New Paradigms for Bible Study
Author: Robert M. Fowler
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2004-06-03
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780567026606
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an overview of various models of reading the Bible in the Third Millenium.
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Women, Ministry and the Gospel
Author: Mark Husbands
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2007-03-16
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0830825665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis outstanding collection of essays, presented at the 2005 Wheaton Theology Conference, explores the current issue of women in ministry from biblical, theological and ecclesiological perspectives. Bringing to bear the ministerial and sociological insights on the issue, this impressive integrative work aims to break through the current impasse between complementarians and egalitarians. These essays point the way forward for women and men in ministry in our churches. Contributors include Henri Blocher, Timothy George, James Hamilton, I. Howard Marshall, Cheryl J. Sanders, Sarah Sumner and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
From Orality to Orality
Author: James A. Maxey
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2009-09-15
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 1630871230
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this groundbreaking work, Bible translation is presented as an expression of contextualization that explores the neglected riches of the verbal arts in the New Testament. Going beyond a historical study of media in antiquity, this book explores a renewed interest in oral performance that informs methods and goals of Bible translation today. Such exploration is concretized in the New Testament translation work in central Africa among the Vute people of Cameroon. This study of contextualization appreciates the agency of local communities--particularly in Africa--who seek to express their Christian faith in response to anthropological pauperization. An extended analysis of African theologians demonstrates the ultimate goals of contextualization: liberation and identity. Oral performance exploits all the senses in experiencing communication while performer, text, and audience negotiate meaning. Performance not only expresses but also shapes identity as communities express their faith in varied contexts. This book contends that the New Testament compositions were initially performed and not restricted to individualized, silent reading. This understanding encourages a reexamination of how Bible translation can be done. Performance is not a product but a process that infuses biblical studies with new insights, methods, and expressions.
How (Not) to Read the Bible
Author: Dan Kimball
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2020-12-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0310113768
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs Reading the Bible the Fastest Way to Lose Your Faith? For centuries, the Bible was called "the Good Book," a moral and religious text that guides us into a relationship with God and shows us the right way to live. Today, however, some people argue the Bible is outdated and harmful, with many Christians unaware of some of the odd and disturbing things the Bible says. Whether you are a Christian, a doubter, or someone exploring the Bible for the first time, bestselling author Dan Kimball guides you step-by-step in how to make sense of these difficult and disturbing Bible passages. Filled with stories, visual illustrations, and memes reflecting popular cultural objections, How (Not) to Read the Bible is a lifeline for individuals who are confused or discouraged with questions about the Bible. It also works great as a small-group study or sermon series.
The Jesus Paradigm
Author: David Alan Black
Publisher: Energion Publications
Published: 2009-05-28
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 1893729567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe church is in disarray. Theologians and commentators speak of the demise of evangelicalism. Are they alarmists? Is Christianity as we know it in the process of dying? Writer, scholar, teacher, and missionary Dr. David Alan Black thinks that the answer does not lie in the politics of the left or the right. In fact, he doesn't think that Jesus tells us what our politics should be. He doesn't see answers in Christian nationalism. But even further, he sees serious flaws in the very structure of our churches and denominations that prevent us from truly being obedient to the gospel. The solution lies, not in renewal, revival, or even in reformation, but rather in restoration-a restoration of the church organized as Jesus intended it and according to the example provided by the earliest church sources in the New Testament. To make the church and its members true servants of Jesus Christ again, we need to change our entire paradigm-to The Jesus Paradigm.
Paradigms on Pilgrimage
Author: Stephen J. Godfrey
Publisher: Clements Pub
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781894667326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this provocative book two authors--one a scientist, the other a biblical scholar and pastor--recount the pilgrimages of understanding that have led them from the young-earth, "scientific creationist" position they were taught in their youths to new perspectives on what it can mean to believe in God as Creator.
Goulder and the Gospels
Author: Mark S. Goodacre
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1996-12-01
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9781850756316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGoulder and the Gospels is the first comprehensive response to the radical challenge Michael Goulder has posed for New Testament scholarship. Goulder dispenses with all hypothetical sources-Q, M and L and postulates highly creative evangelists who write in the light of the liturgy. In this penetrating critique, Goodacre provides a critical overview of Goulder's work, focusing on several key areas, the vocabulary of Q, the language of the Minor Agreements, the creativity of Luke and the lectionary theory. He does not simply assess the plausibility of Goulder's ideas but also develops new ways to test them. The theories are sometimes found to be wanting, but at the same time Goulder is reaffirmed as one of the most important and stimulating Biblical scholars of this generation.
Paradigms and Principal Parts for the Greek New Testament
Author: Dale Russell Bowne
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book serves a basic need for students of the Greek New Testament as it provides ready reference to the forms most needed for translation and exegesis. ... no other similar text can compare.
Reception Theory and Biblical Hermeneutics
Author: David Paul Parris
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1630878154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraditional methods employed in biblical interpretation involve a two-way dialogue between the text and the reader. Reception theory expands this into a three-way dialogue, with the third partner being the history of the text's interpretation and application. Most contemporary biblical interpreters have ignored this third partner, although recently the need to include the history of interpretation has gained some attention. This book explores the hermeneutical resources that reception theory provides for engaging the history of biblical interpretation as a third dialogue partner in biblical hermeneutics. The first third of this work explores the philosophical background and hermeneutical framework that Hans-Georg Gadamer provides for reception theory. The center of this study examines how this hermeneutical approach is fleshed out by Hans Robert Jauss. Jauss not only builds upon Gadamer's work, but his literary hermeneutic provides a model applicable to the biblical text and its tradition of interpretation. The focus for the final third of the book shifts toward three studies that seek to demonstrate the applicability of various aspects of reception theory to biblical interpretation.
Sense of the Possible
Author: L. Callid Keefe-Perry
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2023-03-16
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1498280374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSense of the Possible is for those interested in learning about the intersection of Christian theology and imagination. Written from the assumption that imagination is deeply connected to the Christian work for liberation and human flourishing, this book is an energizing introduction to the ways in which theologians have thought about the powerful human capacity to envision a future that has not yet come. Containing perspectives from scripture, theology, philosophy, and congregational studies, this text is an excellent way to explore how it is that imagination can be part of a faithful Christian life. Each chapter comes with recommended readings and discussion questions that can be used in churches or classrooms.
