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1 Apocryphal Apocalypse of John
(Zondervan Academic, 2022-10) Whitaker, Robyn; Edwards, J. Christopher
1 Corinthians 15
(Uniting Academic Press, 2009) Kelly, Michael; Kelly, Michael
1 Corinthians 8.4-6: An Inter-cultural Reading from the Political Context of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(David Pub, 2017) Kwon, Oh-Young
This article explores an inter-cultural reading of 1 Corinthians 8.4-6 from the political and ideological contexts of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (or North Korea; DPRK afterwards) today. The Pauline passage (1 Cor 8.4-6) indicates Roman imperialism and the Imperial cult(s) that had a heavy impact upon the life of people (including Christ-believers) in Roman Corinth of the first century CE. In Roman Imperial cult(s), the Roman emperors were worshipped as divine, and people in the Roman Empire were compelled (at least by social pressure) to honor them as gods. This notion is, to some extent, reflected in the Pauline language—“there may be so-called gods…on earth…there are many gods and many lords” (1 Cor 8.5). The Roman emperors would be seen as amongst these many gods and these many lords in the Pauline description. The DPRK’s culture and society is primarily shaped on the foundation of Juche ideology. The Juche literarily means “self-reliance” and emphasizes the DPRK’s independence from other countries in terms of its political, ideological, and economic systems. Furthermore, in this Juche ideology Kim Il Sung the founder of the DPRK’s communism is claimed as a divine figure, and the people of the DPRK are compelled to venerate and worship him. The discovery of such social, cultural, and religious similarities in the two polarizing contexts encourages me to attempt inter-cultural dialogues between the Christ-believers in first century Corinth and the people of the DPRK today, who appear to see the Juche ideology as the religion officially constituted and recognized in their country today. This attempt makes a contribution to recent Asian Biblical scholarship that would acknowledge and encourage Asian Christians and scholars to read Christian Scriptures from Asian cultural, social, religious, and political contexts.
A Art Historian Reflects on Modes of Visual Exegesis
(Australian and New Zealand Society for Theological Studies, 2015-05) Renkin, Claire
Brief introduction to how art historians understand the concept of exegesis. What disciplinary assumptions underlie the word-image relationship?
A Christology of religions
(Orbis Books, 2018) O'Collins, Gerry
In his latest book, Gerald O'Collins adopts the person and saving work of Christ as the master key for organizing themes commonly treated by theologies of religion. But he does so through the lens of Christology to examine important themes that these theologies typically ignore: the relevance of the theology of the cross for thinking about "the others"; the impact of Christ's priesthood on all men and women of all places and times; the efficacy of prayer for "the others" inspired by love; and the nature of faith available for these "others." This "Christology of religions," O'Collins argues, can help break the current stalemate widely affecting the theology of religions, and breathe new life into thinking about religious "others."
A comparison between Early Jewish and early Christian interpretations of the Jubilee Year
(Peeters, 2001) Gormley O'Brien, David
Addresses the question as to whether the Jubilee Year ideology plays a role in the quotation from Isa 61.1-2 in Jesus' ministry depicted in Luke 4.
A Dalit Reading of Genesis 10-11:9
(CCA/CWM, 2002) Melanchthon, Monica; Wickeri, Philip L.
'A Debt of Gratitude': Martin Luther, Anabaptists and Baptists
(Zadok Centre, 2017) Munro, Marita
When asked about their beliefs, Baptists will often respond with a string of affirmations they hold in common with other Protestants: justification by grace through faith, the priesthood of all believers, the authority of Scripture, the centrality of preaching and prayer, the right of every individual to read and interpret Scripture for themselves. Whether they realise it or not, Baptists owe Martin Luther a profound debt of gratitude for this inheritance, even if they have not agreed with him on a number of other matters.
A Friendly Guide to Paul
(Garratt Publishing, 2014) Monaghan, Chris; ,
This book provides and introduction to Paul and his letters for the general reader with introductions to the undisputed letters.
A Friendly Guide to the Book of Revelation
(Garratt Publishing, 2020) Moloney, Frank
The Book of Revelation is the most challenging book in the New Testament and has puzzled believers from the earliest decades of the Christian Church. Professor Francis Moloney has reframed the apocalyptic narratives that describe what will happen at the end of time, offering the reader new understanding and fascinating insights into a “new look” in Revelation studies.
A Friendly Guide to the Resurrection of Jesus
(Garratt Publishing, 2016) Moloney, Frank
Christians take it for granted that Jesus rose from the dead. Without this belief, there would be no such thing as Christianity as we know it. How was this belief born? Once it was alive and central to the lives of the earliest Christians, how did they pass on their belief to following generations? This Friendly Guide traces the earliest confessions of faith in the Risen Jesus, from the first moments of the life of the Church, to the stories from Paul, Mark, Matthew, Luke and John. These inspired writings convey not only what happened, but also what it meant to the earliest Christians, and what it continues to mean today.
