Outline: A reassessment of the quests of the historical Jesus that promises to become the definitive history. Jesus of Nazareth ranks among the most important figures in history, yet contemporary scholarship finds little common agreement about his identity. It is accepted generally that there were three quests for the historical Jesus. The first was characterized by Albert Schweitzer and came t…
Outline: A reassessment of the quests of the historical Jesus that promises to become the definitive history. Jesus of Nazareth ranks among the most important figures in history, yet contemporary scholarship finds little common agreement about his identity. It is accepted generally that there were three quests for the historical Jesus. The first was characterized by Albert Schweitzer and came t…
Outline : "Equal parts innovative, surprising, and enlightening, this book sings." Interpreting Your World equips readers to engage culture with greater fluency and fidelity in response to triune God. It offers an approach that is attentive to the hunger for meaning, beauty, and justice and that is governed by the gospel virtues of faith, hope, and love.
Outline: C.S. Lewis is probably the greatest popularizer of the Christian faith in recent times, and certainly one of the most widely read believers in the history of the church. His, The Chronicles of Narnia are consistently among the best selling children's books, firmly established as classics along with Alice in Wonderland, The Hobbit and the Wind in the Willows. Yet how well is C.S. Lewis …
Outline: The understanding of personhood is one of the central issues of debate in many academic disciplines as well as in society at large. This collection of specially commissioned essays provides a modern theological exploration. Against a background of the renaissance of trinitarian thought, the authors explore the interrelationship between divine personhood, as it is expressed in the doctr…
Outline: Three Middle Eastern village characters sit on a bench outside the wise man's house and discuss theology. Elder Yusef is the wise man. His friend, Abdu, asks the right questions. Abdu's sidekick, Baseat, is the "straight man" who never gets the point. After the manner of Job, these three characters, with the occasional help of some friends, discuss God ... The earlier edition of God Is…
The result of over thirty years of research and lecturing, Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes is a ground-breaking study of Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians. Bailey examines this canonical letter through the lenses of Paul's Jewish socio-cultural and rhetorical background and the Mediterranean context of the Corinthian recipients. In a set of connected essays, he draws the reader's attentio…
The result of over thirty years of research and lecturing, Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes is a ground-breaking study of Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians. Bailey examines this canonical letter through the lenses of Paul's Jewish socio-cultural and rhetorical background and the Mediterranean context of the Corinthian recipients. In a set of connected essays, he draws the reader's attentio…
Logic With Trees is a new and original introduction to modern formal logic. Unlike most texts, it also contains discussions on more philosophical issues such as truth, conditionals and modal logic. It presents the formal material with clarity, preferring informal explanations and arguments to intimidatingly rigorous development. Worked examples and exercises enable the readers to check their pr…
Colin Brown surveys the thought of over four hundred philosophers from the Middle Ages to the present day. This clear and concise guide shows how various thinkers and ideas have affected Christian belief and brings together the lessons Christians can learn from philosophy.
Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads readers on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women and especially Jesus' parables. Through it all, Bailey employs his trademark expertise as a master of Middle Eastern culture to lead us into a deeper u…
Outline: The Pillar New Testament Commentary, designed for serious readers of the Bible, seeks above all to make clear the meaning of the text of Scripture as we have it. Writers of the PNTC volumes interact with the most important, informed contemporary debate yet avoid undue technical detail. Their ideal is a blend of rigorous exegesis and exposition, scholarship and pastoral sensitivity, wit…
Outline: Find the answers to these and many other amazing and extraordinary aspects of J.R.R. Tolkien in this absorbing collection of stories and trivia. Whether you want to discover the meaning of the languages behind Elvish, learn how Tolkien's own marriage inspired the love story within the Lord of the Rings, or uncover how his books went from being predicted failures to bestsellers, there …
Outline: The New American Commentary is for those who have been seeking a commentary that honors the Scriptures, represents the finest in contemporary evangelical scholarship, and lends itself to the practical work of preaching and teaching. This series serves as a minister's friend and a student's guide. The New American Commentary assumes the inerrancy of Scripture, focuses on the intrinsic t…
Outline: A distinguished group of scholars here introduces and illustrates the array of strategies and methods used in New Testament study today. Standard approaches - text criticism, historical methods, etc. - appear side by side with newer approaches - narrative criticism, Latino-Latina hermeneutics, theological interpretation of the New Testament, and more. First published in 1995, Hearing t…
Outline: After two thousand years of theological discussion there seems to be little clarity about the kind of being that God is. Act and Being -- Colin Gunton's last book before his untimely death in spring 2003 -- explores this topic with brilliance, offering a fresh, meaningful understanding of the defining characteristics of the deity. In discussing the attributes of God, Gunton brings a un…
Outline: Paul's Letter to the Romans may well be the most influential book in Christian history. In this Romans commentary Colin Kruse shows how Paul expounds the gospel against the background of God's sovereign action as creator, judge, and redeemer of the world. Valuable "additional notes" on important theological themes and difficult texts - such as Paul's discussion of same-sex relationship…
Outline: Since its original publication in German, the author's two-volume book has influenced an entire generation of biblical scholars and theologians. Daniel Bailey's expoert translation makes this important work available in English for the first time. A concluding essay by Bailey applies the author's approach to specific texts in Romans and 4 Maccabees.
International Journal of Systematic Theology Volume 3, 2001 consists of:
1. Volume 3, Number 1, March 2001;
2. Volume 3, Number 2, July 2001;
3. Volume 3, Number 3, November 2001.
Internation Journal of Systematic Theology Volume 1, 1999 consists of:
1. Volume 2, Number 1, March 2000;
2. Volume 2, Number 2, July 2000;
3. Volume 2, Number 3, November 2000.
International Journal of Systematic Theology Volume 2, 2000 consists of:
1. Volume 1, Number 1, March 1999;
2. Volume 1, Number 2, July 1999;
3. Volume 1, Number 3, November 1999.
4. July/August 2001;
5. September/October 2001;
6. November/December 2001.
Outline: This commentary by the author provides an excellent exposition of John's letters for teachers and pastors working at all levels of Christian ministry, at the same time it offers students and general readers clear insight into the meaning of these Scriptures for the contemporary Christian life. In the author treatment of introductory matters related to 1, 2, and 3 John, the author discu…
Overview : This remarkable book explores Manet's portraiture, a significant yet often neglected aspect of his work, including examples from throughout his career. Leading authorities provide a thorough review of the artist's stylistic evolution, considering the influence of seventeenth-century Dutch painters, parallels with the work of Renoir and links with early photography. Lavishly illustr…