Scm Core Text Wisdom Literature

Author : Alastair Hunter
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334040156

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SCM Core Text: Wisdom Literature by Alastair Hunter Pdf

This textbook is aimed at undergraduates on level two or three courses relating to Old Testament Wisdom literature. The book begins with a consideration of what the term 'wisdom literature' means in Hebrew usage, and also examines which biblical materials might properly be classified as belonging to the category of wisdom literature. The cultural and political context of ancient Israel is examined, together with an analysis of the key problem of whether or not there were any practical levels of literacy in the period in question. The middle section of the book looks in more depth at those books considered to contain 'wisdom literature': Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon and Ecclesiasticus. The genre is characterised by praise of God, often in poetic form and by sayings of wisdom intended to teach about God and about virtue. Questions of authorship, editing, interpretation, the historical context of some of the writings, the book's major themes and sub-themes and the latest criticisms of each are laid out for discussion and analysis. The book is written with the undergraduate in mind, and is full of pedagogical features including tables and summaries of data, which allows for a more intensive agenda and for those with knowledge of classical Hebrew to pursue individual themes at greater depth

Author : Alexander Jensen
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334029014

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SCM Core Text: Theological Hermeneutics by Alexander Jensen Pdf

This book introduces theological hermeneutics by giving a historical account of the development of hermeneutical thinking. It defines hermeneutics as the analysis of the obstacles to understanding. The history of hermeneutical thinking and responses to obstacles is told here, beginning with the allegorical interpretation of myths in Hellenism through to the contemporary view of the hermeneutical problem as universal. Following the opening chapters on the history of hermeneutical thought, the book presents an overview of the various contemporary hermeneutical schools of thought, and shows their rooted-ness in different parts of the hermeneutical tradition. The focus is clearly on biblical interpretation however it does also take account of developments outside the field of theology, as they influence the theological reflection on the hermeneutical problem. The questions raised and the possible answers suggested in this volume will be of interest to students of other disciplines, such as philosophy and literature.

Author : Alexander S. Jensen
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334048268

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SCM Core Text Theological Hermeneutics by Alexander S. Jensen Pdf

This book introduces theological hermeneutics by giving a historical account of the development of hermeneutical thinking. It defines hermeneutics as the analysis of the obstacles to understanding. The history of hermeneutical thinking and responses to obstacles is told here, beginning with the allegorical interpretation of myths in Hellenism through to the contemporary view of the hermeneutical problem as universal. Following the opening chapters on the history of hermeneutical thought, the book presents an overview of the various contemporary hermeneutical schools of thought, and shows their rooted-ness in different parts of the hermeneutical tradition. The focus is clearly on biblical interpretation however it does also take account of developments outside the field of theology, as they influence the theological reflection on the hermeneutical problem. The questions raised and the possible answers suggested in this volume will be of interest to students of other disciplines, such as philosophy and literature.

Author : Geoffrey Harris
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334048176

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SCM Core Text Paul by Geoffrey Harris Pdf

Geoffrey Harris seeks to reconcile Paul the thinker and Paul the man of action. This student-friendly textbook provides clear information about research and writing on Paul in recent years, and shows how Paul's early life held important strands of thought which informed his later theology. Paul's conversion and his reflection upon its meaning led him to develop a 'resurrection theology' from which much else followed on. The life setting of Paul's churches and his mission strategy brings out many lessons and principles for church life and mission today.

Author : Alison Jack
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334048947

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SCM Core Text The Bible and Literature by Alison Jack Pdf

The first textbook to engage with the crossover between the Bible and literature, covering all the key methods of literary criticism and presenting a truly inter-disciplinary approach.

Author : Richard Cooke
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334048169

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SCM Core Text New Testament by Richard Cooke Pdf

An undergraduate textbook for use on modules introducing the New Testament. It argues that the New Testament reflects four streams of apostolic tradition, reflected in the 4 gospels. It includes bibliographies at the end of each section to guide the reader to the most relevant areas for further research in any given subject area.

Author : Andrew Brower Latz,Arseny Ermakov
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227906361

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Purity by Andrew Brower Latz,Arseny Ermakov Pdf

In ancient societies and religion, the concept of purity was of central importance; in many modern societies it is either irrelevant or, when it is used, attached to extremely conservative agendas. This suggests an interesting story to be told within the history of ideas and, at the same time, raises questions about the place, meaning, and use of purity in religious traditions. What does purity mean in different scriptural contexts? Is it synonymous with holiness or different? How has it been used within various strands of theology? What should we make of it today? Have we moderns, by discarding purity as an organising social form, lost something essential or have we made a significant moral advance? Or both? This volume addresses these questions in essays on biblical genres, books and different theological traditions. Accessibly written and incisive in its scholarship, Purity will be of interest to both specialists and non-specialists alike.

Author : Walter Houston
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334052142

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The Pentateuch by Walter Houston Pdf

This book introduces students with a little background in biblical studies to the scholarly study of the Pentateuch (Genesis to Deuteronomy). Existing introductions to the Pentateuch are either mainly concerned with historical criticism or taken up with a survey of the contents of the five books, or both. This book is distinctive in that every chapter is concerned with the whole Pentateuch, and in that it approaches the subject from three completely different points of view, following the way in which biblical scholarship has developed over the past 30 years. The first part attempts to understand the text as it stands, as narrative, law and covenant. The second surveys the work that has been done on the history and development of the text, and its historicity. The third is concerned with its reception and interpretation. There are many detailed examples throughout, and aids to study include tables and boxes in the text, questions to enable students to come to grips with the issues either in private study or in class, and detailed guides to further reading.

