Alan F. Segal

Filled with the Spirit

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Levison has brought us a broad and provocative study of the spirit in Israelite and in early Jewish and Christian literature. . . . Deserves to be read closely and appreciated for its innovations.”

From Paul to Valentinus

History & Biography

“Lampe shows that there are both archaeological and literary grounds for saying that the early Roman Christian community was at first indistinguishable from the Jewish one, form which it emerged as perhaps a less affluent underclass of God-fearers. Lampe's book will impress all who read it as a well-informed attempt to synthesize a vast amount of data in a serious, informed, and scholarly way.”

Messianic Exegesis

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Though the relationship between Jewish modes of exegesis and the New Testament is recognized by everyone, few scholars actually succeed in illustrating that connection in intimate detail. Into the short and exclusive list of expert exegetes who can uncover the dynamic argument of a New Testament text, we must now put Donald Juel, whose new book Messianic Exegesis will certainly serve as a mode for how to investigate the problem of the use of the Old Testament in the New in the future.”

Related Strangers

History & Biography

“This book is a comprehensive, sensible, sober, and irenic survey of a great deal of complicated material. It calls yet again for scholarly attention to an important formative period for Christianity and hence Christianity's thoughts on Jews and Judaism. It will ahve an enormous effect on the field.”

The Mystery of Romans

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A provocative new book on Paul that takes seriously the notion that Paul was a Jew within the Jewish community and yet also a person for whom the experience of Christ made an important difference. This book will challenge older notions ... and help build a new consensus.”