Introduction to the Old Testament
Introduction to the Old Testament

Author: Bill T. Arnold

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-04-07

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1139915738

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This volume introduces ancient Israel's Scriptures, or the Hebrew Bible, commonly called the Old Testament. It also traces the legacy of monotheism first found in the pages of the Old Testament. Where pertinent to the message of the Old Testament, the book explores issues of history, comparative religions, and sociology, while striking a balance among these topics by focusing primarily on literary features of the text. In addition, frequent sidebar discussions introduce the reader to contemporary scholarship, especially the results of historical-critical research and archaeology. Along the way, the book explores how the Old Testament conceptualized and gave rise to monotheism, one of the most significant developments in history, giving this study a currency for twenty-first-century readers.

I Found God in Me
I Found God in Me

Author: Mitzi J. Smith

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2015-02-05

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 162564745X

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I Found God in Me is the first womanist biblical hermeneutics reader. In it readers have access, in one volume, to articles on womanist interpretative theories and theology as well as cutting-edge womanist readings of biblical texts by womanist biblical scholars. This book is an excellent resource for women of color, pastors, and seminarians interested in relevant readings of the biblical text, as well as scholars and teachers teaching courses in womanist biblical hermeneutics, feminist interpretation, African American hermeneutics, and biblical courses that value diversity and dialogue as crucial to excellent pedagogy.

Jesus Wants to Save Christians
Jesus Wants to Save Christians

Author: Rob Bell

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2009-03-17

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0310295319

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There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building. Our local newspaper ran a front-page story not too long ago about a study revealing that one in five people in our city lives in poverty. This is a book about those two numbers. Jesus Wants to save Christians is a book about faith and fear, wealth and war, poverty, power, safety, terror, Bibles, bombs, and homeland insecurity. It's about empty empires and the truth that everybody's a priest. It's about oppression, occupation, and what happens when Christians support, animate and participate in the very things Jesus came to set people free from. It's about what it means to be a part of the church of Jesus in a world where some people fly planes into buildings while others pick up groceries in Hummers.

Introduction to the Old Testament
Introduction to the Old Testament

Author: Anthony R. Ceresko

Publisher: Orbis Books

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 1608332012

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Applying Norman Gottwald's thesis on Israel's origins, Cereski argues that Israel was formed through a process of social revolution, inspired by the memory of runaway slaves and their worship of a God whose cult mandated radical social equality and justice.

The Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible

Author: John Barton

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-08-31

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 0691228434

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This is a general-interest introduction to the Old Testament from many disciplines. There are 23 essays with 23 individual reference lists.

Reclaiming the Old Testament
Reclaiming the Old Testament

Author: Gordon Zerbe

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2018-07-10

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1532658214

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“This festschrift honors one of the most important Old Testament scholars in the modern Mennonite tradition, and the essays produced by colleagues and former students reflect Janzen's influence and productivity as both a scholar and a teacher.” —Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, Loyola Marymount University

Man Jesus Loved
Man Jesus Loved

Author: Theodore W. Jr. Jennings

Publisher: The Pilgrim Press

Published: 2009-06-24

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0829820744

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Homosexuality has been at the forefront of debate in the church for the last quarter-century, with Biblical interpretation at the heart of this debate. Some biblical passages appear to condemn certain same-sex relationships or erotic practices, resulting in a challenge to clergy as well as laity regarding the preaching and understanding of these Biblical passages. In "The Man Jesus Loved," Jennings proposes a gay-affirmative reading of the Bible in the hope of respecting the integrity of these texts and making them more clear as well as persuasive. This reading suggests that the exclusion of persons on the basis of their sexual orientation or same-sex practices fundamentally distorts the Bible generally and the traditions concerning Jesus in particular.