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Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral
Theology and Care
UK April 2026
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336 Pages
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A
Womanist
Pastoral Theology of Black Girlhood
A Womanist Pastoral Theology
Kishundra D King
What can Black girls teach us about God and God’s activity in the world?
Since its inception, womanist pastoral theology has carefully attended to the lived experiences of being Black and female and have centered those interlocking experiences as primary sources in womanist pastoral theologizing and reflection Yet, the actual voices and lived experiences of Black girls have been noticeably absent In this book, Kishundra D King gives voice to the rich experiences of Black girlhood, expanding the scope of womanist pastoral theology and disrupting histories of Black girlhood erasure in society at large King demonstrates how the lived experiences of Black girls inform theologies and practices of care important for all
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T&T Clark Studies in Anabaptist
Theology and Ethics
UK December 2025 • US December 2025
176 Pages
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Decolonial Pentecostalism
A PostNicene Theology from Africa
Chammah J Kaunda, Oxford Centre of Mission Studies, UK
The book presents a bold and transformative exploration of how Pentecostal theology can be revitalized by critically engaging with the Nicene Creed through the lens of African spirituality and decolonial thought
In an era marked by profound cultural exchanges and theological diversification, Kaunda challenges traditional Nicene faith and calls for a new approach that reflects the pluralistic realities of the 21st century Rooted in the rich metaphysical and philosophical traditions of the Bemba people of Zambia, the book critiques the classical dualistic interpretations of Christian theology, which have long emphasized divisions between the sacred and secular, material and spiritual, human and nonhuman
Through a decolonial framework, this powerful work seeks to dismantle these entrenched dualisms and reintroduce an integrated approach to faith, one that embraces the interconnectedness of all things African indigenous concepts are central to this reimagining of Nicene Christianity It demonstrates how Pentecostalism, with its emphasis on the Spirit’s dynamic presence, can speak powerfully to issues such as gender relations, ecological crises, power dynamics, and the lived realities of African communities Grounding theological reflection in the lived experiences and cultural contexts of African Pentecostal believers, Kaunda reveals a more holistic, contextually resonant, and responsive form of Christian theology
Community and Catastrophe
An Ecclesio-Political Reading of the Schleitheim Confession
Marius van Hoogstraten
This book examines, from a contemporary perspective, one of the most influential document in Anabaptist tradition: the Schleitheim Confession Van Hoogstraten develops seven constructive readings of the Confession’s articles, each of which discuss practices to shape the church community
Written in the wake of defeat at the Peasants’ rising in 1527, the Confession represents the attempt by radical reformers to outline collective, nurturing practices in the wake of external catastrophe Van Hoogstraten sets loose a lively conversation with this text that illuminates a sense of life and togetherness in trying times In the of this hands sophisticated and interdisciplinary scholar, the Confession becomes a vital source for constructive theology and ethics in the Anabaptist tradition
This fresh take on the Confession is sure to be of interest to Anabaptist theologians as well as students of the wider fields of political theology, Continental philosophy and ecclesiology
UK August 2025 US August 2025
184 Pages
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The Weak Church Becoming an Imperfectly Perfect Community
Peter Ahn
Within the heart of the modern church, a quiet crisis brews: the steady decline in church attendance a trend acutely visible among the Gen Z cohort, who holds a deep-seated yearning for authentic connection and an aspiration to thrive within a transparent community Enter the world of The Weak Church a groundbreaking narrative that shuns the conventional pursuit of mega-sized congregations and toxic masculinity, inviting instead a resurgence of vibrant, genuine communities through a ministry philosophy of weakness The essence of this book reaches far beyond the realm of numerical growth It is grounded by a singular objective to unravel the threads connecting our culture's obsession with strength, while arming church leaders with a radical philosophy of weakness This philosophy holds the profound potential to redefine every facet of the church As the pages unfold, you'll encounter the resounding proclamation, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9), echoing through the corridors of transformation
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UK July 2025 • US July 2025
340 Pages
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Reparations and the Theological Disciplines
Prophetic Voices for Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair
Edited by Michael Barram, St Mary's College of California, USA, Drew G I Hart, Gimbiya Kettering & Michael J Rhodes
Historically, many churches and theologians defended and supported race-based slavery and subsequent forms of racial hierarchy and violence The essays in Reparations and the Theological Disciplines argue that it is urgent that the theological disciplines engage the issue of reparations by revisiting Scripture and our theological traditions The time is now for remembrance, reckoning, and repair
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Models of Liturgy in an Ecumenical Age
A Paradigm Shift from Transubstantiation to the Heavenly Sanctuary Karl Tsatalbasidis
What role has transubstantiation played in historical and contemporary liturgical conflicts? How might liturgical definitions of the divine presence open space for, or deny, meaningful interdenominational interaction?
