This Index makes the wealth of material contained in the dictionary more readily accessible and increases in the practical usefulness of the set. All Scripture references in the dictionary have bee…
every culture colors the way its members perceive and interpret reality. Though reality is always the same, cultural interpretation of it differ. what is considered important in Midde Eastren or M…
A classroom standard for two decades, The New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology has introduced students to both the New Testament and the social-scientific study of the New Testa…
How can we explain the difference between the "miraculous" Christianity expressed in the Gospels and the nearly miracle-free Christianity of Paul? In this historically informed study, senior New Te…
The Legacy of Israel in Judah's Bible undertakes a comprehensive reevaluation of the Bible's primary narrative in Genesis through Kings as it relates to history. It divides the core textual traditi…
The New Testament in its First Century Setting brings together an international group of scholars responsible for much of this cutting-edge research. What all of their essays have in common is that…
This book is Prof. Minear’s clarion for a return to authentic biblical theology. After more than fifty years of teaching and research, his message is still simple: biblical theology must pay atte…
Cities dominate ancient history. The tumbled terrain of Greece saw to it that the Greek people gathered rather in compact communities than in the scattered cantonments of plainsmen. Trouble and inv…
Beginning with the introduction which eschews the usual John-vs.-the-Synoptics categorization of the Gospels in favor of a more nuanced approach, in which Luke's Acts is the historical sore thumb a…
This work has established itself as a classical text in the field of New Testament studies. Written in a readable, non-technical style, it has become an indispensable textbook and reference for tea…