To read a passage repeatedly, to examine its ambiguities, to probe its place in a larger text, to reflect on its relationship to other texts by the same author and its place within the canon of Scripture—all...
The devil—styled by Calvin as "God’s adversary and ours"—is ubiquitous in the witness of the New Testament. Yet contemporary Christian doctrine generally remains dumbfounded about what to do with...
Literary and Philosophical Investigations of the Apocalypse of John
by Sean M. McDonough
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781481323345
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: September 2025
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2025-08-30
Imprint: Baylor University Press
272 Pages
The book of Revelation is strange, to put it mildly. An informed reading reveals John’s pastoral intent is very much in keeping with typical New Testament instruction regarding God, Jesus, and the...
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the caves near Qumran in 1947 sparked near endless speculation about the possible connections between the Essenes--purportedly the inhabitants of the settlement--and...
Many of the prevailing scholarly positions in Pauline studies have focused on the ethnicity of Jews and Gentiles as the dividing obstacle towards unity. Proposed solutions to this dichotomy seem to...
To contemporary sensibilities, the idea of divine judgment can seem at best off-putting, at worst a reason to jettison the biblical text altogether. Long gone are the days of Puritan preachers and their...
Happiness and human flourishing were common topics among philosophers in the ancient world, from Aristotle to Seneca and beyond. Although Bible readers often think about Jesus' primary role as the savior...
En las últimas dos décadas N. T. Wright ha producido una sucesión de volúmenes conectados que exploran la naturaleza y los orígenes del cristianismo. Wright ha argumentado constantemente que el...
After several centuries of controversy, the early church came to an uneasy consensus that Jesus was both fully human and fully divine. In his divinity, orthodox Christianity claimed, he shared fully...
Understanding associations in the Greco-Roman world enhances the study of the rise of early Christianity--whether at the micro-level of interpreting particular texts or at the macro-level of assessing...
In Being and Becoming, Frederick David Carr offers a fresh examination of the theme of human transformation and identity in Paul's letters. Carr structures his investigation beneath two...
The use of voluntary associations as a way to begin understanding Christ groups has become accepted practice in much of modern New Testament scholarship. This consensus has been decades in the making,...
Among the archaeological discoveries of the modern era, the Qumran site and the Dead Sea Scrolls are some of the most significant. These finds offer rich understanding of not only Judaism but also the...
In the Second-Temple period non-Jews were attracted to Judaism's communal life, religious observance and theological imagination. On the Jewish side, this was matched by the development of several discrete...
Series: Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity
by Michael Wolter
Series edited by Wayne Coppins and Simon Gathercole
Translated by Wayne Coppins and Christoph Heilig
Price: $89.99
ISBN: 9781481306706
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: November 2021
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2021-10-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
674 Pages
In this fifth volume of the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, Michael Wolter provides a detailed, verse-by-verse interpretation of the Third Evangelist’s Gospel (Luke 9:51-24)....
The Beheading of John the Baptist in Early Christian Memory
by Nathan L. Shedd
Price: $49.99
ISBN: 9781481315227
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: November 2021
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2021-10-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
228 Pages
Execution by beheading is a highly symbolic act. The grisly image of the severed head evokes a particular social and cultural location, functioning as a channel of figurative discourse specific to a...
