Eerdmans Spring 2014 Academic Catalog

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3 The Jesus Movement and Its Expansion Sen Freyne

Pulls together the insights of a lifetime. ... Afitting capstone to afine scholarly career. John J. Collins

7 The Second Letter to the Corinthians Mark A. Seifrid

Newest volume in the acclaimed Pillar New Testament Commentary series

9 Trinity and Revelation Veli-Matti Krkkinen

The second installment in a monumental constructive theology both wide and deep for our time

13 Kierkegaards Concept of Faith Merold Westphal

An enlightening, enjoyable, and edifying read. Sylvia Walsh

18 Divine Covenants and Moral Order David VanDrunen

Definitely the most comprehensive and original work on natural law by a Reformed Christian theologian to date. David Novak

22 Evangelical versus Liturgical? Melanie C. Ross

A passionate summons for defying the dichotomy between two major worship traditions

24 Can a Renewal Movement Be Renewed? Michael Kinnamon

Forward-looking assessment by an internationally recognized leader in the church unity movement

25 Christianity in Roman Africa J. Patout Burns and Robin Jensen

Unprecedented multifaceted look at Christian life in North Africa under Roman rule

28 Way Below the Angels Craig Harline

Revealing retrospective firsthand account of one Mormons mission experience

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TheTextoftheOldTestamentErnst WrthweinNew Edition by Alexander Achilles Fischer

Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes

Ernst Wrthweins introduction to the Biblia Hebraica has long served as a textbook for gen-erations of students interested in the history of the Old Testament text and the problems of textual criticism. From its first appearance in 1952 to the fifth edition in 1988, the book has been faithfully updated by Wrthwein him-self in light of new research. But now another new edition of Wrthwein is due.

While staying true to the original structure and character of Wrthweins classic work, Alexander Fischer has rewritten the text completely to bring it up to date with the new Quinta edition of Biblia Hebraica. He has further

developed Wrth-weins practice of italicizing key words at the beginning of sections and para-graphs to make it simpler for students and interested read-ers to browse and review topics. Each chapter now ends with bibliographi-cal notes on the

texts and tools discussed as well as manuals and other resources useful for further study. Besides updating information throughout, this edition also includes a new chapter on the texts from Qumran.

Fischers new edition of The Text of the Old Testament will prepare beginners for further research in textual criticism and will be an indispensable resource for serious students of the Biblia Hebraica and Old Testament exegesis.

Ernst Wrthwein (19091996) was professor emeritus of Old Testament at Philipps- Universitt in Germany.

Alexander Achilles Fischer is professor of Old Testament at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Thuringia, Germany.

978-0-8028-6680-6 / paperback / 336 pages $30.00 [19.99] / August

TheGospeloftheLordHow the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus

Michael F. Bird

In this book, through a distinctive evangelical and critical approach, Michael Bird explores the historical development of the four canon-ical Gospels. He shows how the memories and faith of the earliest believers formed the Gospel accounts of Jesus that got written and,

in turn, how these accounts further shaped the early church.

Birds study clarifies the often confusing debates over the origins of the canonical Gos-pels. Bird navigates recent concerns and research as he builds an informed case

for how the early Christ followers wrote and spread the story of Jesus the story by which they believed they were called to live. The Gospel of the Lord is ideal for students or anyone who wants to know the who, when, where, why, and how of the four Gospels.

Studying the Gospels is daunting for the beginner and difficult even for the seasoned scholar. Mike Bird here slices a path through the tangled mess of older hypotheses and offers clear guidelines for the way forward. ... Everyone will profit enormously from wrestling with the issues presented here in a fresh and compelling manner. N. T. Wright

St. Andrews University

Carefully researched and engagingly written. ... Bird shows that the evangelists tell the stories of Jesus life, teaching, and deeds because Christian faith ultimately is about following Jesus. Scholars and students alike will find a lot of new and refresh-ing ideas in this instructive book.

Craig A. EvansAcadia Divinity College

Michael F. Bird is lecturer in theology at Ridley Melbourne Mission and Ministry Col-lege in Australia. His previous books include Jesus Is the Christ: The Messianic Testimony of the Gospels and Are You the One Who Is to Come? The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question.

978-0-8028-6776-6 / paperback / 424 pages $30.00 [19.99] / July

TheInspirationandInterpretationofScripturePerspectives from the Early Church

Michael Graves

Interpreting the Bible well is a daunting and difficult task, one that requires wise mentors in the faith, both past and present. Michael Graves is a wise, learned, perceptive guide who knows the church fathers well; this wonderful book will help modern readers understand the rhyme and reason of ancient Christian perspectives on inspiration and interpreta-tion. Highly recommended.

Christopher A. HallPalmer Theological Seminary

Drawing on the resources of the early church, Graves takes an interestingly textured approach to the abid-ing questions surrounding a theology of scripture. ... Anyone who cares about the subject matter will welcome this books fresh and engaging attention to the early churchs hermeneutical diversity.

Markus BockmuehlUniversity of Oxford

In this concise and readable volume, Graves navigates the diverse and complex landscape of the nature and use of Scripture among the churchs earliest theologians. His engag-ing account invites readers of Scripture today neither to pillage the ancients for our

own agenda, nor to ignore them to our poverty, but to converse with them along our own contemporary hermeneutical journey. ... This book will prove to be of great value for addressing any number of interpre-tive issues that beset the church today.

Peter EnnsEastern University

A most learned and realistic assessment of scriptural authority and use in the patristic era. Steeped in primary sources, Graves invites us to enter the inter-pretive world of the ancients instead of making them suit our expectations. D. H. Williams

Baylor University

Michael Graves is Armerding Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton Col-lege, Illinois. The author of Jeromes Hebrew Philology (2007), he has also produced the first English translation of St. Jeromes Commentary on Jeremiah (2012).

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PandorasBoxOpenedAn Examination and Defense of Historical-Critical Method and Its Master Practitioners

Roy A. Harrisville

For many, the historical-critical method of Bible interpretation has released a host of threats to Christian faith and confession. Pandoras Box Opened presents an eminent scholars informed, balanced assessment of this major modern method of biblical inter-pretation. Roy Harrisville acknowledges the evils brought about by the historical-critical method but argues that it is still adiscipline to be reckoned with and valued for what it offers.

Beginning with an ancient thumbnail history, Harrisville describes the emergence and use of the historical-critical method, highlighting such Reformation figures as Luther and Calvin, discussing Enlightenment

practitioners such as Spinoza and Locke, and covering numer-ous major thinkers from the modern period and the twen-tieth century.

Following his his-torical summation of the method, Harris-ville attends to the malaise that he says has come over it and

persists still, but he nonetheless commends the historical-critical method, though shorn of its arrogance. He claims that the method and all its users comprise a Pandoras Box that, when opened, releases a myriad other pains, but hope still remains.

Roy Harrisville has long studied biblical interpreta-tion and thought much about it. Pandoras Box Opened presents the results insights both deeply thoughtful and comprehensive in scope. Congratula-tions are in order. Robert W. Jenson

Institute for Theological Inquiry

Roy A. Harrisville is professor emeritus of New Testament at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also the author of Fracture: The Cross as Irreconcilable in the Language and Thought of the Biblical Writers and coauthor of The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinoza to Brevard Childs.

978-0-8028-6980-7 / paperback / 376 pages $42.00 [28.99] / May

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BornofaVirgin?Reconceiving Jesus in the Bible, Tradition, and Theology

Andrew T. Lincoln

A thorough and far-reaching investigation of the topic of Jesus conception. Andrew Lincoln, one of the finest New Testament exegetes of our time, challenges the view that the New Testament offers a single per-

spective on Jesus birth, and he makes a strong case for disentangling the doctrine of the incar-nation from the tradi-tion of the virgin birth. This book offers the most important contribution to the subject of Jesus earthly origins in many years.

Edward AdamsKings College London

With an engaging blend of sensitivity and erudi-tion, Lincoln charts the rise to dominance of the virgin birth despite other New Testament accounts of Jesus origins and shows how recent biblical scholarship, biology, and worldviews demand a reappraisal of the tradition for the modern church. This masterly study is essential reading for confess-ing Christians who struggle with accepting the histo-ricity of the virginal conception. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Helen Bond

University of Edinburgh

Lincolns masterly literary and historical analyses of the traditions relating to Jesus birth in the New Testament and beyond offer theological and hermeneutical reflection at its best and a model for maintaining a responsible conversation between opposing views. On a subject where some think there is little more to say, this book provides a theological education in miniature. Robert Morgan

Linacre College, Oxford

Andrew T. Lincoln is Portland Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Gloucestershire, England. His previous books include Truth on Trial: The Lawsuit Motif in the Fourth Gospel and commentaries on Ephesians, Colossians, and the Gospel of John.

