Dennis C. Duling

Jesus and Identity

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In this study, Cromhout takes up current research on the historical Jesus, Galilee, and Q and sifts the evidence through the sieve of contemporary social-scientific models of ethnicity. The result is a theory about the ethnic identity of a 'Judean' (Jewish) Messianist group represented by Q. His study engages modern scholarship, is well organized, and eminently readable. Both advanced scholars and discerning students will benefit greatly from Cromhout's synthesis.”

Jesus and Marginal Women

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Love's original studies of Matthean passages about women combine redaction criticism with Gerhard Lenski's macro-social model of an advanced agrarian society and anthropological themes such as male and female space. They show how the Matthean writer follows Jesus in granting dignity to women in a community-as-surrogate-family. Like the Matthean writer, Love brings out of his treasure room old and new; and like the Matthean disciples, students and scholars alike will understand with new insight.”

Jesus and the Message of the New Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Joachim Jeremias was the acknowledged twentieth-century specialist on the Semitic language of the Jesus traditions. His work on Jesus' parables, prayers, and eucharistic words, as well as Jesus' social contexts, are still much consulted. The shorter essays collected here are excellent distillations of his key ideas. They are models of simplicity and clarity and deserve to be read and re-read by scholar and student alike.”

Jesus, Debt, and the Lord's Prayer

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In Oakman's perceptive and rewarding political and socioeconomic analysis, written with sincere personal conviction, the 'preferential option for the poor' in modern theology receives a distinctive historical Jesus confirmation.”

Text, Image, and Christians in the Graeco-Roman World

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“"David Balch's academic interests in households, archaeology, architecture, and visual representation in antiquity are the catalyst for this engaging collection of studies honoring him . . . Anyone interested in the social world of early Christianity at any level will find this book immensely rewarding and satisfying.”

The Radical Jesus, the Bible, and the Great Transformation

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In the spirit of Michael Polanyi, who demonstrated the radical difference between pre- and post-industrial/capitalist societies, Douglas Oakman’s studies deftly combine advanced agrarian society models, work on Judean resistance to political/economic oppression by the Romans and their collaborators, Galilean archaeology, gospel criticism, and historical Jesus research. He shows that despite societal contrasts the radical Jesus’s moral imperative is highly relevant for present-day American society: ‘You cannot serve God and Mammon.’ A very impressive collection!”

Walking in Their Sandals

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Cromhaut tidily synthesizes Social Identity Theory, Social Construction of Reality theory, Primordial and Constructionist theories of ethnicity, the importance of group practices for ethnic boundary marking, and ethnicity models. He details ancient Israel as a boundary-marking ethnic group and Paul's offering an alternative ethnos--new core values and a new, inclusive way of life. This informed, informative, readable study will engage and reward both introductory students and advanced scholars.”