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Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible

Author : John Pilch
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004496971
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible written by John Pilch and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen members of The Context Group honor Bruce J. Malina and his scholarship in this volume by following his consistent example of developing or using explicit social scientific models to interpret documents from the ancient Mediterranean world. Ordinary features of that cultural world such as gossip, reciprocity, a pervasive military presence, the power of women, and becoming a follower of Jesus stand out with greater clarity in the Bible when a reader understands the cultural matrix in which such social dynamics function. These essays reflect The Context Group’s more than twenty years of collaborative experience in researching the cultural context of the Bible. New insights are built on the solidly established foundations of their earlier cross-cultural studies. Readers will find the individual essays enlightening and challenging. Taken as a whole they form a valuable resource and a stimulating and helpful aid to further study.

Healing in the New Testament

Author : John J. Pilch
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451411324
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Healing in the New Testament written by John J. Pilch and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the earliest churches understood healing.

A Cultural Handbook to the Bible

Author : John J. Pilch
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867200
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book A Cultural Handbook to the Bible written by John J. Pilch and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes sixty-three subjects from the Bible from a cross-cultural perspective.

Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2

Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498292917
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2 by : Stanley E. Porter

Download or read book Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2 written by Stanley E. Porter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set is part of a growing body of literature concerned with the history of biblical interpretation. The ample introduction first situates key players in the story of the development of the major strands of biblical interpretation since the Enlightenment, identifying how different theoretical and methodological approaches are related to each other and describing the academic environment in which they emerged and developed. Volume 1 contains fourteen essays on twenty-two interpreters who were principally active before 1980, and volume 2 has nineteen essays on twenty-seven of those who were active primarily after this date. Each chapter provides a brief biography of one or more scholars, as well as a detailed description of their major contributions to the field. This is followed by an (often new) application of the scholar's theory. By focusing on the individual scholars and their work, the book recognizes that interpretive approaches arise out of certain circumstances, and that scholars are influenced by, and have influences upon, both other interpreters and the times in which they live. This set is ideal for any class on the history of biblical interpretation and for those who want a greater understanding of how the current field of biblical studies developed.

The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels

Author : Wolfgang Stegemann
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451420432
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)

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Book Synopsis The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels by : Wolfgang Stegemann

Download or read book The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels written by Wolfgang Stegemann and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3

Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725287048
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3 by : Stanley E. Porter

Download or read book Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3 written by Stanley E. Porter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third volume, like its predecessors, adds to the growing body of literature concerned with the history of biblical interpretation. With eighteen essays on nineteen biblical interpreters, volume 3 expands the scope of scholars, both traditional and modern, covered in this now multivolume series. Each chapter provides a biographical sketch of its respective scholar(s), an overview of their major contributions to the field, explanations of their theoretical and methodological approaches to interpretation, and evaluations and applications of their methods. By focusing on the contexts in which these scholars lived and worked, these essays show what defining features qualify these scholars as “pillars” in the history of biblical interpretation. While identifying a scholar as a “pillar” is somewhat subjective, this volume defines a pillar as one who has made a distinctive contribution by using and exemplifying a clear method that has pushed the discipline forward, at least within a given context and time period. This volume is ideal for any class on the history of biblical interpretation and for those who want a greater understanding of how the field of biblical studies has developed and how certain interpreters have played a formative role in that development.

Urgency and Severity: Pauline Rationale for Expulsion in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Author : David E. Bosworth
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004693130
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Urgency and Severity: Pauline Rationale for Expulsion in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 written by David E. Bosworth and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Paul heard that a Christ-follower in Corinth was in an incestuous relationship with his stepmother, the apostle insisted the man be removed immediately from the congregation. This dramatic response is surprising, as Paul responds to other serious situations with much less vehemence. Why did Paul react to the immoral man with such urgency and severity? Using socio-cultural tools, this study explains the importance of group identity and witness for Paul’s ecclesiology. The argument lays a foundation for contemporary readers to appraise contexts where an expulsive response to sin might be appropriate.