978-0-8028-6925-8 / paperback / 334 pages $35.00 / AvailableUK & Europe rights: SPCK

SecretScripturesRevealedA New Introduction to the Christian Apocrypha

Tony Burke

Tony Burke has established himself as a master of the Christian Apocrypha, writings that did not make it into the New Testament. With Secret Scriptures Revealed he has made his massive knowledge of the field available to a broad general audience in a read-able, informed, and enjoyable overview that will be long cherished by both beginners and devotees.

Bart D. EhrmanUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A fabulous new resource for undergradu-ates and nonspecialist readers. Written in accessible language with helpful references to modern reuses of Chris-tian Apocrypha such as Dan Browns novel The Da Vinci Code, this book delivers what its title promises a state-of-the-art introduction

to some of Christianitys most delightful, surpris-ing, and even shocking works of ancient literature, which a wide audience of early Christians knew and enjoyed but modern readers rarely encounter.

Nicola Denzey LewisBrown University

Immensely valuable. ... There are only a few other introductions to this literature currently available, all of which are either limited in the genres of texts they consider or overly technical. Burkes book does not shy away from introducing students to the com-plexities of manuscripts and languages of transmis-sion, but he does clearly explain why these topics are so essential for fully appreciating the challenges of studying this literature. Brent Landau

University of Texas at Austin

Anyone looking for a historically reliable description of Christian Apocrypha and their significance would do well to read this book.

Stephen J. ShoemakerUniversity of Oregon

Tony Burke is associate professor of reli-gious studies at York University, Toronto, and author of one of the best-known blogs in the field, www.tonyburke.ca/apocryphicity.

978-0-8028-7131-2 / paperback / 170 pages $18.00 / AvailableNorth America rights only; SPCK elsewhere


ReadingtheEpistlesofJames,Peter,John,andJudeasScriptureThe Shaping and Shape of a Canonical Collection

David R. Nienhuis and Robert W. Wall

In this groundbreaking book David Nienhuis and Robert Wall show that the New Testament collec-tion called the Catholic Epistles has a structure and a rationale that profoundly impact the way its individual texts should be read. Like the fourfold canonical Gospel, this collection represents a decisive intervention in the process of creating a well-ordered

Christian scripture out of the mass of early Christian writing.

Francis WatsonDurham University

An eloquent challenge to current exegetical communis opinio. ... Argues forcefully for a reading of the seven Catholic Epistles as a canonical unit, which

then reveals their common theology, their collective role in the scriptural canon as balance to the Pauline letters, and their cogent apostolic instruction on Christian discipleship and community both in antiq-uity and in todays world. John H. Elliott

University of San Francisco

Nienhuis and Wall argue that if we shift our focus from the point of composition to much later matters of canonization, we can begin to see that the Catholic Epistles as a group round out and enrich the theologi-cal emphases of the Gospels and Pauls letters in ways that form a more complete and even more attractive canonical whole. ... Their challenging argument is sustained by detailed theological attention to the canonical process and by close and lively readings of the Catholic Epistles.If taken up, their views can dra-matically alter the interpretive patterns and concerns the church and the academy bring to these letters.

Stephen FowlLoyola University

David R. Nienhuis is associate professor of New Testament studies at Seattle Pacific University.

Robert W. Wall is Paul T. Walls Professor of Scripture and Wesleyan Studies at Seattle Pacific University.


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John,Jesus,andtheRenewalofIsraelRichard Horsley and Tom Thatcher

Recent scholarship on Johns Gospel has opened fresh perspectives on the books historical context and its significance for the study of the historical Jesus. This welcome volume by Richard Horsley and Tom Thatcher invites readers to consider the Gospel in light of the socially complex world of Roman Pales-tine. Following an interdisciplinary approach, they engage not only the best recent literary and historical

work on John but also major developments in the field of media studies. The result is a contribution that will engage the attention of scholars and students alike.

Craig R. KoesterLuther Seminary

Challenging an estab-lished scholarly history

of isolating sayings from Gospel narratives and dissecting texts into sources, Horsley and Thatcher exhibit an admirable aptitude for synthesis. Their approach combines narrative criticism, text criticism, media studies, performance criticism, and a sociology of power relations into a unified theory. Thoughtfully perceptive and genuinely innovative, this timely book may well change the way we think about the Gospels as historical narratives, the feasibility of the Jesus quest, and the conventional divide between the Gospel of John and the Synoptics.

Werner H. KelberRice University

Two skilled scholars here provide a brilliant and creative synthesis of literary and social-historical-political approaches. Horsley and Thatcher offer fresh ideas in an area of scholarship that has sometimes become stagnant. ... Their holistic approach to the Fourth Gospel is innovative, well-informed, and informative. Craig S. Keener

Asbury Theological Seminary

Richard Horsley is distinguished profes-sor emeritus of liberal arts and the study of religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Among his many previous books is The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel: Moving beyond a Diversionary Debate.

Tom Thatcher is professor of biblical stud-ies at Cincinnati Christian University and a founder of the John, Jesus, and History Group in the Society of Biblical Literature. His other books include Why John Wrote a Gospel: Jesus Memory History.


TheJesusMovementandItsExpansionMeaning and Mission

Sen Freyne

This book by respected senior scholar Sen Freyne authoritatively explores the rise and expansion of early Christianity within the context of the Greco-Roman world the

living, dynamic matrix of Jesus and his followers.

Besides offer-ing fresh insights into Jesus Jewish upbringing and the possible impact of Greco-Roman lifestyles on him and his followers, Freyne delves into precisely how the

Jesus movement spread throughout Palestine and beyond into the second century. Freynes interdisciplinary approach, combining his-torical, archaeological, and literary methods, makes The Jesus Movement and Its Expansion both comprehensive and comprehensible.

Sen Freyne devoted his life to the study of Galilee and of the early Jesus movement in its Galilean context. This book, completed shortly before his death, pulls together the insights of a lifetime. It is distinguished by its grounding in the archaeologi-cal realia of ancient Galilee, but it also contains a notable discussion of the sayings tradition and ranges on into the second century. A fitting capstone to a fine scholarly career. John J. Collins

Yale Divinity School

The pinnacle of a lifes work drawing together threads of much previous research to weave a matrix for the ministry of Jesus and the Christian mission into the second century. Elaine Wainwright

University of Auckland

Sen Freyne (19352013) was professor emeri-tus of theology at Trinity College, Dublin, and a noted authority on ancient Galilee in the time of Jesus. His other books include Jesus, a Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the Jesus Story.

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MakingSenseofSexAttitudes towards Sexuality in Early Jewish and Christian Literature

William Loader

The capstone of a project that has already produced five volumes of detailed research, this book establishes William Loader as the Kinsey of biblical sexuality. Like Kinsey, he has taken a topic that has often been taboo and demystified it. His

patient cataloguing of the diverse biblical attitudes to sexuality complicates the issue for anyone who would appeal to biblical authority in a simplistic way. This is a major contribution both to biblical scholarship and to practical theology.

John J. CollinsYale Divinity School

Loaders lucid prose, anchored with references to primary sources, makes this book an indispensable resource for students, but scholars will also find much value in the concise overview.

Margaret Y. MacDonaldSt. Francis Xavier University

Much more than a mere distillation of Loaders magisterial five-volume study of attitudes toward sexuality in ancient Jewish and Christian sources. ...This scintil-lating study showcases biblical scholarship in its finest form. Paul Foster


William Loader is professor emeritus of New Testament at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.

978-0-8028-7095-7 / paperback / 175 pages / $24.00 [16.99] / Available

AllThingstoAllCulturesPaul among Jews, Greeks, and Romans

Mark Harding and Alanna Nobbs, editors

This multi-author volume comprises a valuable collection of studies that draw upon and communicate state-of-play scholarship on an impressive galaxy of Pauline topics, judicious assessments of competing hypotheses, and discussion of a wide panoply of evidence. ... Anecessary acquisition for libraries and neces-sary reading for anyone doing serious work on the apostle Paul. Highly recom-mended! Larry W. Hurtado


Contributors: PaulW. Barnett, MichaelF. Bird, CavanW. Concannon, DavidL. Eastman, Christopher Forbes, GregW. Forbes, Mark Harding, TimothyJ. Harris, JamesR. Harrison, Paul McKechnie, Alanna Nobbs, Brent Nongbri, IanK. Smith, MurrayJ. Smith, L.L.Welborn.