A Friendly Guide to Women in the New Testament
(Garratt Publishing, 2017-04) Canavan, Rosemary
This Friendly Guide introduces the reader to the multitude of women of the New Testament. All take their place in the story of Jesus and the development of the Jesus movement after the resurrection. They are mothers, daughters, sisters and wives living in the first century with all of its limitations on their participation in public life. Yet they are present, remembered and influential from Jesus’ birth, through his public ministry to his passion and death, and as first witnesses to the resurrection. This volume celebrates their contribution and hopes to inspire women and men today in their faithful service.
A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to the Parable: The Steward, Tricksters and (Non)sense in Luke 16:1–8
(Sage, 2018) King, Fergus
The parable of the Steward (Luke 16:1–8) has long vexed interpreters. Central to its difficulty is how the behaviour of a steward identified variously as “dishonest” or “unjust” can stand as an exemplary figure. Previous attempts to resolve this issue have included studies which have identified the Steward as a slave, and compared him to figures who appear in literary studies (the Trickster) and the Comedy of the ancient world (the servus fallax or callidus). However, these have failed to realize fully the moral ambiguity offered by these literary types. When set in the fictive world of moral ambiguity and subversion that they represent, it becomes easier to see how the Steward, with all the subversion he brings, becomes an exemplary model of discipleship. His financial chicanery will mirror the unorthodoxy of reconciliation that is lived out by Jesus of Nazareth.
A Hermeneutics of Retrieval: Breath and Earth Voice in Luke’s Magnificat—Does Earth Care for the Poor?
(Fellowship for Biblical Studies, 2015-11) Elvey, Anne
This article uses the concept of “breath” as a hermeneutic key for applying the ecological hermeneutic of retrieval to suggest ways of reading the Magnificat with an ear to an Earth voice. The principle of voice, articulated by the Earth Bible Team, can be understood as a biblical principle, evident in the psalms. Much of the Second Testament, however, seems not to mention Earth directly and this raises questions concerning the application of the principle of voice. Taking the Magnificat as an example, I ask how might the interpreter retrieve an Earth voice in a text that seems oriented toward inter-human concerns for social justice? I suggest four ways in which the voice of Earth might be retrieved in this song in the mouth of a woman, Mary of Nazareth, through: i) the materiality of the text; ii) attention to the human body, especially the senses and the breath; iii) attention to the sustaining capacity of Earth in relation to poverty and riches; iv) the implicit reference to the land in the promise to the ancestors. The overall intent of the article is to situate the human question of poverty and oppression as an Earth question.
A life-giving world-changing community envisioned by Paul
(Zadok Centre, 2012) Wu, Siu Fung
A Metaphorical Walk through Scripture in an Ecological Age
(1991-10) Wainwright, Elaine
Abstract currently unavailable on this website.
A Mnemonic for the Coptic Psalmodia
(Pont. institutum orientalium studiorum, 2013) Youssef, Youhanna
A Monocultural Usage: Diakon- Words in Classical, Hellenistic and Patristic Sources
(2009) Collins, John
A Multidimensional Approach in Feminist Ecological Biblical Studies
(Oxford University Press, 2020-12) Elvey, Anne; Scholz, Susanne
In the context of anthropogenic climate change, loss of biodiversity, and the extinction of species, ecological hermeneutics has developed in two major strands: The Earth Bible Project based in Adelaide, South Australia, and The Uses of the Bible in Environmental Ethics Project, based in Exeter, UK. Neither project specifically takes up a feminist perspective, but both are, to varying degrees, in debt to feminist biblical studies. One significant area of tension is the question of the priority of the ecological over the feminist in a situation of critical ecological concern. This essay situates ecological hermeneutics in relation to feminist hermeneutics. It focuses on Genesis 1–3 and 6–9, and refers to prophetic and wisdom literature. Violence against women and Earth is the prompt for ecological feminist hermeneutics. In response to such violence, ecological feminist interpreters affirm material agency, reimagine human identity, are open to Earth’s agency in the reading process, and practice biblical interpretation as a form of partnership with Earth. Ecological feminist approaches not only engage with the multiplicity of Earth as partner in their readings but also integrate feminist, postcolonial, and other contextual approaches into a multidimensional reading praxis.
A new document, concerning the Myron
(Peeters, 2013) Youssef, Youhanna; Moawad, Samuel; Youssef, Youhanna

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