Elsa Tamez

Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“As a Latin American biblical scholar, I am impressed with David Balch’s excellent sociohistorical analysis and dialogue with non-biblical sciences and their theorists. Balch finds and analyzes interesting parallels between events or characters of the time of the Roman Empire. But he does not stay in the past; his biblical analyses become relevant because his hermeneutics are guided by his own life. It is his experience of liminality, acculturation, and intersectionality that leads him to enrich his approach to biblical or extra-biblical texts. Making a book of his essays is a great idea. I recommend it.”

No Room for Grace

Theology

“The present experience of dehumanization generated by the global free market economy challenges the very heart of faith, of theology, and of the mission of the church. No Room for Grace is an excellent book that poses dehumanization as a theological subject with pastoral implications. Barbara Rumscheidt's uniting of theology and economics evokes new insights into the incarnation of grace in our times. A valuable resource.”