Mark Reasoner

An Introduction to the New Testament, Second Edition

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This second edition of An Introduction to the New Testament by Puskas and Robbins is a literarily sensitive, historically oriented volume. It provides a framework to the New Testament that will help readers appreciate the complex world out of which the New Testament arose and gain an understanding of what is involved in the exegesis of New Testament texts today. I recommend this text for use in undergraduate and seminary classes that offer an academic approach to the New Testament.”

Empire, Economics, and the New Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“At the time of publication, Peter Oakes’s Empire, Economics, and the New Testament is the most holistic and stereoscopic account available of the sociopolitical realities encountered by the recipients of Paul’s letters. Architecture, cultural identities, economics, patronage, and politics all figure into Oakes’s comprehensive portraits of early Christian communities. This book is essential reading for those who want to understand the life situations of the first audiences of Romans, 1–2 Corinthians, Philippians, and 1 Thessalonians.”

Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Charles Puskas provides both a synchronic and diachronic analysis of the hardening metaphors within all of the Christian canon. Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature is both alert to the historical factors in the development of the metaphor and sensitive to its theological implications. This book is a valuable resource for anyone studying the Christian canon’s presentation of Israel and its relation to the church.”

Paul on the Cross

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Brondos offers a fresh rereading of the Gospels, Acts, and the Pauline letters that will spur others to reread and rethink these texts. His argument raises significant challenges to those who caricature Paul as the inventor of Christianity, as will as to those who follow the 'New Perspective on Paul.' This book will serve as a valuable stimulus for exegetical and theological clarification regarding the atonement, the story of redemption, and the Christian view of time.”

Saint Paul as Spiritual Director

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Victor Copan has achieved a breakthrough in his combination of Greco-Roman foundations, close exegesis of relevant Pauline texts, full engagement with post-modern deconstruction of Paul's imitation language, and pastoral considerations for those involved in spiritual direction. Students of Paul's letters in the academy and those involved in either side of spiritual direction relationships in the parish will benefit from this well-conceived book. Copan delivers what he promises in clearly written chapters that are rooted in solid research, careful exegesis of the Pauline imitation passages, and open-eyed engagement with the pitfalls and possibilities of Christian spiritual direction today.”

The Future of Catholic Biblical Interpretation

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Prothro and Morales provide us with a useful collection of essays by English-language exegetes that situate Catholic Scripture studies in relation to the pioneering work of Marie-Joseph Lagrange, OP. The authors represent a helpful variety of perspectives on the Catholic study of Scripture. The essays recognize how Scripture is to be read with both heart and mind and thus offer a helpful antidote to the sterilization of Scripture too often brought on by merely academic approaches in biblical studies. The Future of Catholic Biblical Interpretation: Marie-Joseph Lagrange and Beyond will be useful for Catholic seminarians, graduate students, and all those seeking to understand the twenty-first-century status and trajectories of English-language Catholic exegesis of Scripture.”

Windows on Early Christianity

History & Biography

“Aageson surveys basic questions in the study of Abrahamic religions, major trajectories in early Christianity that are reflected in all of the New Testament and in apocryphal gospels, and key issues in the identity and practices of early Christianity. This book will be accessible and useful to undergraduates in history of Christianity and religious studies courses.”