Author : Walter J. Houston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0334052637

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Pentateuch by Walter J. Houston Pdf

Author : John D. Weaver
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334048251

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SCM Core Text Christianity and Science by John D. Weaver Pdf

The SCM Core Text, "Christianity & Science" provides an advanced introduction to the lively debate between the relative truth claims made by science and the absolute truth claims made by religions, and Christianity in particular. The author examines the interaction between science and the Christian faith and explores the place of faith in an age of science. John Weaver, himself a scientist, explores the responses of the Christian faith to scientific advances, particularly as they impinge upon an understanding of God and human nature. Contemporary issues such as cloning, stem cell research, GM crops, global climate change and ecological destruction, new research on the origins of life and the issue of suffering brought about by 'natural evil' such as the Boxing Day tsunami, are covered in this accessible and student-friendly textbook. It is designed to communicate information clearly and accessibly, using chapter summaries, diagrams and questions for further reading as well as suggestions for further reading at the close of chapters.

Author : Magne Sæbø,Jean Louis Ska,Peter Machinist
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647540221

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Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. III: From Modernism to Post-Modernism by Magne Sæbø,Jean Louis Ska,Peter Machinist Pdf

The long and complex history of reception and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament through the ages, described in the HBOT Project, focuses in this concluding volume III, Part 2 on the multifarious research and the different methods used in the last century. Even this volume is written by Christian and Jewish scholars and takes its wider cultural and philosophical context into consideration. The perspective is worldwide and ecumenical. Its references to modern biblical scholarship, on which it is based, are extensive and updated.The indexes (names, topics, references to biblical sources and a broad body of literature beyond) are the key to the wealth of information provided.Contributors are J. Barton, H.L. Bosman, A.F. Campbell, SJ, D.M. Carr, D.J.A. Clines, W. Dietrich, St.E. Fassberg, D. Føllesdal, A.C. Hagedorn, K.M. Heim, J. Høgenhaven, B. Janowski, D.A. Knight, C. Körting, A. Laato, P. Machinist, M.A.O ́Brien, M. Oeming, D. Olson, E. Otto, M. Sæbø, J. Schaper, S. Sekine, J.L. Ska, SJ, M.A. Sweeney, and J. de Waard.

Author : Peter K. Stevenson,Stephen I. Wright
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664232801

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Preaching the Incarnation by Peter K. Stevenson,Stephen I. Wright Pdf

Offers a theological discussion of ten important Bible passages connected with the doctrine of incarnation, bringing historical and literary questions about the text into dialogue with Christian tradition, drawing out the implications of the passage for preaching. --from publisher description.

Author : Lance R. Hawley
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647531359

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Metaphor Competition in the Book of Job by Lance R. Hawley Pdf

Within the book of Job, the interlocutors (Job, the friends, and Yahweh) seem to largely ignore one another's arguments. This observation leads some to propose that the dialogue lacks conceptual coherence. Lance Hawley argues that the interlocutors tangentially and sometimes overtly attend to previously stated points of view and attempt to persuade their counterparts through the employment of metaphor. Hawley uses the theoretical approach of Conceptual Metaphor Theory to trace the concepts of speech and animals throughout the dialogue. Beyond explaining the individual metaphors in particular texts, he shows how speech metaphors compete with one another, most perceptibly in the expressions of job's words are wind. With regard to animal metaphors, coherence is especially perceptible in the job is a predatory animal metaphor. In these expressions, the dialogue demonstrates intentional picking-up on previously stated arguments. Hawley argues that the animal images in the divine speeches are not metaphorical, in spite of recent scholarly interpretation that reads them as such. Rather, Yahweh appears as a sage to question the negative status of wild animals that Job and his friends assume in their significations of people are animals. This is especially apparent in Yahweh's strophes on the lion and the wild donkey, both of which appear multiple times in the metaphorical expressions of Job and his friends.

Author : Simon Patrick Woodman
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334041047

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The Book of Revelation by Simon Patrick Woodman Pdf

This textbook identifies the sections of Revelation in a sensible and helpful way, as well as identifying the key theological themes with a view to their context and interpretation

Author : Mike Higton
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334048015

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SCM Core Text Christian Doctrine by Mike Higton Pdf

The SCM Core Text: Christian Doctrine offers an up-to-date, accessible introduction to one of the core subjects of theology. Written for second and third-year university students, it shows that Christian Doctrine is not a series of impossible claims to be clung to with blind faith. Mike Higton argues that it is, rather, a set of claims that emerge in the midst of Christian life, as Christian communities try to make enough sense of their lives and of their world to allow them to carry on. Christian communities have made sense of their own life, and the life of the wider world in which they are set, as life created by God to share in God's own life. They have seen themselves and their world as laid hold of God's life in Jesus of Nazareth, and as having the Spirit of God's own life actively at work within them. This book explores these and other central Christian doctrines, and in each case, shows how the doctrine makes sense, and how it is woven into Christian life. It will help readers to see what sense it might make to say the things that Christian doctrine says, and how that doctrine might affect the way that one looks at everything: the natural world, gossip, culture, speaking in tongues, politics, dieting, human freedom, love, High Noon, justice, computers, racism, the novels of Jane Austin, parenthood, death and fashion.