Mark Harding is dean of the Australian College of Theology and an honorary associate of Macquarie University.

Alanna Nobbs is professor of ancient history and deputy director of the Ancient Cultures Research Centre at Macquarie University.


TheUnrelentingGodGods Action in ScriptureEssays in Honor of Beverly Roberts Gaventa

David J. Downs and Matthew L. Skinner, editors

In this book honoring Beverly Roberts Gaventa, sixteen accomplished biblical scholars and theologians engage in theologically informed interpretation of Scripture, exploring how various biblical writers, especially Luke and Paul, describe Gods unrelenting commitment to and activity in the world.

Scholars, students, and church leaders will appreciate this volumes careful theological interpretation of whole scriptural books and indi-

vidual passages and its ability to model instructively how that interpretation is best done.

Contributors: Shane Berg, AlexandraR. Brown, William Sanger Campbell, Marti-nusC. de Boer, DavidJ. Downs, Susan Grove Eastman, JoelB. Green, Douglas Harink, RichardB. Hays, L.Ann Jervis, JacquelineE. Lapsley, J.Louis Martyn, JohnB.F. Miller, MatthewL. Skinner, Katherine Sonderegger, Francis Watson, Michael Welker.

David J. Downs is associate professor of New Testament studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.

Matthew L. Skinner is associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota.


FollowingJesusBiblical Reflections on DiscipleshipSecond Edition

N. T. Wright

Featuring a brand-new cover design, this edi-tion of N.T. Wrights popular Following Jesus first published in 1995 includes a new preface in which Wright reflects on the books origin and significance for him personally and on its continued relevance to believers even though our global context has changed.

Wright first outlines the essential messages of six major New Testa ment books Hebrews, Colossians, Matthew, John, Mark, and Revela tion looking in particular at their portrayal of Jesus. In the second part of the

book Wright takes six key New Testament themes resurrection, rebirth, temptation, hell, heaven, and new life in anew world and considers their significance for the lives of present-day disciples.

N. T. Wright is Chair in New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and one of the most highly respected biblical scholars in the world today.

978-0-8028-7120-6 / paperback / 144 pages / $14.00 / JuneUSA, Canada, Mexico, and Philippines rights; SPCK elsewhere


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TheBookofIsaiahEnduring Questions Answered AnewEssays Honoring Joseph Blenkinsopp and His Contribution to the Study of Isaiah

Richard J. Bautch and J. Todd Hibbard, editors

Representing the highest echelon of Isaiah studies, this volume explores distinct issues that arise from critical study of the text of

Isaiah. The contribu-tors acknowledge and comment on the exe-getical contributions of distinguished biblical scholar Joseph Blenkinsopp, providing coherence and distinction to the collection.

This collection of cutting-edge essays by

eminent scholars at once advances dialogue between European and American scholars and provides a fit-ting tribute to one of the most prolific interpreters of Isaiah in this generation. John J. Collins

Yale Divinity School

ContentsIn Praise of Joe Blenkinsopp Philip Davies

Exegetical StudiesAn Initial Problem: The Setting and Purpose of Isaiah 10:1-4 H. G. M. WilliamsonOn the Structure and Formation of the Book of Deutero-Isaiah Rainer AlbertzThe Legal Capacity of Women in the Biblical Tradition of the Persian Period Klaus Baltzer and Peter MarinkovicThe Lament in Isaiah 63:764:11 and Its Literary and Theological Place in Isaiah 4066 Lena-Sofia TiemeyerJoseph Blenkinsopp as an Interpreter of Third Isaiah Hans M. BarstadBuild Up, Pass Through Isaiah 57:1462:12 as the Core Composition of Third Isaiah Andreas Schuele

Thematic EssaysMajor Interchanges in the Book of Isaiah Subservient to Its Umbrella Theme: The Establishment of Yhwhs Sovereign Rule at Mt. Zion (Chs. 1213; 2728; 3940; 5556) Willem A. M. BeukenLittle Highs, Little Lows: Tracing Key Themes in Isaiah Hyun Chul Paul KimKingship and Servanthood in the Book of Isaiah Ulrich BergesEschatology in the Book of Isaiah Marvin A. SweeneyConsumerism, Idolatry, and Environmental Limits in Isaiah Patricia K. TullIsaiahs Interpretive Revolution: How Isaiahs Formation Influenced Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation Jacob Stromberg

Richard J. Bautch is associate dean of the school of humanities and professor of religious studies at St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas.

J. Todd Hibbard is assistant professor of reli-gious studies at University of Detroit Mercy.


WisdomsWonderCharacter, Creation, and Crisis in the Bibles Wisdom Literature

William P. Brown

This book offers a fresh reading of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes with a distinctive empha-sis on wonder as the key to a full under-standing of biblical wisdom. William Brown argues that wonder effectively integrates bibli-cal wisdoms emphasis on character formation

and its outlook on creation, breaking an impasse that has plagued recent wisdom studies.

Using wonder as the interpretive clue, Bill Brown deftly juxtaposes the formation of char-acter by Israels sages with the awe-inspiring universe in which that

frequently disorienting process of education took place. In this way, he explores in amazing detail the richness and diversity of Proverbs, the book of Job, and Ecclesiastes. James L. Crenshaw

Duke University

This book is no mere second edition of William Browns earlier Character in Crisis. While bits and pieces of that book remain, the whole has been completely reenvisioned: character is here combined with creation under the rubric of wonder. In the process, Brown has reconceived the very nature of wisdom itself as fear seeking understanding. In bravely rethinking both his own project and wisdom more broadly, Brown not only discusses the sages but proves that he is one himself.

Brent A. StrawnEmory University

William P. Brown is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. Other books of his include The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder and the Interpretation Bible Commentary volume on Ecclesiastes.


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OldTestamentPseudepigraphaMore Noncanonical ScripturesVolume 1Richard Bauckham, James Davila, and Alexander Panayotov, editors

A monumental work, vital to the study of the early history of

Judaism and Christianity in general, and to the his-tory of ancient biblical interpretation in particular. Anyone who owns one of the earlier compilations of Old Testament pseudepigrapha will have to supple-ment it with this one, which fills in much of whats missing in the others. This is a scholarly achievement for the generations. James Kugel

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TheOralGospelTraditionJames D. G. Dunn

Over many years Jimmy Dunn has alerted us all to the importance of taking seriously the presence of oral tradition in and behind our present Gospels. This volume provides many of his key essays on that broad

topic, including a number of responses to critiques by others. As with all of Dunns work, the argument is invariably readable, persuasive, and compelling.

Christopher Tuckett

6782-7 / pb / 400p / $45.00 [29.99]

GospelWritingA Canonical PerspectiveFrancis Watson

The scope of this major contri-bution is breathtaking. Watson expertly moves from Augustine to Lessing to Q to Thomas to the synoptic problem to the sources of Johns Gospel to the Gospel of

Peter to the emergence of the fourfold gospel canon to Origen to early Christian art and liturgy. The upshot is a slew of new observations and intriguing propos-als that open up fresh lines of inquiry. Required read-ing for all students of the gospel tradition.

Dale C. Allison Jr.

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DeuteronomyA Commentary

Jack R. Lundbom

Jack Lundbom has written what is at last the successor to S. R. Drivers 1895 ICC commentary on Deuteronomy. This exhaustive work includes a fresh translation kept close to the Hebrew so as to bring out rhetorical structures lost in English since the King James Version. Each passage is accompanied by commentary, along with abundant referrals to further scholarship, focusing especially on delimita-tion, framing, keywords, chiasms, and inclusios

determined both from the rhetorical criticism Lundbom is known for and from evidence in the ancient manuscripts. The extensive supple-mentary material at the start of the volume lays out moderate, cautious positions, conversant with the latest critical scholarship.

Robert MillerCatholic University of America

Deuteronomy, though still relatively unknown, is now at the center of the discussion of biblical theology. The great merit of Lundboms commentary is that it will make accessible to a broad scholarly readership theological themes that are essential for both Judaism and Christianity.

