Willimon and Hauerwas’s out-of-season words on pastoral care
Pastors coping with the pandemic need our encouragement, not our carping.
I’ve been a professor for 40 years, but teaching Greek to an eight-year-old may be my crowning achievement
It started with a FaceTime call with my grandson.
Which new books deserve a spot under the Christmas tree?
We asked our contributing editors to each pick two.
New Testament
Parallel Lives of Jesus: A Guide to the Four Gospels, by Edward Adams....
In Christ, God's "yes" defeats our "no"
Our "no" is a human rejection of God's claim on us as our creator, sustainer and lord, a rejection that produces alienation and isolation, even from ourselves.
Take & read: New Testament
Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously, by Kent Annan....
Rescue mission
At the heart of this complex and learned book is a single question: Did the apostle Paul regard the gosp...
Take and read
Few biblical scholars at work today combine Allison’s extensive learning, personal modesty and refreshing honesty....
Take and read
Laments over the current state of academic biblical study abound, but Bockmuehl moves beyond his penetrating critique of the disci...
Take and read
Allison extends his earlier Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet with a series of essays...
Take and read
Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World. Judith M. Lieu. Oxford Univ. Press, 384 pp., $99.00. In this multifaceted and sophisticated undertaking, Lieu explores the ways in which early Christian texts depict an emerging Christian identity and reflect the embeddedness of that identity within the ancient world. For all who struggle with the question of what it means to be a Christian, Lieu presents a thoughtful guide.
Teaching moments: Attentive to the text
Sometime in the middle of my second year at New York’s Union Seminary, I made an appointment to consult with J. Louis Martyn about my prospects for graduate work in New Testament....
Take and read
Meyer is among the most respected New Testament scholars of the past half-century, and this collection will ...
Why Jesus Died
However one assesses Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, the film has drawn attention to the death of Jesus in a way that preachers and teachers, who an...
Grace and disruption: Mary’s story
Among my friends and acquaintances, the recent made-for-television movie Mary generated little interest....