Books published by Baylor University Press

The chapters collectively demonstrate how the creation of new mythic narratives, the revelatory power of mystical experiences, and the sociology of community formation capitalized on Jewish mediator traditions to initiate the praxis of Christ-devotion.

While the relationship between Second Temple Jewish exegesis and early Christian exegesis as demonstrated in the New Testament is universally recognized, the reasons for their similarities and differences are often elusive. Donald Juel in Messianic Exegesis seeks to unknot this tangled web of interpretation.

In the end, The Name of God and the Angel of the Lord reveals that not all gnostic speculation was anti-Jewish and, indeed, emerging gnostic and Christian traditions borrowed as much from Judaism as they criticized and rejected.--Michael A. Williams "Journal of Biblical Literature"

The Reformation was the single most important event of the early modern period of Western civilization. In Reformation in the Western World, Paul Silas Peterson shows how the retrieval of the ancient Christian teachings about God's grace and the authority of Scripture influenced culture, society, and the political order.

Examines the institutional settings for the development of Christian theology. Specifically, Christoph Markschies contends that theological diversity is closely bound up with institutional diversity.

There is tenderness, intensity, and gratitude--which will resonate with all who know both love and loss.--Teresa Black "The Poetry Shelf, Midwest Book Review"

Presents a view of Ethiopian Christianity. Synthesising existing scholarship with interviews and archival research, this title demonstrates that the vernacular nature of the Ethiopian church played a critical role in the development of a state church.

The Paul Debate is essential reading for those who both agree and disagree with Wright, and for all who want to understand the compelling voice of one of the most productive and widely read scholars in past decades.--Andy Johnson "Interpretation: Journal of Bible and Theology"

The power and history of "man's best friend."

Gieschen argues that Christian use of the angelomorphic tradition did not spawn a new and variant kind of Christology, one that competed with accepted belief about Jesus for early Christians' favor, but instead shows how Christians adapted an already variegated Jewish tradition to weave a single story about a common Lord.--Darrell D. Hannah "Journal of Theological Studies"

The earliest churches' narratives about their Lord and their origins were theological narratives--stories meant to communicate believers' convictions about God and God's commitment to the world.--John R. Barker "The Bible Today"

The 1993 event at Mt. Carmel shocked all of America and has since spawned a plethora of books regarding the "truth" about the Branch Davidians. Memories of the Branch Davidians is the story told from the inside.

In the end, DeConick shows that Thomas is best explained as arising from the fusion of Jewish Mysticism and Hermetic praxis and not as being shaped by gnostic traditions.--Marvin Meyer "Journal of Biblical Literature"

Introduces readers to a rich array of British Christian texts published between 1660 and 1750. The anthology documents the arc of Christian writings from the reestablishment of the Church of England to the rise of the Methodist movement in the middle of the eighteenth century.

Using methodology developed in semantics, semiotics, and literary theory, Carey Newman examines the origin and rhetoric of Paul's Glory-language. Newman concludes that nothing less than Paul's declaration of Jesus as God is expressed in his designation of Jesus as Glory.

The result is a close reading of the Bible that gives long-overdue attention to the fullness of human identity narrated in the Scriptures.--Kathryn Greene-McCreight, author of Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness

Draws readers deep inside the New Testament by providing a basic orientation to its literary contours and its ways of talking about theological matters. Designed for students learning to navigate the Bible as Christian Scripture, the Companion serves as an accessible, reliable, and engaging guide to each New Testament book's contents.

America, Hussain concludes, would not exist as it does today without the essential contributions made by its Muslim citizens.--James L. Fredericks "Choice"

How Paul reread his Bible goes hand-in-glove with the differences that developed between Christianity and Judaism.--Larry Hurtado "Journal of Biblical Literature"

Provides a foundational analysis of the Hebrew text of Qoheleth. This is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, and engages important text-critical debates.

In this first systematic attempt to substantiate social bias in higher education, George Yancey embarks on an analysis of the social biases and attitudes of faculties in American universities - surveying professors in disciplines from political science to experimental biology and then examining the blogs of 42 sociology professors.

The narrative of Civil Rights often begins with the prophetic figure of Martin Luther King Jr in the 1960s. In A Pursued Justice, Kenyatta Gilbert instead traces the roots of King's call for justice to African American prophetic preaching that arose in an earlier moment of American history.