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Download or read book Abraham's Curse written by Bruce Chilton and published by Image. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When they arrived at the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham built an altar there, and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him on the altar on top of the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son..." --The Book of Genesis The story of Abraham's acceptance of God's command to sacrifice his son Isaac is one of the most disturbing of all biblical stories. Isaac is spared only at the last moment, when an angel stops Abraham's hand. Theologians and scholars have wrestled with the question of why God asked Abraham to kill his beloved son, why Abraham acquiesced, and why in some interpretations he actually killed his son. In Abraham's Curse, Bruce Chilton traces the impact of the story of Abraham and Isaac on the beliefs and teachings of Judaism (where Abraham is regarded as the forefather of Israel), Islam (where he provides the role model for Muhammad), and Christianity (where he is the ancestor of King David, whose lineage culminates in Jesus). As Chilton examines the story's significance, he makes the case that, far from only reflecting the violence of an ancient, unenlightened time, the sacrifice of children in the name of religion is still a fundamental part of our lives and culture -- from Islamist suicide bombings to militant Zionism and graphic glorifications of the Crucifixion of Christ.
Download or read book Rabbi Jesus written by Bruce Chilton and published by Image. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the Gospels, interpretations of the life of Jesus have flourished for nearly two millennia, yet a clear and coherent picture of Jesus as a man has remained elusive. In Rabbi Jesus, the noted biblical scholar Bruce Chilton places Jesus within the context of his times to present a fresh, historically accurate, and revolutionary examination of the man who founded Christianity. Drawing on recent archaeological findings and new translations and interpretations of ancient texts, Chilton discusses in enlightening detail the philosophical and psychological foundations of Jesus’ ideas and beliefs. His in-depth investigation also provides evidence that contradicts long-held beliefs about Jesus and the movement he led. Chilton shows, for example, that the High Priest Caiaphas, as well as Pontius Pilate, played a central role in Jesus’ execution. It is, however, Chilton’s description of Jesus’ role as a rabbi, or "master," of Jewish oral traditions, as a teacher of the Cabala, and as a practitioner of a Galilean form of Judaism that emphasized direct communication with God that casts an entirely new light on the origins of Christianity. Seamlessly merging history and biography, this penetrating, highly readable book uncovers truths lost to the passage of time and reveals a new Jesus for the new millennium.
Book Synopsis The Biblical Aspect of Abraham's Life by : Ike & Queen Ozuome
Download or read book The Biblical Aspect of Abraham's Life written by Ike & Queen Ozuome and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALL THESE THINGS WERE WRITTEN DOWN FOR OUR LEARNING AND FOR OUR ADMONITION.¡ ̈ Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:6, 11 _____________________________ The Biblical Aspect of Abraham¡¦s Life is a detailed study of the life of a wealthy and powerful Old Testament believer who is just like today Christians in many aspects, but was used by God to accomplish His plan and purpose. Written by pastors Ike and Queen Ozuome, this book offers some helpful insights into Abraham¡¦s wise and unwise actions within the biblical context and in terms of a contemporary understanding of Christian life. „« It is designed to help the Christian who is struggling in his or her walk with Christ to have a better understanding of how God interacts with His people. „« It is also a useful resource material for understanding your strengths and weaknesses and for identifying both the opportunities open to you and threats you face in your Christian walk with Christ. „« It can serve as a flashlight for anyone who is walking a dark path or who wants to learn from the mistakes of someone in the past as to avoid the same mistakes or pitfalls. „« It is a book that will help you link the things that have happened in the past with experiences that you have in the present.
Book Synopsis Triumph of Abraham's God by : Bruce Longenecker
Download or read book Triumph of Abraham's God written by Bruce Longenecker and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Longenecker explores Paul's theology of divine triumph in Galatians. Paul envisaged God's transforming power against a background of Christian social interaction. He calls his Galatian hearers to a life of transformed existence through the power of the Spirit. Christian moral identity arises out of the faithfulness of Christ - a feature crucial to the theological and corporate enterprise that Paul envisages. Longenecker conveys the importance of ethics and Christian moral identity in Paul's vision. He explores the 'apocalyptic' dimension of Paul's theology, and explains it in relation to 'Lutheran' and 'new' perspectives on Paul. And he demonstrates how Paul in Galatians may provide an important resource for contemporary theology concerning Christian identity and modern society.
