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Retelling Scripture

Author : Ruth Sheridan
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900422629X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Retelling Scripture written by Ruth Sheridan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last century of scholarship on the Old Testament citations in the Gospel of John has concentrated almost exclusively upon source-critical or redaction-critical issues with the aim of determining the Christological import of the citations. The current book brings a narrative-rhetorical methodology to bear upon the seven explicit Scriptural citations in the Gospel's 'Book of Signs' (1:19-12:50) that are prefaced by a distinct introductory formula (1:19-12:15). These citations are each addressed to, or imply, a particular textual audience, namely, 'the Jews'. This book argues that as such the citations do not merely have Christological significance but function at the narrative level to encourage an ideal reader to construct a particularly negative characterization of 'the Jews'.

Good As New

Author : John Henson
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782790403
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Good As New written by John Henson and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This radical new translation conveys the early Christian scriptures in the idiom of today. It follows principles of cultural and contextual translation, and returns to the selection of books the the early Church held in highest esteem.

Grandpa's Box

Author : Starr Meade
Publisher : P & R Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780875528663
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book Grandpa's Box written by Starr Meade and published by P & R Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It was a wooden box, simply made. 'I guess you could call it my war chest,' Grandpa said. As the children peered into the box, they saw many small figures-animals, people, and objects of all kinds. A number of them were carved from wood."

The Book of Books

Author : Trevor Dennis
Publisher : Lion Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 0745969127
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Books written by Trevor Dennis and published by Lion Children's Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brimming with verve, humor and originality, the stories of the Bible--of both the Old and New Testaments--are brought to life in a style that will appeal to readers of all ages. Reprint.

Deserted

Author : Nathan Roberts
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532682301
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Deserted written by Nathan Roberts and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would the earliest stories of the Bible be like without an angry God smiting humans with floods, fire, frogs, and brimstone? They might become the story of a mother surviving a snake bite and a dangerous pregnancy. Architects and dreamers building towers and boats to save themselves from the harsh desert. A doctor who obsessively cleans. Young gay lovers seeking refuge in the sanctuary cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Estranged brothers planning ten terrorist attacks to free their people from slavery. Without an angry God, the Bible might become a fictional collection of stories about deeply human men, women, and children from a small nomadic tribe deserted in an ancient Hebrew desert.

The Serpent's Promise

Author : Steve Jones
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385670648
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book The Serpent's Promise written by Steve Jones and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique contribution to the God/religion debate: a scientific take on the Bible that doesn't take sides. Many of the subjects studied by physicists or by biologists are found in the texts of the world's religions: the origins of the universe, of life and of mankind; fate, sex, age and death; and the prospects of eternal life or of fiery doom. The Bible is a handbook for understanding Nature and, in its own way, it succeeds. As a factual account, of course, it is out of date, but many of its statements can be rephrased in modern terms. Distinguished geneticist Steve Jones has done that: written a rivetingly accessible work on recent advances in our understanding of ourselves, using the Bible as a framework. His narrative is structured around the Good Book's grand themes, from Genesis to Revelations, and weaves a series of unexpected facts into a coherent whole. The struggle of rationalism with its opposite has, after decades of torpor, returned to centre stage. Polemics against and in favour of religion and atheism fill the shelves. Instead of adding to that pile, Steve Jones stands back and take a fresh look at that issue in a volume that is not an attack or a defence but which explores scriptural motifs--Creation, the Garden of Eden, original sin, the Exodus, virgin birth, the Resurrection, and the Last Judgment--using the methods and results of the latest scientific research. It is a remarkably quick jump, shows Professor Jones, from Adam to astrophysics. Although some of the questions raised are beyond the capabilities of science, at least a scientist can ask them in a new way. Steve Jones shows there is a better route to understanding the universe than through doctrine.

Bible Stories

Author : David Kossoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780006281023
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Bible Stories written by David Kossoff and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 90 stories from the Bible, vividly retold by David Kossoff in this long-running bestseller. David Kossoff first starting retelling Bible stories for BBC radio in the early sixties. He was so popular that he was given his own television series, made records and public performances, and even had one of his pieces set to music and premiered at the Festival Hall. In this collection of tales from the Old Testament, ranging from Adam and Eve to Daniel, he sets vivid scenes and brings characters to life with simplicity and imagination, reaching every time to the very heart of the story. 'There is no more difficult task than to make the old new and the familiar interesting...This is the reason why I have read with such pleasure and delight David Kossoff's stories from the Bible. To my mind there is no doubt at all that he makes these stories come alive. He has the gift of making old stories new for he is a born story teller.' From the Foreword by William Barclay

The Drama of Scripture

Author : Craig G. Bartholomew
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441246193
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The Drama of Scripture written by Craig G. Bartholomew and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling textbook surveys the grand narrative of the Bible, demonstrating how the biblical story forms the foundation of a Christian worldview. The second edition has been thoroughly revised. Additional material is available online through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources, offering course help for professors and study aids for students. Resources include discussion questions, a Bible reading schedule, an adult Bible class schedule, and a course syllabus.

