Christian Bible History & Culture
epub |eng | 2017-10-02 | Author:Nathan Busenitz [Busenitz, Nathan]

Bernard concludes that God judges the sinner righteous in terms of faith alone based on the merits of Christ. He prayerfully declares to God, As for your justice, so great ...
( Category: Criticism & Interpretation March 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-13 | Author:Matthews, Victor H.

Given the uncertainties of life in the ancient Near East, with the real and constant dangers of drought, famine, and war, it is not surprising to find that the Israelites ...
( Category: Criticism & Interpretation March 5,2020 )
mobi |eng | 2010-09-30 | Author:Walter C. Kaiser Jr. [Kaiser Jr., Walter C.]

From Holman Bible Handbook (Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1992), 259. _________________________ 1. Albrecht Alt, “The Formation of the Israelite State in Palestine,” in Essays on Old Testament History and Religion, ...
( Category: Christian Bible History & Culture March 4,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Craig S. Keener

( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 2,2020 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2015-09-01 | Author:Walter Brueggemann [Brueggemann, Walter]

Thus, when we “cross the Jordan” from the Torah into the account of the land entry in Joshua 3–4, we are in a very different world of land acquisition. Now ...
( Category: African March 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2005-06-28 | Author:Kenneth E. Bailey [Bailey, Kenneth E.]

And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything. (Verse 16) The prodigal desperately wanted to eat the pods that ...
( Category: New Testament February 29,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-26 | Author:John S. Kloppenborg; [Kloppenborg, John S.]

9 FUNERALS Before Tertullian, almost nothing is said in the documents of Christ followers about how the dead are to be treated. First Thessalonians, Paul’s earliest letter, indicates that he ...
( Category: Middle East February 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-02-04 | Author:Timothy Laniak [Laniak, Timothy]

(21:3–4; Zech. 9:9) Matthew emphasizes the gentleness of the coming ruler who, in LXX Zechariah 9:9, comes with righteousness (dikaios) and salvation (sōzōn), to put an end to war and ...
( Category: Christian Theology February 23,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-08 | Author:Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. & Paul D. Wegner

FIG. 18.6 ELAH VALLEY: DAVID AND GOLIATH Copyright Ralph F. Wilson. All rights reserved. Used by permission. FIG. 18.7 ELAH VALLEY: DAVID AND GOLIATH BATTLEGROUND KILLING GOLIATH David, incensed at ...
( Category: Christian Bible History & Culture February 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-01-15 | Author:M. David Litwa; [Litwa, M. David]

CHAPTER ELEVEN THE PHARMAKOS A mythos that is made up, if it carries conviction, always enthralls its audience. —Alexander Romance 2.15.51 There appears in ancient Mediterranean mythography a sacred figure ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology January 19,2020 )