Early Christianity & Patristics

ISBN: 9780227173565
Published by : James Clarke & Co
Martyrs, exegetes, catechumens, and councils enlarge this study of North African Christianity, a region often reduced to its dominant patristic personalities. Smither provides English readers a quality translation of an important book that capture... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227173541
Published by : James Clarke & Co
The mid-second-century apocryphal infancy gospel, the Gospel of Thomas, which deals with the childhood of Jesus from age five to age twelve, has attained only limited interest from scholars. Much research into the story has also been seriously mis... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227173787
Published by : James Clarke & Co
All Scripture is God-breathed and yet some parts seem rather less God-breathed than one might imagine, or even like. The prophecy concerning Moab in Jeremiah 48 is one such text, since it appears to equate the Lord's work with bloodshed and curses... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227173770
Published by : James Clarke & Co
Aimed at both biblical scholars and those interested in linguistic theory, this book makes use of insights from a modern theory of communication, Relevance Theory in examining the function of the particle.


Margaret Sim sheds a new ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227173763
Published by : James Clarke & Co
Many Christians wrestle with biblical passages in which God commands the slaughter of the Canaanites - men, women, and children. The issue of the morality of the biblical God is one of the major challenges for faith today. How can such texts be Ho... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783374028450
Published by : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
English summary: Why did Jesus have to die? Did God really need a sacrifice to cope with our guilt? Why doesn't he simply forgive us? These questions occupy many of our thoughtful fellow Christians. Nor is it clear what the Bible has to say... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227173497
Published by : James Clarke & Co
Death, judgement, heaven and hell - these are the 'Four Last Things' traditionally linked together under the heading of 'Eschatology'. In this book, John Robinson examines them all with trenchancy and lucidity, providing a new and vital underst... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780718892340
Published by : Lutterworth Press
The author of Walking the Walk now tells the second half of the story of David, from the moment he becomes king of all Israel to his death. Wilcox offers his readers an inspiring and timely exposition, combining as it does a subtle liter... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783374028528
Published by : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Series: Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte (ABG)
Volume: 36
English summary: Among the common features of the books of the Prophets Hosea and Isaiah is the mention of children with special names who play major roles (Is 7f;. Hos 1-3). The paper examines this extraordinary phenomenon and researche... .... Learn More