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Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes
SPCK 2012; US$ 24.78The result of over thirty years of research and lecturing, Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes is a ground-breaking study of Paul?s first epistle to the Corinthians. Bailey examines this canonical letter through the lenses of Paul?s Jewish socio-cultural and rhetorical background and the Mediterranean context of the Corinthian recipients. In a set of... more...
Leviticus, Numbers (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)
Baker Publishing Group 2012; US$ 17.99These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. more...
1 and 2 Samuel (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)
Baker Publishing Group 2012; US$ 17.99Identifying three streams of concern in the books of Samuel (politics, people, and preaching), Mary Evans demonstrates how each of these manifests itself in the underlying and unifying theme of power-and powerlessness. She then uses this concept of power as a fascinating matrix for interpreting the events God ordains and the characters God uses in... more...
Deuteronomy (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)
Baker Publishing Group 2012; US$ 19.99Section by section exposition with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated. A separate section of notes at the close of each chapter provides additional textual and technical comments. Each commentary also includes a selected bibliography as well as Scripture and subject indexes. This set is for serious and general readers alike.... more...
Joshua, Judges, Ruth (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)
Baker Publishing Group 2012; US$ 19.99The authors of this commentary take a canonical-historical approach to the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, three books that are diverse, yet share the common historical context of the tribal settlement of Canaan. They examine Joshua, Judges, and Ruth as narratives with dynamic theological messages about the dynamic relationship between God's people... more...
Three Times a Year
Mohr Siebeck 2012; US$ 90.59Hauptbeschreibung The festival calendars in the Pentateuch have made up the heart of critical biblical research from the beginning. Each of the calendars was thought to have taken shape against its own specific historical background and to accurately reflect a distinct stage in the development of Israel's cultic and social institutions. Classical... more...
Law and Narrative in the Bible and in Neighbouring Ancient Cultures
Mohr Siebeck 2012; US$ 90.59Hauptbeschreibung Law is not only conveyed in codified clauses; it is often featured as a pivotal topic in literary texts. Existing legal relationships can determine the historical or the fictive setting of a drama or a plot, narratives can propagate laws or demonstrate their inherent problems. Literature can be used as an integral part of a strategy... more...
Paul's Divine Christology
Mohr Siebeck 2012; US$ 74.41Hauptbeschreibung Chris Tilling makes a fresh contribution to the debate about whether or not Paul's Christology is divine. To this end he analyses the Pauline data that details the relation between the risen Lord and Christians. With reference to contemporary debates regarding 'Jewish monotheism', he argues that the Pauline Christ-relation corresponds... more...
Psalms (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)
Baker Publishing Group 2012; US$ 22.99Craig Broyles examines the Psalms as a diverse collection of poems whose main roots are in Jerusalem's worship services. Both in the past and in the present, they provide dynamic liturgies though which the worshipper encounters God--often with vigorous dialogue--and finds meaning for life. Broyles makes the best of contemporary scholarship on the Psalms... more...
Ezekiel (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)
Baker Publishing Group 2012; US$ 19.99Ezekiel is a transitional character writing in times of dramatic change. A priest without a temple, called to the prophetic office; an exile without a country, writing to his fellow exiles; a public figure for a while without a voice, Ezekiel composes a magnum opus that touched the hearts and minds of his generation and a work that continues to speak... more...