The Function of Scripture in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition

Author : Craig A. Evans
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1850758301
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Book Synopsis The Function of Scripture in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition by : Craig A. Evans

Download or read book The Function of Scripture in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition written by Craig A. Evans and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The studies that make up this book explore in what ways Israel's sacred tradition developed into canonical scripture and in what ways this sacred tradition was interpreted in early Judaism and Christianity. This collection will stimulate continuing investigation into the growth and interpretation of scripture in the context of the Jewish and Christian communities of faith, and will serve well as a reader for graduate courses with its focus on early exegesis and intertextuality.

Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels

Author : Thomas R. Hatina
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567684148
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Book Synopsis Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels by : Thomas R. Hatina

Download or read book Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels written by Thomas R. Hatina and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the fourth in a set of volumes, which together explore current approaches to the study of scripture in the Gospels. Thomas R. Hatina's latest edited collection begins with an introduction surveying methodological approaches used in the study of how scriptural allusions, quotations, and references function in John, with subsequent essays grouped into four categories that represent the breadth of current interpretive interests. The contributors begin with historical-critical approaches, before moving to rhetorical and linguistic approaches, literary approaches, and finally social memory approaches. Each study contains not only recent research on the function of scripture in John, but also an explanation of the approach taken, making the collection an ideal resource for both scholars and students who are interested in the complexities of interpretation in John's context as well as our own.

Retelling the Story

Author : Larry Lange
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788023462
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Retelling the Story written by Larry Lange and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the typical didactic sermon still an adequate vehicle for communicating essential biblical truth? In this provocative and enlightening volume, Larry Lange contends that story sermons are a far more effective way to proclaim the Good News in a modern world that largely communicates through narrative-driven multimedia spectacle. The powerful stories in the Bible don't need to be turned into morals or ideas to convey the gospel. But because they were composed in a radically different cultural context, they may require additional explanation or interpretation to make them relevant for contemporary audiences. So how can a preacher add narrative elements to these stories without diminishing their dramatic impact or changing their meaning? Retelling The Story outlines an innovative process for retelling biblical stories that utilizes fictional elements and contexts yet remains faithful to the scriptural text. Several creative and homiletical issues are comprehensively examined, and six sample sermons are included to illustrate various aspects of this process at work. Inject exciting new life into the old, old story with this primer for developing dramatic sermons that touch hearts and minds and souls. Lange's book is very well connected to recent homiletical literature, is well researched, deeply biblical, and creatively challenging. Parish pastors will benefit from this clear and brief presentation of biblical retelling. Richard A. Jensen Carlson Professor of Homiletics emeritus Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Larry Lange and his wife, Julie Wrubbel-Lange, serve as the pastors of Grace Lutheran Church in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lange is a graduate of Carthage College (B.A.), the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (M.A.), the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (M.Div.), and the Association of Chicago Theological Schools (D.Min.).

Retellings

Author : Jo Cheryl Exum
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900416572X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Retellings written by Jo Cheryl Exum and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years biblical scholars and students have become increasingly interested in studying retellings of biblical stories in the arts, not only for their relation to the biblical text but also for the story they have to tell (or, if they are not strictly retellings , for the light they might shed on the biblical text). The eight lively contributions to this volume illustrate a range of exciting approaches to retellings of the Bible in literature, music, art and film and reveal something of the scope of this fascinating and rapidly expanding area of inquiry.The present collection of essays appears concurrently in a special issue of the journal Biblical Interpretation. Since it was founded in 1993, Biblical Interpretation has played a key role in fostering the publication of articles in the newly developing area of the reception history of the Bible in the arts.

Retelling the Bible

Author : Lucie Doležalová
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN 13 : 9783631612729
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Retelling the Bible written by Lucie Doležalová and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a collection of case studies of biblical retellings in various contexts. Every section starts with an introduction presenting a brief overview of the field, the issues treated, as well as the nature and directions of contemporary scholarly discourse. After a detailed general introduction defining the Bible itself and the concept of retelling, the notion of Apocrypha is readdressed, particularly analyzing the way they are composed. Then follow the sections Translation and Interpretation from Jerome to the Post-Holocaust period, Preaching and Teaching the Bible in the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment, Biblical Characters as Models in medieval hagiography, Biblical Poetry from Late Antiquity to Bruce Springsteen, and finally the retelling strategies and challenges of Children's Bibles and a brief treatment of retelling Beyond the Text.

