Knowable Word

Knowable Word

Author: Peter Krol

Publisher:

Published: 2022-05-26

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781949253337

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Knowable Word offers a foundation on why and how to study the Bible. Through a running study Genesis 1, this new edition illustrates how to Observe, Interpret, and Apply the Scripture-and gives the vision behind each step.


The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts

The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts

Author: Robert C. Tannehill

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published:

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781451417227

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Tannehill shows how the narrative contributes to the impact of Luke's literary whole. The study further shows that Luke's use of recurring words, patterns of repetition and contrast, irony, pathos, and many other features of this narrative contribute to the total fabric of Luke's masterpiece.


Evidence Unseen

Evidence Unseen

Author: James Rochford

Publisher: New Paradigm Pub.

Published: 2013-05-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780983668169

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Evidence Unseen is the most accessible and careful though through response to most current attacks against the Christian worldview.


The Story of Israel

The Story of Israel

Author: C. Marvin Pate

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2004-10-22

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780830827480

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This book by C. Marvin Pate, J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays, E. Randolph Richards, W. Dennis Tucker Jr. and Preben Vang explores the unitive theme of the story of Israel from Genesis to Revelation--offering both close-up examinations of key texts and panoramic shots of the biblical terrain to unfold an intriguing and compelling perspective on biblical theology.


Food Justice and Hospitality in Luke-Acts

Food Justice and Hospitality in Luke-Acts

Author: Gideon S. S. Paulraj

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2023-05-23

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1666755370

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Food security is a multifaceted concept and extends beyond the production of, availability of, and demand for food. This book attempts to explore the meal narrations in Luke-Acts as a source for a theology of hospitality to ascertain Luke's concern for the immigrant, the poor, the homeless, the hungry, and the outcasts. This book focuses on fifteen meal scenes in Luke-Acts and contributes to Lukan scholarship on meals, particularly in addressing the issue of food insecurity. Firstly, by incorporating cultural dimensions and anthropology to understand the social context of the first-century world, this book contributes a new perspective on the Lukan audience, which was stratified by socioeconomic and religious disparities in terms of privilege, wealth, and power. Secondly, this book analyzes the Lukan concern with the social structure and the social, political, economic, and religious setting behind his emphasis on the pto[set macron over o]choi and the marginalized concerning livelihood needs such as food and shelter. Thirdly, this book connects Lukan concern with contemporary theologies that include an emphasis on hunger and hospitality, such as liberation theology, Dalit theology, and practical theology. Thus, the book challenges readers and offers a few recommendations for implementations to combat hunger and destitution.


The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting

The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting

Author: Bruce W. Winter

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1993-11-18

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780802824332

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Volume 5 in a series which strives to place the Book of Acts within its first-century setting, Irina Levinskaya employs impressive archaeological research to throw light on the relation of Jews to the societies in which they lived during the period of dispersion. She surveys commonly held views and challenges current views regarding the true nature of Jewish missionary activity.


Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church

Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church

Author: Luke Timothy Johnson

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2011-09-12

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0802803903

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Christians chronically and desperately need prophecy, says award winning biblical scholar Luke Timothy Johnson. In this and every age, the church needs the bold proclamation of God's transforming vision to challenge its very human tendency toward expediency and self interest -- to jolt it into new insight and energy. For Johnson, the New Testament books Luke and Acts provide that much-needed jolt to conventional wisdom. To read Luke-Acts as a literary unit, he says, is to uncover a startling prophetic vision of Jesus and the church -- one that imagines a reality very different from the one humans would construct on their own. Johnson identifies in Luke's writings an ongoing call for today's church, grounded in the prophetic ministry of Jesus Christ, to embody and enact God's vision for the world--from publisher's website.


The crowds in the Gospel of Matthew [electronic resource]

The crowds in the Gospel of Matthew [electronic resource]

Author: J. R. C. Cousland

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9789004121775

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Annotation. Arguing that crowds in the Gospel of Matthew serve as a theological entity that represent the people of Israel (as opposed to their leaders), Cousland (classical, Near Eastern, and religious studies, U. of British Columbia, Canada) explores how this representation sheds light on Matthew's relationship to Judaism. Although Matthew had broken with Jewish leadership, he still had hopes of converting the Jewish people to Christianity and this tension was displayed in the ambivalent manner in which crowds were portrayed in the gospel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.


Literary Studies in Luke-Acts

Literary Studies in Luke-Acts

Author: Joseph B. Tyson

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780865545632

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Literary Studies in Luke-Acts is a collection of essays by a group of distinguished biblical scholars who use literary-ciritcal analyses in the study of Luke-Acts. The variety of literary-critical approaches to Luke-Acts, as compiled uniquely in this volume, provides a needed resource by presenting methodological options for approaching biblical narrative texts with literary questions and considerations. Contributors include: Arthur Bellinzoni, C. Clifton Black, Darrell L. Bock, John A. Darr, William Farmer, Mikeal Parsons, Vernon Robbins, Jack Sanders, Charles Talbert, Robert Tannehill, and Victor Paul Furnish.


Prayer and Vindication in Luke - Acts

Prayer and Vindication in Luke - Acts

Author: Geir O. Holmas

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-03-17

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 056760375X

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This is a comprehensive study of the literary function of prayer in Luke-Acts, employing narrative critical methodology and focusing on the theme's relation to Luke's historiographical aims Holmas asserts that the distribution of strategically-placed prayer notices and prayers throughout Luke-Acts serves a twofold purpose. First, it is integral to Luke's project of authenticating the Jesus-movement as accredited by Israel's God. Holmas shows that Luke presents a consistent pattern of divine affirmation and redemptionm attending the tenacious prayers of the faithful ones throughout every major phase of his narrative - in turn demonstrating continuity with the pious Israel of the past. Secondly, most importantly the 'ultimate' purpose of Luke's emphasis on prayer is didactical. In Luke's gospel Jesus summons his disciples (and implicitly his readers) to confident and persistent prayer before the Eschaton, assuring them of God's readiness to answer their entreaties. Luke's historical account as a whole provides narrative reinforcement of this affirmation. Just as God has been consistent in responding to the diligent prayers of his faithful ones in recent history, satisfying and fulfilling Israel's hopes for redemption in the Jesus movement, he will assuredly secure ultimate vindication at the end of time for those who persist in prayer. It was formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement, a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. European Seminar on Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement are also part of JSNTS.