Academic Resources

Ethics

Hebrew

A classic, Christian Ethics is now expanded and updated to address the pressing ethical issues of our day. The second edition includes new chapters on animal rights, sex ethics, as well as examining how the Bible teaches us to make ethical decisions. It also contains for several helpful appendixes.More...

The most comprehensive history of Hebrew to date. A must for every Hebraist's shelf.
A breathtaking, full-scale analysis of Northwest Semitic sources, the earliest biblical prose and poetry, and expressions from the post-exilic period, the Dead Sea Scrolls, medieval rabbis, and modern Israeli society. More...

Reformation Theology

The Pseudepigrapha

For those seeking a deeper understanding of Calvin's preeminent and defining doctrine, this is the book. It not only re-articulates what is found in the Institutes, but develops it further in light of the common objections that have always followed his doctrines, both during the Reformation and today.

As a unit, these two volumes, like no other collection of texts available, illuminates the literary, social, religious, and theological context in which the Bible was shaped. They are an indispensable tool providing great insight into how religion functioned and how it was expressed in both official and unofficial circles.

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Church in Ministry

In response to the 2002 foreign policy directive that changed America's national security strategy, a diverse group  of theologians, scholars, and pastors addresses the transnational nature of the church, loving neighbors in a globalized world, and the use of Scripture in imperial rhetoric.
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Embodying the Faith may very well be the most challenging book you read this year--and if you are a part of and care about the Church-- you should read this book in order to help steady the ship in the midst of the oncoming cultural storm.
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NT Backgrounds

IVP's NSBT

It has long been assumed by Johannine scholars that the Targums were of no use in studying studying the concept of "Logos" employed in John's Gospel. In The Jewish Targums and John's Logos Theology John Ronning offers surprising new research showing that the "Logos" title was developed from the Targums.
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In the midst of a troubled world, Christians believe in a good God who, as the Creator, has never lost interest in his broken creation. The key evidence for, and the chief symbol of, this divine commitment is the cross of Christ. This God, revealed in Scripture, has a project; and central to the divine strategy is Christ, his coming and his cross. More...