studies, Rice University"Carol Newsom's superb commentary on Daniel focuses on its central narrative--the quest to uncover the mysteries of heaven and understand the true nature of God's relationship with history and humanity. Supplementary sections by Brennan Breed outline the reception history of key themes of each chapter of Daniel from the ancient world to the present. The result is a brilliant exposition of the most enigmatic book in the Hebrew Bible that details its profound influence on Western culture and sheds new light on its meaning for readers both then and now."--Lorenzo DiTommaso, Professor of Religion, Concordia University, Montreal"Carol Newsom's work is a worthy successor to Norman Porteous's volume on Daniel, one of the great commentaries in the original Old Testament Library. Whereas Porteous wrote against the background of the biblical theology movement, Dr Newsom writes against the background of post-colonial study and interest in reception history, and her commentary is aware of those approaches to interpretation (it was an excellent move to get Brennan Breed to provide substantial studies of each chapter's reception history). Traditional critical questions about history and language also get thorough and judicious consideration. Serious students of Daniel in our twenty-first century context will profit hugely from this commentary."--John Goldingay, David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary
£59.56
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Esther OTL
£39.19
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Judges 2008 A Commentary Old Testament Library
£48.71
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. I II III John 2008 A Commentary New Testament Library
Book SynopsisThe New Testament's three letters attributed to John have always provided remarkable theological riches for the Christian tradition, including the assertion "God is love."
£46.07
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation John NTL A Commentary New Testament Library
£65.55
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Hebrews A Commentary The New Testament Library
Book SynopsisThis volume of the New Testament Library offers a thorough and careful commentary on the complicated book of Hebrews, showing its meaning within the context of ancient culture and the theological development of the early church.
£58.71
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Galatians 2011 A Commentary New Testament Library
Book SynopsisThis new commentary in the New Testament Library series is not a systematic study of Pauline theology; rather, the aim of this study is to trace Paul's theology as it unfolds in his letter to the church at Galatia, and to attempt to illuminate, as far as possible, how the Galatians likely comprehended it, at the time they received it.
£51.60
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Haggai and Zechariah 18 A Commentary The Old Testament Library
Book SynopsisThis book, a volume in the Old Testament Library series, explores the books of Haggai and Zechariah. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
£45.60
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation An Exegetical Investigation An Exegetical Investigation of the Language and Composition of 1 Corinthians
Book SynopsisThis work casts new light on the genre, function, and composition of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. Margaret Mitchell thoroughly documents her argument that First Corinthians was a single letter, not a combination of fragments, whose aim was to persuade the Corinthian Christian community to become...
£40.85
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Prologue to History The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis
Book SynopsisIn this fascinating study, John Van Seters makes a compelling case for a new reading of Genesis. According to Van Seters, the book of Genesis represents the prologue to a major literary work, conceived and constructed by a single writer--an intellectual and historian. Van Seters argues that the author was a true historian who wrote history in...
£38.95
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation The Book of Job A Commentary The Old Testament Library
Book SynopsisThe Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.
£57.29
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Reverberations of Faith
Book SynopsisWith his typical interpretive coherence, Walter Brueggemann explores more than one hundred Old Testament themes--from "ancestors" to "YHWH." Providing much more than dictionary-style entries, Brueggemann acknowledges the deep interconnectedness of these themes as he explores their depth, complexities, and interrelationships. By reading across...
£38.95
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Paul and the Stoics
Book SynopsisThis book seeks to do for the study of Paul and Stoicism what E. P. Sanders did for Paul and Judaism. Instead of making a brick-by-brick analysis, Troels Engberg Pedersen provides the first comprehensive building-to-building comparison of how the two religious/philosophical systems functioned. The book moves through the major letters of Paul...
£43.70
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Reading Biblical Narrative An Introductory Guide
Book SynopsisNarrator, characters, action, hero, quest, plot, time and space, entrances and exits--these are the essential components of all narrative literature. This authoritative and engaging introduction to the literary features of biblical narrative and poetry will help the reader grasp the full significance of these components, allowing them to enter...
£31.35
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation New Testament Exegesis Third Edition
Book SynopsisBuilding on the belief that the task of exegesis is to understand the divine-human intention locked within the biblical text, Gordon Fee provides a lucid step-by-step analysis of exegetical procedures that has made New Testament Exegesis a standard textbook for nearly two decades. Now more than ever, with an updated, newly integrated...
£25.65
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Jesus Judaism and Christian AntiJudaism Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust
Book SynopsisCurrent scholarship in the study of ancient Christianity is now available to nonspecialists through this collection of essays on anti-Judaism in the New Testament and in New Testament interpretation. While academic writing can be obscure and popular writing can be uncritical, this group of experts has striven to write as simply and clearly as...
