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'Behind' the Text: History and Biblical Interpretation
Zondervan 2011; US$ 31.99The fourth in a series of books that result from annual conferences of the top evangelical hermeneutical scholars in the world. The topic for this book probes contemporary theories on the philosophy and theology of history and analyzes how those views intersect with the concept of the Bible as history. more...
"Hellenisten" in der Apostelgeschichte
Mohr Siebeck 2009; US$ 90.59Hauptbeschreibung Die Apostelgeschichte bezeichnet drei Gruppen als "Hellenisten": eine Gruppe der Urgemeinde (6,1), jüdische Gegner des Paulus (9,29) und heidnische Adressaten der frühchristlichen Missionspredigt (11,20). Gemeinsam ist diesen Gruppen die gemeinsame griechische Sprache: Die Analyse des Verbs hellenizein zeigt, dass hellenistes... more...
"It is the Spirit that Gives Life"
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 210.00Since Origen and Chrysostom, John?s Gospel has been valued as the most spiritual among the New Testament writings. Although Origen recognizes the Stoic character of John?s statement that ?God is pneuma? (4:24), an examination of the gospel in light of Stoic physics has not yet been carried out. Instead the Johannine spirit has been absorbed into the... more...
"What Did Ezekiel See?"
BRILL 2005; US$ 156.00?What Did Ezekiel See?? demonstrates how patristic commentators, through careful attention to Ezekiel 1, its relation to other biblical books, and the emerging interpretive tradition, found this text to illuminate theological issues concerning the Bible?s unity, knowledge of God, and Christian virtue. more...
"When Gods Were Men"
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 105.00This study begins with the analysis of a type of divine appearance in the Old Testament, here called ?human theophany?, in which God is described as having a concrete human form. The book includes a delineation of various types of anthropomorphism (such as God appearing in concrete human form, as opposed to only in dreams), analysis of the implications... more...
"Why Ask My Name?"
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 94.99Anonymous characters, such as Lot's wife, are common in the Hebrew Bible, appearing in a variety of roles. This book examines whether there is a "poetics of anonymity", if so, what its contours are, and how anonymity affects readers' responses to unnamed characters, particularly female characters. more...
'You Are a Priest Forever'
BRILL 2008; US$ 117.00Of the many proposals for the conceptual background of the priestly Christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews, this book argues that the presentations of the messianic priest and Melchizedek in the Qumran texts provide the closest parallels to Hebrews? thought. more...
The 'Foreignness' of the Foreign Woman in Proverbs 1-9
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 119.00She is that seductive woman to be feared, who leads one to utter destruction, and has often been translated as ?the adulteress? and ?the strange woman? in Proverbs 1-9. However, the Hebrew explicitly refers to her as a ?foreign woman? and a ?strange woman?. This book argues against the former translation and identifies a motif of the ?foreign woman?... more...
The 'Powers' of Personification
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00While scholars have often found value in comparing Wisdom and Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them. Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual personification with respect to the... more...









