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Does the Septuagint have authority for the church today?Numerous scholars have explored what the Septuagint is and its history and uses, but less scholarship has engaged with the ways it exercises authority within the Christian tradition. In the first multicontributor volume of its kind, biblical scholars Greg Lanier and Will Ross bring together experts from a variety of disciplines to explore the nature of the Septuagints authority over the ages.Discover fresh insights from experts across disciplinesincluding Old Testament, New Testament, patristics, systematic theology, historical theology, and moreinto whether and how the Septuagint holds authority for todays church. With clarity and depth, this helpful addition to Septuagint studies will expand the conversation of how Christians should understand the Septuagint both in the academy and in the church.This book seeks: To explore the "authority" question from multiple perspectives. To examine how the early church, Reformers, and systematic (Protestant and Catholic) theologians view the Septuagint. To disentangle the NTs frequent use of the Septuagint from its perceived status as authoritative or "canonical". Whether youre a scholar, theologian, pastor, or seminary student, The Authority of the Septuagint is an invitation to engage with the Septuagint, its history, and its significance for the church today.

Pastor de la Iglesia de Escocia y profesor de la Universidad de Glasgow, William Barclay, es uno de los comentaristas más apreciados y reconocidos del siglo XX. Sus constantes referencias y citas de otros grandes autores de la fe cristiana y de manera especial de los Padres de la Iglesia, aporta a su trabajo una autoridad y valor fuera de lo comun. Su COMENTARIO AL NUEVO TESTAMENTO es una obra documentada, informativa, edificante y relevante, que se ha convertido en un clasico para todos los estudiosos de la Biblia.William Barclay explica las palabras dificiles, describe con todo detalle los lugares y los objetos, y hace hablar a los personajes en un lenguaje que podamos entender ahora. No camufla las dificultades ni soslaya los desafios, porque lo que quiere es hacernos comprender la perenne actualidad del evangelio. Su proposito es poner los resultados de la mas profunda investigacion biblica al alcance de los lectores que no tienen estudios teologicos, demostrando que Jesucristo no es meramente un personaje historico, sino Alguien con Quien podemos tener un encuentro personal, de cuya compañia y amistad podemos gozar, y cuyas enseñanzas siguen siendo validas y relevantes en todos los aspectos de la vida. Como lo expresa en una antigua oracion inglesa que Barclay coloca como lema en muchos de sus libros: "ayudarnos a conocer a Jesucristo mas intimamente, amarle mas entrañablemente y seguirle mas fielmente"La presente edicion en un solo tomo de esta importante obra, traducida magistralmente al español por Alberto Araujo, aporta ademas de una mayor facilidad de adquisicion y manejo por parte del pueblo cristiano en el mundo de habla hispana, la ventaja de la unificacion de indices y bibliografias:INDICE ANALITICO DE CONCEPTOS Y PERSONAJES: Con mas de 4.000 entradas, constituye un diccionario completo y una herramienta utilisima para pastores, predicadores y estudiantes, que permite explorar en profundidad el contenido del Comentario y con ello todo el texto del Nuevo Testamento partiendo de la idea a la palabra y de la palabra a la idea.INDICE DE PATRISTICA, LITERATURA JUDAICA, APOCALIPTICA, TEXTOS APOCRIFOS Y CODICES: Que aporta un acceso facil de todas las fuentes citadas para analizar su vinculacion con el texto del NT.INDICE DE PALABRAS HEBREAS GRIEGAS Y LATINAS: Partiendo de su transcripcion fonetica aproximada, para ver como se pronunciaban cuando se escribio el N.T.BIBLIOGRAFIA: Con una amplia seleccion de libros en español que se recomiendan como fuentes complementarias para el estudio, tanto de todo el N.T. como de cada libro en particular.

Amongst all the commentaries on St. Pauls Epistle to the Romans Leenhardts has won a distinguished place. Marked by freshness, lucidity and a firm grasp of the inner essentials of the Epistle, the commentary is both scholarly and readable. J.G. Davies wrote of it: "This is the outstanding commentary in any language on Romans. Leenhardt has illuminated many obscure passages; some of his interpretations are entirely new and yet entirely convincing. No one could read this commentary without a deeper understanding of the apostles essential thought."

Amongst all the commentaries on St. Pauls Epistle to the Romans Leenhardts has won a distinguished place. Marked by freshness, lucidity and a firm grasp of the inner essentials of the Epistle, the commentary is both scholarly and readable. J.G. Davies wrote of it: "This is the outstanding commentary in any language on Romans. Leenhardt has illuminated many obscure passages; some of his interpretations are entirely new and yet entirely convincing. No one could read this commentary without a deeper understanding of the apostles essential thought."