Download or read book Abraham's Promise written by Wyschogrod and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham's Promise presents a selection of important writings by noted Jewish philosopher-theologian Michael Wyschogrod, who is widely admired for his singular contributions to Jewish- Christian relations. Including several pieces never published before, this reader aptly captures the broad scope of Wyschogrod's work on Judaism and the Jewish-Christian encounter, collecting seminal essays, articles, and reviews that address such topics as the God of Abraham and the God of philosophy, sin and atonement, Judaism and the land, the Six Day War, Paul on Jews and Gentiles, and the theology of Karl Barth. An introductory essay by editor R. Kendall Soulen sets Wyschogrod's career and writings in context.
Book Synopsis Abraham's Sacrifice by : John William Colenso
Download or read book Abraham's Sacrifice written by John William Colenso and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis How God Forms Abraham to Be a Blessing by : Qiang Fu
Download or read book How God Forms Abraham to Be a Blessing written by Qiang Fu and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to understand God's interactions with Abraham in relation to God's command that Abraham "be a blessing" (Gen 12:2d), which is directly tied to God's goal that "in you all the families of the earth will be blessed" (Gen 12:3b). The book proposes a formative narrative approach to examine interactions between character and plot, the movement of plot, and the connection between sequential plots. An analysis of thirteen Abrahamic narratives (Gen 12-22) suggests a classification based on four different types of interactions between God and Abraham, which indicate how cooperation and conflict between God and Abraham advance the narrative's plot. The book then proposes a narrative discourse analysis to examine how Abraham evolved through different stages of the narrative by moving from deviation to cooperation. Detailed analysis of this transformation process reveals three turning points in Abraham's life. The formative narrative approach and narrative discourse analysis proposed in this book can contribute to the analysis of two important aspects of Old Testament narratives: the formation of plot and the cause-and-effect structure in narrative discourse.
Download or read book Galatians written by Frank J. Matera and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With updated bibliography"--Copyright page.
Book Synopsis Believing Women in Islam by : Asma Barlas
Download or read book Believing Women in Islam written by Asma Barlas and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does Islam call for the oppression of women? The subjugation of women in many Muslim countries is often used as evidence of this, while many Muslims read the Qur'an in ways that seem to justify sexual oppression and inequality. In this paradigm-shifting book, Asma Barlas argues that, far from supporting male privilege, the Qur'an actually affirms the complete equality of the sexes. Offering a historical analysis of religious authority and knowledge, Barlas shows how, for centuries, Muslims have read patriarchy into the Qur'an to justify existing religious and social structures. In this seminal volume, she takes readers into the heart of Islamic teachings on women, gender and patriarchy, offering an egalitarian reading of Islam's most sacred scripture. This revised edition includes two new chapters, a new preface, and updates throughout.
Book Synopsis Abraham's Sandals of Faith by : Crystal G. H. Lowery
Download or read book Abraham's Sandals of Faith written by Crystal G. H. Lowery and published by Worldwide Publishing Group. This book was released on 2022-08-07 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND..." These are absolute instructions that are intended for absolute blessing. In order for Abraham to be known to us today as "The Father Of Our Faith," he had to obey, and literally and spiritually leave it all behind. From these directional words spoken by God, Abraham obeyed and set off on the epic journey of a lifetime. In this book, Crystal G. H. Lowery steps into the role of a tour guide as you travel with Abraham in his journey of faith. In the process, she thoroughly examines the ten intimate and powerful encounters Abraham has with Yahweh. Crystal also highlights major prophetic faith keys from Abraham's shortcomings and greatest successes that we can apply to our own lives and destiny. This book is your ticket to see and walk alongside, front and center, the journey where The Man Himself - The Patriarch - The Father Of Our Faith - exchanges his shoes of mediocrity for... Abraham's Sandals of Faith.
Book Synopsis Christ Redeemed 'Us' from the Curse of the Law by : Jarvis J. Williams
Download or read book Christ Redeemed 'Us' from the Curse of the Law written by Jarvis J. Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jarvis J. Williams argues that the Jewish martyrological ideas, codified in 2 and 4 Maccabees and in selected texts in LXX Daniel 3, provide an important background to understanding Paul's statements about the cursed Christ in Gal. 3.13, and the soteriological benefits that his death achieves for Jews and Gentiles in Galatians. Williams further argues that Paul modifies Jewish martyrology to fit his exegetical, polemical, and theological purposes, in order to persuade the Galatians not to embrace the 'other' gospel of their opponents. In addition to providing a detailed and up to date history of research on the scholarship of Gal. 3.13, Williams provides five arguments throughout this volume related to the scriptural, theological and conceptual, lexical, grammatical and polemical points of contact, and finally the discontinuities between Galatians and Jewish martyrological ideas. Drawing on literature from Second Temple traditions to directly compare with Gal. 3.13, Williams adds new insights to Paul's defense of his Torah-free-gentile-inclusive gospel, and his rhetoric against his opponents.
