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One in Christ Jesus
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 309

One in Christ Jesus

This Festschrift dedicated to S. Scott Bartchy comes on the occasion of his retirement from the Department of History at the University of California at Los Angeles. This volume contains seventeen essays contributed by Professor Bartchy's esteemed colleagues, associates, friends, and former graduate students. Beginning with his groundbreaking work on Greco-Roman slavery, Bartchy's teaching and research have been marked both by his use of social-scientific methods for studying the New Testament and by an interest in the social history of early Christianity, including the role of women in the early Christian assemblies, the Christian critique of traditional views of male honor, and the practic...

Quests for Freedom, Second Edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 463

Quests for Freedom, Second Edition

This book is the result of intensive, multiyear international and interdisciplinary cooperation. From many perspectives, the book’s contributors address themes of freedom and slavery; self-determination and concepts of freedom; God-given and imprinted freedom; freedom as an ethos of belonging and solidarity; and relations between freedom, human rights, and theological orientation. With contributions from: Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza Ron Soodalter Manfred Oeming Katharina von Kellenbach Rudiger Bittner Peter Lampe Cyril Hovorun Risto Saarinen Friederike Nussel Larry W. Hurtado Patrick D. Miller Beverly Roberts Gaventa Hans-Joachim Eckstein Dirk J. Smit Jan Christian Gertz Jurgen van Oorschot Jindřich Halama Carver T. Yu Susan Abraham

Jesus, Paul, and Power
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 219

Jesus, Paul, and Power

Jesus of Nazareth and Paul of Tarsus represent two of the most influential figures of history because of the expansion of later Christianity. But Christianity's historical development includes a checkered and troubling past of abusive power that also impugns both Jesus and Paul. European colonialism carried the "gospel" to the world, claiming Jesus and Paul as architects of its oppressive empire building. Modern churches in America quote Jesus and Paul to inspire, inform, and justify a host of cultural values that often include the subordination of women and marginalization of others who differ in beliefs, values, and lifestyles. Talbott analyzes how Jesus and Paul responded to the systems of oppressive power in their day, and how each in turn used power to form their respective communities. The conclusions are based on the most recent scholarly approaches to Jesus and Paul and will enable modern readers to judge for themselves how Jesus and Paul envisioned the use of power among their communities.

Quests for Freedom
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 409

Quests for Freedom

Dieses Buch ist das Ergebnis einer intensiven mehrjährigen internationalen und interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit. Das Buch erschließt vielperspektivisch die Themen: Freiheit und Sklaverei (Ron Soodalter, Manfred Oeming, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Katharina von Kellenbach); Selbstbestimmung und Begriffe von Freiheit (Rüdiger Bittner, Peter Lampe, Cyril Hovorun, Risto Saarinen, Friederike Nüssel); Von Gott gegebene und geprägte Freiheit (Patrick Miller, Beverly Gaventa, Larry Hurtado, Hans-Joachim Eckstein); Freiheit als Ethos der Zugehörigkeit und Solidarität (Jan Gertz, Jürgen van Oorschot, Dirk Smit, Jindrich Halama); Freiheit, Menschenrechte und theologische Orientierungm (Carver Yu, Susan Abraham, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Michael Welker).

An Introduction to Biblical Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 286

An Introduction to Biblical Law

Informed, accessible textbook on law collections in the Pentateuch In this book William Morrow surveys four major law collections in Exodus-Deuteronomy and shows how they each enabled the people of Israel to create and sustain a community of faith. Treating biblical law as dynamic systems of thought facilitating ancient Israel's efforts at self-definition, Morrow describes four different social contexts that gave rise to biblical law: (1) Israel at the holy mountain (the Ten Commandments); (2) Israel in the village assembly (Exodus 20:22-23:19); (3) Israel in the courts of the Lord (priestly and holiness rules in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers); and (4) Israel in the city (Deuteronomy). Including forthright discussion of such controversial subjects as slavery, revenge, gender inequality, religious intolerance, and contradictions between bodies of biblical law, Morrow's study will help students and other serious readers make sense out of texts in the Pentateuch that are often seen as obscure.

Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 368

Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-09-27
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  • Publisher: BRILL

In Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity it is demonstrated how sacrificial themes remain an essential element in our post-modern society.

The Asymptote of Love
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 186

The Asymptote of Love

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-10-16
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  • Publisher: SUNY Press

Discusses the complexities and paradoxes of love as represented in the history of Western philosophy and Christianity. In The Asymptote of Love, James Kellenberger develops a theory of religious love that resists essentialist definitions of the term and brings into conversation historical debates on love in Western philosophy and Christian theology. He argues that if love can be likened to a mathematical asymptote, which is a straight line that infinitely approaches a curve but never quite reaches it, then the asymptote of love reaches toward the infinite endpoint of love at its uttermost, namely, GodÂ’s love. Drawing upon a broad range of thinkers who have put forth classic debates on loveÂ...

Jesus and the Gospels, Third Edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 584

Jesus and the Gospels, Third Edition

All of Scripture testifies to the person of Jesus, yet the Gospels offer a face-to-face encounter. This newly revised third edition of Jesus and the Gospels prepares readers for an in-depth exploration of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Esteemed New Testament scholar Craig Blomberg considers the Gospels’ historical context while examining fresh scholarship, critical methods, and contemporary applications for today. Along with updated introductions, maps, and diagrams, Blomberg’s linguistic, historical, and theological approach delivers a deep investigation into the Gospels for professors, students, and pastors alike.

Understanding Religious Sacrifice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 480

Understanding Religious Sacrifice

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003-03-31
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  • Publisher: A&C Black

This volume provides a thorough introduction to the major classic and modern writings dealing with religious sacrifice. Collected here are twenty five influential selections, each with a brief introduction addressing the overall framework and assumptions of its author. As they present different theories and examples of sacrifice, these selections also discuss important concepts in religious studies such as the origin of religion, totemism, magic, symbolism, violence, structuralism and ritual performance. Students of comparative religion, ritual studies, the history of religions, the anthropology of religion and theories of religion will particularly value the historical organization and thematic analyses presented in this collection.

Sacred Sacrifice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 365

Sacred Sacrifice

'Sacred Sacrifice' examines how analogous mythological ideas and the experience of sacred presence during the ritual act created similar ritual paradigms in two non-contiguous cultures. Vedic fire sacrifice, the Horse sacrifice in ancient India and the sacrificial development of the Christian Eucharist serve as examples. This book takes to task theories on sacrifice and ritual that emphasize the psycho-social and functionalist interpretation to the exclusion of the religious. The relationship between myth and ritual, and conscious and unconscious human behavior emerges from this analysis of universal religious structures.