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  • Enslavement and Gender in the New Testament

    Jesus, Slavery, and Unconventional Masculinity

    by Caryn Reeder ...
    In the first-century Roman Empire, men generally held privileged status. Masculinity was conceived as exercising power over both self and others through self-discipline, violence, and authority in the community and household. This paradigm often proved socially problematic and fostered injustice and abuse of those in socially weaker positions. Masculinity was defined in contrast with femininity, ... Read more

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  • The Enemy in the Household

    Family Violence in Deuteronomy and Beyond

    by Caryn Reeder ...
    This fresh approach to troubling biblical texts explores the "family violence" passages in Deuteronomy, tracing their ancient interpretation and assessing their contemporary significance. Three laws in Deuteronomy command violence against a family member--the enemy in the household--who leads others away from covenantal obligations to God. This book examines such "constructive" violence carried ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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  • Willing to Believe

    The Controversy over Free Will

    by R. C. Sproul ...
    What is the role of the will in believing the good news of the gospel? Why is there so much controversy over free will throughout church history? R. C. Sproul finds that Christians have often been influenced by pagan views of the human will that deny the effects of Adam's fall.In Willing to Believe, Sproul traces the free-will controversy from its formal beginning in the fifth century, with the ... Read more

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  • God's Ghostwriters

    Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

    by Candida Moss ...
    From an award-winning biblical scholar, the story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the message of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity in ways both subtle and profound.For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture have credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke ... Read more

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  • The King James Version Debate

    A Plea for Realism

    by D. Carson ...
    D. A. Carson addresses laypeople and pastors with a concise explanation of the science of textual criticism and refutes the proposition that the King James Version is superior to contemporary translations. The book provides a readable introduction to two things: biblical textual criticism and some of the principles upon which translations are made. ... Read more

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  • Women in the Church (Third Edition)

    An Interpretation and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15

    by Andreas J. Köstenberger, Thomas R. Schreiner, S. M. Baugh, Denny Burk, Albert Wolters, Robert W. Yarbrough, Theresa Bowen, Monica Brennan, Rosaria Butterfield, Gloria Furman, Mary A. Kassian, Tony Merida, Trillia Newbell ...
    The role of women in the church is more hotly debated today than ever. Christians on all sides of the issue often turn to the apostle Paul's words in 1 Timothy to justify their position, arguing over the meaning and application of this challenging passage. Now in its third edition, this classic exposition of 1 Timothy 2:9–15 includes contributions by Thomas Schreiner, Andreas Köstenberger, Robert ... Read more

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  • Paul, Women, and Wives

    Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul

    by Craig Keener ...
    Paul's letters stand at the center of the dispute over women, the church, and the home, with each side championing passages from the Apostle. Now, in a challenging new attempt to wrestle with these thorny texts, Craig Keener delves as deeply into the world of Paul and the apostles as anyone thus far. Acknowledging that we must take the biblical text seriously, and recognizing that Paul's letters ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Exploring the New Testament World

    An Illustrated Guide to the World of Jesus and the First Christians

    by Albert Bell ...
    The timeless message of the New Testament applies to people of every culture and generation. Yet there is great value in understanding the world in which that message was first revealed - its social manners, politics, religious customs, and culture. Exploring the New Testament World, written by classics and Bible scholar Dr. Albert A. Bell, Jr., illuminates the living context of the New Testament, ... Read more

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  • Women in the World of the Earliest Christians

    Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life

    by Lynn Cohick ...
    Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general. Cohick shows that although women during this period were active at all levels within their ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • Paul and the Giants of Philosophy

    Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context

    Edited by Joseph R. Dodson, David E. Briones ...
    Biblical Foundations Award FinalistWhat forces shaped the intellectual world of the apostle Paul? How familiar was he with the great philosophers of his age, and to what extent was he influenced by them? When he quoted Greco-Roman sources, what was his aim?Pauline scholars wrestle with such questions in journal articles and technical monographs, but now Paul and the Giants of Philosophy brings the ... Read more

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  • Her Share of the Blessings

    Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World

    by Ross Shepard Kraemer ...
    Whether pagan, Jewish, or Christian, religion was an integral part of the lives of women in the Greco-Roman world. Yet studies of the ancient Mediterranean world have focused almost exclusively on the religious beliefs and practices of men. In Her Share of the Blessings, Ross Shepard Kraemer provides the first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity. She vividly recreates ... Read more

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  • Stoicism in Early Christianity

    Edited by Tuomas Rasimus, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, Ismo Dunderberg ...
    Highlighting the place of Stoic teaching in early Christian thought, an international roster of scholars challenges the prevailing view that Platonism was the most important philosophical influence on early Christianity. They suggest that early Christians were more often influenced by Stoicism than by Platonism, an insight that sheds new light on the relationship between philosophy and religion at ... Read more

    $33.99 USD