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Jesusby Marcus J. Borg
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99From top Jesus expert Marcus Borg, a completely updated and revised version of his vision of Jesus—as charismatic healer, sage, and prophet, a man living in the power of the spirit and dedicated to radical social change. Fully revised and updated, this is Borg's major book on the historial Jesus. He shows how the Gospel portraits of Jesus, historically seen, make sense. Borg takes into account all the recent developments in historical Jesus scholarship, as well as new theories on who Jesus was and how the Gospels reflect that. The original version of this book was published well before popular fascination with the historical Jesus. Now this new version takes advantage of all the research that has gone on since the 80s. The revisions... more...
Jesus and Buddhaby Marcus Borg
Ulysses Press 1999; US$ 14.00Jesus and Buddha were separated by five hundred years, three thousand miles, and two drastically different cultures. Yet this trade paper edition of the highly acclaimed hardback juxtaposes passages from the New Testament and ancient Buddhist scriptures to illuminate the striking similarity between their lives, deeds, and teachings. more...
Being Reconciledby John Milbank
Routledge 2003; US$ 43.95Being Reconciled is a radical and entirely fresh theological treatment of the classic theory of the Gift in the context of divine reconciliation. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Jesusby Markus Bockmuehl
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 26.00This Companion incorporates the most up-to-date historical work on Jesus the Jew with the 'bigger issues' of critical method, the story of Christian faith and study, and Jesus in a global church and in the encounter with Judaism and Islam. more...
Matthew's Trilogy of Parablesby Wesley G. Olmstead; John Court
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00Wesley Olmstead examines the parables of the Two Sons, the Tenants and the Wedding Feast against the backdrop of the wider Matthean narrative. He explores Matthew's characterisation of Jewish leaders, people and nations and assesses the respective roles of Israel and the nations in the plot of Matthew's Gospel. more...
The Son of Man Debateby Delbert Burkett; John Court
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 35.00A comprehensive historical overview of the 'Son of Man' debate, tracing its development from the patristic period to the late twentieth century. It evaluates the research on the origin and meaning of the expression, used in the Gospels almost exclusively by Jesus, and summarizes the present state of the debate. more...
John's Apologetic Christologyby James F. McGrath; John Court
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 48.00James McGrath offers a convincing explanation of how and why John arrived at a christological portrait of Jesus that is so different from that of other New Testament authors. McGrath makes use of sociological insights to bring methodological clarity to the important issue of the development of Johannine christology. more...
Isaiah's Christ in Matthew's Gospelby Richard Beaton; John Court
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 44.00Matthew's Jesus is typically described as the humble messiah. This book argues that this is only half the story. Matthew's theologically rich quotation of Isaiah 42.1-4 underscores the fact that, manifest in Jesus' message, is the justice that was thought to accompany the arrival of the kingdom of God. more...
Jesus' Parables of Graceby James W. Moore
Dimensions for 2005; US$ 5.00Six session short-term study of Jesus' parables: The Sower, the Seeds, and the Soils ?Broadcasting the Seed? The Prodigal Son ?Anxious to Love, Quick to Forgive, Eager to Reconcile? The Elder Brother ?The Awful Pain of Feeling Rejected? The Unjust Judge ?What Can We Count On From God?? The Good Samaritan ?Eyes Too Busy To See? The Least of These ?Do Everything As If You Were Doing It for Our Lord? more...
The Word Made Fleshby Margaret R. Miles
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2004; US$ 74.95Asking what it has meant over the centuries to participate in the religion of the word made flesh, this history of Christian thought traces Christian ideas, conversations, experiences and practices through to the dawn of modernity at the end of the 18th century. more...