Hollywood Worldviews

Author : Brian Godawa
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830869530
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood Worldviews written by Brian Godawa and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you watch movies with your eyes open? You buy your tickets and concessions, and you walk into the theater. Celluloid images flash at twenty-four frames per second, and the hypnotic sequence of moving pictures coaxes you to suspend disbelief and be entertained by the implausible. Unfortunately, many often suspend their beliefs as well, succumbing to subtle lessons in how to behave, think and even perceive reality. Do you find yourself hoping that a sister will succeed in seducing her sibling's husband, that a thief will get away with his crime, that a serial killer will escape judgment? Do you, too, laugh at the bumbling priest and seethe at the intolerant and abusive evangelist? Do you embrace worldviews that infect your faith and then wonder, after your head is clear, whether your faith can survive the infection? In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his popular book, Brian Godawa guides you through the place of redemption in film, the tricks screenwriters use to communicate their messages, and the mental and spiritual discipline required for watching movies. Hollywood Worldviews helps you enter a dialogue with Hollywood that leads to a happier ending, one that keeps you aware of your culture and awake to your faith.

Reading and Re-Reading Scripture at Qumran (2 vol. set)

Author : Moshe J. Bernstein
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004248072
Total Pages : 773 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Reading and Re-Reading Scripture at Qumran (2 vol. set) written by Moshe J. Bernstein and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-06-21 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reading and Re-reading Scripture at Qumran, Moshe J. Bernstein gathers more than three decades of his work on diverse aspects of biblical interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The essays range from broad surveys of the genres of biblical interpretation in these texts to more narrowly focused studies and close readings of specific documents. Volume I focuses on the book of Genesis, with a substantial portion being dedicated to studies of the Genesis Apocryphon and Commentary on Genesis A. Volume II contains several historical and programmatic essays, with specific studies focusing on legal material in the DSS and the pesharim. Under the former rubric, the documents known as 4QReworked Pentateuch, 4QOrdinancesa, 4QMMT, and the Temple Scroll are discussed.

The Use of the Jewish Scriptures in the Johannine Passion Narrative

Author : David M. Allen
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1978715617
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book The Use of the Jewish Scriptures in the Johannine Passion Narrative written by David M. Allen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-05-13 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do Israel’s Scriptures inform the account of Jesus’s cruciform death in the Gospel of John? What does it mean for John’s portrayal of Jesus’s death to be “according to the Scriptures”? The Use of the Jewish Scriptures in the Johannine Passion Narrative: That the Scripture May Be Perfected argues that they are the focal element of the Johannine portrayal, and without them, John’s Passion Narrative simply makes no sense. Whether through the evangelist’s appeal to the fulfilment of Scripture (with such fulfilment accompanying the very moment of Jesus’s death) or whether through allusions to the narratives of Creation or Passover, Israel’s Scriptures provide the Passion Narrative’s veritable heartbeat. This book also considers the impact of John’s scriptural usage on the very concept of Scripture itself, contending that Scripture is brought to perfection by Jesus’s actions and to a new standing or status in this regard. David M. Allen examines how the use of Scripture in the Passion account impacts the Fourth Gospel’s own self-understanding, arguing that its capacity to pronounce on Scripture’s fulfilment attests to the Gospel’s own self-avowed, scriptural credentials.

Scripture and Its Readers

Author : Vincent K. H. Ooi
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 157506720X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Scripture and Its Readers written by Vincent K. H. Ooi and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That readers and biblical texts are somehow linked in a mutually transformative relationship is hardly a novel perception, especially in contexts where the Christian Bible has been received as normative Scripture for faithful worship and living. This study focuses on an aspect of this relationship and wrestles with it not only in theory, but also in practice by asking: How may a reader who wishes to read the Christian Bible as Scripture well today be formed; and how may interpretations of Scripture themselves inform such concern? Vincent Ooi begins by showing that such concern is not only contemporary but integral to Christian traditions of reading Scripture, and that it is only recently receiving some renewed scholarly attention. He reviews some of these recent works before setting out his own approach from the perspective of theological interpretation of Scripture. He then demonstrates his approach via close exegetical engagement with three biblical texts, namely Nehemiah 9:6–37, Ezekiel 20:5–32, and Acts 7:2–60, which offer different inner-canonical readings of Scripture in the form of distinctive retellings of Israel’s story. He first considers how these texts portray readers of Scripture and use scriptural traditions in relation to the wider context of the Christian canon; he then discusses what they, individually and in concert, might suggest as significant for shaping readers seeking to faithfully appropriate Scripture today. The posture of prayer, the pulse of liturgy, and the patterning of Christ are among the things proposed as formatively significant.