Jeannine K. Brown
30 Old Testament Passages with Deeper Meaning
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“ordinary” Old Testament moments have more to teach us than we might suspect. He shines a light on thirty passages, taking a closer look at their contexts. Historical insights joined with close attention to the details of the text bring these passages to life in new ways. 30 Old Testament Passages with Deeper Meaning is as engaging as it is accessible. I highly recommend it.”
A Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“In lucid and engaging style, Robert Stein explores an author-centered hermeneutic for biblical interpretation. The reader benefits from clear definitions of key concepts and creative examples of these concepts in action, as well as exercises that can be used to augment the learning process. An accessible introduction to a complex topic.”
A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Studies
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Nijay Gupta is true to his title in A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Studies. His writing is thoroughly accessible and highly engaging, and it doesn't presume prior knowledge of the field of New Testament studies. Gupta provides a bird's-eye view of key issues in the field--from the historical Jesus, to Paul and the law, to New Testament application today. Gupta fairly portrays scholars on different sides of an issue and provides a final reflection of his own for each chapter. For anyone wanting an entrée to New Testament studies, this is the book for you.”
A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“The process of Greek exegesis, starting at textual criticism and moving all the way to contextualization, can prove a daunting task for students and ministry leaders alike. Blomberg’s and Foutz Markley’s handbook promises to be a helpful guide along the way. Clearly written, it emphasizes the specific skills necessary for exegesis and explores practical issues of New Testament interpretation. The consistent use of biblical texts to illustrate a particular skill or guideline is an especially compelling feature of the book. Helpful and practical.”
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“John Goldingay pours the wisdom of years of scholarship and teaching into this primer on the Bible. He invites us into the world of this ancient text to hear how it tells the story of God and God's people. A Reader's Guide to the Bible provides a straightforward and succinct point of entry for anyone desiring better acquaintance with the Bible. I cannot recommend this little volume highly enough.”
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“In A Scandalous People, Micah Carpenter embarks on a fascinating dialogue with the New Testament Letter to the Ephesians. Written in clear and engaging prose, he draws us into this letter and invites us to consider its impact for the church today.”
A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman
Fiction
“Holly Beers brings keen insights from the social world of the New Testament to her story of Anthia. Beers tells a captivating story of this Ephesian woman, whose life with her husband, son, and soon-to-deliver second child is one of subsistence living from their modest fishing business. The sidebars about life in first-century Ephesus complement the storyline. As Anthia encounters the early Christian movement (Paul, Priscilla, and Aquila), she is drawn into the way they share life and mealstogether across the fixed boundaries of social status. This book brims with information about life in Ephesus in the first century and shines a light on the experience of people in the Greco-Roman world and how they might have engaged the early church. Beers is a great storyteller and the book is hard to put down. I recommend it for anyone wanting to get a feel for first-century life as it was lived on the ground.”
A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion
Fiction
“A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion is a helpful introduction to first-century history cloaked in an arresting story of a Roman centurion and his young slave, Tullus. Burge's careful reconstructive work frames and fills in the story, with each chapter concluding with more detailed information about the various topics raised in that chapter (e.g., Capernaum, honor and shame, the Roman army). Yet for all its pedagogical value, the reader will be riveted by the story itself—an imaginative retelling of the backstory of a centurion who comes to Jesus for healing for his slave. Gary Burge proves to be a masterful storyteller in this engaging and fast-paced narrative. A great book for anyone interested in the New Testament and its social world.”
An African Introduction to the New Testament
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This volume is both distinctive and vital. It brings together New Testament scholarship and illumination illumination of African contexts, integrating the two with insight and clarity. This is a must-read for biblical scholars who want to listen to the global conversation on the New Testament.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“In Boy Jesus, Joan Taylor challenges the view that there is little we can confidently know about Jesus’s early years. She comes to judicious and fresh conclusions about Jesus’s Judean and Davidic heritage, his family, and his Galilean childhood, emphasizing the precarious and at times dangerous contexts in which Jesus grew up. Taylor’s work emerges from her wide-ranging knowledge of ancient Judaism and Christianity, coupled with exceptional historical facility and a disciplined historical imagination. A unique and valuable resource.”
Theology
“A wonderfully readable initiation into the letters of Colossians and Philemon. Holly Beers is a trustworthy and winsome guide to the history, text, and theology of these New Testament letters. Her writing is fresh and insightful, warm and inviting. The accent on hearing the text within the pentecostal tradition is a welcome lens for understanding and contemplation.”
Engaging Jesus with Our Senses
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Insightful. Intriguing. Invitational. Engaging Jesus with Our Senses is all this and more. Hanger explores the intersection of the Gospels and sensory experience, building on scholarship from both arenas. The results are both thought-provoking and experientially rich.”
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“Well over a century ago (1885), Adolf Schlatter offered a thorough and influential exploration of the New Testament authors’ views of faith, with close attention to relevant antecedents. Schlatter’s linguistic analysis was detailed and his scope was broad. The German original has now, finally, been translated into English, a task long overdue and much welcomed. Longarino’s translation makes accessible to an English audience not only the content of Schlatter’s magisterial study but also a glimpse into the zeitgeist of biblical scholarship of that era. This English translation is clear, elegant, and a pleasure to read.”
World Religions
“From Bubble to Bridge is an exceptional resource for an important task facing the church today. Larson and Shady describe with clarity the present landscape—one in which people of different faiths (or of no specific faith) live and work together, side by side. For this multifaith world, the authors provide resources to think Christianly about interfaith dialogue and to live hospitably across difference. They are masters at bridging thoughtful theoretical work with practical suggestions and exercises drawn from their significant experience in leading students at a Christian university along these paths. From Bubble to Bridge is essential reading for Christian educators, pastors, and other leaders committed to Jesus' call to love both God and neighbor.”
Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship paves a distinctive pathway into the conversation on biblical hermeneutics. Starling enlists the Reformation sensibility that Scripture interprets Scripture and sets about studying the internal hermeneutic of select biblical authors. This case study approach is as refreshing as it is insightful. He leads the reader through central motifs that emerge from his study--from a hermeneutics of virtue in Ruth to a hermeneutics of empire in 1 Peter. He suggests that we would do well to apprentice ourselves to the biblical authors and offers a model for doing just that.”
Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“To understand the New Testament authors, it is crucial to comprehend how their writings and rhetoric fit within their own cultural framework. David deSilva assists biblical interpreters by illuminating the four central cultural frames expressed in the title of his work. The cultural journey deSilva leads us on spans from Jewish wisdom literature to Greco-Roman household codes to Roman imperial ideology and everything in between. At every turn, he harnesses these cultural frames to help us understand more deeply the New Testament authors and their messages. A must-read for all serious interpreters of the Bible.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“How We Read the Bible is an accessible introduction to reading Scripture with help from cognitive stylistics. Vermeulen and Hayes welcome the reader to consider how they read the Bible by shedding light on the experience of reading itself. In the process, they have gifted their readers with a lucid and approachable handbook that provides plenty of diagrams, examples, and case studies. I highly recommend this book.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Accessible, engaging, easy to digest. These are not typically the words used to describe a book about the weighty topic of biblical hermeneutics. Yet Nicholas Piotrowski has given us just this kind of useful introduction to studying the Bible accurately and ethically. He guides readers toward the importance of reading Scripture with their antennas attuned to its multiple contexts (literary, historical, and christological). Filled with insightful illustrations and examples, In All the Scriptures is a great entrée for all who want to understand the Bible better.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
Embedded Genres in the New Testament
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