For more than five decades, John Hayess scholarship has had a decisive influence on scholars and students in the field of Hebrew Bible study. This collection of ten essays, written between 1968 and 1995, displays his remarkable and thought-provoking elucidation of Israelite history, prophecy, and law. These essays make significant contributions that challenge the mainstream scholarship establishment with their daring interpretations and explanations, along with their bold, innovative theories. The way in which Hayes approaches the study of seminal figures, biblical texts, and historical reconstructions, combined with his analysis of specific methods, will have lasting implications for contemporary scholarship. He argues that biblical texts must be understood as being embedded within the particular historical, social, cultural, and political matrices from which they emerged. Whether exploring the social formation of early Israel, the final years of Samaria, or the social concept ofcovenant, he demonstrates a textually focussed and exegetically based approach. Hayess essays provide valuable insights that help contextualise developments within mid- to late-twentieth-century interpretation, thereby granting scholars glimpsesof key moments in the evolution of particular methods, trends, and models that have given shape to current research approaches. Familiarity with Hayess writings thus allows contemporary interpreters to envisage new avenues and perspectives in critical discussion of the Hebrew Bible.

The book of Deuteronomy is not an orphan. It belongs to a diverse family of legal traditions and cultures in the world of the Bible. The Social World of Deuteronomy: A New Feminist Commentary brings these traditions and cultures to life and uses them to enrich our understanding and appreciation of Deuteronomy today. Don C. Benjamin uses social-scientific criticism to reconstruct the social institutions where Deuteronomy developed, as well as those that appear in its traditions. He uses feministcriticism to better understand and appreciate how powerful elite males in Deuteronomy view not only the women, daughters, mothers, wives and widows in their households but also their powerless children, liminal people, slaves, prisoners, outsiders, livestock and nature. Through the lens of feminist theory, Benjamin explores important aspects of the daily lives of these often overlooked peoples in ancient Israel.

In Volume 2 of Beware the Evil Eye, John H. Elliott addresses the most extensive sources of Evil Eye belief in antiquity: the cultures of Greece and Rome. In this period, features of the belief found in Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources are expanded to the point where an Evil Eye belief complex becomes apparent. This complex of features associated with the Evil Eye - human eye as key organ of information, eye as active not passive, eye as channel of emotion and dispositions, especially envy, arising in the heart, possessors, victims, defensive strategies, and amulets - is essential to an understanding of the literary references to the Evil Eye. Elliott here illuminates the context for examining Evil Eye belief and practice in the Bible and the biblical communities.

Although traditionally accepted by the church down through the centuries, the longer ending of Marks Gospel (16:9-20) has been relegated by modern scholarship to the status of a later appendage. The arguments for such a view are chiefly based upon the witness of the two earliest complete manuscripts of Mark, and upon matters of language and style. This work shows that these primary grounds of argumentation are inadequate. It is demonstrated that the church fathers knew the Markan ending from the very earliest days, well over two centuries before the earliest extant manuscripts. The quantity of unique terms in the ending is also seen to fall within the parameters exhibited by undisputed Markan passages. Strong indications of Markan authorship are found in the presence of specific linguistic constructions, a range of literary devices, and the continuation of various themes prominent within the body of the Gospel. Furthermore, the writings of Luke show that the Gospel of Mark known to this author containedthe ending. Rather than being a later addition, the evidence is interpreted in terms of a textual omission occurring at a later stage in transmission, probably in Egypt during the second century.

Although traditionally accepted by the church down through the centuries, the longer ending of Marks Gospel (16:9-20) has been relegated by modern scholarship to the status of a later appendage. The arguments for such a view are chiefly based upon the witness of the two earliest complete manuscripts of Mark, and upon matters of language and style. This work shows that these primary grounds of argumentation are inadequate. It is demonstrated that the church fathers knew the Markan ending from the very earliest days, well over two centuries before the earliest extant manuscripts. The quantity of unique terms in the ending is also seen to fall within the parameters exhibited by undisputed Markan passages. Strong indications of Markan authorship are found in the presence of specific linguistic constructions, a range of literary devices, and the continuation of various themes prominent within the body of the Gospel. Furthermore, the writings of Luke show that the Gospel of Mark known to this author containedthe ending. Rather than being a later addition, the evidence is interpreted in terms of a textual omission occurring at a later stage in transmission, probably in Egypt during the second century.

Winner of two 1990 Christianity Today Awards: Readers Choice (1st place; theology doctrine) and Critics Choice (1st place; theology doctrine) A 1989 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner How did the books of the Bible come to be recognized as Holy Scripture?Who decided what shape the canon should take? What criteria influenced these decisions? After nearly nineteen centuries the canon of Scripture remains an issue of debate. Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox all have slightly differing collections of documents in their Bibles. Martin Luther, one of the early leaders of the Protestant Reformation, questioned the inclusion of the book of James in the canon. And many Christians today, while confessing the authority of all of Scripture, tend to rely on only a few books and particular themes while ignoring the rest.Scholars have raised many other questions as well. Research into second-century Gnostic texts have led some to argue that politics played a significant role in the formation of the Christian canon. Assessing the influence of ancient communities and a variety of disputes on the final shaping of the canon call for ongoing study.In this significant historical study, F. F. Bruce brings the wisdom of a lifetime of reflection and biblical interpretation to bear on questions and confusion surrounding the Christian canon of Scripture. Adept in both Old and New Testament studies, he brings a rare comprehensive perspective to the task. Though some issues have shifted since the initial publication of this classic book, it remains a significant landmark and touchstone for further studies.

