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Terror in Venice
Living alone in Paris at the end of a love affair, Julie Rubempre receives a strange phone call one evening from a woman claiming that a Mr. Faranacci had heard of her work at the American Express and was in immediate need of a new secretary. However, when she appears for an interview the next day, she is told no one from that office has any knowledge of the call which has summoned her. Angered, she is about to leave when Faranacci, himself, agrees to give her a chance. It is not long before Julie succumbs to the appeal of her lavishly wealthy, sensually attractive new boss. And it is not long before he asks her to marry him. As if in a dream, Julie finds herself blissfully in love and entering his splendid Venetian palazzo. But no sooner has she passed through the magnificent marble entrance hall when she discovers the first clue to the consuming horror she is about to experience. It is an urgent cablegram from her former lover and close friend: DO NOT MARRY DANILO FARANACCI. HE WILL PLOT YOUR DEATH AS HE PLOTTED YOUR MARRIAGE. LETTER WILL FOLLOW. ERIC
Paul and the Law
For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God' (1 Cor. 7:19). The apostle Paul's relationship to the Law of Moses is notoriously complex and much studied. Difficulties begin with questions of definition (of the extent of Paul's corpus and the meanings of 'the law') and are exacerbated by numerous problems of interpretation of the key texts. Major positions are entrenched, yet none of them seems to know what to do with all the pieces of the puzzle. Inextricably linked to Paul's view of the law is his teaching concerning salvation history, Israel, the church, anthropology, ethics and eschatology. Understanding 'Paul and the law' is critica...
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)
Murder in Mexico
"Micheline took a surreptitious glance toward the stranger. The woman was staring at her in an odd, almost sinister way. Even as she opened her wicker basket, the Sister of the Scared Heart maintained the same penetrating stare. Micheline glanced down at the contents of the basket. A sliver of sunlight invaded the drawn shades and caught the gleaming blade of a long, sharp knife. It was too large for a fruit knife, much too large, and what was a nun doing in a first-class compartment anyway? The massive woman slowly grasped the instrument without ever taking her eyes off her traveling companion. Cold fear ran up Micheline's spine. She wanted to flee, but since the Good Sister was sitting by the door, she was too scared to move. The expression in those dilated octopus eyes seemed to grow more ominous. Great beads of perspiration erupted on Micheline's forehead. What did the woman want? Was she insane? Why was she fondling the knife like that?" A riveting thriller you will not be able to put down.
Reading Romans after Supersessionism
The Letter to the Romans explains the way Paul thought Jewish covenantal identity continued now that the messianic era had begun. More particularly, Paul addresses the relevance of Abraham for Jews and gentiles, the role of Torah, and the way it is contextualized in Christ. All too often, however, these topics are read in supersessionist ways. This book argues that such readings are unpersuasive. It offers instead a post-supersessionist perspective in which Jewish covenantal identity continues in Paul’s gospel. Paul is no destroyer of worlds. The aim of this book is to offer a different view of the key interpretive points that lead to supersessionist understandings of Paul’s most important letter. It draws on the findings of those aligned with the Paul within Judaism paradigm and accents those findings with a light touch from social identity theory. When combined, these resources help the reader to hear Romans afresh, in a way that allows both Jewish and non-Jewish existing identities continued relevance.
An Asian Introduction to the New Testament
Understanding and assessing the New Testament writings from Asian viewpoints provides a unique and original outlook for interpretation of the Christian Scriptures. To that end, An Asian Introduction to the New Testament is the first book of its kind to take full account of the multireligious, multiethnic, multilingual, multicultural, and pluralistic contexts in which Asian Christians find themselves. Into this already complex world, issues of poverty, casteism, class structure, honor and shame aspects, colonial realities, discrimination against women, natural calamities and ecological crises, and others add more layers of complexity. Perceiving the New Testament in light of these realities enables the reader to see them in a fresh way while understanding that the Jesus Movement emerged from similar social situations. Readers will find able guides in an impressive array of more than twenty scholars from across Asia. Working with volume editor Johnson Thomaskutty, the authors make a clear case: the kernels of Christianity sprouted from Asian roots, and we must read the New Testament considering those roots in order to understand it afresh today.
Theology and Ethics in Paul and His Interpreters
This significant volume draws together an exceptional list of contributors to honor the life and work of Victor Paul Furnish. Doing credit to the focus and character of Furnish's career as a scholar, educator, and churchman, the individual essays, and the volume as a whole, have been written in a way that renders them accessible to seminary students in the classroom and that builds substantially on Furnish's own work. The book is structured in three parts: (1) Theology and Ethics in Paul (focusing on individual Pauline texts and on the broader themes, foundations, and context of Paul's theological and ethical thought); (2) Theology and Ethics in Paul's Earliest Interpreters (both in the NT and in the church which came to accept Paul's letters as canonical); and (3) Paul in Contemporary Theology and Ethics (engaging Furnish's own work as well as that of his colleagues and students in the area of Pauline theology and ethics).
Night Train to Rangoon
A mysterious Eurasian…an alcoholic British golf pro…a teen-age Hollywood star and her monster stage mother…a sex-starved American diplomat…a Soviet agent…a Burmese hijacker…these are some of the fascinating people you will meet in this thrilling tale of intrigue and murder.
