The Gospels and the Scriptures of Israel
Title | The Gospels and the Scriptures of Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Craig A. Evans |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2004-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567381617 |
This book offers studies by leading international scholars concerned with the New Testament Gospels and their relationship to and usage of the Old Testament, the scriptures of Israel. Several essays are devoted to each of the four Gospels. Questions of sources, form, redaction, tradition, and method are raised and discussed. The contributors are convinced that the Gospels cannot be understood correctly apart from a careful consideration of their indebtedness to the Old Testament. Readers will be treated to new interpretations and lively debate.
Isaiah in the New Testament
Title | Isaiah in the New Testament PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Moyise |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2005-10-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567611663 |
Isaiah in the New Testament brings together a set of specially commissioned studies by authors who are experts in their field. Beginning with an introductory chapter on the use of Isaiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple literature, contributors go on to discuss each of the New Testament books that contain quotations from Isaiah: Matthew, Mark, (Q), Luke-Acts, John, Romans and Galatians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Hebrews, 1 Peter and Revelation. Together they provide an overview of the status, role and function of Isaiah in the first century, considering the Greek and Hebrew manuscript traditions and offering insights into the various hermeneutical stances of the New Testament authors and the development of New Testament theology. The volume includes contributions from Darrell Hannah, Morna Hooker, Christopher Tuckett, Richard Beaton, Bart Koet, Catrin Williams, J. Ross Wagner, Florian Wilk, Cecil McCullough, Steve Moyise and David Mathewson.
Paul and the Scriptures of Israel
Title | Paul and the Scriptures of Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Craig A. Evans |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 307 |
Release | 2015-01-29 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1474230598 |
What is an 'echo' of Scripture? How can we detect echoes of the Old Testament in Paul, and how does their detection facilitate interpretation of the Pauline text? These are questions addressed by this collection of essays from the SBL programme unit Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity. The first part of the book reports its vigorous 1990 discussion of Richard Hays's 'Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul', including contributions by Craig Evans, James Sanders, William Scott Green and Christiaan Beker, as well as a response by R.B. Hays. The second part of the book studies specific passages where reference is made to the Old Testament explicitly or allusively. The contributors here are James Sanders, Linda Belleville, Carol Stockhausen, James Scott, Nancy Calvert and Stephen Brown.
Early Christian Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel
Title | Early Christian Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Craig A. Evans |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 483 |
Release | 1997-09-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567551881 |
This book explores the ways in which early Christian writers and communities, from late antiquity through the New Testament period, interpreted the scriptures of Israel, as they sought to understand Jesus and the Gospel in relation to God's revelation and past acts in history. These essays represent work on the growing edge of studies of the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament. The contents, authored by both veteran and younger scholars, treat methods and canons, Jesus and the Gospels, and Acts and the Epistles.
The Gospel According to Matthew
Title | The Gospel According to Matthew PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Canongate U.S. |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Bibles |
ISBN | 9780802136169 |
The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
What is Reformed Theology?
Title | What is Reformed Theology? PDF eBook |
Author | R. C. Sproul |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2016-09-13 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1585586528 |
What Do the Five Points of Calvinism Really Mean? Many have heard of Reformed theology, but may not be certain what it is. Some references to it have been positive, some negative. It appears to be important, and they'd like to know more about it. But they want a full, understandable explanation, not a simplistic one. What Is Reformed Theology? is an accessible introduction to beliefs that have been immensely influential in the evangelical church. In this insightful book, R. C. Sproul walks readers through the foundations of the Reformed doctrine and explains how the Reformed belief is centered on God, based on God's Word, and committed to faith in Jesus Christ. Sproul explains the five points of Reformed theology and makes plain the reality of God's amazing grace.
The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition
Title | The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Bart J. Koet |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 2013-03-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004231005 |
The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition is a collection of studies in honour of Professor Maarten J.J. Menken (Tilburg) and addresses questions of textual form, Jewish and Christian hermeneutics and notions of authority and inspiration.