Christian Academics

Ancient Near East

The realization that the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) contained portions of the Hebrew Bible was unprecedented. However, understanding just how much the DSS can inform and shape our understanding of the Bible beyond the "biblical manuscripts" remains largely unknown. In The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible James VanderKam explores the significance of the entire Scroll collection for the Bible and how it illuminates our understanding while also examining the "biblical scrolls".

Biblical Theology

In this large volume leading expert on the OT's relationship to the NT G.K. Beale unpacks how the writers of the NT canon appropriated the OT theologically and used it to support their proclamation of the Gospel. Not simply another "New Testament Theology" Beale's work pushes the envelope to help us understand the perspectives from and religious culture in which the NT authors formulated their witness to Christ.

Patristics

The Book of Pastoral Rule is the most thorough work of its kind from the Patristic era. Gregory addresses the proper selection of clergy; the kind of life one should lead as the shepherd of souls; ways of discerning and healing sin in various types of personalities; and the need to be on guard against egotism and ambition.

Justification

Presenting the views of some of today's most provocative theologians and biblical scholars, Justification provides essays and rebuttals on a critical and perennial point of contention in Christianity. Contributors include Michael Horton, Michael Bird, James Dunn, Veli-Matti Karkkainen, Gerald O'Collins and Oliver Rafferty.

Bargains

Paul is traditionally seen as one of the founders of Christian sexual asceticism. As early as the 2nd century church leaders looked to him as a model for their lives of abstinence. But did they read Paul correctly? Here, Will Deming answers these questions in provocative new ways while shows that the conceptual world in which Paul lived and wrote had substantially vanished by 100 C.E. along with his conceptions of sex.

Extra-Biblical Texts

Preserved by the rabbis following the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 70, the Mishnah represents four centuries of Jewish religious thought. This new edition of Danby's classic English translation is economically friendly and an indispensable resource for students and scholars seeking to understand Judaism in the first century A.D.

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