£21.85
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Caiaphas Friend of Rome and Judge of Jesus
Book SynopsisThis highly engaging and readable book is a study of Joseph Caiaphas, a Jewish high priest of the first century and one of the men who sent Jesus to his death. Caiaphas is a valuable resource for scholars of ancient history and students of the Gospel of...
£34.20
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Epistle to the Philippians 40th Anniversary Edition
Book SynopsisKarl Barth is known as one of the greatest Christian theologians of modern times. While Barth's writings are permeated by biblical citations and exegesis, there are only a few examples of Barth's interpretation of an entire biblical book. In this anniversary edition of The Epistle to the Philippians, Karl Barth's exposition of the book of...
£26.60
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Heavenly Trumpet John Chrysostom and the Art of Pauline Interpretation
Book SynopsisArguing that all Pauline interpretation depends significantly on the ways in which readers formulate their own images of the apostle, Margaret M. Mitchell posits that John Chrysostom, the most prolific interpreter of the Pauline epistles in the early church, exemplifies this phenomenon. Mitchell brings together Chrysostom's copious portraits of...
£51.30
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Nature of Biblical Criticism
Book SynopsisBiblical criticism faces increasing hostility on two fronts: from biblical conservatives, who claim it is inherently positivistic and religiously skeptical, and from postmodernists, who see it as driven by the falsities of objectivity and neutrality. In this magisterial overview of the key factors and developments in biblical studies, John...
£26.60
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Lydias Impatient Sisters A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity
Lydia's Impatient Sisters offers a social history of the everyday life of women, setting common experiences of labor, money, illness, and resistance in the context of the Roman imperial society.Luise Schottroff relates this history to important theological topics in New Testament, such as the revelation of God and the daily life of the church...
£44.65
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Navigating Paul
Book SynopsisJouette Bassler, one of the foremost experts on Pauline theology, offers her wisdom and insight into the core of Paul's thought in this brief and accessible book. She focuses on major themes in Paul, such as grace, law, faith, righteousness, Israel, resurrection, and what it means to be "in Christ." Through each of these themes, she explores...
£22.80
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Genesis Revised Edition A Commentary The Old Testament Library
Book SynopsisThis volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the book of Genesis.The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international...
£55.10
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Wondrous Depth Preaching the Old Testament
Book SynopsisEllen Davis is concerned by what she calls a "shallow reading" of Scripture--a reading of what we think we already know instead of an attempt to dig deeper for new insights and revelations. Wondrous Depth is a collection of essays in which Davis argues for a more engaged reading of Scripture that opens the reader up to new knowledge and...
£26.60
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Romans in Full Circle A History of Interpretation Westminster Histories of Chris
Book SynopsisThe New Testament book of Romans has played an important role in the life of the church from the period of the early church and through to the present day. In this concise survey of the major theological changes associated with Paul's letter, Mark Reasoner focuses on its history and interpretation, particularly through the works of Origen...
£27.55
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Engaging the Bible in a Gendered World An Introduction to Feminist Biblical Interpretation An Introduction to Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Honor of Katharine Doob Sakenfeld
Book SynopsisIn this introductory textbook, some of the most widely respected scholars in the field introduce students to the methods, issues, and theoretical frameworks central to feminist biblical interpretation. In highly accessible essays, the book covers the history, achievements, and cutting-edge questions in the area of gender and biblical...
£35.15
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Character Ethics and the Old Testament Moral Dimensions of Scripture
Book SynopsisThroughout the Old Testament, the stories, laws, and songs not only teach a way of life that requires individuals to be moral, but they demonstrate how. In biblical studies, character ethics has been one of the fastest-growing areas of interest. Whereas ethics usually studies rules of behavior, character ethics focuses on how people are formed...
£35.15
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Biblical Theology Issues Methods and Themes
Book SynopsisIn this, the first overview of biblical theology in nearly thirty years, James K. Mead addresses the core issues of biblical theology essential to both Old Testament and New Testament study. Can we draw theological principles from Scripture? What methods will give useful results for theological exploration of biblical texts? Aptly synthesizing...
£38.95
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Lamentations
Book SynopsisThe Old Testament Library provides an authoritative treatment of every major and important aspect of the Old Testament. This commentary on Lamentations offers a fresh translation, discussing questions of historical background and literary architecture before providing a theologically sensitive exposition of the...
£35.87
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. The Old Testament World Second Edition
Book SynopsisWritten by two leading Old Testament scholars and widely used throughout the world, Philip Davies and John Rogerson's The Old Testament World describes the historical, social, and cultural setting in which the Old Testament was written and examines the major genres of literature that it contains. Ideally suited for college-level introductory...