The primary goal of this book is to explore interpretations of the divine presence in liturgy, specifically how God’s presence connects with and impacts other key liturgical components In contrast to the widely accepted Sacramental, Kerygmatic, and Charismatic Models, Karl Tsatalbasidis offers something new: the Biblical Sanctuary Model Applying a phenomenological exegesis to selected Old and New Testament passages, the Biblical Sanctuary Model reveals that the Biblical view of the divine presence temporally grounds the relationship between all the components of liturgy and, in doing so, points to a unified liturgy
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160 Pages
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A Peircean Reimagining of Thomas Moore's Spirituality Pragmatic Soul
Nathan Garcia
Thomas Moore’s psycho-spirituality offers many practical insights for people to cultivate their soulfulness Underlying his program is the internal dichotomy between imaginal soul and intellectualizing spirit Moore prioritizes soul and privileges its mystical worldview, which can lead to exaggerating introspectiveness and difficulty bridging a world of imagination with a world of fact This book devises a pragmatic model of spirituality to serve as an alternative to Moore’s Platonically inspired soul program This model draws from Moore’s vibrant character of soul and redirects it toward a critical social dialogue, scientific inquiry, and elevated political participation Drawing from the Pragmatism of Charles Sanders Peirce, this book uses his famous Three Categories and Modes of Inference to reinterpret Moore’s concepts of soul and spirit Peirce’s metaphysical categories situate soul in distinct relationship with the world, while the epistemological modes guide spirit to educate soul through experience The concluding tripartite model is called a soulful anthropology, a nascent foundation for a 21st-century American theological anthropology dedicated to the needs and charisms of today’s culture
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A Vernacular Theology of Diaspora
Everyday Speech, Street-Smart Spirituality, and the Christian Maum
So Jung Kim
This book explores how language-in-use shapes the soul, identity, and spirituality of Asian American Christian women in diaspora, focusing on the theological and semiotic significance of language
In employing an interdisciplinary framework cutting across Christian theology, linguistic anthropology, and feminist theory, the author suggests the concept of street-smart spirituality a form of everyday mysticism embodied in vernacular speech acts Focusing on the Korean term maum (heart–mind–soul), the book argues that everyday utterances, gestures, and vocal practices convey qualia textured signs of internal experience that articulate Christian subjectivity beyond institutional orders or dominant linguistic norms Tracing the rhetorical tradition of sermo humilis and vernacularity from Augustine to Dante, and placing it in conversation with Marguerite Porete and Yi Suni, the book reveals how Christian vernaculars have functioned as vehicles of resistance, intimacy, and transformation In grappling with the racialized demands of “standard” American English, this work affirms the power of fragile, diasporic, and accented speech as a site of divine encounter and theological agency The book invites readers to rethink what makes language “Christian, what renders a person “American enough,” and how voice becomes a sacred medium of becoming
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T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology
UK February 2026 • US February 2026
224 Pages
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Power and Right
Divine Dominion and Moral Economy in John Owen
Timothy Robert Baylor, Calvin University, USA
In this compelling work, Baylor draws on the works of John Owen to address critiques of a Reformed theology of God’s power and right Modern outlooks on the world often encourage individuals to think of themselves as free and selfpossessed sovereigns, rather than as subjects responsible to some higher authority Christian responses to this have rightly sought to re-assert the creature’s dependence upon God, often focusing criticism on modernity’s possessive moral logic, and its disenchanted view of the world However, Protestant theology is frequently caught in the crossfire, because many argue that the disenchantment of the modern world is driven by a Protestant vision of God’s rule as absolute and arbitrary
This rigorous study shows that Reformed theology has the resources to answer these criticisms and offer a compelling account of God’s rule Baylor turns to Owen’s theology of divine “dominion”, an attribute that sought to integrate reflection on God’s power and justice By tracing Owen’s richly textured vision of the creature’s relation to God, Baylor shows that Reformed theology sought to condition our notions of God's power by the forms of the creature's dependence upon God within God’s moral economy In doing so, this book offers a nuanced account of God’s relation to creatures, and a powerful rebuttal to contemporary critics that depict Reformed visions of God’s power as arbitrary and tyrannical
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Grace Unbound
The Sacred Activism of an Orthodox Bishop
Bishop Demetrios C Kantzavelos & Patra McSharry Sevastiades
The first step of any great journey can be the riskiest one of all It is 1992, and the nation is reeling from the AIDS pandemic When Fr Demetri, a newly ordained Chicago-born priest, visits Bob a man dying from complications due to AIDS, abandoned by his own parish priest out of fear his life takes an unexpected turn That single act of compassion sparks a deeper calling to social activism, setting him on a path he never anticipated Yet nothing prepared the hard-nosed priest for a face-to-face encounter with a convicted murderer years later Andrew, who is scheduled to be executed in less than three weeks, maintains his innocence regarding the grisly crime But when the governor of the state the inmate’s last hope refuses to show mercy, the priest must again face the true cost of his calling
In this gripping true story of faith, justice, and redemption, one priest's mission to save a single life becomes a fight to transform an entire system
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256 Pages
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Missional Theology in Context
