Anthony C. Thiselton

1 Corinthians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I warmly commend this commentary. I am impressed by its careful scholarship and sane judgments. It offers reliable and constructive exegesis based on a wide interaction with scholarly literature. It retains an eye to theology and to pastoral application, with clear comments and often apt turns of phrase.”

Being Christian

Christian Living

“A treasure. . . . Enticingly easy to read - simple yet profound, moving yet thoughtful, reassuring yet challenging. This book explains essential elements of the Christian life brilliantly but briefly, expounding themes and answering difficulties in everyday commonsense language. It lifts the heart and enriches the mind.”

Christology in Cultural Perspective

Theology

“Greene draws on a wide variety of theological, historical, and conceptual resources to explore a constructive approach to Christology and successive cultures. He rightly avoids exclusive alternatives between cosmological, anthropological, and political trajectories and underlines their complementary character as indicating continuities with biblical and historical formulations relevant to our own day. This book repays careful study.”

Death until Resurrection

Theology

“I am glad to commend this book by Joseph Saligoe. It admirably combines two distinct and important tasks. First, it addresses the destiny which faces us all: what happens when we die, and what occurs between a Christian’s death and resurrection? Second, this book carefully addresses a range of scholarship on Luther, where misunderstandings and dissenting voices all too often arise. Saligoe shows by careful argument that the often-posed alternatives between immediate entry to Christ’s presence and waiting for the judgment and resurrection are both true to biblical insights and to Luther without contradiction. We do not need to intrude an additional conscious state. This book is timely, instructive, fair, and well researched. I warmly recommend it.”

Faith and Modern Thought

Philosophy

“Dr. Hull is a gifted teacher who has produced a convincing case for understanding theology within the bigger context of philosophy. He produces masterly studies of Kant, Hegel, Barth, Pannenberg, and others, each from a fresh angle. The book abounds in homely illustrative anecdotes and short readable sections. The incarnation and Trinity receive a rightful place. Reading the book to the end will be amply rewarded.”

God in the Labyrinth

Theology

“I am impressed by Dr. Hollingworth’s genuinely multidisciplinary study. He not only examines Umberto Eco’s semiotics with its careful work on codes, interconnected codes, and the limits of interpretation, but also its implications for theology, hermeneutics, and epistemology. He discusses the development of doctrine in the light of creeds, a dispositional account of belief, and Eco’s distinction between the models of the dictionary and encyclopedia. I warmly commend this book as well-informed and creative.”

Holiness

Theology

“John Webster grounds the whole subject of holiness in the identity, grace, and election of God. Holiness is less a matter of human subjectivity than an acknowledgment of God, including a turning away from that which God has dealt with. This book is a timely corrective to undue preoccupations with 'experience' and personal narrative, and it sheds light on its subject from a neglected angle.”

Paul and Conflict Resolution

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This volume presents a convincing and well-researched exegesis of 1 Corinthians, especially of chapter 9, and engages constructively with a range of scholarly literature on this chapter. The author successfully applies this exegesis to contextual issues that have practical relevance today. In particular he examines Paul's pastoral strategy for replacing confrontation by patient argument that shows respect for both sides, and seeks to reconcile them with pastoral sensitivity by entering into the world of each party. I entirely agree with the author that chapter 9 must be regarded as an integral part of chapters 8-10 and indeed of the argument of the whole epistle. I warmly recommend this volume as a useful contribution to the study of 1 Corinthians and its relevance to important issues today.”

Paul and the Meaning of Scripture

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Halsted has produced an outstanding and brilliant book on philosophical hermeneutics and its relation to Paul’s use of Scripture in Romans. . . . Paul does not simply reproduce the text, as his use of Hosea demonstrates. He is faithful to the text but expounds it as a ‘dialogical re-authoring.’ Paul retells the stories of Abraham, Adam, the exodus, the law, and new life. His ‘pre-understanding’ is Christology. I commend this book without reserve.”

Postliberal Theological Method

Theology

“This is a perceptive, incisive, and judicious evaluation of precisely what the title describes. Dr Vidu values postliberal concerns with narrative, but looks for more on ontology. I warmly commend this excellent study, which is based on very wide reading and on careful, meticulous, research.”

Practicing Theological Interpretation

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I warmly welcome Joel Green's book on the theological interpretation of Scripture. Contributions have already been made to this area, but this is the most mature, careful, and well read to date. Biblical studies is in process of exploring paradigms beyond historical-critical methods (plural). The most recent are reception history and theological interpretation. Green seeks to hear the voice of God through Scripture, which, after all, is the main task of exegesis. This book will also help to span the gulf between theologians and exegetes.”

Reading the Bible with Giants

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I warmly welcome the second edition of Reading the Bible with Giants. Parris thoroughly understands reception theory, as his book Reception Theory and Biblical Hermeneutics shows. Here he aims at a wider, less academic audience, with a very practical study, which is full of homely illustrations and wise and timely tips. His suggestions for further reading are excellent, and he has a fine pastoral touch. This will help make biblical reading both more imaginative, more accurate, and engaged with other Christian interpreters.”

Receiving 2 Thessalonians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Dr. Talbert has produced a learned and distinctive example of reception criticism. It is distinctive in that it offers three very different samples of interpretation from the patristic, medieval, and Reformation periods. He combines this with a careful and useful understanding of 2 Thessalonians.”

Reception Theory and Biblical Hermeneutics

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Reception Theory is extremely important today, yet many produce work which betrays a failure fully to understand it. Dr. Parris rectifies this in a masterly way. He considers precursors of the movement, Gadamer, and especially H. R. Jauss. He clarifies related concepts, including horizons of expectation, levels of meaning, and shifting paradigms. This is a splendid, accurate, and much-needed book--a delight to read. For many it will be indispensable.”

Secular and Christian Leadership in Corinth

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I very warmly commend this book. It is equally valuable as an accurate diagnosis of problematic attitudes towards Christian leadership in Corinth and as a prophetic critique of widespread attitudes towards Christian leadership today. It is a classic both on Corinth and on Christian leadership.”

Speaking in the Spirit

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a careful and painstaking study of prophecy, and includes mainly New Testament prophecy. Wexler makes helpful use of David Hill, Thomas Gillespie, and Wayne Grudem, and considers a wide range of biblical texts. Prophecy, he rightly argues, may include reflective Gospel-centered preaching, and is certainly not confined to supposed spontaneous utterances. When it communicates God’s authentic, living Word, this may be called prophecy.”

Spirit Hermeneutics

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I warmly commend this informative and commonsense approach to a crucially important subject.”

The Bible in the Contemporary World

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The work of a master theologian, these magnificent essays are a joy to read. They combine judicious balance, practical relevance, and theological wisdom. . . . A superb collection that amply repays study.”

The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Revised Edition

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“An impressively thorough commentary, which offers both judicious comment and useful documentation. . . . It deserves to rank as one of the leading commentaries on 1 Corinthians.”

The Hermeneutical Spirit

Theology

“Amos Yong is one of the two or three Pentecostal theologians who ventures beyond the narrower confines of traditional Pentecostal writers. He has already written numerous books on the Holy Spirit, on hermeneutics, of Trinitarian faith, and ecumenical concerns. This volume reprints twelve earlier essays, but includes a fresh introduction and conclusion. I heartily commend his fresh thinking, his Trinitarian perspective, and hermeneutical sensitivity. This book is timely, and deserves a wide readership.”