Sean A. Adams

Fourth Maccabees and the Promotion of the Jewish Philosophy

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This collection of essays is from a world-leading scholar on 4 Maccabees and the Apocrypha. The contributions represent two decades of deSilva’s research and are essential reading for those interested in Jewish engagement with Greek literary culture, rhetoric, and education.”

How to Study the Bible's Use of the Bible

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This book addresses an important and neglected area of intertextual studies. Providing a clear introduction to and explanation of key hermeneutical choices that need to be considered by readers of the Bible as a unified text with progressive revelation, Schnittjer and Harmon show how interpretive decisions directly impact exegetical findings. Readers will be challenged to think critically about issues, reflect on their implicit assumptions, and recognise the deep complexity of this task. Filled with model examples, study aids, discussion questions, and an expansive glossary, this work is ideal as a course text and for those interested in this subject regardless of their knowledge of ancient languages.”

Jesus, Contradicted

Apologetics

“This book provides a detailed investigation of how literary works were composed in antiquity. By comparing the Evangelists to other writers in history, Licona encourages his readers to widen their understanding and adopt a new, more nuanced approach to reading the Gospels that takes into account ancient compositional practices when investigating the concept of scriptural authority and inerrancy. Licona takes this challenging topic and makes it accessible, offering in-text definitions, summaries, and “questions for further thought” for each chapter. For those who want an informed and approachable discussion of variations in the Gospels from a faith perspective, this book is for you.”

The World of the New Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This book is targeted to students in both universities and seminaries, though it could still be of use to scholars who are seeking to refresh their memory of a particular topic. . . . The World of the New Testament would make a good textbook for any course that attempts to understand the New Testament in its wider Greco-Roman milieu.”

Vox Petri

Theology

“Gene Green's book, Vox Petri, fills a lacuna in Petrine scholarship. Drawing from testimony theory and its importance in antiquity, Green unites Peter's sayings in Mark, Acts, and 1 Peter into one cohesive voice, presenting the utterances of the apostle as foundational to early Christian theology. This book will be of interest for scholars and pastors and could be fruitfully employed as a class text.”