Globality, Empire, and a Wounded World
Edited by Buhle Mpofu
This book discusses Missional Theology from trans-disciplinary and diverse angles from which scholars unpack ‘missional theologies’ which emerge out of their different contexts spanning from countries such as Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Netherlands, Switzerland Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe This diversity of contexts and scholarly approaches underscore the notion of ‘globality’ which is at the heart of ‘subverting Empire’; explored through the intersecting themes of environmental justice, social and economic justice, addressing poverty, migration challenges and dealing with all forms of discrimination such as gender and racism Central to the approach of this book is the notion that ‘subverting Empire’ requires an urgent and transformational shift from traditional approaches to creative and missional approaches grounded on human dignity and life affirming values as opposed to the death dealing effects of the current global architecture which thrives on exploitation of the poor and marginalized communities
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UK February 2026 • US February 2026
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Governance and Ministry
Rethinking Board Leadership
Dan Hotchkiss
Amid the tectonic shifts in institutional religious life in the United States, Governance and Ministry has proven to be an indispensable guide for leaders and clergy on how to work together to lead congregations Veteran congregational consultant and minister Dan Hotchkiss draws on governance research from business, non-profits, and churches, as well as deep experience in a variety of denominations and congregations to help readers determine the governance model that best fits their needs
The third edition has been streamlined and reorganized to better help readers think through leadership models and the process of change It also features appendices with a style guide for policymakers and a unified example of a board policy book To enhance the book’s value, Dan offers online resources at www danhotchkiss com
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Diversity-Oriented Churches
A Comprehensive Guide to Leading Ministries of Reconciliation
A Brian Leander
Exploring the transformative movement of Diversity-Oriented Churches (DOC) in the United States, this book analyzes and assesses contemporary societal and denominational shifts, aligns with the values of biblical reconciliation, and provides practical guidance for navigating challenges and developing leaders and ministries The book opens by highlighting the fluctuating landscape of churches in the twenty-first century, driven by globalization, immigration, and the impact of social media It contends that the emergence of Diversity-Oriented Churches is a response to an informed, global-minded, multicultural society challenging divisive social constructs Drawing on fifteen years of field research, the author articulates the characteristics of DOC, the motivations of leaders driving organizational change, and the specific leadership practices that foster inclusivity The book explores the relationship between cultural intelligence, openness to diversity, and leadership practices within DOC through quantitative and qualitative methodologies The book's heart lies in examining critical elements that support the development of Diversity-Oriented Churches These elements include a clear biblical mandate, culturally competent leadership, collaborative organizational strategies, conflict resolution policies, and intergenerational leadership development The author shares insights from research studies, drawing from personal experiences as a pastor, church planter, and leadership scholar Through a careful blend of academic rigor and practical experience, the author provides a roadmap for churches seeking to navigate the transformative journey toward becoming a genuinely inclusive ministry of reconciliation This practical perspective bridges the gap between theory and implementation, offering valuable lessons for leaders in traditional churches and church planters who are oriented toward biblical reconciliation This book is a timely resource for those grappling with the tension between tradition and the call for a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive expression of the Gospel in the modern era
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The Library of New Testament Studies
UK March 2026 • US March 2026
200 Pages
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The Library of New Testament Studies
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UK March 2026
248 Pages
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Paul, Democracy, and the Corinthians
L L Welborn, Fordham University, USA
In this short and remarkable book L L Welborn outlines the complex and contested nature of ‘democracy’ in the Greek cities of the Roman East, where the apostle Paul established Christ groups, showing that writings of Paul and the development of Christianity reveal a strong and radical form of democracy that holds ever-greater relevance in today’s political landscape
Welborn begins by showing how, paradoxically, language around the concept of democracy is largely absent from political thinkers in the first century By contrast, we learn that Paul’s Corinthian correspondence is full of vocabulary associated with democracy, not only the term we know as “Church” (ekkesia) or “people’s assembly”, which the Christ-group adopted as a self-designation, but other terms with a democratic history and resonance such as eleutheria (“freedom”), paressia (“freedom of speech”), koinomia (“partnership”), isotes (“equality”) Moreover, as Welborn shows, several passages give evidence of democratic practices, such as voting (2 Cor 2:6-8) Especially significant is the revelation that women were praying and prophesying in the assembly (1 Cor 11:5), enacting a radical extension of the democratic-egalitarian ethos
In these chapters Welborn assesses the complex evidence of Paul’s Corinthian epistles in an attempt to answer the question: How “democratic” was the assembly of Christ followers at Corinth? If, as Welborn suggests, the answer is exceptionally “democratic,” at least in comparison with the political regime of first-century Roman Corinth, what consequence might this discovery have for those who are concerned about the failure of democracy today?
