Peter Richardson

Early Christian Families in Context

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“While tightly focused on 'family,' these broad-ranging studies gather their evidence in suggestively creative ways. The essays move easily and harmoniously between the Roman, Jewish, and Christian worlds in the same way that they bring together literary, archaeological, epigraphic, and theoretical concerns. In considering familial roles of women, men, children, and slaves, this carefully integrated book sheds fresh light on the contexts of early Christian families.”

Israel's Law and the Church's Faith

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A rigorous theological analysis of Paul's view of the law, taking off from Luther's programmatic exposition and landing squarely in Paul's contribution to an understanding of Christian behavior. Both parts are valuable: his analysis of recent scholarly work provides the best available overview of today's debate; his response to new views of Paul and the law provides a challenge that cannot be neglected. This book is acute, stimulating, and beautifully written.”

Judas

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A courageous book that calls for a fundamental reassessment of one of the main characters of the New Testament story. Most persons assume they know what there is to know about Judas; the strength of Klassen's study is that, after having read everything that has been said about Judas, he shows how little basis there is for most views, both popular and scholarly. His most telling and substantial argument is that paradidomi ('hand over') has been knowingly mistranslated as 'betray,' a meaning it has nowhere else in Greek literature. If the notion of Judas as 'betrayer' falls — if instead he is understood simply to be 'handing over' Jesus to the authorities, perhaps in accordance with Jesus' own wishes — a new picture of Judas emerges. This is a book that will excite much discussion and will require everyone who reads it to think afresh. It will be the standard book on Judas in English for the next generation.”

Shifting Shadows

History & Biography

“It is so exciting to read this testimony of the extremity and the availability of God’s grace. Jesus is not only in the cathedral, He is in the classroom, the hospital room, the courtroom, and the prison cell. Pastor Mendoza is a trophy of God’s grace, and I am blessed to be a witness of his transformed life. I hope this book will convince you that hope is just a prayer away!”

The Ways of Our God

Theology

“Breathtaking in its scope and audacious in its execution, Charles Scobie's book tackles with erudition and clarity a task that, for a couple of generations now, scholars have thought impossible. Scobie demonstrates convincingly that biblical theology can be done intelligently and can illuminate the life and practice of the Christian church.”