| Author | : Ronald E. Heine |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2007-09 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0801027772 |
Examines the role played by the Old Testament in the formation of early Christian thinking.
The Old Testament Law for the Life of the Church
| Author | : Richard E. Averbeck |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2022-09-06 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0830899545 |
How does the Old Testament Law fits into the arc of the Bible, and how it relevant to the church today? Exploring how God intended the Law to work in its original context as well as the New Testament perspective on the Law, Richard Averbeck argues that the whole Law applies to Christians—our task is to discern how it applies in the light of Christ.
Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers
| Author | : Christopher A. Hall |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 1998-08-21 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780830815005 |
Christopher Hall shows that studying the writings of the leaders of the early church reveals how the Bible was understood in the centuries closest to its writing. He also lays out how modern Christians can benefit from patristic interpretation of Scripture.
The Rest of the Bible
| Author | : Theron Mathis |
| Publisher | : Ancient Faith Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 133 |
| Release | : 2018-05-21 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781936270156 |
The writings explored in this book'authentic books of the Bible you've probably never read'are often dubbed ?Apocrypha,? and were cut from the Bible by the Reformers. The Rest of the Bible provides a brief and intriguing introduction to the writings unique to the Greek Old Testament, treasured by the Orthodox Church through the centuries and termed by St. Athanasius ?the Readables.'
Reading the Old Testament with the Ancient Church (Evangelical Ressourcement)
| Author | : Ronald E. Heine |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2007-09-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 144120153X |
The contemporary church dismisses Christianity's foundational Scriptures at its own peril. However, the teachings of the Old Testament are less and less at the center of congregational preaching and conversation. The early church fathers--visionaries such as Augustine, Origen, and Tertullian--embraced the Hebrew Scriptures, allowing the Old Testament to play a central role in the formation of their beliefs. As today's Christians struggle to relate to concepts such as the Jewish law and the prophets, pastors and laypersons benefit from looking through the lenses of these thoughtful pioneers. This latest volume in the Evangelical Ressourcement series helps the Old Covenant to come alive.
A Habit Called Faith
| Author | : Jen Pollock Michel |
| Publisher | : Baker Books |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2021-02-16 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1493428756 |
Today's neurological research has placed habit at the center of human behavior; we are what we do repetitively. When we want to add something to our life, whether it's exercise, prayer, or just getting up earlier in the morning, we know that we must turn an activity into a habit through repetition or it just won't stick. What would happen if we applied the same kind of daily dedication to faith? Could faith become a habit, a given--automatic? With vulnerable storytelling and insightful readings of both Old and New Testament passages, Jen Pollock Michel invites the convinced and the curious into a 40-day Bible reading experience. Vividly translating ancient truths for a secular age, Michel highlights how the biblical text invites us to see, know, live, love, and obey. The daily reflection questions and weekly discussion guides invite both individuals and groups, believers and doubters alike, to explore how faith, even faith as small as a mustard seed, might grow into a life-defining habit.
Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus
| Author | : Brian J. Wright |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 319 |
| Release | : 2017-12-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1506438490 |
Much of the contemporary discussion of the Jesus tradition has focused on aspects of oral performance, storytelling, and social memory, on the premise that the practice of communal reading of written texts was a phenomenon documented no earlier than the second century CE. Brian J. Wright overturns the premise that communal reading of written texts was a phenomenon documented no earlier than the second century CE by examining evidence for its practice in the first century.
Reading the Old Testament in Antioch
| Author | : Robert C. Hill |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2005-08-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9047408071 |
In the period between the councils of Nicea and Chalcedon in the fourth and fifth centuries, the faithful in the churches of the ecclesiastical district of Antioch were the beneficiaries of the ministry of the Word from distinguished pastors. Included in this ministry were homilies on the Old Testament by John Chrysostom and written commentaries by his mentor Diodore and his fellow student Theodore, and later by Theodoret. Though the biblical text was admittedly Jewish in origin, "the text and the meaning are ours," claimed Chrysostom; and the great bulk of extant remains reveals the pastoral priority given to this often obscure material. Students and exegetes of the Old Testament and its individual authors and books will be introduced here to Antioch1s distinctive approach and interpretation by commentators reading their local form of the Greek Bible. In the course of this survey, readers will gain an insight also into Antioch1s worldview and its approach to the person of Jesus, to soteriology, morality and spirituality.
The Christian Old Testament
| Author | : Lawrence R. Farley |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Bible |
| ISBN | : 9781936270538 |
Many Christians see the Old Testament as "the other Testament": a source of exciting stories to tell the kids, but not very relevant to the Christian life. The Christian Old Testament reveals the Hebrew Scriptures as the essential context of Christianity, as well as a many-layered revelation of Christ Himself. Follow along as Fr. Lawrence Farley explores the Christian significance of every book of the Old Testament.
