Katharine Dell
Biography
Katharine Dell has served as Reader in Old Testament Literature and Theology at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Dell has also served the college as a Fellow, Tutor, and Director of Studies in Theology and Religious Studies. Dell wrote Who Needs the Old Testament? (2017).
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Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“How refreshing to read a book that endorses imaginative and creative readings of Scripture! Heim and Oetter have given us renewed justification to look for the strange, the abnormal, and even the fantastical in the pages of the Bible and to celebrate the human mind’s ability to endlessly explore fresh possibilities of interpretation. They allow us to escape from narrow and constrictive readings and embrace humor, use of metaphor, and conflicting alternatives while firmly building on the imaginative contours of Scripture itself. This is a life-affirming, imaginative book that deserves a key place on your theological bookshelf!”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Like the ‘Congregationalist’ about whom he writes, Goldingay seeks to teach and communicate fresh insights for his audience, but also reveals himself as a profound thinker and seeker of truth(s) as he carefully translates and expounds this ancient text. He has written an exciting new commentary for the modern age, brimming with enthusiasm and appreciation for this most elusive of biblical books.”
How to Study the Bible's Use of the Bible
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This incisive study directs any student of the Bible to hone and fine-tune their methodology when considering the relationship between the Old and New Testaments. Schnittjer and Harmon call for a connected approach that pays as much attention to the Old Testament’s use of itself as it does to the New Testament’s use of its existing scripture. They weave their way through a myriad of scholarly suggestions to present a strong toolbox of seven hermeneutical choices that the careful student can select and apply to biblical texts, many of which form case studies in this book. Frequently asked questions and study questions accompany this invaluable guide to a Christian appreciation of the subtleties of the progressive revelation of scripture in its plain sense, a scripture that is God-given and God-inspired, that is thoroughly biblical in its exegetical tendencies, and that is ultimately fulfilled in the New Testament’s messianic exegesis.”
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Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“McConville is a wise guide through the myriad options that confront the reader when engaging the monumental prophecy of Isaiah. He gives balanced and unbiased views on structure and translation and points us to historical layering, to authorial and redactional stages, and to complex theological themes. McConville has achieved that rarity of a commentary that is at once learned and highly readable.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“In a series that emphasizes scriptural reading for faith formation, Legaspi’s commentary on Job shines out as a vital and rich resource, focusing on the book’s profound theological questions about identity, suffering, and divine justice. Legaspi extends his treatment to include retellings of the book across history and art, thus deepening engagement with the Job story and drawing out the many-sided character of Job himself. Job is both righteous and defiant, a philosopher and a mystic, and his spiritual journey aligns with asceticism and the Christian mystical tradition. Legaspi’s commentary is lively and transformative—a must read for anyone seeking to engage seriously with the book of Job.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“A tour de force of cultural interaction with the book of Job. He guides today's reader along the path of Job interpretation, exegesis, adaptation and imagining revealing the sheer variety of themes, meanings, creativity and re-readings that have been inspired by this one biblical book. Balentine shows us that not only is there 'always someone playing Job' (MacLeish, J.B.) but there's always someone, past or present, reading this ever-enigmatic book.”
Reading Wisdom and Psalms as Christian Scripture
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This creative and informative book offers, like Lady Wisdom, a rich and interactive feast to its readers. In this rich survey of wisdom literature and Psalms, Ansberry offers a profound set of theological readings that celebrates the way Christians have imbibed and ingested these ancient texts over many centuries. His engaging chapters delve deep into the biblical texts and celebrate their reception by artists, sculptors, and dramatists as well as by many generations of scholars and believers.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Already well–respected for his commentary work on Jeremiah, Lundbom now turns his hand, in more introductory fashion, to the whole canon of Hebrew prophets. He asks what they had in common as prophets and what distinguishes them as individuals. This thorough introductory overview draws out the rhetoric, signs, and symbols employed by these ancient forthtellers to express their often startling messages and draws important parallels with modern–day preachers and teachers.”
Theology
“In a rich and incisive contribution to a burgeoning debate on Proverbs as a book of virtue ethics, Sandoval claims, by engaging with Aristotle and other classical writers on virtue ethics, that it is indeed an ancient, virtue-oriented moral discourse. Picking up on Proverbs’ concern with character ethics, Sandoval discovers more profound aspects of its moral rhetoric and wider moral vision, including natural law, social virtues, and practical wisdom that together embody a coherent model for promoting human flourishing.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Brian Koning fills a scholarly gap in his fascinating analysis of the delicate interplay between two books—Habakkuk and Job—both of which view human suffering and the justice of God through the lens of experience. Using careful definitions of modern methodologies such as intertextuality, inner-biblical exegesis, and synchronic and diachronic method, Koning argues that the prophet Habakkuk ultimately transformed sapiential Job in a fresh aggadic context to shape his own very personal message to Israel.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“In this volume Leo Perdue opens our eyes to the sheer variety of sapiential material that has shaped successive cultures and worldviews. His chronological grounding of Israelite wisdom from within and outside the canon in the history and culture of the major empires that surrounded her shows us the true extent of the cross-fertilization of ideas and social institutions. . . An ambitious, judicious, and significant new introduction to the wisdom literature grounded in the reality of power struggles between nations and highlighting the power of the scribal pen in the midst of historical chance and circumstance.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Beautifully written with a poetic feel, this study of the human condition as seen through selected poetic texts of the Hebrew Bible is a rich feast for any reader. Samuel Hildebrandt tackles difficult human issues such as loneliness, despair, trauma, imagined hope, the disintegration of known reality, and musings on time, death, and the good life. These are all viewed through the lenses of a rich appreciation of the power of Hebrew poetry and a deep engagement with the findings of modern psychological method--the findings of each individual chapter wrapped up in the metaphor of the sea of life with its characteristic tosses and turns.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Brian Hughes’ book offers an informed and renewed Christian reading of Proverbs 8, a key text in the history of interpretation of the Bible. He insightfully characterizes wisdom as ‘embodied know-how’ relating to individual and communal interactions. He looks insightfully at the text with a thorough philological and interpretative analysis. He also then moves beyond it, charting ever changing and dynamic interpretations, and stands in front of it with modern readings that confront the text today. This is a lively study and a refreshing approach for contemporary Christian readers.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“A unique father-son double act, this challenging and yet nurturing rereading of Job by the Kyneses—one a pastor and the other a scholar—leads to a profound mixture of a personal, pastoral touch and strong scholarly foundations that impart key information for understanding this complex biblical book. Informed by a rich airing of intertexts and imbued with a strong sense of Christian ministry to those who suffer, the book of Job comes to life afresh in these pages with humor, sensitivity, and a deep engagement with Scripture across both testaments.”
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