The removal of one tiny word turns Jesus into a liar. Callers into Christian talk shows have even used this to say that it’s okay for a Christian to lie. After all, they say, Jesus did it. A vers…
The methods described in Literary Approaches to the Bible are focused on different ways of analyzing the text within its literary context. Some of the techniques have been around for centuries, but…
At one point in this great work, the author quotes another researcher, "it is doubtful whether we can hope to understand the contents of any mind whose presuppositions we have not yet learned to re…
Contemporary developments in literary studies and philosophy have facused attention on the literary and rhetorical dimensions of works whose primary concern is with issues of truth and falsity; at …
F. D. maurice and William Robertson Smith lived in a time of social, industrial and intellectual transformation. This book traces the ways in which they responded to these changes and sought to un…
Most conversations I've had with non-Christians about the Bible end up there sooner or later. It's all a matter of interpretation. Sure, you say it means that Jesus is God and that sex outside marr…
This book introduces the reader to the importance of understanding the various literary forms that appear in Scripture: myth, legend, debate, fiction, Gospel, parable, allegory, letters, and revela…
Tahukah Anda bahwa Alkitab merupakan salah satu kumpulan karya sastra yang bernilai sangat tinggi? Para penulis Alkitab menyampaikan ide-idenya tentang Allah, alam semesta, dan semesta dan sesama m…
This being the first English translation of a work by French scholars who pioneered the use of structural analysis in biblical exegesis, the translation presented some difficult problems. In partic…
Modern biblical scholarship has long been preoccupied with the relationship between history and doctrine. Karl A. Kuhn argues that an overly rational approach to the thought of the biblical authors…