Dominik Markl, SJJesuit School of Theology, Berkeley

The expansive character of secondary resources consulted indicates the length and breadth of Lund-boms research and the depth of his insights. ... His appreciation of the biblical book as a complicated and rich piece of literature is made clear through his use of rhetorical criticism. His historical concerns are bolstered by his attention to and evaluation of archaeological data. ... One can hardly do a study of Deuteronomy without consulting this monumental work. The Bible Today

Jack R. Lundbom is a life member at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, England. Among his prior publications are Jeremiah Closer Up, The Hebrew Prophets: An Introduction, and the three-volume Anchor Bible commen-tary on Jeremiah.

978-0-8028-2614-5 / paperback / 1,064 pages $80.00 [53.99] / Available

The New International Commentary on the Old Testament

Robert L. Hubbard Jr., general editor

24 hardcover NICOT volumes available

The Forms of the Old Testament Literature

Rolf P. Knierim, Gene M. Tucker, and Marvin A. Sweeney, series editors

5 paperback FOTL volumes available

The Churchs BibleRobert Louis Wilken, series editor

4 hardcover CB volumes available

The Bible in Medieval Tradition

H. Lawrence Bond, Philip D. W. Krey, and Thomas Ryan, series editors

2 paperback BMT volumes available

The Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary

J. Gordon McConville & Craig Bartholomew, series editors

5 paperback THOTC volumes available

ThePsalmsasChristianLamentA Historical Commentary

Bruce K. Waltke, James M. Houston, and Erika Moore

The Psalms as Christian Lament, like its com-panion volume The Psalms as Christian Worship (2010), uniquely blends verse-by-verse com-mentary with a history of Psalms interpre-tation in the church from the time of the apostles to the present.

In this new book Bruce Waltke, James Hous-ton, and Erika Moore examine ten lament psalms, including six of the seven traditional penitential psalms, covering Psalms 5, 6, 7, 32, 38, 39, 44, 102, 130, and 143. Together they skillfully establish the meaning of the Hebrew text through careful exegesis and trace the

churchs historical interpretation and use of these select psalms, highlighting their deep spiritual significance to Christians through the ages.

Too many Christians, including ministers, ignore the crucial spiritual resources of the

lament psalms. As a result, the church does not know how to pray in the midst of suffering. The Psalms as Christian Lament helps rectify this lack by careful analysis of significant psalms read in the light of the interpretation of the early church. I highly recom-mend this book to all who love the psalms, but I hope ministers in particular will read this book and preach on the lament psalms to the benefit of the church.

Tremper Longman IIIWestmont College

Bruce K. Waltke is Distinguished Profes-sor of Old Testament at Knox Theological Seminary, Fort Lauderdale, and professor emeritus of biblical studies at Regent College, Vancouver.

James M. Houston is founding principal and professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College.

Erika Moore is professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, Pennsylvania.



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The New International Greek Testament Commentary

I. Howard Marshall and Donald A. Hagner, series editors

This well-established and highly acclaimed series is in the process of converting from hardcover to paper-back as commentary volumes reprint.

13 NIGTC volumes pub-lished and available

The Two Horizons New Testament Commentary

Joel B. Green and Max Turner, series editors

5 paperback THNTC volumes available

Christian Commentaries on Non-Christian Sacred Texts

Catherine Cornille, general editor

6 paperback CCNST volumes available

The Pillar New Testa-ment CommentaryD. A. Carson, series editor

TheSecondLettertotheCorinthiansMark A. Seifrid

The question that Paul set before the ancient church in Corinth Do you not recognize that Jesus Christ is in and among you? (2 Corinthians 13:5) remains a critical question for the church today. This commentary by Mark Seifrid seeks to hear Pauls message afresh and communicate it to our time.

Seifrid offers a unified reading of 2Corin-thians, which has often been regarded as a composite of excerpts and fragments. He argues that Pauls message is directed at the practical atheism of the Corinthian church the hidden heresy that assumes Gods

saving work in the world may be mea-sured by outward standards of success and achievement.

Like all of the Pillar volumes, Sei-frids commentary on 2 Corinthians offers careful grammatical analysis and exegesis with clear pastoral application.

If you value detailed, sustained exegesis coupled with deep theological analysis, then this commentary is for you. Here is Mark Seifrid at his very best grappling intensely and respectfully with the content and progression of St. Pauls thought, and bringing it alive for the reader today (his treatment of chapter 5 is a signal example). This is precisely what a commentary is supposed to do. Kudos! James W. Voelz

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Mark A. Seifrid is the Ernest and Mildred Hogan Professor of New Testament at South-ern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and the author of Christ, Our Righ-teousness: Pauls Theology of Justification.

978-0-8028-3739-4 / hardcover / 544 pages $50.00 / AugustUK & Europe rights: IVP

14 other PNTC volumes available

The New International Commentary on the New TestamentJoel B. Green, series editor

TheFirstEpistletotheCorinthiansSecond Edition

Gordon D. Fee

This landmark commentary by Gordon Fee, originally published in 1987, has been lauded as the best study available of Pauls theologi-

cally rich first letter to the Corinthians. Writing primarily for pastors, teachers, and students, Fee offers a readable exposition of 1Corinthians that clearly describes the meaning of Pauls ideas and their larger theological relevance.

This second edi-tion is based on the

improved, updated (2011) edition of the NIV, and it takes into account the considerable scholarship on 1Corinthians over the past twenty-five years. Fee has also eliminated chapter and verse language totally for-eign to Pauls first-century letter relegating the (necessary) numbers for finding things to parentheses.

Praise for the first edition

Fee has given us a paradigm of what a commentary should be. Journal of the

Evangelical Theological Society

This is an excellent commentary. Writing in the best tradition of evangelical scholarship, Fee has produced the most thorough interpretation of 1Corinthians to have appeared in English in this generation.

Journal of Biblical Literature

Gordon D. Fee is professor emeritus of New Testament studies at Regent College, Van-couver, British Columbia, and former general editor of the New Testament International Commentary on the New Testament series.

978-0-8028-7136-7 / hardcover / 1,024 pages $65.00 [43.99] / June

17 other NICNT volumes available


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ExploringOurHebraicHeritageA Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal

Marvin R. Wilson

In this very readable sequel to his popular book Our Father Abraham, Marvin Wilson illuminates theological, spiritual, and ethical themes of the Hebrew scriptures that directly affect Christian

understanding and experience.

Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage draws from both Christian and Jewish commen-tary in discussing such topics as think-ing theologically about Abraham, understanding the God of Israel and his reputation in

the world, and what it means for humans to be created in Gods image. Wilson calls for the church to restore, renew, and protect its foundations by studying and appreciating its origins in Judaism.

Designed to serve as an academic classroom text or for use in personal or group study, the book includes hundred of questions for review and discussion.

A rare literary gem. ... Wilsons mastery of both Christian and Judaic texts, theologies, and traditions is nothing short of staggering. Equally, however, it is easily accessible for students and seekers, not just academics; congregants and parishioners, not just clergy. Jews, atheists, and Gentiles alike can all find their way into and through this truly informative and inspirational work. ... A book for the mind, the heart, and the soul. Rabbi Baruch HaLevi

author of Revolution of Jewish Spirit

For two thousand years, we have longed for a Chris-tian scholar of Judaism as sensitive and knowledge-able as Marvin Wilson, and his work fulfills our hopes. Insightful and deeply learned, this book is a remarkable example of a Christian theology that affirms Judaism with respect and appreciation.

Susannah Heschelauthor of The Aryan Jesus: Christian

Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany

Marvin R. Wilson is H. J. Ockenga Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts. He is also the author of Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith and served as the primary scholar for the television documentary Jews& Christians: AJourney of Faith.

978-0-8028-7145-9 / paperback / 304 pages $22.00 [14.99] / June

JustificationReconsideredRethinking a Pauline Theme

Stephen Westerholm

Reading Stephen Westerholms sketch of justifica-tion in Paul is a duty and a joy. This volume intro-duces the subject clearly and elegantly to students. But it also throws down the gauntlet to the New Perspectivists. How will they respond?

Simon GathercoleUniversity of Cambridge

Justification Reconsidered is a valuable summary and extension of Westerholms fresh and

compelling arguments about Paul and Judaism in his Perspectives Old and New on Paul. This book engages with key biblical and theological issues in current interpretation of Paul and is marked by a refreshingly clear and forthright style.

Douglas J. MooWheaton College

Every student wrestling with justification will be grateful for this highly engaging book.Westerholm nimbly develops the mainstream interpretation, while critiquing popular current alternatives (includ-ing those by Campbell and Wright).Here is ready ammunition for an importantcontinuing debate.

