Social-science Commentary on the Letters of Paul
Social-science Commentary on the Letters of Paul

Author: Bruce J. Malina

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780800636401

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This latest addition to the Fortress Social-Science Commentaries on New Testament writings illuminates the values, perceptions, and social codes of the Mediterranean culture that shaped Paul and his interactions - both harmonious and conflicted - with others, Malina and Pilch add new dimensions to our understanding of the apostle as a social change agent, his coworkers as innovators, and his gospel as an assertion of the honor of the God of Israel.

Social-Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters
Social-Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters

Author: Bruce J. Malina

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2013-10-11

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1451452268

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The Social-Science Commentary series pioneers an alternative commentary genre, providing in this volume the text of the deutero-Pauline letters and cultural notes on them. The Social-Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters provides essential reading scenarios on specific cultural phenomena in these letters, including forgery, normative conflict, paideia (training), and Household Codes. This volume highlights the transformation of the memory of Paul in early Christianity as reflecting the concerns and interest of communities after Pauls death.

Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels
Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels

Author: Bruce J. Malina

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published:

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9781451417043

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The authors build on their earlier social-scientific works and enhance the highly successful commentary model they developed in their social-scientific commentaries. This volume is a thoroughly revised edition of this popular commentary. They include an introduction that lays the foundation for their interpretation, followed by an examination of each unit in the Synoptics, employing methodologies of cultural anthropology, macro-sociology, and social psychology.

The Social Gospel of Jesus
The Social Gospel of Jesus

Author: Bruce J. Malina

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780800632472

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Scholars are agreed that the central metaphor in Jesus' proclamation was the kingdom of God. But what did that phrase mean in the first-century Palestinian world of Jesus? Since it is a political metaphor, what did Jesus envision as the political import of his message? Since this is tied to the political economy, how was that structured in Jesus' day? How is the violence of Jesus' Mediterranean world addressed in the kingdom? And how does "self-denial" fit into Jesus' agenda? Malina tackles these questions in a very accessible way, providing a social-scientific analysis, meaning that he brings to bear explicit models and a comparative approach toward an exciting interpretation of what Jesus was up to, and how his first-century audience would have heard him.

The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels
The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels

Author: Wolfgang Stegemann

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published:

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9781451420432

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Contributions by internationally known scholars from the United States, Germany, Scotland, Spain, and Canada move beyond many of the impasses in historical Jesus research. Includes essays using social sciences, social history, and traditional historical methods.

Latin Commentaries on Revelation
Latin Commentaries on Revelation

Author: Victorinus of Petovium,

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2011-11-04

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0830829091

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In this volume of the Ancient Christian Texts series, William Weinrich renders a particular service to readers interested in ancient commentary on the Apocalypse by drawing together significant Latin commentaries from Victorinus of Petovium, Caesarius of Arles, Apringius of Beja and Bede the Venerable.

Interpreting Revelation and Other Apocalyptic Literature
Interpreting Revelation and Other Apocalyptic Literature

Author: C. Marvin Pate

Publisher: Kregel Academic

Published: 2016-11-27

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0825443644

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Christians live in two overlapping ages: this present age and the age to come. By examining Revelation and other apocalyptic literature from the Gospels and the Old Testament, it can be argued that end-time events and the age to come have already begun. This understanding, however, can present many challenges. How do we explain this blending of present and future? How do the future resurrection of the body and the return of Christ impact pastoral care and sermon preparation now? C. Marvin Pate provides an accessible guide to the distinctive content, form, and function of apocalyptic literature. Key principles of interpretation specific to this genre are presented, as well as steps in communicating the theological messages of apocalyptic passages in the Bible. Pate's in-depth explanations offer a reliable introduction to this field of literature as well as new insights into the texts.

Revelation
Revelation

Author: Ben Witherington (III)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-15

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780521000680

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When the Man Comes Around: A Commentary on the Book of Revelation
When the Man Comes Around: A Commentary on the Book of Revelation

Author: Douglas Wilson

Publisher: Canon Press & Book Service

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1947644920

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"Though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators." ~ G.K. Chesterton The book of Revelation was written to do just that: reveal. But most commentaries nowadays either engage in bizarre speculations about the future, or they keep an embarrassed distance from all the apocalyptic events that the apostle John says will “shortly take place.” In this commentary, Douglas Wilson provides a passage-by-passage walkthrough of the entire book, showing how John’s most notorious prophecies concern the Fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Explaining symbols and characters as he goes, Wilson shows from the text that not only is this book not an elaborate code, but that Revelation is not even ultimately concerned with the end of the world as we know it. Revelation is about the triumph of the Church, which always happens when the Man comes around.