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We live in a Europe which is constantly changing. Since 1949 the European Baptist Federation has sought to respond to these changes by drawing together the Baptists of Europe for mutual encouragement and support, the sharing of practical resources, a...

Америка падет — если только. Подобно надписи на стене на пиру Валтасара, эти четыре суровых слова будут преследовать Америку в тысячах вариаций, если только нация не примет мудрого и смелого решения остановиться, подумать и развернутся, а зате...

Только Уолтер Брюггеман мог написать такую книгу. Большинство людей в Соединенных Штатах борются с серьезным кризисом Covid-19 около шести недель. За это короткое время профессор Брюггеман написал глубокую, проницательную и действенную книгу,...

It seems a truism to say that Christology—the interpretation of the person of Jesus in the light of the Christian canon of Scripture, and of the tradition which receives it—is what early Christianity, at its heart, is all about. To recognize i...

A study of King Solomon as portrayed in Israel’s tradition and memory opens up an investigation of immense complexity. It invites entry into some of the most demanding questions of Old Testament faith. By way of entry into those complexities a...

The Greek of 1 Peter has more than its fair share of syntactical challenges for the Greek student, and it is the aim of this volume to be of assistance in navigating those challenges. Readers will likely want to use this volume in conjunction...

Each of the Gospels tells the story of Jesus in its own way. This is both an advantage and a problem. Four Gospels enrich the depth of our perception of Jesus but cause problems with conflicting presentations. Modern critical scholarship is mo...

This essay will discuss the basic framework of Paul’s thought and determine its coherent center. It argues that Paul’s thought is anchored in the apocalyptic world view and that the resurrection of Christ can only be understood in that setting...

The Celts and Ourselves    For a long time Celtic civilisation was looked upon as a marginal culture, whose achievements and character were overshadowed by the triumphs of Graeco-Roman antiquity and of Western Christendom. In recen...

One often hears it said that the apostle Paul’s discourse about the Jewish law – “Paul and the law” or “Paul and Judaism,” in industry-standard shorthand – is one of those classically intractable problems, like the problem of evil in philosoph...

This work presents my long-term thoughts and research on the theme of Second Temple Judaism and some aspects of Zoroastrianism that may have helped shape the former. Like so many things from each person’s youth, as a student and then a junior...

The Bible was not written at one time nor by one author. The books of the Old and New Testaments were written over a period of more than 1,000 years, and their contents cover a variety of ancient peoples and cultures. If we are to understand a...

When Thomas Hobbes analyzed the roots of the Roman Catholic Church in 1651, he was making a polemical point designed to expose the non-  and indeed anti- Christian nature of that institution, but in fact, he made an excellent case for historic...

In 1 Samuel, the great prophet Samuel comes to announce to King Saul that the Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from him and given it to David. Saul begs him to reconsider and to pardon him, to which Samuel thunders: “the Glory of Israel doe...

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells a parable about a landowner who finds that his field has unexpectedly produced a mixture of wheat and weeds. His workers ask whether they should pull out the weeds, but the owner decides to let them grow t...

This volume at hand of the book series “Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses” (KCID) documents the results of a conference which dealt with the concept of “Sin” in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and was held at the Catholic University of...

Mention the word archaeology, and people often conjure up images of digging under a blazing desert sun and unearthing an ancient treasure trove. Talk about biblical archaeology, and topics like the Ark of the Covenant or chariot wheels at the...

Matrix is a powerful word that comes from the same Greek and Latin roots that give us mother (méfér and mater). Matrix is the background you cannot omit—for example, British imperialism to understand Gandhi. Matrix is the context you cannot ig...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is far from new. It is already embedded in existing technologies like smartphone speech-to-text, digital assistants like Siri or Alexa, and GPS-enabled maps or routing apps. However, it was the launch of ChatGPT in...

Many people are vaguely familiar with the history of witchcraft and magic. The topic attracts regular media interest. Yet it is also a subject around which swirls much misunderstanding, misinformed opinion, and dubious facts. One such perennia...

"The principal value of precritical exegesis," says David C. Steinmetz, "is that it is not modern exegesis; it is alien, strange, sometimes even, from our perspective, comic and fantastical."^- The essays in this volume introduce the reader to...

Более одного миллиарда людей разговаривают сегодня на английском, немецком, русском или французском языках. Каждый, кто говорит на языке другого народа, может, несмотря на это, строить мосты взаимопонимания друг с другом. Пусть и эта книга на...

As 1996 drew to a close, I began waking up periodically with these splitting headaches that were far worse than any hangover I’d experienced during the years when booze and drugs ruled my life. There were mornings when it felt like someone had...

As its title indicates, the main aim of this thesis is to examine the evidence of the Christian literature of the first three centuries AD concerning the general priesthood of the church and the special priesthood of the ordained clergy, showi...