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This volume deals with the female dynasty of the House of David and its influence on the Jewish Messianic Myth. It provides a missing link in the chain of research on the topic of messianism and contributes to the understanding of the connection between female transgression and redemption, from the Bible through Rabbinic literature until the Zohar. The discussion of the centrality of the mother image in Judeo-Christian culture and the parallels between the appearance of Mary in the Gospels and the Davidic Mothers in the Hebrew Bible, stresses mutual representations of "the mother of the messiah" in Christian and Jewish imaginaire. Through the prism of gender studies and by stressing questions of femininity, motherhood and sexuality, the subject appears in a new light. This research highlights the importance of intertwining Jewish literary study with comparative religion and gender theories, enabling the process of filling in the 'mythic gaps' in classical Jewish sources. The book won the Pines, Lakritz and Warburg awards.

The topic that speaks about how a Christian woman should be attired is a topic that it is constantly discussed in congregations. It is of great contradiction the use of any type of jewelry, like earring, chains or necklace, ornamental comb, hair nets, bracelets, etc. In reference to this, the opinions are divided; some people say that when a person comes to Christ, she goes being cleaned gradually of all kinds of garments, until the time comes that they have to sell or give away all types of jewelry they possessed before coming to Jesus’ feet. There are also those who believe that the transformation takes place internal, not external, in the heart, in the person’s character. Many people affirms that it is a sin and a lack of holiness if a woman use any type of jewelry, but others affirm that holiness doesn’t have anything to do with what the person uses on the eternal. So we have two at least two parties with two different opinions. But which one of them we should believe? Because, if both of them affirm to have bases in the Bible, then: how can we know, what is the will of God? The healthy doctrines are simple, clear and easy to understand, but those that cause divisions don’t belong to Christ, and in most of the cases the divisions are, because of the form so poor how those that affirm to be Christian study the Bible. The certain thing is: if the woman’s sanctification depends on part or in everything what she uses or stops using on the outside, then how to know which one of them has the truth?

In Stumbling in Holiness, professor and theologian Brian P. Flanagan addresses the ways in which both holiness and sinfulness condition the life of the pilgrim church. The book is rooted in a liturgical-theological explanation of how the church prays through its continuing need for repentance and purification, as well as its belief in its present and future participation in the life of the Holy One. After reviewing some of the ways in which past theologians have tried to explain the coexistence of ecclesial holiness and sinfulness, Flanagan suggests that, even if we can have confidence that God will fully sanctify the church in the reign of God, our ecclesiology must always attend to both the sanctity we already experience in the church and the sinfulness that is part of our continuing journey toward that reign.

"In this dark, when we all talk at once, some of us must learn to whistle." In this comprehensive collection of his work, Craig Keen's voice emerges as that of a theologian who has indeed learned to whistle. In a day when much of what passes for academic "theology" is careful to maintain a safe distance from any determinate act of faith or work of praise, Keen evinces a single-minded determination to think and to speak, to write and to live doxologically. And whether writing or lecturing, teaching or conversing, Keen understands theology to be nothing less than an invitation to work out one's faith with fear and trembling. Throughout this volume Keen argues that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus disrupt all metaphysical attempts to determine the reality of "God," and suggests instead that theology is to be done liturgically and eucharistically--as the work of a people whose labor is carried out with open hands, free from all attempts to grasp and control. Keen discusses doctrinal issues--the Trinity, incarnation, creation--as well as a number of critical theological concerns--church and culture, justice, holiness, Christian education--in this light. The result is a profound set of reflections on the ways in which the word of the cross simultaneously transgresses our constructions of "God" and gives us to live transgressively in love.

Holiness describes a way of living made possible through an intimate, personal relationship with God. Holiness speaks of life and relationship, not letter and law. Breaking Free from Sin’s Grip takes us back to the time when a loving Father saw His children for the first time and dreamed big dreams for them. But this isn’t a story about someone else long ago. It’s as current as today’s newspaper. Step into God’s story as you answer the call to holy living. Click here for the Free Downloadable Leader’s Guide or access it from the ’Previews and Samples’ section below.Paper.

God is always comfortable with pouring His blessing down on earth but the purity of the man is always the road block. Samuel O. Alabi, explains the meaning of holiness and how to attract it.