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The Crowds in the Gospel of Matthew (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) The Crowds in the Gospel of Matthew (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) J. R. C. Cousland "This volume identifies the crowds (ochloi) in the Gospel of Matthew and explains their character and function. It argues that a proper appreciation of the crowds is essential to an understanding of … OL10077293W
Who Killed Jesus? Who Killed Jesus? John Dominic Crossan The death of Jesus is one of the most hotly debated questions in Christianity today. In his massive and highly publicized The Death of the Messiah, Raymond Brown -- while clearly rejecting anti-Semit… OL102022W
Lazarus awakening Lazarus awakening Joanna Weaver **You believe that God loves the world… but sometimes you wonder if He truly loves you.** For many of us, moving the truth of God’s love from our heads to our hearts is a lifelong process. As we… OL15538804W
King's Cross King's Cross Timothy J. Keller King’s Cross is Timothy Keller’s revelatory look at the life of Christ as told in the Gospel of Mark. In it, Keller shows how the story of Jesus is at once cosmic, historical, and personal, calling e… OL15675945W
St. John and the Victorians St. John and the Victorians Wheeler, Michael "The Gospel according to St John, often regarded as the most important of the gospels in the account it gives of Jesus' life and divinity, received close attention from nineteenth-century biblical sc… OL16015117W
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels Joel B. Green Regrettably, while the general populace on both sides of the Atlantic have been exposed to the sensationalism of such projects as the Jesus Seminar and Jesus: The Evidence, no major undertaking has m… OL16809251W
The Questions of Jesus in John The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes Why do the New Testament gospels depict a Jesus who asks questions almost as often as he gives answers? In The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes crafts a highly interdisciplinary theory of que… OL17310110W
What the Gospels meant What the Gospels meant Garry Wills Examines the goals, methods, and styles of the evangelists and how these shaped the gospels' messages. The earliest book, Mark, emphasizes Jesus the sufferer; in Matthew, Jesus the teacher; in Luke, … OL17662484W
The letter to Titus The letter to Titus C. L. Seow "The letters of Paul to Timothy, one of his favorite delegates, often make for difficult reading in today's world. They contain much that make modern readers uncomfortable, and much that is controve… OL17755350W
Jesus for the Non-Religious Jesus for the Non-Religious John Shelby Spong Bishop John Shelby Spong has been on a life-long quest to rescue the church from irrelevancy. In JESUS FOR THE NONRELIGIOUS, he takes aim at the church’s core belief: who is Jesus. He first strips th… OL1816751W
Mark, mutuality, and mental health Mark, mutuality, and mental health Simon Mainwaring Explores six encounters between Jesus and other characters in the Gospel of Mark via a series of dialogue-based Bible studies with persons with poor mental health. Focusing on mutuality and seeking t… OL20548188W
John, Jesus, and the renewal of Israel John, Jesus, and the renewal of Israel Richard A. Horsley In this book Richard Horsley and Tom Thatcher trace the Gospel of John's portrayal of Jesus as a prophet of renewal by reading the text against a double backdrop - the social history of Roman Palesti… OL20956381W
The theological role of paradox in the Gospel of Mark The theological role of paradox in the Gospel of Mark Laura C. Sweat "Scholarship on the Gospel of Mark has long been convinced of the paradoxical description of two of its primary themes, christology and discipleship. This book argues that paradoxical language pervad… OL20957466W
Matthean posteriority Matthean posteriority Robert K. MacEwen "This book explores the Matthean Posteriority Hypothesis (MPH), a largely neglected solution to the Synoptic Problem which holds that the author of the Gospel of Luke used the Gospel of Mark as a sou… OL20973898W
Gospels Gospels Marinella Perroni,Mercedes Navarro Puerto "This first volume in the New Testament section of the Bible and Women series, devoted to the Synoptic Gospels and the Johannine literature, displays the fruits of collaboration of American and Weste… OL20974535W
The grave robber The grave robber Mark Batterson Do we believe that God still does miracles? Do we expect him to move in miraculous ways in our day-in, day-out lives? Maybe we'd like to see miracles, but it's hard to see past our problems. All that… OL26444575W
Matthew, Disciple and Scribe Matthew, Disciple and Scribe Patrick Schreiner This fresh look at the Gospel of Matthew highlights the unique contribution that Matthew's rich and multilayered portrait of Jesus makes to understanding the connection between the Old and New Testam… OL26799321W
John the Baptist in the Gospel Tradition John the Baptist in the Gospel Tradition Walter Wink If the methodological impasse in the study of John the Baptist has resulted from the failure to take seriously the original intention of the creators of the Gospel accounts, then the logical procedur… OL2720701W
What have they done with Jesus? What have they done with Jesus? Ben Witherington Strange theories about Jesus seem to ooze from our culture with increasing regularity. Popular books and network TV specials proposing bizarre, historically unfounded tales of Jesus' mysterious blood… OL50275W
A Virgin Conceived A Virgin Conceived Mary F. Foskett "The virginity of Mary has been an influential tenet of Christian belief, a catalyst for Marian devotion, and a foundation for the construction of female Christian piety and practice. Rather than inv… OL5755407W
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