John M. G. BarclayDurham University

Anything Stephen Westerholm writes on justi-fication by faith is not just worth reading; it is essential reading. If you have been led to believethat Paul is only concerned with a Gentile problem, not a human problem; that justification means belonging to the covenant; that works of law refers simply to boundary markers; that justification theory must be eliminated from Paul; then you have not been fully informed. And if being well informed on such things matters to you, then read this book.

R. Barry MatlockUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Stephen Westerholm is professor of early Christianity at McMaster University, Hamil-ton, Ontario. His other books include Perspec-tives Old and New on Paul: The Lutheran Paul and His Critics and Israels Law and the Churchs Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters.


Lutheran Quarterly BooksPaul Rorem, series editor

TheEarlyLutherStages in a Reformation Reorientation

Berndt HammTranslated by Martin Lohrmann

Many Luther scholars over the past century have sought to identify the decisive breakthrough in Luthers Reformation theology, usually finding it at some point between 1515 and 1518. By means of a meticulous and original analysis of Luthers early life and writings, Berndt Hamms challenging book breaks with this paradigm, showing how Luthers progression toward a new understanding of Christian

faith, especially when viewed from the perspec-tive of his late medieval theology and piety, was a multi-layered and gradual process stretching out from 1505 to 1520. This is a major contribution to Luther studies, not least because of its insistence on the mystical foundations of Luthers theology.

Bernard McGinnUniversity of Chicago Divinity School

In this volume Hamm harvests the fruits of forty years of studying the late medieval theology of piety and places Luther in its context, illuminating many aspects of what Hamm rightly sees as the gradual development of Luthers evangelical understanding of Scripture. This perspective enriches our under-standing of why and how his theology took form and how it functioned within the milieu in which Luther grew up and began his career. Robert Kolb

Concordia Seminary

A welcome and refreshing perspective on the develop-ment of Martin Luthers theology. ... Especially noteworthy and intriguing is Hamms discussion of how the concept of faith, regarded as the lowest of emotions and virtues previously, became central to Luthers view of the Christian life. ... This eminently readable book provides a gateway to a clearer under-standing of Luther. Arland J. Hultgren

Luther Seminary

Berndt Hamm is professor emeritus of modern church history at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and the author of The Reformation of Faith in the Context of Late Medieval Theology and Piety.



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TrinityandRevelationA Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, Volume 2

Veli-Matti Krkkinen

The second installment in Pentecostal theo-logian Veli-Matti Krkkinens wide and deep five-volume constructive theology for our time, this book develops a theology of triune revelation and the triune God in dialogue with

Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual diver-sity, and with other major living faiths.

Truly an amazing work. One cannot help but be amazed at Veli-Matti Krkkinens breadth and depth of knowledge of the Chris-

tian and other faith traditions as well as his ability to weave the various voices into a coherent, hospitable, and inclusive Christian constructive theology. ... Trinity and Revelation is a major breakthrough in the field! Eleazar S. Fernandez

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities

Krkkinens systematic theology, while firmly rooted in the evangelical theological tradition, is wonderfully and warmly ecumenical, frankly Christian but still open to the insights and practices of other religious ways, and widely inclusive of Christian thinkers from all contexts and cultures. ... His breadth of scholarship is amazing. I will await the next three volumes in this groundbreaking project with considerable impatience.

Stephen Bevans, SVDCatholic Theological Union, Chicago

While not neglecting his rootedness in the Christian faith, Krkkinen casts a fresh light on the topics of revelation and Trinity by opening up the conversa-tion to the challenges of religious pluralism. The global reach of this theology is implicitly pentecostal in the broadest and richest sense of the term.

Frank D. MacchiaVanguard University

Veli-Matti Krkkinen is professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, and docent of ecumenics at the University of Helsinki, Finland.


TheologyforLiberalProtestantsGod the Creator

Douglas F. Ottati

In this stunning volume Douglas Ottati presents a historically rich and religiously nuanced account of Christian faith that decisively reorients contem-

porary theology. ... This book is a treasure trove of insight into the dynamics of the Christian life. Ottati is a distinctive theological voice, and this volume establishes him as one of the foremost theologians working today. It should be widely read, carefully pondered, and deeply treasured.

William SchweikerUniversity of Chicago Divinity School

If youve ever feared that American liberal theology was down for the count, youll be cheered by Douglas Ottatis careful and accessible work. Drawing on distinctive themes from Augustinian, Protestant, and liberal traditions, Ottati puts forward a robust and unapologetic liberal theology in the Reformed tradition. Rebekah Miles

Southern Methodist University

By situating humans within the larger contexts of cosmic ecology and cosmic passage, and ultimately in the context of God, Ottatis Theology for Liberal Protestants: God the Creator constructs a hum-bling yet inspiring theocentric vision of the cosmos and human life. This is a remarkable and much-needed contribution to systematic theology.

Douglas J. SchuurmanSt. Olaf College

Theology for Liberal Protestants is a much-needed book by a master teacher. In it Doug Ottati recovers something in danger of being lost a systematic account of contemporary life in relation to God as Creator-Judge-Redeemer. He succeeds admirably. ... Engagingly written and accessible to a wide range of readers. Roger J. Gench

The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church

Douglas F. Ottati is Craig Family Distin-guished Professor of Reformed Theology and Justice at Davidson College in North Carolina. Among his other books are Hopeful Realism: Reclaiming the Poetry of Theology and Theology for Liberal Presbyterians and Other Endangered Species.


Sacra Doctrina: Christian Theology for a Postmodern AgeAlan G. Padgett, series editor

BeingPromisedTheology, Gift, and Practice

Gregory WalterForeword by Patrick R. Keifert

The title Being Promised works both ways: How does promising work? And what sort of being does promise open? Gregory Walter takes us through the intertwining postmodern problems of promise and gift with a penetrating eye and with patient teasing and tweaking. An amazing achievement.

Robert W. JensonInstitute for Theological Inquiry

Gregory Walters Being Promised is brilliant. Drawing on analyses of gift exchange from cultural anthropology and phe-nomenology, it provides a theological account of promise as gift that moves beyond speech-act theory. Centered on Gods promise in the

crucified Jesus, it not only uncovers the phenomenon of promise as gift, but also considers its power, being, and time, how it interacts with the plurality of lifes circumstances, and the place of this promise in the body of Christ and in the neighbor. After reading this book, you will never again speak glibly about hospitality or forgiveness. Lois Malcolm

Luther Seminary

The dimension of promise has not been adequately mapped in contemporary theological discussions on gift. Gregory Walter accomplishes a detailed topology of this phenomenon, relating biblical promises to the overarching issues of hospitality and recognition. Being Promised demonstrates vividly the relevance of doctrinal theology for current anthropological debates. Risto Saarinen

University of Helsinki

Gregory Walter is associate professor of religion at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.



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InterventionsConor Cunningham, series editor

HauerwasA (Very) Critical Introduction

Nicholas M. Healy

Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most impor-tant and robustly creative theologians of our time, and his work is well known and much admired. But NicholasM. Healy himself an admirer of Hauerwass thought believes that it has not yet been subjected to the kind of sustained critical analysis that is warranted by such a significant and influential Christian thinker. As someone interested in the broad systematic-theological implications of Hauer-

wass work, Healy begins to fill that gap with this book.

A must-read! Healy interprets Hauerwas as mirroring Schleier-macher. Its a provoca-tion so clearly argued that this will become a touchstone, not just for future interpretation of Hauerwas but for

our engagement with a great deal of contemporary theology. R. R. Reno

editor of First Things

Theological controversy is an art in which few are skilled. This (very) critical response to a much-admired contemporary, however, exemplifies the virtues necessary to mount a substantial challenge without straying into invective: it keeps calm; it concentrates on matters of substance; it manifests sympathetic understanding of the body of writing which it seeks to contest; and more than anything it articulates its puzzlements and disagreements on the basis of convictions about God and the gospel.

John WebsterUniversity of St. Andrews

Nicholas M. Healy is professor of theology and religious studies at St. Johns University, Jamaica, New York. He is also the author of Church, World and the Christian Life: Practical- Prophetic Ecclesiology and Thomas Aquinas: Theologian of the Christian Life.


TheNonviolentGodJ. Denny Weaver

This bold new statement on the nonviolence of God challenges the long-standing assump-tions of divine violence in theology, the vio-lent God pictured in the Old Testament, and the supposed violence of God in Revelation. In The Nonviolent God J. Denny Weaver argues that

since God is revealed in Jesus, the nonviolence of Jesus most truly reflects the character of God.