The Role of Emotion in Philippians Discerning Affections
Isaac D Blois, Biola University, USA
Isaac D Blois demonstrates the many ways that Paul attempted to shape the emotional orientation of his friends at Philippi, thereby constructing a multifaceted Christian identity that went beyond mere doctrinal content While Paul famously instructs the Philippian believers to “think” among themselves the same thing that is also “in Christ”, Blois suggests that English translations have missed crucial aspects by focusing too much on the logo-centric, intellectual elements of the key term phroneo, while missing the emotional resonance behind this concept Rather, in order to guide their behaviour, Paul first had to form their affections, training them to feel appropriately toward Christ and his world, so that then they might be able to believe rightly and act correctly within it
Blois analyses six key emotions arising within the discourse: three positive emotions (joy, pride, and hope), and then three negative emotions (grief, shame, and fear) By situating each emotion within its Greco-Roman cultural context, along with highlighting its Scriptural resonances, the versatility of the apostle emerges, in that Paul could both draw on common cultural scripts while simultaneously changing them so as to morph them around the new and radical Christ paradigm Ultimately, Blois stresses that Paul deftly weaves together a tapestry of emotions that unifies the Philippian believers around a shared way of feeling, enabling them to first experience Christ communally and then present him powerfully and winsomely to the pagan world around them
The Politics of Peace in Romans
Postcolonial Intertextuality and the Double-Voiced Discourse of Scripture and Roman Imperialism Dain Alexander Smith
This volume explores Paul’s use of Scripture and Roman imperialism, finding hermeneutical and theoretical clarity and a fresh understanding of peace in Romans Dain Alexander Smith interprets Romans with postcolonial intertextuality to reveal that Romans employs a consistent textual strategy for discussing the gospel, justice, and peace Smith thus focuses on 12:17–13:14 and 14:17–19, to provide the reader with fresh interpretive insights on the text of Romans
Smith proposes that Romans presents a political theology of peace that is intertextually “double-voiced", that the pairing of peace and justice in Romans is primarily informed by the political discourses of LXX Isaiah and LXX Psalms, but suggesting that this pairing is also presented in contrast to the Roman Empire’s political ideals, as exemplified in the Pax Romana Ultimately, Smith argues that placing Romans in postcolonial-intertextual dialogue reveals that Paul’s ethics construct a community that represents the justice and peace of God’s eschatological kingdom in contrast to the justice and peace of the Roman Empire
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The Library of New Testament Studies
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264 Pages
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The Library of New Testament Studies
UK May 2026 • US May 2026
184 Pages
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The Library of New Testament Studies
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184 Pages
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John’s Interpretation of Mark Composition as Exegesis in the Fourth Gospel
William B Bowes, North Point Bible College, USA
William B Bowes investigates the Fourth Gospel as a creative reworking of Mark, situating John within the vibrant literary culture of late Second Temple Judaism Rather than treating John as an isolated voice, Bowes argues that the Evangelist adopts compositional practices akin to Jewish texts categorized as Rewritten Scripture works that extend authoritative tradition through interpretive rewriting This approach reframes John not as independent but as an inspired interpreter who reshapes Mark for a later context and audience
Bowes begins by reviewing scholarly paradigms on John’s use of Mark and mapping these against Jewish methods of source reuse Bowes then offers five detailed case studies comparing Johannine episodes with their Markan counterparts and with analogous Jewish texts These include John 1’s portrayal of John the Baptist alongside Jubilees 1; the Temple disturbance in John 2 with Mark 11 and the Temple Scroll; the feeding of the five thousand in John 6 with Mark 6 and the Genesis Apocryphon; the Bethany anointing in John 12 with Mark 14 and Philo’s De Vita Mosis; and the Roman trial narrative in John 18–19 with Mark 15 and Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities Through these comparisons, Bowes demonstrates how John employs additions, omissions, rearrangements, and theological reframing, all techniques characteristic of Jewish exegetical rewriting
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Priesthood and Temple in John’s Apocalypse
Constructing the Sanctuary
Timothy B Tse
Timothy B Tse argues that, while John uses language drawn from the Hebrew Bible’s descriptions of YHWH’s dwelling place, scholarship has overlooked the importance of his spatial transformation of that language Tse thus uses theories relating to Relevance, Resistance Theory, Critical Space Theory, and Conceptual Metaphor, to demonstrate that a significant part of John’s apocalyptic strategy of resistance is to re-present his vision to his audience spatially, so that they can experience a divinely ordained alternative to the world in which they live
Tse first demonstrates John's attempts to relegate his audience’s experience of space to his own revelation; John’s description of the visionary world creates the metaphors “the earth is a Sanctuary” and “the Saints are its priests ” Tse argues that, under this view, life on earth must be evaluated according to the concerns of the Sanctuary, which by definition requires the removal of everything impure, and the Saints (namely all Christians in both the historic and visionary worlds) must take priestly responsibility for the earth John therefore portrays the Saints joining in the removal of all impurity upon the earth by fighting, as priests, in God and the Lamb’s war against Satan, Babylon, and all her impurities Tse concludes that overall, John means to realign the church’s experience of space, so that they understand themselves as priests of the Sanctuary, and live according to that reality
Paul, the Temple, and Building a Metaphor
David Anthony Basham, Ashland University, USA
David Anthony Basham argues that Paul and the Corinthians share a “system of associated commonplaces” about the Jerusalem temple Basham proposes that when Paul applies temple language to the Corinthians by calling them naos theou (“God’s temple”), he sparks a creative process of interaction between the temple and the Corinthian assembly a process of selecting, emphasizing, and organizing information from the source domain (temple) to see the target domain (the Corinthians) in a new light
Basham suggests that, in understanding Paul’s fraught relationship with certain institutions of Second Temple Judaism and his conception of gentile inclusion, we can appreciate the creative ways in which he employs cultic imagery to describe his ministry and the ritual life of early gentile believers By exploring the construction of metaphor, the depiction of the Jerusalem temple in Paul’s letters, and Judaean religion among gentiles, Basham demonstrates that Paul’s temple metaphor speaks to a new cultic reality for gentiles-in-Christ that is linked to Israel’s worship, though detached from its actual expression in Jerusalem
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International Critical Commentary
UK February 2026 • US February 2026
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International Critical Commentary
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International Critical Commentary
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Mark 1-4
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Craig S Keener
Craig S Keener provides an in-depth critical and exegetical commentary of the first four chapters of Gospel of Mark in this first of four volumes of commentary on the Markan text.
