Yazar: David Rhoads

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This volume engages the Gospel of Matthew in full awareness of its inherently political character. Weaver situates Matthew’s version of the ‘good news of the kingdom’ squarely within the ‘real world’ …

In recent years, scholars have explored anew the interface between the early Christian movements and the Roman Empire. Once thought to be quietistic, the early Christian movements turn out to have be …

Is it possible to make a case that the Gospel of Mark was not composed by a single man from scattered accounts but in a process of people’s telling Jesus’ story over several decades? And what can we …

The history of the Jesus movement and earliest Christianity requires careful attention to the characteristics and peculiarities of oral and literate traditions. Understanding the distinctive elements …

In this groundbreaking work, Bible translation is presented as an expression of contextualization that explores the neglected riches of the verbal arts in the New Testament. Going beyond a historical …

The Bible is a perplexing book. It blends primitive beliefs with timeless truths, swings between compassionate love and ruthless violence, and forms a sympathetic heavenly father from the remains of …

In 2015 a conference on ‘Rediscovering the Spiritual in God’s Creation’ was held at the Serafino winery complex in the Mc Laren Vale region of South Australia. The aim of the conference was not to se …

This book interprets Mark’s gospel in light of the Roman-Jewish War of 66-70 CE. Locating the authorship of Mark’s gospel in rural Galilee or southern Syria after the fall of Jerusalem and the temple …

What’s so humorous about the Bible? Quite a bit, especially if experienced with others! Nine biblical scholars explore their experiences of reading and hearing passages from the Bible and discovering …

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