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.

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.

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.

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.

Social-Science Commentary on the Gospel of John
Social-Science Commentary on the Gospel of John

Author: Bruce J. Malina

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published:

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781451417036

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This work assembles and catalogs the values, conflicts, and mores of ancient Mediterranean culture pertinent to the Fourth Gospel. In many ways, the authors disclose, the Fourth Gospel addresses an alienated antisociety, fundamentally at odds with its predominant culture. With its unique format, charts, and photos, this social-science commentary is the ideal companion for the study of the Fourth Gospel.

Women's Bible Commentary
Women's Bible Commentary

Author: Carol Ann Newsom

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780664257811

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In the critically acclaimed best-seller,Women's Bible Commentary, an outstanding group of women scholars introduced and summarized each book of the Bible and commented on those sections of each book that have particular relevence to women, focusing on female charecters, symbols, life situations such as marriage and family, the legal status of women, and religious principles that affect relationships of women and men. Now, this expanded edition provides similar insights on the Apocrypha, presenting a significant view of the lives and religious experiences of women as well as attitudes toward women in the Second Temple period. This expanded edition sets a new standard for women's and biblical studies.

Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 4
Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 4

Author: Craig S. Keener

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 3477

ISBN-13: 1441228314

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Highly respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener is known for his meticulous and comprehensive research. This commentary on Acts, his magnum opus, may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary ever written. Useful not only for the study of Acts but also early Christianity, this work sets Acts in its first-century context. In this volume, the last of four, Keener finishes his detailed exegesis of Acts, utilizing an unparalleled range of ancient sources and offering a wealth of fresh insights. This magisterial commentary will be an invaluable resource for New Testament professors and students, pastors, Acts scholars, and libraries. The complete four-volume set is available at a special price.

A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis
A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis

Author: Craig L. Blomberg

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 080103177X

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This accessible handbook provides sound guidance on how to study the New Testament in depth, offering a step-by-step approach to the exegetical task.