Powerful, insightful, and practical. ... Denny Weaver doesnt down-play the violent strand that runs throughout Scripture, but he compellingly argues

that nonviolence lies at the heart of Jesus revelation of God and that this understanding of God is far more prevalent in Scripture than most Western Bible readers realize. Not all will agree with Weaver, but the profound challenge he presents in this book is one that every follower of Jesus needs to wrestle with.

Gregory A. Boydauthor of The Myth of a Christian Nation

Those who would claim that the God worshiped by Christians justifies violence either the violence of war or that of racism, sexism, or economic exploita-tion will now have to contend with this richly textured book by Denny Weaver. ... Makes the compelling claim that the God of Jesus does not deal with the world by violence and thus neither should humanity.

Susan Brooks Thistlethwaiteauthor of #Occupy the Bible: What Jesus Really Said

(and Did) about Money and Power

All those who seek biblical and theological ground-ing for a God who resists cultures of guns, violence, and war will be profoundly nourished by this careful, revelatory study of the nonviolent God revealed in Jesus Christ and his story.

Rita Nakashima Brockcoauthor of Soul Repair: Recovering

from Moral Injury after War

J. Denny Weaver is professor emeritus of religion at Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio. His other books include The Nonviolent Atone-ment and Defenseless Christianity: Anabaptism for a Nonviolent Church.


ApproachingtheEndEschatological Reflections on Church, Politics, and Life

Stanley Hauerwas

Reading Hauerwas is like walking in on a family argument. You dont always know when and how the fight started, but you cant take your eyes off it, youre galvanized by the energy in the room, you suddenly find the fight is about things youve always been trou-

bled by and you sure as hell will stay rooted to the spot until you see how the argument comes out. Stanley Hauerwas writes unputdownable theology because he believes in a God who will never put us down until its clear how our story comes out.

Samuel WellsKings College London

This book represents the mature thought of one of the most creative and insightful thinkers of our time. Here we see Hauerwas grappling with the difficul-ties caused by the positions his obedience to Jesus Christ has compelled him to take. Those who think they already know what Hauerwas has to say should read this book and rediscover the restless Hauerwas, whose thought is always straining forward to what lies ahead. William Cavanaugh

DePaul University

First-time Hauerwas readers are likely to be surprised to encounter the unstinting rigor of a Christian theologian who dares to think about last things while looking squarely at the prospect of his own death. Longtime readers will be struck that Hauerwas continues to challenge us to rethink what it means for Christians to affirm that God is making all things new. Michael Cartwright

University of Indianapolis

Once again the master brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old I shall return to these essays with gratitude for their grace and insight.

Fergus KerrUniversity of Edinburgh

Stanley Hauerwas is Gilbert T. Rowe Profes-sor of Theological Ethics at Duke University. Among his many other books are Living Gently in a Violent World, A Cross-Shattered Church, and Hannahs Child: A Theologians Memoir.

978-0-8028-6959-3 / paperback / 268 pages $24.00 / AvailableUK & Europe rights: SCM-Canterbury


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BetweentheBeginningandtheEndA Radical Kingdom Vision

J. H. BavinckBert Hielema, translator

Twentieth-century Dutch missiologist and prolific author J.H. Bavinck was committed to confronting the world with the saving message of Christ. In this first English trans-lation of the Dutch work published in 1946, Bavinck presents a cosmic kingdom vision

and champions the coming of the king-dom of Christ as the basic message of the gospel.

Starting with an incisive chapter on the significance of Urzeit, or primordial time, for all of history, Between the Beginning and the End explores the meaning of his-

tory as revealed in Scripture and shows how Scripture is addressed to all people, not just those bound to the setting of the events it describes. The book discusses the theme of the kingdom in Scripture, its prefiguration in the ceremonial symbols of Israel, and the promise of its restoration in Jesus Christ.

Bavinck eloquently challenges believers to live as kingdom people as he expresses a uniquely Reformed perspective on the eternal significance of our temporal world. His escha- tological vision, which permeates the book, is now more relevant than ever as climate change, resource depletion, financial turmoil, and other issues increasingly threaten our world.

With Bert Hielemas skillful translation capturing the beauty and power of Bavincks original text, Between the Beginning and the End calls all Christians to consider anew the entire scope of the church and Christs kingdom. The book includes a brief biographical sketch of Bavinck and a tribute to him, written in October 2000, by JohanD. Tangelder, one of Bavincks many devoted students.

J. H. Bavinck (18951964) was the premier twentieth-century missiologist in the Dutch Calvinist tradition. A choice selection from his other significant writings was published last year as The J.H. Bavinck Reader, edited by John Bolt, James D. Bratt, and Paul J. Visser.

978-0-8028-7130-5 / paperback / 160 pages $20.00 [12.99] / August

Prophetic ChristianityBruce Ellis Benson, Malinda Elizabeth Berry, and Peter Goodwin Heltzel, series editors

PropheticRageA Postcolonial Theology of Liberation

Johnny Bernard Hill

This book is a powerful and prophetic expression of the new generation of freedom fighters. ... Dont miss it! Cornel West

Union Theological Seminary

Hill offers a fresh trajectory of black theology.

Walter BrueggemannColumbia Theological Seminary

Prophetic Rage is, quite simply, THE book in black theology for which many of us have been wait-

ing. In this eminently readable work Johnny Hill accomplishes what so many have given a nod to but not substantively dealt with in the field of theology constructing a theol-ogy that not only takes seriously the suffering of black people but uses the creativity of their own tradition to do so.

Stephen G. Ray Jr.Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

This ambitious text from Hill ... capitalizes on the 50th anniversary of the watershed March on Wash-ington and the reelection of President Barack Obama as opportunity for reflection on how theologians and Christians consider or fail to consider notions of empire and nihilism.

Publishers Weekly

Lays the foundation for a postcolonial liberation theology and prophetic rage against such continu-ing forms of injustice as racism, poverty, militarism, violence, nihilism, materialism, imperialism, mass incarceration, and more. Seminarians, clergy, and laypersons concerned about justice will find this book to be a most useful guide for their social thought and action. Peter J. Paris

Princeton Theological Seminary

Johnny Bernard Hill is associate professor of philosophy and religion at Claflin Univer-sity, Orangeburg, South Carolina, and the author of The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics, and the American Dream.


LivingforJesusandJapanThe Social and Theological Thought of Uchimura Kanzo

Shibuya Hiroshi and Chiba Shin, editors

Uchimura Kanz (18611930) was an inde-pendent, original, and thought-provoking pioneer of Christianity in modern Japan. His inner theological convictions were organically linked with his aspirations for living out such evangelical and social values as prophetic wit-ness, neighborly love, social justice, pacifism, patriotism, and internationalism. Uchimura

passionately loved both Jesus and Japan, and this interdis-ciplinary volume shows the continu-ing relevance of his wide-ranging Chris-tian thought for our present world.

In these essays on Uchimura Kanz, readers will discover

fresh perspectives on the United States, love of God and nation, pacifism, missionary movement, Bible, church, and Christian doctrine from one of the most extraordinary Christians of late Meiji and Taish Japan. Written mainly by scholars working in Japan, this collection represents an outstanding contribu-tion to Uchimura scholarship in English.

Thomas John HastingsJapan International Christian

University Foundation

The topical approach of this volume complements more biographical approaches to Uchimura Kanz, resulting in a compelling account of his struggle to articulate and live a biblical faith during a turbulent era of nation-formation and imperial expansion.

Trent MaxeyAmherst College

Contributors

Andrew E. Barshay, Chiba Kei, Chiba Shin, Lee Kyoungae, Miura Hiroshi, Ohyama Tsunao, Shibuya Hiroshi, Shogimen Takashi, Takahashi Yasuhiro, Yagyu Kunichika.

Shibuya Hiroshi is professor emeritus at Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.

Chiba Shin is a professor at the International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan.



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TheHumanBeingA Theological Anthropology

Hans Schwarz

With a teachers wisdom and deep learning worn lightly, Hans Schwarz discusses biblical, theologi-cal, and scientific perspectives on human life. The Human Being is a wonderfully clear presentation of Christian theology, covering all the main points

and never failing to present a contemporary perspective on what it means to be human.

