In a unique collaborative project, the oceanographer Meric Srokosz and the biblical scholar Rebecca Watson not only offer environmental insights on the sea, but also connect the ocean with other key issues of broader concern-spirituality, economics,...

This A-Z volume is a comprehensive critical survey of the main persons, events, controversies, concepts, and institutions of twentieth-century evangelical theology.

This provocative study, first published by SPCK in 1991, looks at how the Bible has been subjected to ideological manipulation.

"City and Sanctuary" challenges some common assumptions about the Near East in the Roman and Early Byzantine periods, by examining the architecture and urban desing of five cities: Palmyra, Petra, Gerasa, Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem....

Hyam Maccoby controversially suggests that Jesus was not only friendly to the Pharisees, but was actually a member of their group. He aims to throw new light on the relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist, exploring the political aspect of...

Preface by John BartonBrings together seven essays which are representative of the author's style, approach to and outlook on contemporary biblical topics. Serves as an ideal introduction to one of the most important issues - the authority...

A welcome supplement to the bestselling How to Read the OT and How to Read the NT, indicating more recent developments in biblical studies especially in the area of narrative criticism.

Preface By Stafan C ReifPerhaps the closest portrayal that we have of a genuinely historical Jesus. Freed from the burden of Christian doctrine or Jewish 'animus', here is a remarkable portrait by a renowned scholar of the NT, Jewish...

In lucid and non-technical prose, Young demonstrates how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds - the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed - came into being. She aims to bring the creeds back to life again in the challenging and demanding...

This text is designed for students and academics studying the doctrine of the incarnation. James Dunn clarifies in detail the beginnings of the belief in Christ as the Son of God and discusses the historical context of such beliefs.