Scripture as Social Discourse

Author : Todd Klutz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567684997
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Scripture as Social Discourse written by Todd Klutz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the last several decades professional biblical scholars have adapted concepts and theories from the social sciences – particularly social and cultural anthropology – in order to cast new light on ancient biblical writings, early Jewish and Christian texts that circulated with the Scriptures, and the various contexts in which these literatures were produced and first received. The present volume of essays draws much of its inspiration from that same development in the history of biblical research, while also offering insights from other, newer approaches to interpretation. The contributors to this volume explore a wide range of broadly social-scientific disciplines and discourses – cultural anthropology, sociology, archaeology, political science, the New Historicism, forced migration studies, gender studies – and provide multiple examples of the ways in which these diverse methods and theories can shed new and often fascinating light on the ancient texts. The fruit of scholarly work that is both international in flavour and truly collaborative, this volume provides fresh perspectives not only on familiar portions of Jewish and Christian Scripture but also on select passages from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi library and previously untranslated French texts.

Handbook of Early Christianity

Author : Anthony J. Blasi
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759100152
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Early Christianity written by Anthony J. Blasi and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2002 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit our website for sample chapters!

The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism

Author : Stephen L. Cook
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589830989
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Book Synopsis The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism by : Stephen L. Cook

Download or read book The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism written by Stephen L. Cook and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2004 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sure to provoke discussion and debate as it offers a unique approach to some old and perplexing issues in the history of ancient Israel and its religion, Cook's study is a bold new proposal for synthesizing the social history of Israel's religious traditions. Among the many "Yahwisms" coexisting in ancient Israel was an initially small minority stream of theological tradition composed of geographically and socially diverse groups in northern and southern Israel. These groups shared a religious commitment to a covenantal, village-based, land-oriented Yahwism that arose before the emergence of Israelite kingship. It eventually rose to dominance, and its theology provided robust resources for dealing with the Babylonian exile. It thus came to occupy a prominent place in the present canon of the Hebrew Bible. Cook combines detailed study of biblical texts with a carefully constructed social-scientific method and body of data to argue for the early origins of biblical Yahwism. This book is written to be accessible to lay readers and also of significant interest to Hebrew Bible students and specialists." -- ‡c From publisher's description.

The New Testament in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Author : Richard L. Rohrbaugh
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597528277
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The New Testament in Cross-Cultural Perspective written by Richard L. Rohrbaugh and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-10-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is not a Western book, and the world of the New Testament is not our world. The New Testament world was preindustrial, Mediterranean, and populated mostly by nonliterate peasants who depended on hearing these writings read aloud. Only a few of the literate elite were part of the Jesus movement, and they knew nothing of either modernity or the Western culture we inhabit today. This means that for all North Americans, reading the New Testament is always an exercise in cross-cultural communication. Travelers, diplomats, and exchange students take great pains to bridge the cultural gaps that cloud mutual understanding. But North American readers habitually suspend cross-cultural awareness when encountering the Bible. The result is that we unwittingly project our own cultural understandings onto the pages of the New Testament. Rohrbaugh argues that to whatever degree we can bridge cultural gaps between ourselves and New Testament writers, we learn to value their intentions rather than the meanings we create from their words. Rohrbaugh's insightful interpretations of Gospel passages go a long way toward helping to span distances between the New Testament world and the present.

The Struggle over Class

Author : G. Anthony Keddie
Publisher : SBL Press
ISBN 13 : 0884145468
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book The Struggle over Class written by G. Anthony Keddie and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary discussion engaging classics, archaeology, religious studies, and the social sciences The Struggle over Class brings together scholars from the fields of New Testament and early Christianity to examine Christian texts in light of the category of class. Historically rigorous and theoretically sophisticated, this collection presents a range of approaches to, and applications of, class in the study of the epistles, the gospels, Acts, apocalyptic texts, and patristic literature. Contributors Alicia J. Batten, Alan H. Cadwallader, Cavan W. Concannon, Zeba Crook, James Crossley, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Philip F. Esler, Michael Flexsenhar III, Steven J. Friesen, Caroline Johnson Hodge, G. Anthony Keddie, Jaclyn Maxwell, Christina Petterson, Jennifer Quigley, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Daniëlle Slootjes, and Emma Wasserman challenge both scholars and students to articulate their own positions in the ongoing scholarly struggle over class as an analytical category.