Keener brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to provide a complete overview and understanding of this crucial Christian document Keener incorporates new evidence available in the field and applies new methods of studies As is a hallmark of the series, the volumes on Mark are not bound by a single theological or critical approach Keener's own distinctive approach brings great erudition and scholarly expertise with careful and comprehensive consideration of every aspect of the text
This first volume of commentary covers the start of Mark's Gospel, the commissioning of the twelve disciples, the baptism of Jesus, and gives full attention to the teaching of Jesus in parables, and the culmination of this section of the Gospel in the calming of the storm
Mark 5-9
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Craig S Keener
In this second volume of his four volume work on the text of Mark's Gospel Craig S. Keener provides an in-depth critical and exegetical commentary on Mark chapters 5-9
As befits an ICC volume Keener brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to provide a complete overview and understanding of these chapters Keener provides a close reading of the text and incorporates the wealth of secondary scholarship in providing readers with a highly comprehensive commentary that offers new insights into the meaning and development of the text
The text covered in this volume focuses largely on the healings of Jesus including the raising of Jairus' daughter, the Canaanite woman's daughter, the deaf mute and the man born blind Also featured are the feeding of the 5000, Peter's confession of faith, and Jesus' predictions of his death This part of the Gospel finishes with the Transfiguration
Mark's Gospel Critical Excursuses
Craig
S Keener
Craig S Keener provides a rich volume of critical excurses on the gospel of Mark, providing valuable contextual material to his exhaustive commentary on the text of Mark The volume provides detailed background for many passages in Mark, taking readers through the whole gospel and expanding on many points found in the commentary
The volume includes many of the Keener's most distinctive contributions to Markan research stemming from his commentary work Whilst it is arranged by passage, many of the topics covered make many of the excursuses relevant to multiple passages throughout the gospel and to the study of ancient Christianity and its world Such topics include marriage and divorce, ancient medicine and healing, ancient conceptions of anger, hospitality, baptism, the emotions, feasting and viticulture, as well as fascinating insights into the use of Aramaic in the world of Jesus and linguistic comments on biblical Hebrew and Greek
The volume will be an indispensable companion for anyone studying the world of Mark's gospel, and is a perfect complement to Keener's commentary on the text
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The Gospels and the Roman Empire
Edited by Jillian D Nelson & Adam Winn
This edited collection explores how the New Testament, specifically the four canonical Gospels, negotiate the Roman imperial world Within this volume, scholars from a variety of interdisciplinary contexts come together, examining a particular aspect of the New Testament’s complex relationship with the Roman Empire By incorporating literary studies, gender criticism, Jewish studies, and disability studies into their analysis, the essays herein provide fresh readings of these foundational texts Jillian D Nelson and Adam Winn demonstrate through this collection that the Roman imperial world functions as a critical context for scholarship on the New Testament, yielding new and exciting perspectives on the Gospel narratives
Grasping for Power from the Tree of Life
A Visual Reading of Revelation 22
Amy E Meverden
This book examines the biblical Tree of Life in Revelation 22 and its roots in Genesis 2–3 as a potent symbol of kingship and power by connecting it with ancient Southwest Asian and Roman imperial iconography of sacred trees Through a tripart methodology of intertextuality, visual exegesis, and metonymy, Grasping for Power from the Tree of Life: A Visual Reading of Revelation 22 explores how sacred trees reflect power dynamics, particularly in the context of empire
Amy E Meverden analyzes the Tree of Life in Revelation 22 alongside Roman imperial vegetation symbolism in the Ara Pacis Augustae (9 BCE) and the Genesis Tree of Life alongside ancient Southwest Asian iconography in the Ashurbanipal Garden frieze (669–631 BCE) These symbols underscore the emperor ’s authority as the divine’s earthly representative, with vegetation serving as a visual extension of dominance and resource control
This book argues that the Tree of Life not only critiques power abuses but also has the metonymic potential to inspire visions of life beyond oppressive systems while also risking the re-imposition of empire through interpretation In this way, the Tree of Life stands as a complex symbol of both resistance to and reinforcement of imperial power
Cultural Translation and Receptions of Paul in the First Four Centuries
Edited by František Ábel
There are two overlapping themes which serve as the focus of Cultural Translation and Receptions of Paul in the First Four Centuries : (a) “reception” of the apostle Paul in subsequent Christian traditions, and (b) the hypothesis that while Paul himself continued to think as a Jew, he was subsequently re-interpreted by non-Jews in non-Jewish and anti-Jewish ways: the so-called “Paul within Judaism” school
The distinctive focus of this volume is on the dynamic of “cultural translation,” meaning, for example, the translation from the cultural world of Diaspora Judaism and its Septuagint to Greek philosophical and Greek Christian categories The contributions to the book are diverse, ranging from younger to more senior scholars from both North America and Europe
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T&T Clark Social Identity
