This book describes a life of love in France, with voyages and stories across the country. It describes a life together undaunted by a fatal pulmonary disease and a lung transplant in Paris that would, in time, bring new life and hope. It faces the hard reality of a death caused by a fresh, unknown assault, which is now called COVID. And finally, it speaks of the love that transcends all of those trials and takes rich new form because of the defeat of death by Christ, what the final sectio...

Just below the surface of any Christian view of the Bible is the knotty issue of the biblical canon. How and when was it decided which books would make up the Bible? What makes a book canonical? In this volume, respected Old Testament scholar Christopher Seitz helps readers understand how the Old Testament fits into the canon's development. Brief and readable yet substantive, this volume challenges current understandings of the formation of the Christian canon, utilizing the latest researc...

A fresh wave of studies on the prophets has appeared in recent years. Old Testament scholar Christopher R. Seitz has written Prophecy and Hermeneutics as a way of revisiting, from the ground floor up, what gave rise to studies of the prophets in our modern period. In addition, Seitz clearly shows that a new conceptuality of prophecy, hermeneutics, history, and time is needed--one that is appropriate to current views on Isaiah and the Twelve. Scholars, students, professors, and the...

At a time of deep disagreements about the nature and purpose of academic biblical studies, Markus Bockmuehl advocates the recovery of a plural but common conversation on the subject of what the New Testament is about.Seeing the Word begins with an assessment of current New Testament studies, identifying both persistent challenges and some promising proposals. Subsequent chapters explore two such proposals. First, ground for common conversation lies in taking seriously the ...

Explore how the roots of the ancient Christian tradition inform and shape faithfulness todayThe Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret scripture creedally for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other orthodox Christians did for their times and places.A rich resource for preachers, teachers, students, and study groups, the BTC provides guidance for reading the Bible u...

Biblical interpretation expert Richard S. Briggs presents a rich and thought-provoking portrait, or series of portraits, of the kind of character most needed to be a good reader of the Old Testament. He highlights the moral character or virtues most appropriate to the varied tasks of reading the Old Testament, provides insight on theological interpretation, and examines five ways the Old Testament improves our ability to read Scripture well. Briggs also offers a defense of "interpretive vi...

Are humans composed of a material body and an immaterial soul? This view is commonly held by Christians, yet it has been undermined by recent developments in neuroscience. Exploring what Scripture and theology teach about issues such as being in the divine image, the importance of community, sin, free will, salvation, and the afterlife, Joel Green argues that a dualistic view of the human person is inconsistent with both science and Scripture. This wide-ranging discussion is sure ...

The Elder Testament serves as a theological introduction to the canonical unity of the Scriptures of Israel. Christopher Seitz demonstrates that, while an emphasis on theology and canonical form often sidesteps critical methodology, the canon itself provides essential theological commentary on textual and historical reconstruction.Part One reflects on the Old Testament as literature inquiring about its implied reader. Seitz introduces the phrase "Elder Testament" to establ...

Das Lesen ist in der Krise, das Schreiben wird durch generative KI automatisiert: Die Alphabetisierung ist im Wandel begriffen. Verlage, Bildungseinreichtungen, die Presse und andere Institutionen der Schriftkultur finden sich in der Defensive wieder. Deren Fixierung auf Literalität übersieht, dass KI es den Plattformen ermöglich hat, das Verhältnis von Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit neu zur Verhandlung zu stellen. Auf Plattformen werden das gesprochene und das geschriebene Wort mit weit...

Der Band Diakonik bietet eine solide Einführung in die biblisch-theologischen Grundlagen sowie gegenwärtigen Diskurse im Bereich der Diakonie. Konzentriert auf den neuesten Stand der Forschung und die aktuellen Herausforderungen der Praxis ist er ein unentbehrlicher Begleiter für alle, die sich für das diakonische Handeln der Kirche interessieren.Kirchliches Engagement, zivilgesellschaftliche Einbindung und unternehmerische Strukturen bilden drei große thematische Zugänge, um diakonisches ...

Ein Drittel aller deutschen Haushalte wird von Tieren mitbewohnt, die als Familienmitglieder oder Partner wahrgenommen werden. Diese geliebten und zugleich dominierten Lebewesen bestimmen den menschlichen Lebensraum und Alltag entscheidend mit. Unser enges und zugleich von Spannungen geprägtes Verhältnis ist eine zentrale Komponente und Konstante unserer Kultur. Doch der Umgang des Menschen mit seinen tierischen Gefährten wirft grundsätzliche Fragen innerhalb des weiten Feldes der Tier-Men...

Die einzigartige Lebensgeschichte eines exzentrischen Abenteurers, der im Alleingang die Popmusik revolutioniert hat: Wer Popmusik hört, hört Chris Blackwell.Nach einer behüteten Kindheit als Sohn einer reichen Familie im kolonialen Jamaika, mit den Hausfreunden Errol Flynn und Ian Fleming, gründet Chris Blackwell 1959 in England das Plattenlabel Island Records und ist für den kometenhaften Aufstieg dieses Labels und seiner Künstler verantwortlich: Bob Marley, U2, ...