Written by scholars with extensive experience teaching in colleges and universities, the Exploring the Bible series has for decades equipped students to study Scripture for themselves.Exploring the New Testament, Volume Two provides an accessible introduction to the Letters and Revelation. Its filled with classroom-friendly features such as discussion questions, charts, theological summary sidebars, essay questions, and further reading lists. This volume introduces students to Jewish and Greco-Roman background Pauls life, mission, and theology the structure and major themes of each book issues of authorship, date, and setting methods in reading and interpreting the Letters and Revelation the intersection of New Testament criticism with contemporary issues of faih and culture Now in its third edition, this popular textbook has been updated and revised to take account of the latest advances in scholarly findings and research methods, including new sections on the theological links between Jesus and Paul the way New Testament authors read the Hebrew Scriptures the contribution of archaeology to New Testament studies updated bibliographies highlighting the most important and influential works published in the last decade Exploring the New Testament, Volume Two offers a thorough overview of the Letters and Revelation that will give students a stronger understanding and a solid foundation for ongoing study.

Written by scholars with extensive experience teaching in colleges and universities, the Exploring the Bible series has for decades equipped students to study Scripture for themselves.Exploring the New Testament, Volume One provides an accessible introduction to the Gospels and Acts. Its filled with classroom-friendly features such as discussion questions, charts, theological summary sidebars, essay questions, and further reading lists. This volume introduces students to Jewish and Greco-Roman background literary genres and forms issues of authorship, date, and setting the content and major themes of each book various approaches to the study of the Gospels and Acts the intersection of New Testament criticism with contemporary faith and culture Now in its third edition, this popular textbook has been updated and revised to take account of the latest advances in scholarly findings and research methods, including new sections on the impact of social memory theory on Gospel studies the relationship of Johns Gospel to the Synoptics recent work on characterization in narrative studies of the Gospels the way the Hebrew Scriptures are read by the New Testament authors the contribution of archaeology to New Testament studies updated bibliographies highlighting the most important and influential works published in the last decade Especially suited as a textbook for courses on Jesus, the Gospels, or Acts, this book is a valuable guide for anyone seeking a solid foundation for studying the New Testament.

Who was Peter and what was his true stature in the early church? For Protestants at least, Peter seems caught between two caricatures: the rustic fisherman of Galilee and the author of two lesser New Testament letters. And in both cases he is overshadowed by Paul.In The Life and Witness of Peter, Larry Helyer seeks to reinstate this neglected and underestimated apostle to his rightful stature as an early Christian leader and faithful witness to Christ.Reconstructing Peters life, theology and legacy from evidence in 1 and 2 Peter, the Gospels, Acts, Pauls letters, and texts from the early church, Helyer renders a great service for students of the New Testament. We are introduced to Peter the eyewitness who stands behind much of Marks Gospel, Peter the preacher who lends deep credibility to the account of Acts, and Peter the letter-writer whose words glow with spiritual intelligence. Along the way we are rewarded with a careful analysis of prominent theological themes in Peters letters. And we learn much about the traditions, legends and legacy of Peter in the post-apostolic era

The heart of the biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we take on the characteristics of what we worship.Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole canon, from Genesis to Revelation. Beale concludes with an application of the biblical notion of idolatry to the challenges of contemporary life.

What do the books of Luke and Acts teach us about God, Jesus, and the early church? How do these two books relate to each other? And what do they mean for us today?In this accessible and compelling introduction, Michael Bird draws us into the wide-ranging narrative of Luke-Acts to discover how Luke frames the life of Jesus and of the first disciples who set out from Jerusalem to "the ends of the earth" proclaiming the Good News. Bird shows us how these two books, when read together, tell a cohesive narrative about Jesus, the Church, and the mission of Godwith implications for the whole of our lives today. Situating both books in their historical and literary context, Bird moves through an exploration of their central theological themes and culminates with consideration of the books relevance for contemporary social issues.