Commentaries on the New Testament
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Feminist Studies and Sacred Texts
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Intertextuality Between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Culture Essays in Honour of Caroline H C M Vander Stichele
Edited by Frank G Bosman, Archibald L H M van Wieringen & Maurits J Sinninghe Damsté
This edited collection argues that the Bible remains culturally relevant within our contemporary, secular society
Frank G Bosman, Maurits J Sinninghe Damsté, Archibald L H M van Wieringen, and their contributors trace how biblical imagery and phrasing are not only traceable but immanent in understanding our present-day cultural and spiritual status quo
Mapping numerous examples of these intertextual relationships, the essays herein compare, at the one hand, biblical texts and, at the other, cultural expressions in the 20th and 21st centuries Zooming in on artifacts like The Book of Clarence (2023), Caroline Street's painting "Creation: Sixth Day," and the videogame Legion, the contributors discuss the nascent religious elements of these arguably "secular" texts What sets this volume apart from similar, religious-based cultural analyses is its focus on what these intertextualities between religious and secular culture communicate about ourselves, the Bible, and society as a whole
1 Corinthians, A Social Identity Commentary
A Social Identity Commentary
J Brian Tucker, Moody Theological Seminary, USA
Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians deals with key aspects of the formation of the Christian community at Corinth Paul uses his correspondence with the Corinthians to address issues of morality, of community structure, of ritual and of religious behaviour The letter is a key document for understanding the development of Christianity and for understanding Christianity in its earliest context
In this Social Identity Commentary, J Brian Tucker provides a comprehensive coverage of the issues and concerns related to 1 Corinthians from the perspective of social identity Tucker outlines his interpretation of the theoretical issues concerned, and then applies this to provide a clear overview of historical and critical issues related to the study of 1 Corinthians This provides a clear engagement with the text that will serve as a useful resource for scholars, students, clergy, and people interested in the formation and purpose of the letter
Trauma and Survival in the Hebrew Bible A Womanist Reading of Esther
Kamilah Hall Sharp
This book integrates womanist biblical interpretation with trauma theory while closely examining survival and the language of survival in the Hebrew Bible
While survival is often a theme lifted when exploring Esther, the focus is typically on Jewish survival This books centers the experiences of non-Jewish women and girls, specifically the virgin girls taken with Esther and Zeresh, the wife of Haman, amplifying their presence and reading their narratives alongside the autobiographies of Maya Angelou and Lezley McFadden to create a survival narrative that allows the reader to reimagine these often-overlooked girls and women
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The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
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The Place of Court Tales in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature Form, Development, and Function
Andrew Knight-Messenger
Andrew D Knight-Messenger offers a fresh reassessment of a long-neglected genre within ancient Jewish literature in this volume Focusing on the literary form known as the “court tale”, narratives centered on Jewish figures navigating life in foreign royal courts, this study integrates newly available texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls into the broader corpus of Second Temple Jewish writings These tales, which include well-known stories like those of Daniel and Esther, are reexamined here not merely as historical curiosities, but as theological and literary responses to the experience of exile
Knight-Messenger argues that these narratives do more than recount survival in diaspora; they articulate diverse visions of restoration, divine sovereignty, and the reimagining of Jewish identity under foreign rule By analyzing themes of sin, punishment, exile, and restoration, Knight-Messenger reveals how court tales challenged prevailing assumptions about exile as divine punishment, instead portraying it as a space for divine action and renewal The volume also explores how these tales anticipate apocalyptic motifs, contributing to the emergence of Jewish eschatological thought
Structured around a literary and historical analysis of both canonical and non-canonical texts, Knight-Messenger includes comparative insights from other ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean traditions The volume also traces the development and eventual decline of the genre, situating it within the broader evolution of Jewish literature
Politics in the Book of Haggai
A Jamesonian Reading
Malutafa Faalili
Politics in the Book of Haggai: A Jamesonian Reading applies the textual theory of American Marxist Fredric Jameson for a critical reading of the book of the prophet Haggai It attempts to show that the text not only represents the tensions of the past but has a greater function where it endeavors to resolve the issues on an imaginary level this is a unique feature of Jameson’s theory Furthermore, the book argues that the contradictions and conflicts in the text at the historical level occur amongst the golah community, specifically amongst its leaders The book commences with a discussion of Jameson’s textual theory, highlighting its importance within the realm of Marxist discussion The main content of the book is the appropriation of the three-tier method to critically read the book of the prophet Haggai The book closes by discussing its conclusions within the realms of Marxism, the prophet Haggai, and island hermeneutics
