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"An examination of the Hebrew Bible's theological discourse in the face of the catastrophic events of the Neo-Babylonian exiles and the destruction of the Jerusalem temple"--Provided by publisher.

"A reception history of the Beatitudes, from the first century to the present day"--

"A coming-of-age story about a fervently religious Christian woman moving to Los Angeles and rejecting the sexual mores of her youth"--

"A collection of biblically and theologically rooted sermons about living the Christian life with conviction"--

"A religious biography of John Foster Dulles, focusing on how his faith commitments shaped his evolving views on America's role in the world"--

The Gospel of Thomas -- found in 1945 -- has been described as without question the most significant Christian book discovered in modern times. Often Thomas is seen as a special independent witness to the earliest phase of Christianity and as evidence for the now-popular view that this earliest phase was a dynamic time of great variety and diversity. In contrast, Mark Goodacre makes the case that, instead of being an early, independent source, Thomas actually draws on the Synoptic Gospels as source material -- not to provide a clear narrative, but to assemble an enigmatic collection of mysterious, pithy sayings to unnerve and affect the reader. Goodacre supports his argument with illuminating analyses and careful comparisons of Thomas with Matthew and Luke. Watch the trailer:

"Meditations on pedagogy in Christian education through various depictions and examples of Christian teaching in literature"--

"A collection of essays that build upon and honor the work of Michael Gorman"--

The author collects phrases from Scripture and poetry for meditation during each of the 40 days of Lent.

Request instructor resources Get the workbook "We know that this book works and will take students to a level not often achieved through other beginning textbooks." So say Stanley Porter and his coauthors in the preface to their Fundamentals of New Testament Greek -- an ambitious, comprehensive introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the Greek New Testament. This first-year Greek textbook discusses all the forms and basic syntax of Koine Greek, complete with extensive paradigms, examples, and explanations. Porter, Reed, and O'Donnell's Fundamentals of New Testament Greek features pedagogically sound and linguistically informed techniques of language instruction. The volume introduces the individual words and grammatical details of Greek, sensitive to their frequency of use in the New Testament, reinforcing for students the elements that they will most often encounter. Grammatical forms, including the less common ones, are analyzed and explained in detail, often with illustrative examples from the Greek New Testament. The authors include complete paradigms and give numerous examples; the vocabulary list includes nearly one thousand words, which are introduced throughout the book's thirty chapters. Students who complete this text will be able to move directly into Greek exegesis courses and more advanced Greek-language courses. Fundamentals of New Testament Greek will prove invaluable for gaining a thorough foundational understanding of New Testament Greek, including full exposure to the formation, accenting, and semantics of its complex verbal system. Read more about the book in a blog post by its editor, Craig Noll, on EerdWord.