This volume examines Johannine symbolism within the lens of Jesus’ relationship with the Father. After demonstrating tha......more
Having established the context of mockery and shame in Ancient Mediterranean cultures, Dietmar Neufeld shows how Mark pr......more
This book seeks to establish the inadequacy of readings of the Gospel of Matthew as intended for, and a reflection of, a......more
This volume describes the attitudes towards Gentiles in both ancient Judaism and the early Christian tradition. The Jewi......more
This collection examines the allusions to the Elijah- Elisha narrative in the gospel of Luke. The volume presents the ca......more
In this volume Ben Cooper analyses how commitment to God is described within the Gospel of Matthew, how this is related ......more
This study examines the scriptural justification for believers to expect the Eucharist to be a place where God will come......more
Lynn R. Huber argues that the visionary aspect of Revelation, with its use of metaphorical thinking and language, is the......more
Scholarship on the Gospel of Mark has long been convinced of the paradoxical description of two of its primary themes, c......more
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How can one reconcile the political nature of Jesus with his disinclination to power? Moore’s argument comes in three st......more
Thomas appears only four times in John’s Gospel, yet despite this he is crucially important in understanding the functio......more
Unlike literature in the modern western world, ancient documents were typically crafted for the ear rather than the eye.......more
This study explores how the Fourth Gospel’s use of Scripture contributes to its characterization of Jesus. Utilizing lit......more
Amanda Witmer presents an investigation of exorcism in the activities of the historical Jesus, particularly the connecti......more
Despite being recognized as the most ’Jewish’ Gospel, many argue that Matthew was penned by someone who sought to distan......more
Michael Theophilos investigates the term ’Abomination of desolation’ in Matthew 24:15 proposing a revised model for unde......more
This book presents a synthesis of Gerbern Oegema’s extensive research on apocalypticism and Biblical interpretation. Oeg......more
Reading Acts Today provides a ’state of the art’ view of the study of Acts from a variety of perspectives and approaches......more
Kuecker uses an artillery of social identity theory to demonstrate that in Luke’s narrative the Spirit is the central fi......more
This work examines the dynamics of the Ananias and Sapphira episode in Acts and its role in the narrative of Luke-Acts. ......more
Werner Kelber’s The Oral and the Written Gospel substantially challenged predominant paradigms for understanding early J......more
Why does Matthew append ’and his brothers’ to Judah and Jechoniah (1:2, 11)? Secondly, why does Matthew include the foll......more
A comprehensive study of the literary function of prayer in Luke-Acts, employing narrative critical methodology and focu......more
This book is the first ever collection of scholarly essays in English devoted specifically to the theme of the expressio......more
In-depth assessment of the contribution that modern psychological theories can make to the study of the Historical Jesus......more
One of the leading Historical Jesus scholars of our time, John Meier has also made significant contributions in the area......more
This monograph examines the relationships between the two "families" of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel. The first family is ......more
The Fourth Gospel has been known as the ""spiritual gospel"" since the second century, but only recently have biblical s......more
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This book is a collection of essays that explain the primary truths of the Catholic Faith regarding the Blessed Virgin M......more
In this new critical commentary for the New Testament Library series, R. Alan Culpepper sets the Gospel of Matthew in th......more
Sixty-Six Books. One Story. All About One Name. Encounter the living Jesus in all of Scripture. From the Passion Movemen......more
Sixty-Six Books. One Story. All About One Name. Encounter the living Jesus in all of Scripture. From the Passion Movemen......more
In this DVD Companion to her six-week Bible study through the Beatitudes, author Jennifer Kennedy Dean examines the prom......more
It is a special pleasure to introduce R T (Dick) France s commentary to the pastoral and scholarly community, who should......more
The Holy Gospels in One (2023 version) is a "Word for Word" narrative of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, combined into a s......more
"A compendium of approximately three hundred texts-in Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin, Ethiopic, Syriac, Coptic, and other......more
This book presents a comprehensive treatment of all of the parables in the Gospel of Matthew. It discusses the significa......more
Drawing on the fields of nonhuman studies and postcolonial ecocriticism, Dong Hyeon Jeong disrupts anthropocentric readi......more
"This collection of [twelve] essays by Thomas Kazen focuses on issues of purity and purification in early Judaism and th......more
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With many ministers and religious organizations already using modern techniques found in management books, why not go st......more
Young and Strickland analyze the four largest discourses of Jesus in Mark in the context of Greco-Roman rhetoric in an a......more
It is clear that according to Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus came to "save his people from their sins" (1:21), to "give his lif......more