£38.00
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. New Testament Theology Exploring Diversity and Unity
Book SynopsisIn this systematic, book-by-book exploration of the theology of each New Testament writing, Frank J. Matera explores theological diversity and unity in the writings of the New Testament. After an introduction to the history and method of New Testament theology, he explains and describes the theologies of the Synoptic, Pauline, and Johannine...
£51.30
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Mark Belief A Theological Commentary on the Bible
Book SynopsisThe volumes in Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible from Westminster John Knox Press offer a fresh and invigorating approach to all the books of the Bible. Building on a wide range of sources from biblical studies, the history of theology, the church's liturgical and musical traditions, contemporary culture, and the Christian tradition, noTrade Review"Without giving up the requisite attention to the details of the text, the volumes draw upon the rich theological traditions of the past and attend to the continuing theological issues and perplexities of the present." Patrick D. Miller, Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary "The interface between biblical texts and constructive theology is never easy or obvious. This welcome series holds great promise for a new engagement at that interface." Walter Brueggemann, Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary
£38.58
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Jesus the Village Psychiatrist
Book SynopsisAll of the Gospels and the whole of Christian tradition depict Jesus as a miraculous healer who can cure blindness, leprosy, hemorrhages, and a host of other maladies. But how did Jesus actually heal? In this fascinating book, Donald Capps argues that Jesus was keenly attuned to the psychological causes of illness and through his ministry...
£25.65
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Hebrews Belief A Theological Commentary on the
Book SynopsisThe book of Hebrews is a fascinating extended sermon which has nurtured and challenged the church for centuries. It stands in tension with our sensibilities but provides guidance for the church's life and for individual Christians. In this theological commentary, D. Stephen Long explores this captivating book.
£37.05
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Genesis Belief A Theological Commentary on the Bible
Book SynopsisThis volume in the Belief series provides a new and interesting theological interpretation of Genesis through the themes of liberation and the concerns of the poor and marginalized.
£38.95
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Imperfect Believers
Book SynopsisThis book is a solid study of characters in the Gospel of John--Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, the disciples, the Jews, Martha and Mary, Peter and the Beloved Disciple, and Jesus. Susan Hylen argues that John's characters are not simply one-dimensional depictions of belief and unbelief, but are in fact far more complex and ambiguous.This...
£31.35
Westminster John Knox Press Genesis for Everyone Part 1 Chapters 116 The Old Testament for Everyone
Book SynopsisFollowing on the heels of the successful New Testament for Everyone commentaries by acclaimed scholar and author N. T. Wright, Westminster John Knox is pleased to announce the first volumes in the all new Old Testament for Everyone Bible commentary series.John Goldingay, an internationally respected Old Testament scholar, authors this ambitious...
£18.05
Westminster John Knox Press Psalms for Everyone Part 2 Old Testament for Everyone
£18.05
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Genesis
Book SynopsisIn his clear and readable, style Walter Brueggemann presents Genesis as a single book set within the context of the whole of biblical revelation. He sees his task as bringing the text close to the faith and ministry of the church. He interprets Genesis as a proclamation of God's decisive dealing with creation rather than as history of myth...
£38.00
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation First Corinthians Interpretation A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
Book SynopsisInterpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and...
£33.25
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Exodus Interpretation A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
Book SynopsisOne of the best commentaries on Exodus ever to appear in English, now in...
£33.25
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Womens Bible Commentary Third Edition Revised and Updated
Book SynopsisThe Women's Bible Commentary is a trusted, classic resource for biblical scholarship, written by some of the best feminist scholars in the field today. This twentieth anniversary edition features brand new or thoroughly revised essays to reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics. It comprises commentaries on every book...
£51.30
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Mourner Mother Midwife Reimagining Gods Delivering Presence in the Old Testament
Book SynopsisJuliana Claassens explores alternative Old Testament metaphors that portray God as mourner, mother, and midwife--images that resist the violence and bloodshed associated with the dominant warrior imagery
£23.75
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Song of Songs A Commentary Old Testament Library
£41.53
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Deuteronomy Interpretation A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
Book SynopsisIn this theological exposition of Deuteronomy, Patrick Miller is sensitive to the character of the book as a part of scripture that self-consciously addresses different generations. He discusses the nature and character of the law as revealed in Deuteronomy, as well as the nature of the moral life under God. The treatment of Deuteronomy in the...
£30.40
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Esther Interpretation A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
Book SynopsisThe biblical queen Esther is one of Scripture's most fascinating persons, and the drama of the book bearing her name is clearly captured in this superb commentary. Carol Bechtel expertly explores the historical settings, literary structures, and theological themes that emerge in the book of Esther.Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching...
£19.95
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Joshua Interpretation A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
Book SynopsisThis commentary clearly presents the episodes in the book of Joshua as the people of Israel face the challenges of entering into the land of promise. Both the historical and theological meanings of the book are presented throughout this most helpful commentary.Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive...
£19.95