Adoption in the Hebrew Bible
Edited by Ekaterina Kozlova, London School of Theology, UK & Cat Quine
To remedy a scholarly lacuna on the study of adoption in the Hebrew Bible, chapters in this volume examine this topic from a variety of perspectives, including trauma, transfers of children, motives for adoption, the performance of parenthood, and studies of metaphor and practice Divided into three sections, part one highlights the absence of specific adoption terminology and demonstrates the need for deeper considerations of methodological approaches and the categories we as modern readers bring to the texts Part two considers the practices and language that we do see around ancient adoptions, and focuses on the actions and implications of transferring children or parentage Finally, part three focuses on divine adoption and metaphors and motifs that speak to the dual themes of loss and gain that are entwined in adoption
As a whole, Adoption in the Hebrew Bible highlights the prevalence of adoptive practices and draws attention to the fluidity underlying constructions of ‘family’ in the Hebrew Bible and also the wider ancient Near East The theme of adoption centres both parents and children, thereby complicating scholarly constructions of families in ancient societies and reminding readers of the fragility, strength, and importance of belonging in a family
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Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Bible
Erwin Panofsky and Othmar Keel in Dialogue
Edited by Hans Ulrich Steymans, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Examines the dilemma of whether ancient Near Eastern images – while providing unique aspects of the world-views of the cultures from which the Bible arose – can be interpreted in a way that traceably relates them to the biblical text To avoid the danger of using images merely as illustrations for concepts found in the Bible, one first needs to behold the image with its own right to been seen The essays within this volume describe the methods developed by Othmar Keel for bringing imagery into a dialogue with texts from the ancient Orient and their own interpretation, including previously unpublished material from Keel
The contributions begin with an overview of the scholarly work of Keel and the development of his aims and methods, including a revision of an article dealing with semiology in the interpretation of art The book proceeds to address the research history of iconology in art history, presenting the methodology of Erwin Panofsky and one of his influential predecessors, Charles Clermont-Ganneau, in contrast with Keel’s three methodological steps leading from iconographic analysis to iconology Contributors then present two case studies of how Keel’s method can be applied to interpret Egyptian and Mesopotamian images, allowing insights into the worldview of an ancient culture and the aim of iconology The book concludes with a report about how iconographic analysis and iconology is taught on University level
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Tracing the Ritual Body
Catherine Bell and Rituals of the Ancient Biblical World
Edited by Ada Taggar Cohen, Richard E DeMaris & Jonathan Schwiebert
This volume utilizes Catherine Bell’s ritual theory to shed new light on the many rituals reflected in ancient Mediterranean texts In recent decades scholars of religion have come to realize that ritual and bodily practices are just as important for religion as beliefs and doctrine With the development of ritual studies in the 1990s there arose a critical framework for investigating ritual and practice Only recently, however, has Bell’s theorizing been employed to study the rituals portrayed in ancient texts This cross-disciplinary examination assesses the utility of Bell’s theorizing for studying the textual evidence for rituals of the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, and other early Christian literature
The contributors to this volume illustrate a path away from regarding rituals as inert and fixed and toward a more complex and vibrant interactive model of ritual behaviour In this volume, as each scholar works to recover the traces of long-past rituals in a particular set of materials, these and other concepts are consciously employed to guide or challenge the investigation, pushing beyond previous conclusions about ancient rituals The contributors’ attention to theory, and especially the social context, practical function, and symbolic interpretation, set this collection apart from studies that consider the rituals in more traditional textual ways
Violence against Women and Children in the Hebrew Bible Between Trauma and Resilience
Edited by Kristine Henriksen Garroway, Hyun Chul Paul Kim, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, USA & John W Martens, St Mark's College at UBC, Canada
What did violence against women and children mean for ancient audiences and how do modern audiences hear and process the meaning of violence in the texts of the Hebrew Bible? The rape of Tamar, the sacrifice of Jephthah’s daughter, babes ripped from the womb during war texts such as these are hardly fodder for Sunday School classes; yet we are left with the reality that the Bible is a violent text full of war, murder, genocide, and destruction, often carried out at the behest of God
The essays in this volume explore ways in which the Hebrew Bible uses and abuses women and children to make indelible points concerning the people of Israel, the lived realities of the Israelite society, and God’s relationship to His people Where other works turn to the study of the violence itself, or to the divine nature of violence, this volume focuses in on the human component As a result, these studies are reminders that women and children born out of trauma are at once vulnerable and valuable, fragile and resilient