Alan G. PadgettLuther Seminary

This theological anthropology is a remarkable accomplish-ment. Hans Schwarz has given us a true interdisciplinary work

that deals with every possible dimension and topic that one hopes to find in such a volume. ... Scholars and students will find this book a rich and exciting resource. J. Wentzel van Huyssteen

Princeton Theological Seminary

Christians are Easter people living from and toward that Easter experience of a new creation, Schwarz concludes. The anticipation of new creation makes life as a human being exciting and joy-filled. In this detailed and comprehensive theological description of the human person-in-community, Schwarz prophesies that we are who we are because of Gods future. Ted Peters

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

What does it mean to be human? With his usual encyclopedic coverage of current and historical knowledge, Schwarz addresses this question from a theological perspective incorporating material from biblical studies as well as the life and social sciences while addressing the challenging questions of sustaining human community today. Very readable and accessible. Ernest Simmons

Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota

Hans Schwarz is Professor of Systematic Theology and Contemporary Theological Issues at the University of Regensburg, Germany. His other books include Theology in a Global Context: The Last Two Hundred Years and volumes on Christology, eschatology, and the doctrine of creation.


GodtheRevealedChristology

Michael WelkerTranslated by Douglas W. Stott

Welker helps make Jesus Christ come alive for us today by tackling the many theological challenges that obstruct recognition of God in our midst. In the process he offers a wonderfully complex account of our encounter with God in Christ inall its poly-phonic and multidimen-

sional reality.A compelling and wise book.

Kathryn TannerYale Divinity School

This is the study many have been waiting for the mature thought of a leading scholar, weaving together insights from historical studies, biblical material, doctrinal developments, confessional convictions, philosophical arguments, cultural observations, and contemporary experiences in a creative way and responding to Bonhoeffers ques-tion Who is Jesus Christ for us today? There is nothing available that can be quite compared to this wide-ranging study. Dirk J. Smit

University of Stellenbosch


TheDepthoftheHumanPersonA Multidisciplinary Approach

Michael Welker, editor

This volume brings together a worldwide array of leading theologians, biblical scholars, scientists, philosophers, ethicists, and others to explore the multidimensionality and depth of the human person. Moving away from dualistic (mind-body, spirit-flesh, natural-mental) anthropologies, the books twenty contributors examine human personhood in terms of a complex flesh-body-mind-heart-soul-conscience-reason-spirit spectrum.

The Depth of the Human Person begins with a provocative essay on the question Why is personhood conceptually difficult? It then rises to the challenge of relating theological contributions on the subject to various

scientific explora-tions. Finally, the book turns to contemporary theological-ethical challenges, discuss-ing such subjects as human dignity, embodiment, gender stereotypes, and human personhood at the edges of life.

Contributors

Maria Antonaccio, Warren S. Brown, Philip Clayton, Volker Henning Drecoll, Markus Hfner, Origen V. Jathanna, Malcolm Jeeves, Isolde Karle, Eiichi Katayanagi, Andreas Kemmerling, Stephan Kirste, Bernd Oberdorfer, John C. Polkinghorne, Jeffrey P. Schloss, Andreas Schle, William Schweiker, Gerd Theissen, Gnter Thomas, Frank Vogelsang, Michael Welker.

Michael Welker is professor and chair of systematic theology and executive director of the Research Centre for International and Interdisciplinary Theology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. His other books include The Spirit in Creation and New Creation: Science and Theology in Western and Orthodox Realms and What Happens in Holy Communion?


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KierkegaardsConceptofFaithMerold Westphal

In this book respected Christian philosopher Merold Westphal presents an authoritative study of Sren Kierkegaards writings on bibli-cal, Christian faith and its relation to reason.

Across five books Fear and Trembling, Philosophical Fragments, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Sickness unto Death, and Practice in Christianity and under three pseudonyms, Kierkegaard sought to articulate a biblical concept of faith by approaching it from a variety of perspectives in relation to one another. Westphal offers a careful textual reading of Kierkegaards reflections on the story of Abraham, his analysis of the differ-ence between Platonic recollection and divine revelation at particular times and places, his description of belief in the context of human finitude, and his critique of reason as the ideology of particular established social and

religious orders. Through all these various contexts, Westphal presents an overarching analysis of Kierkegaards conception of the true meaning of biblical faith.

Though Kierke-gaard presents a complex picture of faith, Westphal

argues that his perspective is a faithful and illuminating one, making claims that are important for philosophy of religion, for theology, and most of all for Christian life as it might be lived by faithful people.

Merold Westphal is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Fordham Univer-sity and an adjunct professor at Australian Catholic University. His books have won awards from Choice magazine, the American Academy of Religion, Christianity Today, and the National Jesuit Honor Society.


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How(Not)toBeSecularReading Charles Taylor

James K. A. Smith

Charles Taylors landmark book A Secular Age (2007) provides a monumental, incisive analysis of what it means to live in the post-Christian present a pluralist world of competing beliefs and growing unbelief. This book by Jamie Smith is a compact field guide to Taylors insightful study of the secular, making that very significant but daunting work accessible to a wide array of readers.

Even more, though, Smiths How (Not) to Be Secular is a practical philosophical guidebook, a kind of how-to manual on how to live in our secular age. It ultimately offers an adventure in self-understanding and maps out a way to get our bearings in todays secular culture, no matter who we are whether believers or skeptics, devout or doubting, self-assured or puzzled and confused. This is a book for any

thinking person to chew on.

Charles Taylors crucial book on our secular age is inaccessible for most people, including the church leaders who desperately need to learn from its insight. Jamie Smiths book is the solu-tion to this problem. As a gateway into Taylors

thought, this volume (if read widely) could have a major impact on the level of theological leadership that our contemporary church is getting. It could also have a great effect on the quality of our communica-tion and preaching. I highly recommend this book.

Tim KellerRedeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City

A brilliant, beautifully written book on the dilemma of faith in a modern secular age. ... How (Not) to Be Secular is a gem. T. M. Luhrmann

Stanford University

James K. A. Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin College, where he also holds the Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. He is the award-winning author of a number of books, including Whos Afraid of Postmodernism?, Thinking in Tongues, Desiring the Kingdom, and Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works, and he also serves as the editor of Comment magazine.


Kierkegaard as a Christian ThinkerC. Stephen Evans and Paul Martens, series editors

ErosandSelf-EmptyingThe Intersections of Augustine and Kierkegaard

Lee C. Barrett

This inaugural KCT volume offers a novel, nuanced comparative study of early church father Augustine and nineteenth-century philosopher-theologian Sren Kierkegaard. Never before have these two seminal thinkers

been probed together in such detail and with such insight.

What has Hippo to do with Copenhagen? In this superb study Lee Barrett displays how, for all of their differ-ences, Augustine and Kierkegaard unexpect-edly share a vision of the Christian life as

a journey circling around two central themes: the hearts restless desire-filled journey to God and Gods self-emptying journey to the individual. ... Barretts command of each thinkers writings, historical con-text, and reception is complete. ... Shows how reading both Augustine and Kierkegaard as rhetorical and dialectical thinkers challenges us to rethink tradi-tional Catholic and Protestant binary oppositions.

David J. GouwensBrite Divinity School

One could hardly ask for a finer or more highly nuanced treatment of the convergences and diver-gences, both direct and indirect, between Augustine and Kierkegaard than Barrett has given us in this rich comparative study of these two great theologians of love. Sylvia Walsh

Stetson University

Kierkegaard scholarship has long needed a definitive study of the Augustine-Kierkegaard relationship; and this is it. ... This book will be valuable not just for students of Augustine, at the dawn of state-sponsored Christendom, or of Kierkegaard, at its twilight, but also for anyone who wants to understand the whole of Western Christianity at its heart.

Andrew J. BurgessUniversity of New Mexico

Lee C. Barrett is Stager Professor of Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary, author of the Abingdon Pillars of Theology volume on Kierkegaard, and coeditor of the two-volume work Kierkegaard and the Bible.



