L.W. Hurtado

A Theology of Mark's Gospel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“David Garland offers a ‘one-stop shop’ on the Gospel of Mark, with treatments of introductory questions, analysis of the literary structure, and cogent discussion of major theological emphases. Conducted in ample dialogue with current and past scholarship on all matters dealt with, this is a rich resource for anyone seeking an up-to-date and wide-ranging analysis of Mark.”

Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism

Apologetics

“Packed with reliable data, Christian-friendly apologetics, but also critical of exaggerations and inaccuracies of some apologists, this rich multiauthor volume is a valuable resource. Practically every aspect of New Testament textual criticism is addressed competently and clearly. Highly recommended!”

New Testament Christological Hymns

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Gordley provides scholars, students, and also those concerned with Christian worship today with a richly informed, balanced, and stimulating study of earliest Christian hymnic praise. He shows how, whether or not given New Testament texts were actual hymns, they incorporate and reflect hymnic expressions and features, and so at least give us indirect evidence of earliest Christian worship. His additional emphasis on these texts as expressive of a 'spirituality of resistance' (to Roman imperial claims) is a fresh contribution. This is now the go-to book on the texts often cited as New Testament hymns.”

Paul and the New Perspective

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Seyoon Kim offers here a doughty defense of a more traditional reading of Paul, taking on 'the New Perspective.' He lays down a barrage of criticism against James Dunn in particular, contending forcefully that Paul's relativization of Torah sprang immediately from his Damascus road christophany and was not simply a tactical position Paul developed as a consequence of his Gentile mission. This book will be particularly valuable for its critical engagement with current Pauline scholarship and for Kim's proposals about how Paul drew upon biblical and Jewish traditions in his christological views. This is not going to be the last word on Paul and the Torah, but for a vigorous defense of an informed traditionalist case, this book is required reading.”

The Cross before Constantine

History & Biography

“Longenecker lays down an effective barrage on the insufficiently-examined position that the cross was not a Christian symbol prior to Constantine. There may well be objections to his proposals on some specific artifacts, but the sheer weight and diversity of the evidence that he gathers here cannot be denied by anyone ready to consider the matter fairly. With this richly documented work, we have the basis of a new and more evidence-based understanding of how the cross functioned in pre-Constantinian Christianity.”

We Have Found the Messiah

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Deftly sidestepping the usual path of trying to determine Jesus' 'self-understanding' or 'intentions,' Zolondek instead offers a reasoned case that, whatever his intentions, Jesus' ministry excited messianic hopes among his followers. Zolondek succeeds in the improbable objective of making a fresh contribution to studies of 'the historical Jesus.'”