Book Synopsis Crucified and Cursed Christ by : Elkanah K. Cheboi
Download or read book Crucified and Cursed Christ written by Elkanah K. Cheboi and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of cursing remains a significant aspect of life in many African countries. This book addresses this practice with the seriousness it deserves, arguing that Christ is the ultimate curse remover. Dr. Elkanah K. Cheboi examines the meaning and implications of the Pauline statement in Galatians that “Christ became a curse for us.” Drawing from biblical passages referencing judicial curses, and the widespread practice of cursing and blessing within the Ancient Near East and Greco-Roman world, he investigates how the crucified and cursed Christ provides the ultimate solution to the power and dominion of curses. Demonstrating the insufficiencies of curse remedies, both in the ancient world and the modern African context, this study offers christological insight into the implications of Christ’s death not simply for human sin but also human curses. Dr. Cheboi specifically examines parallels between the New Testament context and Kenya’s Marakwet culture, where curses are still deeply feared as life-threatening and generational. Offering powerful insight into aspects of contemporary African culture not always fully understood, this book integrates biblical scholarship with practical application and is an excellent resource for pastors, missionaries, and theologians alike.
Book Synopsis The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books by : Marc Zvi Brettler
Download or read book The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books written by Marc Zvi Brettler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 2494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the complete text of the New Revised Standard Version Bible, with the Aprocryphal/Deuterocanonical books; and features annotations in a single column across the page bottom, in-text background essays on the major divisions of the biblical text, and other reference tools.
Book Synopsis Biblical Blaspheming by : Yvonne Sherwood
Download or read book Biblical Blaspheming written by Yvonne Sherwood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the persistence of 'blasphemy' in modern secular democracies and examines ways of talking and thinking about the Bible.
Book Synopsis The Rites Controversies in the Early Modern World by :
Download or read book The Rites Controversies in the Early Modern World written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rites Controversies in the Early Modern World is a collection of fourteen articles focusing on debates concerning the nature of “rites” raging in intellectual circles of Europe, Asia and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The controversy started in Jesuit Asian missions where the method of accommodation, based on translation of Christianity into Asian cultural idioms, created a distinction between civic and religious customs. Civic customs were defined as those that could be included into Christianity and permitted to the new converts. However, there was no universal consensus among the various actors in these controversies as to how to establish criteria for distinguishing civility from religion. The controversy had not been resolved, but opened the way to radical religious scepticism. Contributors are: Claudia Brosseder, Michela Catto, Gita Dharampal-Frick, Pierre Antoine Fabre, Ana Carolina Hosne, Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Giuseppe Marcocci, Ovidiu Olar, Sabina Pavone, István Perczel, Nicholas Standaert, Margherita Trento, Guillermo Wilde and Ines G. Županov.
Download or read book A Fatal Addiction written by Thomas Block and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America, one of the most religious countries in the world, is also the most violent. Do God and war define the American spirit as much as apple pie and baseball? This unsettling book illustrates how bellicose, war-like language is used to explain the spiritual quest. It explores the violence of God tradition as it exists in all religions (including Buddhism), and then examines how this dynamic is flipped, with political leaders using spiritual and religious language to sell war to the general public. Although God and religion have often been used to sell war in the United States, this has been especially true since 9/11. After surveying the relationship of war and the spiritual quest in the major world religions, this study concludes with an overview of how that dynamic has affected the contemporary American public discourse on war. Does this intermingling of war and spirituality prepare the population for the coming of war? The institutional blending of the sacred and human aggression appear to be fundamental to human society. The second section of the book concentrates on the political language and speeches of American politicians since 2002, following the run-up to the Iraq war and its continuation over the past decade, showing how this mystical/war conflation permeates American society.
Download or read book Hard Times written by Angela White and published by Angela White. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical illness. A mysterious compound. A monster in the darkness. Alexa and her team are in trouble. Elliot’s master plan couldn’t save his life, but it did land a direct hit on his target. Only Mark and Daniel might be able to save everyone. If they fail, the stop at the mysterious SA compound will be their last.
