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Does the Bible Justify Violence?
Renowned biblical scholar John J. Collins asks tough questions about the relationship between the portrayals of violence in the Bible and how they have been...
9780800636890
$11.99
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Fortress Introduction to the Prophets
An experienced teacher of the prophetic materials provides students with an accessible entrée into this fascinating aspect of Hebrew Bible studies. The...
9780800636708
$17.00
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Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way
More than ever, Walter Wink believes, the Christian tradition of nonviolence is needed as an alternative to the dominant and death-dealing "powers"...
9780800636098
$15.00
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The Women of Genesis: From Sarah to Potiphar's Wife
The women of Genesis 12-50 function as much more than ancillary characters to men. Through close attention to the literary features of the text, Jeansonne...
9780800624194
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The New Testament and Homosexuality: Contextual Background for Contemporary Debate
Just what is a proper use of the Bible, especially the New Testament, in Christian debates about acceptance of homosexuals? In addition to bringing clarity...
9780800618544
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The Social History of Ancient Israel: An Introduction
Histories of ancient Israel have usually focused attention on major figures in powerful positions: kings, prophets, and patriarchs. Kessler asks about the...
9780800662820
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About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions, Revised and Expanded Edition
In this newly revised and expanded edition About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions, Terence E. Fretheim offers straightforward answers to reoccurring...
9780806657677
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Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: Mandating a Better Righteousness
Through careful attention to the structure of Matthew's Gospel and the place of the Sermon within it, keen sensitivity to the patterns and themes of Israelite prophecy, and judicious comparisons with other Jewish and rabbinic literature, Jack R. Lundbom elucidates the meaning of the Sermon and its continuity with Israel's prophetic heritage as well as the best of Jewish teaching. By deft appeal to Christian commentators on the Sermon, Lundbom brings its most important themes to life for the contemporary reader.
9781451493023
$49.00
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Matthew: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries
Wes Allen draws together the strengths of these two approaches into a new genre of homiletical and teaching resource with a focus on the Gospel according to Matthew.
9780800698713
$26.00
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Beginner's Guide to Reading the Bible
Many of us would like to know more about the Bible, but don't know where to begin. A Beginner's Guide to Reading the Bible is a concise introduction that...
9780806625706
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Acts of the Apostles: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries
Acts of the Apostles helps the preacher identify possibilities for sermons based on texts and themes in the book of Acts.
9780800698720
$29.00
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Introducing the Old Testament: Third Edition
John Drane's survey textbook provides an engaging general introduction to the persons, events, and cultural context of the Old Testament. Arranged historically,...
9780800698133
$29.00
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Junia: The First Woman Apostle
The name "Junia" appears in Romans 16:7, and Paul identifies her (along with Andronicus) as "prominent among the apostles." In this important...
9780800637712
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I Am . . .: Biblical Women Tell Their Own Stories
Athalya Brenner presents fictionalized "autobiographies" of a dozen women and women groups in the Hebrew Bible, and also lets them share a conversation...
9780800636654
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God with Us: A Pastoral Theology of Matthew's Gospel
In this creative approach, Mark Allan Powell inquires into the thrust of Matthew's Gospel in categories related to pastoral theology rather than systematic...
9780800628819
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Stars Beneath Us: Finding God in the Evolving Cosmos
Relying on his upbringing as a Baptist, his doctoral work in experimental nuclear physics and gamma-ray astronomy, and his ordination to the gospel ministry, Paul Wallace weaves a book unlike any other in faith-and-science literature.
9781506401416
$18.00
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Mark as Story: An Introduction to the Narrative of a Gospel, Third Edition
For thirty years, Mark as Story has introduced readers to the rhetorical and narrative skill that makes Mark so arresting and compelling a story...
9780800699093
$29.00
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Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts, Second Edition
Hanson and Oakman's award-winning and illuminating volume has become a widely used and cited introduction to the social context of Jesus and the early Jesus...
9780800663094
$40.00
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The Psalms through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses
Until now, no book has conveniently combined treatment of the origins of the Psalms with attention to their Jewish and Christian use through history. William...
9780800630140
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Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation
The Christian gospel, says Brueggemann, is too easily preached and heard. Too often technical reason and excessive religious certitude reduce the gospel to...
9780800623944
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