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. III: From Modernism to Post-Modernism

Author : Magne Sæbø
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN 13 : 3647540226
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. III: From Modernism to Post-Modernism written by Magne Sæbø and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long and complex history of reception and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament through the ages, described in the HBOT Project, focuses in this concluding volume III, Part 2 on the multifarious research and the different methods used in the last century. Even this volume is written by Christian and Jewish scholars and takes its wider cultural and philosophical context into consideration. The perspective is worldwide and ecumenical. Its references to modern biblical scholarship, on which it is based, are extensive and updated.The indexes (names, topics, references to biblical sources and a broad body of literature beyond) are the key to the wealth of information provided.Contributors are J. Barton, H.L. Bosman, A.F. Campbell, SJ, D.M. Carr, D.J.A. Clines, W. Dietrich, St.E. Fassberg, D. Føllesdal, A.C. Hagedorn, K.M. Heim, J. Høgenhaven, B. Janowski, D.A. Knight, C. Körting, A. Laato, P. Machinist, M.A.O ́Brien, M. Oeming, D. Olson, E. Otto, M. Sæbø, J. Schaper, S. Sekine, J.L. Ska, SJ, M.A. Sweeney, and J. de Waard.

The Oxford Handbook of Johannine Studies

Author : Judith M. Lieu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019106050X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Johannine Studies written by Judith M. Lieu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contribution of the Johannine literature to the development of Christian theology, and particularly to Christology, is uncontested, although careful distinction between the implications of its language, especially that of sonship, in a first century 'Jewish' context and in the subsequent theological controversies of the early Church has been particularly important if not always easily sustained. Recent study has shaken off the weight of subsequent Christian appropriation of Johannine language which has sometimes made readers immune to the ambiguities and challenging tensions in its thought. The Oxford Handbook of Johannine Studies begins with chapters concentrating on discussions of the background and context of the Johannine literature, leading to the different ways of reading the text, and thence to the primary theological themes within them, before concluding with some discussion of the reception of the Johannine literature in the early church. Inevitably, given their different genres and levels of complexity, some chapters pay most if not all attention to the Gospel, whereas others are more able to give a more substantial place to the letters. All the contributors have themselves made significant contributions to their topic. They have sought to give a balanced introduction to the relevant scholarship and debate, but they have also been able to present the issues from their own perspective. The Handbook will help those less familiar with the Johannine literature to get a sense of the major areas of debate and why the field continues to be one of vibrant and exciting study, and that those who are already part of the conversation will find new insights to enliven their own on-going engagement with these writings.

The Radical Jesus, the Bible, and the Great Transformation

Author : Douglas E. Oakman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725286645
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Radical Jesus, the Bible, and the Great Transformation written by Douglas E. Oakman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Radical Jesus offers a companion to the author’s previous article collection Jesus and the Peasants. Even more than in Jesus and the Peasants, these eleven chapters sharpen the focus on the political-economic meaning of Jesus then and the deeper values embodied in him that perhaps are still pertinent for now. Part One considers his activities and aims within the political economy of first-century Galilee. Part Two offers perspectives on the critical hermeneutical task of linking the values of Jesus and the Bible to a world that has undergone what Karl Polanyi called the Great Transformation. Polanyi argued suasively in his 1944 book that economy in the pre-industrial age was embedded in social relations and served necessary social purposes, while society after the Great Transformation became embedded within market capitalist economy to the detriment of social relations. This book finds in sustained critical dialog with the Radical Jesus another transforming force and a guiding light toward a more humane economy and society that will serve human need rather than selfish greed.

The Hebrew Bible

Author : John Barton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691228434
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Hebrew Bible written by John Barton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a general-interest introduction to the Old Testament from many disciplines. There are 23 essays with 23 individual reference lists.

The Spirit as Gift in Acts

Author : John D. Griffiths
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004504435
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit as Gift in Acts written by John D. Griffiths and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holy Spirit, being given as a gift in the opening chapters of Acts, initiates and sustains the early Jesus community, empowering their teaching, unity, meals, sharing of possessions and worship.