Israel's God and Rebecca's Children
Author: Larry W. Hurtado
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 160258026X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An important new look at community and identity in early Christianity.
Author: Larry W. Hurtado
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 160258026X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An important new look at community and identity in early Christianity.
Author: Alan F. Segal
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1989-03-15
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 0674256069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Renowned scholar Alan F. Segal offers startlingly new insights into the origins of rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. These twin descendants of Hebrew heritage shared the same social, cultural, and ideological context, as well as the same minority status, in the first century of the common era. Through skillful application of social science theories to ancient Western thought, including Judaism, Hellenism, early Christianity, and a host of other sectarian beliefs, Segal reinterprets some of the most important events of Jewish and Christian life in the Roman world. For example, he finds: — That the concept of myth, as it related to covenant, was a central force of Jewish life. The Torah was the embodiment of covenant both for Jews living in exile and for the Jewish community in Israel. — That the Torah legitimated all native institutions at the time of Jesus, even though the Temple, Sanhedrin, and Synagogue, as well as the concepts of messiah and resurrection, were profoundly affected by Hellenism. Both rabbinic Judaism and Christianity necessarily relied on the Torah to authenticate their claim on Jewish life. — That the unique cohesion of early Christianity, assuring its phenomenal success in the Hellenistic world, was assisted by the Jewish practices of apocalypticism, conversion, and rejection of civic ritual. — That the concept of acculturation clarifies the Maccabean revolt, the rise of Christianity, and the emergence of rabbinic Judaism. — That contemporary models of revolution point to the place of Jesus as a radical. — That early rabbinism grew out of the attempts of middle-class Pharisees to reach a higher sacred status in Judea while at the same time maintaining their cohesion through ritual purity. — That the dispute between Judaism and Christianity reflects a class conflict over the meaning of covenant. The rising turmoil between Jews and Christians affected the development of both rabbinic Judaism and Christianity, as each tried to preserve the partly destroyed culture of Judea by becoming a religion. Both attempted to take the best of Judean and Hellenistic society without giving up the essential aspects of Israelite life. Both spiritualized old national symbols of the covenant and practices that consolidated power after the disastrous wars with Rome. The separation between Judaism and Christianity, sealed in magic, monotheism, law, and universalism, fractured what remained of the shared symbolic life of Judea, leaving Judaism and Christianity to fulfill the biblical demands of their god in entirely different ways.
Author: Anne de Graaf
Publisher: Scandinavia Publishing House
Published: 2015-01-26
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 8771327509
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →These twenty-two stories depict Genesis chapters 23 through 41, covering the sweeping epic of the family of Abraham. Here are many old favorites such as Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Esau and the adventures of Joseph in Egypt.
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Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 1959-01-01
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780664243517
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is invigorating to read, for it is how biblical theology should be written. Professor Cullmann has set a high standard of biblical scholarship in this book, and it will be a great resource for students of sacred Scripture.
Author: Scot McKnight
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2023-04-11
Total Pages: 1883
ISBN-13: 083084936X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters is a one-of-a-kind reference work. No other resource presents as much information focused exclusively on Pauline theology, literature, background, and scholarship. This second edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the acclaimed 1993 publication. Since that groundbreaking volume was published, developments in Pauline studies have continued at a rapid pace, with diverse new scholars entering the conversation, new ideas and methods gaining attention, and fresh expressions of old topics shaping the present discussion. Those who enjoyed and benefited from the wealth in the first edition will find this new edition an equally indispensable and freshly up-to-date companion to study and research. Classic topics such as Christology, justification, hermeneutics, and book studies of individual epistles receive careful treatment by specialists in the field. Topics new to this edition—including Paul and politics, patronage, and interpretations from various historical and cultural perspectives—expand the volume's breadth and usefulness. Over 95% of the articles have been written specifically for this edition. This work bridges the gap between scholars and pastors, teachers and students, and all interested readers who want a thorough treatment of key topics in a summary format. In curating and compiling these articles, the editors have sought to make them comprehensive, accessible, and useful for those pursuing further research on particular subjects. Each article's bibliography, in addition, will serve a new generation of readers for years to come. The updated Dictionary of Paul and His Letters takes its place alongside the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 2nd ed., and the other volumes in the IVP Bible Dictionary Series as a unique presentation of the fruit of biblical studies—committed to Scripture, using the best of critical methods, and maintaining dialogue with both contemporary scholarship and the challenges facing the church. The reference volumes in the series provide in-depth treatment of biblical and theological topics in an accessible encyclopedia format, including cross-sectional themes, methods of interpretation, significant historical or cultural background, and each Old and New Testament book as a whole.
Author: Richard Bauckham
Publisher: Eerdmans Young Readers
Published: 2008-12-15
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0802845592
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a greatly revised and expanded edition of Richard Bauckham's acclaimed God Crucified: Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament (1999), which helped redirect scholarly discussion of early Christology.
Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 1701
ISBN-13: 0800626834
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This highly anticipated two-book fourth volume in N. T. Wright's magisterial series, Christian Origins and the Question of God, is destined to become the standard reference point on the subject for all serious students of the Bible and theology. The mature summation of a lifetime's study, this landmark book pays a rich tribute to the breadth and depth of the apostle's vision, and offers an unparalleled wealth of detailed insights into his life, times, and enduring impact.
Author: Rebecca Nathan (fict.name.)
Publisher:
Published: 1844
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David B. Capes
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781481307918
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How Paul reread his Bible goes hand-in-glove with the differences that developed between Christianity and Judaism.--Larry Hurtado "Journal of Biblical Literature"
Author: James Carroll
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0670786039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Critically acclaimed and bestselling author James Carroll has explored every aspect of Christianity, faith, and Jesus Christ except this central one: What can we believe about -- and how can we believe in -- Jesus in the twenty-first century in light of the Holocaust and other atrocities of the twentieth century and the drift from religion that followed?