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Earth Bible Commentary
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T&T Clark Handbooks
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Zephaniah
An Earth Bible Commentary
Nicholas R Werse, Baylor University, USA
With astute attention to Zephaniah’s intertextual relationships with other biblical texts, Nicholas R Werse explores the implications of Zephaniah as a book in perpetual conversation with other biblical cosmologies and conceptions of the human place in relationship with creation Werse guides readers to critically examine Zephaniah’s ancient worldview and subsequent legacy in dialog with the world’s modern ecological crises
Werse argues that Zephaniah begins and ends with the land It begins with the removal of all life from the land and ends with a proclamation returning the exiles to their ancestral home Along this journey, all three chapters of Zephaniah systematically reverse language and imagery from Gen 1-11 and draw deeply from the language of earlier prophets to depict the 6th century BCE destruction of Jerusalem as nothing short of the unravelling of creation While remaining suspicious of Zephaniah’s distinctively androcentric worldview, Werse traces Zephaniah’s rhetorical journey from the deconstruction of creation and the nations, to its proclamations of hope for the future
Artificial Intelligence for Bible Translation and Interpretation
Edited by Douglas Estes
This book examines key features of the current relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Bible translation and interpretation
The volume contains three sections, broadening outward First, the contributors explore AI in Bible translation using four case studies on the current use of AI and its promises and perils Second, the book touches on AI and Bible translation using five perspectives on the meaning of AI for Bible translation Finally, the book explores AI and Bible interpretation with four examples showing the tensions between AI and human interpretations of the Bible
T&T Clark Handbook of Sexualities in the Bible and its Reception
Edited by Caroline Blyth, University of Auckland, New Zealand & Christopher Greenough
This volume explores the range and richness of sexualities evoked in the biblical texts and their reception history Contributors utilise theoretical and hermeneutical approaches to engage with different aspects of sexualities in/and the Bible, including the beliefs, behaviours, and bodies that haunt both the texts and their interpretive traditions
The contributors cover themes that have previously been subject to much debate in biblical scholarship, such as LGBTQI+ identities, heterosexuality, marriage, sexual violence, and circumcision, but it also engages with issues that tend to receive less scholarly attention, including asexuality, homoeroticism, voyeurism, sex work, masturbation, menstruation, pornography, disability, mental health, and reproductive justice Written from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives, including biblical studies, sexuality studies, theology, religious studies, gender studies, cultural studies, disability studies, psychology and philosophy, each chapter offers fresh, and at times surprising, insights about sexualities in/and the Bible and its reception history
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Language and Identity in Hellenistic Judaism Essays in Memory of James K Aitken
Edited by William A Ross, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA, Marieke Dhont, University of Cambridge, UK & Christopher J Fresch
This volume honours the life and scholarship of James K Aitken (1968–2023), a distinguished scholar of Hebrew and Early Jewish Studies at the University of Cambridge Bringing together fourteen original essays by colleagues, students, and friends, the collection explores themes central to Aitken’s work Contributors examine the interplay between language and identity in ancient Jewish communities, with particular attention to the Septuagint and its place within the history of Greek Aitken’s intellectual legacy is reflected in the breadth of topics covered, from lexical studies and syntactic analysis to sociolinguistic phenomena and historical context The essays build on his pioneering research and continue conversations he began, offering fresh insights into the lived realities of Jews in the Hellenistic world
More than a scholarly tribute, this volume is a testament to Aitken’s collegial spirit and mentorship The editors William A Ross, Marieke Dhont, and Christopher Fresch were all shaped by his guidance and friendship, and have curated a collection that reflects both his academic influence and personal impact With contributions from leading international scholars, this book stands as a fitting memorial to a beloved teacher, collaborator, and friend
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Bibles in Popular Cultures
Edited by Rebekah Welton & Zanne Domoney-Lyttle, Individual scholar, UK
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Supporting the theory that there is no singular ‘Bible’, and the idea that biblical literacy is demonstrated in a multitude of ways beyond confessional interpretations of biblical texts, the contributors of this volume explore how multiple ‘Bibles’ coexist simultaneously in popular cultures By interrogating popular television, music, and film, biblical retellings are identified which variously perpetuate, challenge or subvert biblical narratives and motifs
The topics discussed are gathered around three themes: depictions of sex and gender, troubling representations, and subversions of biblical authority This volume offers new studies on retellings of biblical texts which seek to interrogate, perpetuate and challenge dominant cultural ideas of who can interpret biblical texts, what forms this might take, and the influence of biblical interpretations in our societies
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