It’s obvious that Jesus fulfilled prophecies about the promised Messiah--or so the gospels make it seem. But the real st......more
Updated Edition of a Bestselling Study of Jesus and the Gospels In this work Darrell Bock, a leading evangelical New Tes......more
A pathbreaking study of the serpent s symbolic meanings from 40,000 BCE to the present day In a perplexing passage from ......more
All three Synoptic Gospels tell the story of Jesus’s transfiguration. Yet there has been surprisingly little written abo......more
In this volume Mikeal C. Parsons provides an overview of Luke and Acts, reading Luke and Acts in the context of ancient ......more
In volume two of At the Cross, Richard Allen focuses on the sanctification that follows a believer’s initial commitment ......more
In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses ......more
The last generation of gospel scholarship has considered the reconstruction and analysis of the audience behind the gosp......more
This collection brings together scholarly contributions relating to the research of Lance Cousins (1942-2015), an influe......more
The publication of Richard Burridge s What Are the Gospels? in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by ov......more
A harmony of the Gospels for students of the life of Christ based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version This boo......more
The aquarian gospel of Jesus the Christ. The philosophic and practical basis of the religion of the aquarian age of the ......more
The Historiographical Jesus introduces a new theory and approach for studying the life of Jesus. Anthony Le Donne uses t......more
"How did the words of Jesus influence the writing of 1 Peter? That is the question that is at the heart of this study. O......more
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Armed with the results of critical historical research and a mind free from the shackles of dogma, Paul Tobin dissects t......more
Almost from the earliest days of the church, John’s distinctive presentation of Jesus has provoked discussion about its ......more
Institutions and ideologies lay down parameters of accepted reading for those who wish to maintain acceptable status in ......more
Urban von Wahlde’s radically new, three-volume commentary on the Gospel and Letters of John is the most detailed study o......more
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The ending of Marks Gospel is one of the great unsolved mysteries. However, interest in the Markan conclusion is not a m......more
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These five essays deal with the influence of Judaic haggadah or lore, especially in the form of "creative historiography......more
This book is about the spoken word. It is about words spoken in the first century of our era and later put down in writi......more
Jairus’s Daughter and the Female Body in Mark challenges modern assumptions that children were disposable and of little ......more
"C. Kavin Rowe’s keenest essays on Luke, Acts, and Paul, collected into one volume. How should scholars undertake New Te......more
This new commentary -- part of Eerdmans s acclaimed NICNT series -- gives primary attention to John s gospel in its pres......more
A new landmark in evangelical scholarship on the book of Acts. Fifteen years in the making, this comprehensive commentar......more
The Gospel of John was beloved by the early church, much as it is today, for its spiritual insight and clear declaration......more
The Gospel of John was beloved by the early church, much as it is today, for its spiritual insight and clear declaration......more
The Acts of the Apostles--or more in keeping with the author’s intent, the Acts of the Ascended Lord--is part two of Luk......more
For the church fathers the Gospels did not serve as resources for individual analysis and academic study. They were read......more
The Gospel of Matthew stands out as a favorite biblical text among patristic commentators. The patristic commentary trad......more
The Gospel of Matthew stands out as a favorite biblical text among patristic commentators. The patristic commentary trad......more
At the Cross is a line-by-line examination of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as these apostles describe ev......more
Suffering in Ancient Worldview investigates representative Christian, Roman Stoic and Jewish perspectives on the nature,......more
The four Gospels unanimously present Jesus as someone who quoted from, commented on, and engaged with the Scriptures of ......more
Tribal biblical interpretation is a developing area of study that is concerned with reading the Bible through the eyes o......more
John Barton and Peter Groves present a range of chapters by leading scholarly voices from the worlds of biblical studies......more
Questions regarding the afterlife are many, and the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts pay a great deal of attention to......more
The idea of writing plays a central role in John. Apart from the many references to scriptural texts, John emphasizes th......more
A number of New Testament passages depict the Holy Spirit acting in conjunction with gospel preaching or other forms of ......more
H. Daniel Zacharias presents a literary-critical analysis of the Gospel of Matthew and its interaction with Davidic trad......more
Barry D. Smith studies the salvation-historical meaning of Jesus’ death (commonly known as the atonement) in the New Tes......more
This work critically engages the hermeneutical methods used to analyse the New Testament writings, so that the lenses th......more
For two centuries scholars have sought to discover the historical Jesus. Presently such scholarship is dominated not by ......more