From beginning to end, the very structure of the Gospel of Matthew emphasizes that Jesus is the Son of God.At climactic points Jesus is so identifiedby Peter, by a Roman centurion, by Jesus himself, and by God the Father. With The Gospel of the Son of God, David Bauer provides a comprehensive introduction to this Gospel that has been so foundational to the Christian church. Arguing that the nature of Matthew itself should provide us with the framework for its study, he presents a holistic inductive approach with a literary, theological, and canonical focus.In the first section on orientation, Bauer explores issues of genre, interpretive methods, authorship, audience, and literary structure. Then he moves to interpretation, guiding readers through the meaning of sections of the text. Finally, the reflection section synthesizes and develops major theological themes emerging from the interpretation, including Christology, salvation history, eschatology, and discipleship.While providing a sound basis for the study of Matthew, Bauer goes beyond typical introductory issues to draw out the rich theological vision of the Gospel. His careful scholarship and clear exposition will make this a valuable resource for college and seminary students and pastors.

Do the writings of the church fathers support a literalist interpretation of Genesis 1? Young earth creationists have maintained that they do. And it is sensible to look to the Fathers as a check against our modern biases.But before enlisting the Fathers as ammunition in our contemporary Christian debates over creation and evolution, some cautions are in order. Are we correctly representing the Fathers and their concerns? Was Basil, for instance, advocating a literal interpretation in the modern sense? How can we avoid flattening the Fathers thinking into an indexed source book in our quest for establishing their significance for contemporary Christianity?Craig Allert notes the abuses of patristic texts and introduces the Fathers within their ancient context, since the patristic writings require careful interpretation in their own setting. What can we learn from a Basil or Theophilus, an Ephrem or Augustine, as they meditate and expound on themes in Genesis 1? How were they speaking to their own culture and the questions of their day? Might they actually have something to teach us about listening carefully to Scripture as we wrestle with the great axial questions of our own day?Allerts study prods us to consider whether contemporary evangelicals, laudably seeking to be faithful to Scripture, may in fact be more bound to modernity in our reading of Genesis 1 than we realize. Here is a book that resets our understanding of early Christian interpretation and the contemporary conversation about Genesis 1.BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity invite us to see the harmony between the sciences and biblical faith on issues including cosmology, biology, paleontology, evolution, human origins, the environment, and more.

Among the several prominent themes in the Bible, the story of Israel is one that has attracted recent attention and study. The biblical story of Israelin its election, sin, exile and restorationis a finely articulated drama of the glory and the plight of the universal story of humanity and creation. And the story of Jesus, born from the womb of Israel as its Messiah and true seed of Abraham, provides the redemptive solution to Israels and the worlds plight.This book by C. Marvin Pate, J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays, E. Randolph Richards, W. Dennis Tucker Jr., and Preben Vang explores the unitive theme of the story of Israel from Genesis to Revelation. Probing each section of Scripturefrom Pentateuch, Psalms and Prophets to Gospels, Epistles and Apocalypsethe authors bring the contours of this story to light. From close-up examinations of key texts to panoramic shots of the biblical terrain, The Story of Israel unfolds an intriguing and compelling perspective on biblical theology. And with its features of recommended readings and study questions, it is a textbook suitable for classroom and individual study.

Traducción del los términos originales de las lenguas bíblicas (hebrero, griego u otras). Numeración en correspondencia a la Concordancia de Strong. Historia bíblica y política de los pueblos vecinos y contemporaneos. Arqueologia y geografia. Paises, regiones, valles, montes, rios y desiertos: interpretacion y distintas acepciones de su significado. Flora y fauna. Animales y plantas mencionadas tanto en sentido natural como simbolico. Personajes principales y secundarios. Atencion especial a los mas significativos por su accion o su relevancia en la historia de la salvacion. Doctrina y teologia. Analisis breve, pero completo, de las ideas y corrientes del pensamiento desde sus origenes hebreos hasta los dias apostolicos. Hermeneutica. Informacion de los metodos de interpretacion biblica utilizados por los judios y los cristianos primitivos. Introduccion y reseña de cada libro biblico. Costumbres y religion. Alimentos de los tiempos biblicos, ceremonias nupciales, fiestas religiosas, culto, juegos, oficios, agricultura, ganaderia, ropa y vestuario. Vision canonica de la historia biblica. Estudio del origen y desarrollo de las ideas y creencias judias a partir de los estratos mas antiguos del Antiguo Testamento y su recepcion en el cristianismo del Nuevo Testamento. Ilustradocon mas de 500 fotografias, ilustraciones y graficos a todo color. Mas de 50 mapas a color. Referencias cruzadas entre palabras y articulos relacionados entre si. Rotulado alfabetico lateral para la localizacion rapida y sencilla de la informacion. Cualquier lector, con conocimientos biblicos o sin ellos, aprovechara esta obra para informarse de un modo general o para formarse a un nivel detallado y profundo.

SALMOS não é apenas o livro mais lido da Bíblia, mas também o mais extenso. É o livro das canções e orações do povo de Deus.Salmos é um livro para ser lido, cantado e pregado. Inspirado pelo Espírito