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GodasLoveThe Concept and Spiritual Aspects of Agape in Modern Russian Religious Thought

Johannes Miroslav Oravecz

This is an encyclopedic work of immense scholar-ship, unprecedented in the study of Russian religious thought. Not only does Johannes Oravecz give us valuable analyses of works on Divine love by the major figures of Russian philosophy (Solovyov, Florensky, Bulgakov), but he also ventures into the byways and introduces us to the ideas of lesser known writers such as Malevanskii, Tareev, and Svetlov. This book is obviously rooted in Oraveczs personal experience: it is a book about Gods love written by someone who loves God. Boris Jakim

In this much-needed study of the historical development of Russian theology in the modern period, Johannes Oravecz brings to the attention of English readers some hidden gems of Russian theol-ogy. ... He intersperses his discussion with excerpts from the theo-

logical writings under review, many of them rendered into English for the first time. Oraveczs God as Love offers a wealth of bibliographical information and is sure to become a standard reference work both for specialists in Russian theology and for scholars interested in learning from other voices of the Chris-tian tradition. T. Allan Smith

University of St. Michaels College, Toronto

An outstanding introduction into the Russian Orthodox religious thought of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Oravecz demonstrates with precision and competence the rich complexity of the Russian theological and philosophical realm.

Lubomir ZakPontifical Lateran University, Vatican City, Rome

Johannes Miroslav Oravecz earned his doctoral degree at the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm, Rome, Italy, in 2010. He is a lec-turer and retreat master on diverse theological and spiritual topics and an active member of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.


InterventionsConor Cunningham, series editor

TheAnalogicalTurnRethinking Modernity with Nicholas of Cusa

Johannes Hoff

Much more than a monograph on a historical figure, this imaginatively crafted and extremely scholarly volume constitutes one of the most significant works of theology in the twenty-first century so far. I believe that it will exert a very considerable influence on future theoretical reflections both within theology and without. John Milbank

University of Nottingham

In this fascinating book Johannes Hoff shows us how Nicholas of Cusa sought to express the insights of the classical and medieval worldview in the con-ceptuality of the modern. With enormous learning and great insight, Hoff s Analogical Turn illumi-

nates some of the urgent problems of philosophy and theology today.

Andrew LouthDurham University

With The Analogi-cal Turn: Rethink-ing Modernity with Nicholas of Cusa Johannes Hoff has given us the most challenging and most readable book

on the fifteenth-century cardinal to have appeared in English. But, as the title suggests, at issue is much more the shape and fate of our modern world. Recently there has been much talk about this being a postmodern, postsecular age. Hoff s book should make such talk more thoughtful.

Karsten HarriesYale University

Crucially enhances our understanding of the origins of modernity in the late Middle Ages. ... Hoff shows how the fragmented and illusory modern world in which we live was not an inevitable outcome of the cultural and intellectual upheavals of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. ... This is scholarship of the very highest caliber. Hoff s book will establish itself as one of the most significant works of Christian theology and philosophy in recent years.

Simon OliverUniversity of Nottingham

Johannes Hoff is professor of systematic theology at Heythrop College in the Univer-sity of London.


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AnalogiaEntis:MetaphysicsOriginal Structure and Universal RhythmErich PrzywaraTranslated by John R. Betz and David Bentley Hart

At last English readers have available a translation of one of the great masterworks of twentieth-century theology and philosophy, giving them a much better sense of the course of both Catholic and Protestant thought since the inter-war period. John Betz and David

Bentley Hart have done a remarkable job of render-ing Przywaras Analogia Entis into highly readable English without losing any of the sense or nuances of the German original.

John Milbank

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TheTraditionofLiberalTheologyMichael J. Langford

This book is winsomely written, cogently argued, and focused mainly on the early British tradition. Like Michael Langfords previous books on this

subject, The Tradition of Liberal Theology offers a rationalistic perspective and a deeply informed account of where liberal theology came from and why it still matters.

Gary Dorrienauthor of The Making of

American Liberal Theology

Langford gives a clear and accessible account of liberal theologys quest to strike the appropriate balance between faith and reason in the search for truth.

John Polkinghorneauthor of Belief in God in an Age of Science

Michael J. Langford is professor emeritus of philosophy and bioethics at Memorial Univer-sity of Newfoundland.



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BeingChristianBaptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer

Rowan Williams

In this simple, beautifully written book Rowan Williams explores four essential com-ponents of the Christian life: baptism, Bible, Eucharist, and prayer. Despite huge differ-ences in Christian thinking and practice both today and in past centuries, he says, these four basic elements have remained constant and

indispensable for the majority of those who call themselves Christians.

In accessible, pastoral terms Williams discusses the meaning and practice of baptism, the Bible, the Eucharist, and prayer, inviting readers to really

think through the Christian faith and how to live it out. Questions for reflection and discussion at the end of each chapter help readers dig deeper and apply Williamss insights to their own lives.

Rowan Williams at his best ... worldly-wise, pas-torally gentle, grounded deeply in tradition, acutely alert to the real world of violence where God indwells. ... Ushers us more deeply into our best discernment of the Christian life. Walter Brueggemann

Columbia Theological Seminary

With clarity and with startling eloquence, one of the greatest theologians and most respected church leaders of our time guides readers into a deeper understanding of the essential elements of the Chris-tian life. Rowan Williams has written that rarest of books, a work of profound theological insight that is also lively, beautiful, and relevant.

Michael JinkinsLouisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Rowan Williams served as the 104th Arch-bishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012 and is now Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. His numerous other books include Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles Our Judgement, The Lions World: A Journey into the Heart of Narnia, and Tokens of Trust: An Introduc-tion to Christian Belief.

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ToughestPeopletoLoveHow to Understand, Lead, and Love the Difficult People in Your Life Including Yourself

Chuck DeGroat

People frustrating, confusing, disappoint-ing, complicated are the most difficult part of leadership; they challenge leaders every-where, from leaders of many to managers of a few. In this book Chuck DeGroat addresses the flawed nature of people and offers wisdom for

leaders of all types in dealing with just about anyone who is difficult to lead and to love.

Toughest People to Love explores particular types of difficult people and encourages leaders to examine and take care of themselves so that they can better

understand and care for others. Based on DeGroats wealth of experience as a pastor, professor, and therapist, this book both wise and practical is one that countless leaders will go back to time and again for valuable insights and renewed vision.

Chuck DeGroat combines thoughtful reflection with psychological learning and spiritual vision. This book will give wise guidance to anybody who is called to lead. John Ortberg

Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

This brilliant book is a road map through the morass of convoluted relationships we all face in our families, neighborhoods, work, and ministries. ... I wish Id had this indispensable resource alife-giving well much earlier in my life. I will return often to it. Dan B. Allender

Seattle School of Theology and Psychology

Chuck DeGroat is associate professor of pas-toral care and counseling at Western Theologi-cal Seminary, Holland, Michigan, and former teaching pastor of City Church San Francisco and executive director of City Churchs Coun-seling Center. He is also the author of Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places.


Reality,Grief,HopeThree Urgent Prophetic Tasks

Walter Brueggemann

It is one thing to call for a prophetic imagination; it is quite another matter to actually have a prophetic imagination. This book clearly shows Brueggemann to have the unrelenting realism that possessed the

imagination of the ancient prophets. ... With steely-eyed obser-vation he helps us see, amid the despair that has gripped American life since 2001, that there is hope a hope grounded in the every-day work of the church. This is Brueggemann at his very best.

Stanley HauerwasDuke Divinity School

Takes us from the world of the Bible to the headlines of today, opening inconvenient but desperately needed truths. ... If youve never read Brueggemann, here is your entry point. If youve been reading him for years, this one is not to be missed.

Brian D. McLarenauthor/speaker/activist

Through a carefully nuanced analogy with the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 bce, Brueggemanns Reality, Grief, Hope presents a passionate and timely exploration of the theological crises that have infected the U.S., particularly since the 9/11 attacks. ... A splendid work of public theology!

Gale A. YeeEpiscopal Divinity School

Challenges the churches to a prophetic task in the face of the twin ills in American exceptionalism: complacency when things go well and self-centered despair when (as after 9/11) they go badly. Bruegge-mann shows how the witness of the Old Testament prophets can be a resource for faithful hope that does not rest on cynical self-concern. John Barton

Oriel College, Oxford

Walter Brueggemann is professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. His many other books include A Social Reading of the Old Testa-ment, The Threat of Life, Theology of the Old Tes-tament, and The Prophetic Imagination.



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InspiredThe Holy Spirit and the Mind of Faith

Jack Levison

This book on the place of the Holy Spirit in the church and the Christian life is a tour de force. Jack Levison is, in my experience, the most competent scholar and clearest writer on the Holy Spirit that I have known. But he is far more than a scholar; he

is a Christian who is passionate to bring biblical clarity and understanding to the church worldwide.

Eugene PetersonRegent College

Levison here gives us a brilliant line of argu-ment that is lucidly and almost affectionately delivered brilliant

in that it scintillates with insight after insight and connection after connection, lucid in that Levison w

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