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This book brings together insights from two fields of study: biblical scholarship and missiology. The Great Commission in Matthew’s Gospel is often seen as the biblical foundation for mission. The New Testament, however, reflects a variety of models for mission. Each...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-04-19
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The Old Testament as Authoritative Scripture in the Early Churches of the East represents the latest scholarly research in the field of Old Testament as Scripture in Eastern Christianity. Its twelve articles focus on the use of the Old Testament in the earliest...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-02-23
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Handel's Israelite oratorios are today little known among non-specialists, but in their own day they were unique, pioneering and extremely popular. Dating from the period 1732-1752, they combine the musical conventions of Italian opera with dramatic plots in English...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-02-23
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Texte, die zu den geistigen Grundlagen einer Gesellschaft gehören, mögen heute nicht mehr oft gelesen werden, aber sie werden kommentiert. Längst scheint es, als sei der Kommentar an die Stelle des Textes getreten. Kommentierung gehört zur Grundlage...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-02-22
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The Canon of the Bible and the Apocrypha in the Churches of the East features essays reflecting the latest scholarly research in the field of the canon of the Bible and related apocryphal books, with special attention given to the early Christian literature of Eastern...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-02-14
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The metaphors in Hosea are rich and varied, comprising both gendered and non-gendered image fields. This book examines the use of metaphor in Hosea through the lens of masculinity studies, which provides a means to elucidate connections between the images and to analyze...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2012-02-14
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Among the most challenging biblical figures to understand is Jeroboam son of Nebat, the first monarch of northern Israel whose story is told in 1 Kings 11-14. This book explores the characterization of Jeroboam in the Hebrew text, and traces his rags to riches career...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-01-27
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Among the most challenging biblical figures to understand is Jeroboam son of Nebat, the first monarch of northern Israel whose story is told in 1 Kings 11-14. This book explores the characterization of Jeroboam in the Hebrew text, and traces his rags to riches career...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-01-26
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This work investigates the Lucan journey motif from a literary and theological perspective. It starts by examining the indications of movement in the narrative sequence of the Gospel. Using the historical-critical method, the author continues with a study of the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-09-20
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Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In The Art of Biblical Poetry, his companion to...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2011-09-06
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Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not. The presence of the former does not guarantee the presence of the later. While interpreters explain away disabilities in specific characters, they celebrate the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-09-01
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Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not. The presence of the former does not guarantee the presence of the later. While interpreters explain away disabilities in specific characters, they celebrate the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-09-01
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Scholarly consensus on the relationship of the Letter to the Hebrews to the Old Testament is far from universal or uniform. This book aims to address this area in Hebrews scholarship, which is lacking a critical account of the dependence of Hebrews on the Old Testament,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-08-12
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The commentary of Yefet ben Eli the Karaite (second half of the tenth century) onThe Song of Songs is example of an exegetical work obeying two imperatives:The explanation of the divine message of Salvation mixed with the assiduous Karaite effort to prove wrong their...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2011-07-08
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The imperative mood as a whole has generally been neglected by Greek grammarians.The Greek Imperative Mood in the New Testament: A Cognitive and Communicative Approach utilizes insights from modern linguistics and communication theory in order to propose an inherent...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-06-27
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Scholarship on early Christian exegesis is full of puzzlement at the commentator’s apparent lack of concern for the literal or historical meaning of the text, usually explained as the result of an illegitimate allegorical method. This study comes to grips with the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-03-07
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It has been widely recognized that the Book of the Twelve, Hosea to Malachi, was considered a single composition in antiquity. Recent articles and monographs have discussed the internal clues to this composition, but there has been little effort to understand the way...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-03-07
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In the Pauline literature of the New Testament, the characteristics of the Spirit and Christian life are described through the use of metaphor. An interpreter of Paul must understand his metaphors in order to arrive at a complete understanding of the Pauline...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-03-03
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The prophecy of Zephaniah is a compendium of prophetic thoughts on the nature of YHWH’s relationship with His people. This research critically builds on past scholarships and exegetically demonstrates the thematic, literary and theological relationships of Zeph 1:14-18...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-02-03
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Scholarly discussion concerning Elijah in Luke is affected mainly by the detection of the many allusions to Elijah in connection with Jesus and, at the same time, by noting the absence of some associations of Elijah with John the Baptist familiar from the Gospel...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-02-03
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