Craig S. Keener

From the Manger to the Throne

Theology

“If you love Luke’s Gospel, which exalts Jesus and shows him as the fulfillment of the Old Testament, you will love this treatment of Luke’s message. Full of insight and sensitive to Luke’s own hermeneutic of the wider message of Scripture, this book is a treasure.”

Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This very readable textbook provides a helpful and balanced introduction to text criticism aimed at just the right level for beginning students. It is clear, introduces multiple views, gives good reasons for the approaches it favors, and — an unexpected bonus — offers in two relevant chapters useful, concise introductions to canon formation and translation theory.”

Galatians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Engagingly readable, it not only explores the biblical text but offers a range of applications and interesting illustrations.”

Global Readings

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“DeSilva's commentary on Galatians reflects engagement with Galatians scholarship yet remains easy for readers to use. It also reflects both careful consideration of the various historical issues in Galatians and also (albeit less extensively) explicit sensitivity to concrete readings of the text that supplement the usual Western applications.”

Grasping God's Word Workbook, Fourth Edition

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Excellent, practical, and accurate, it leads students from the most fundamental building blocks of interpretation . . . through all the essential processes.”

Grasping God's Word, Fourth Edition

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Excellent, practical, and accurate, it leads students from the most fundamental building blocks of interpretation . . . through all the essential processes.”

Hidden But Now Revealed

Theology

“An intriguing theological and exegetical exploration of a key New Testament theme, especially in Paul. As the book's authors argue, the early Christian use of 'mysteries' surely reflects the strong influence of Daniel.”

Holiness in the Letters of Paul

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In this helpful work, Adewuya attentively explores the often-neglected theme of holiness and related concepts in Paul's letters, offering an important new contribution to Pauline theology. Others who examine this subject have praised Adewuya's previous seminal work on the subject, and will find here perhaps the most thorough treatment of the topic to date.”

How to Make Big Decisions Wisely

Christian Living

“If you’re like me, you may struggle with balancing various factors in decision-making. Drawing from multiple disciplines, Alan Ehler provides valuable insights for wise decision-making in this very readable book.”

I (Still) Believe

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Just as understanding a biblical text's background helps us understand why the text addresses what it does, I (Still) Believe provides special insight into the experiences and trends that have shaped many of today's senior biblical interpreters.”

Irony in the Matthean Passion Narrative

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Berg is a careful scholar and unearths riches for the reader. Thoroughly engaging both literary theory and ancient context, Berg provides repeated fresh insights into the text of Matthew and a deeper understanding of his theology of the cross. Her superb work convincingly highlights the crucial role of irony in Matthew’s Passion Narrative.”

Is Reality Secular?

Apologetics

“This clearly written and wide-ranging book shows Mary Poplin to be an important Christian intellectual voice. The cumulative force of her best evidence provides a compelling case, one all the more relevant because of her personal story.”

Jesus and Magic

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A brilliant rethinking and reframing of evidence that powerfully challenges some long-held assumptions in NT scholarship. Not all scholars will agree with every point but Horsley persuasively shows that the modern use of 'miracle' and 'magic' reflect the postbiblical history of those terms, and this work certainly lays to rest the thesis of 'Jesus the magician.'”

Jesus and the Last Supper

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A pivotally important work on the Last Supper and also an important contribution to historical Jesus research. Carefully researched and vigorously yet graciously argued, it offers a brilliant new synthesis of the data.”

Jesus in Jerusalem

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“As always, Eckhard Schnabel’s work is comprehensive, independent, insightful, and well documented, critically engaging a wide range of scholarship and other sources. We see the full fruit of such massive scholarship on display here.”

Jesus the Eternal Son

Theology

“An engagingly written, well-researched, and persuasive challenge to a modern (and ancient) adoptionist reading of early Christianity. As one expects from Michael Bird, this book displays his wide-ranging command of relevant disciplines and his respectful engagement with a variety of views.”

Jesus the Purifier

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Readers essentially get two good books here: a fair and extremely helpful survey of the history of Jesus research, suitable for a historical Jesus course, that does not leave out voices often marginalized by Bultmannians, and a case for why John’s Gospel belongs in historical Jesus research. A leading scholar on John and history, Blomberg provides historical context for the development of various views, critiquing them intelligently and fairly. When he turns specifically to the Fourth Gospel, he shows that a historical case can be made for considerably more of it than many of us Johannine scholars have dared hope.”

Jesus, Contradicted

Apologetics

“go a long way toward explaining many of the differences we find in our Gospels, and we approach the Gospels to our peril if we insist on conforming them to standards of a genre that did not yet exist. Patiently unfolding his argument in the clearest possible manner, Licona offers a methodologically informed work suitable not only for fellow scholars and preachers but even for undergraduates or ordinary readers.”

Job

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Engagingly readable, it not only explores the biblical text but offers a range of applications and interesting illustrations.”

John, Jesus, and the Renewal of Israel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Two skilled scholars here provide a brilliant and creative synthesis of literary and social-historical-political approaches. Richard Horsley and Tom Thatcher offer fresh ideas in an area of scholarship that has sometimes become stagnant. . . . Their holistic approach to the Fourth Gospel is innovative, well-informed, and informative.”