Jeremy Punt

An African Introduction to the New Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“accessible to a wide audience. This book will provide theology students in Africa with the skills they need to understand and tackle both biblical and local issues they will face in ministry or academic settings, and can serve also as a conversation starter to make the New Testament texts more readily available to Christians on the continent and beyond.”

Ethics in 1 Peter

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In a rich study alert to historical contexts, with wide-ranging exegetical-thematic focus and close reading, and attentive to a convoluted history of interpretation, Le Roux shows upon important affinities between 1 Peter and Mark’s gospel. An ethics of suffering which develops from a specific Christology not only forms the basis for her engaging argument, but also provides the rationale for her cogent position on the interconnections between these documents.”

Hebrews’ Cosmogonic Presuppositions

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

Foreword

“Benjamin shows how Hebrews offers a new cosmogonic perspective that stands apart from first-century cosmogonic presuppositions. . . . Interestingly, and importantly, he insists on difference but avoids claims to exceptionalism by emphasizing that the relationship between Hebrews and first-century philosophies was anything but antagonistic. . . . Benjamin’s work advances the knowledge of cosmogeny on Hebrews, and at the same time provides a base and opens the door for further investigations.”

Love as Law—Obedience and Identity Formation

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Grounding his work in rigorous historical and philological exegesis, Mekonnen unpacks with scholarly acumen and convictional commitment the summaries of the Law in Romans and Matthew. He shows how the Law serves as a cornerstone for identity formation among Jesus’ followers, illustrating a vital synergy: If love is the ‘language’ of the kingdom, fostering the environment for connection, the Law is its ‘grammar,’ defining the specific boundaries of a devoted life. A spirited contribution on the Law in Matthew and Paul, eschewing either simplistic oppositions or opportunistic equations between them.”

The Sermon on the Mount and the Ewes of Ghana

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Incisive, bold, and contrapuntally negotiating conventional scholarship in a contextually grounded study that grasps connections between biblical texts, exegetical labor, and contextual application, this book on liberating biblical interpretation and translation promotes mother tongue theologizing on the African continent and elsewhere and provides fresh perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount.”

Wisdom, Knowledge, and Spirituality in Self-defense

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Kissi’s carefully focused, text-based study explores Paul’s self-defense in his first letter to the Corinthians from a rhetorical vantage point, noting the interplay between three central, discursive aspects. Working carefully through the biblical text, this engaging investigation opens up the Corinthian situation and context with renewed focus to central Pauline notions, and suggests Paul’s enduring significance in the modern day context.”