One would think that peace, a term that occurs as many as one hundred times in the New Testament, would enjoy a prominent place in theology and ethics textbooks. Yet it is surprisingly absent. Will…
The Bible appears to give mixed and even conflicting signals on the four case issues of slavery, Sabbath, war, and women. New Testament scholar Willard Swartley seeks to identify the difficulties s…
This issue of Occasional Papers contains two contributions to each of the three literature groups encompassed in the title: Old Testament, New Testament and Early Church (after the first century). …