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  • The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas

    Original Language and Influences

    by Simon Gathercole ...
    Series Book 151 - Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
    This book addresses two central questions in current research on the Gospel of Thomas: what was its original language and which early Christian works influenced it? At present, theories of Thomas as a Semitic work abound. Simon Gathercole dismantles these approaches, arguing instead that Thomas is Greek literature and that the matter of Thomas's original language is connected with an even more ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • How God Became Jesus

    The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature---A Response to Bart Ehrman

    by Michael F. Bird, Craig A. Evans, Simon Gathercole, Charles E. Hill, Chris Tilling ...
    In his recent book How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher From Galilee historian Bart Ehrman explores a claim that resides at the heart of the Christian faith— that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. According to Ehrman, though, this is not what the earliest disciples believed, nor what Jesus claimed about himself.The first response book to this latest challenge to Christianity ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Did the Cross Accomplish?

    A Conversation about the Atonement

    by Simon Gathercole, Robert B. Stewart, N.T. Wright ...
    In this book, readers will enjoy a fascinating and cordial discussion between N. T. Wright and Simon Gathercole on the meaning and nature of the doctrine of atonement. These two highly respected scholars discuss in clear and understandable language the meanings of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Their discussion explores various theories of atonement and looks closely at the Old Testament to ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Defending Substitution

    An Essay on Atonement in Paul

    by Simon Gathercole, Lee McDonald, Craig Evans ...
    Series series Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology
    In recent decades, the church and academy have witnessed intense debates concerning the concept of penal substitution to describe Christ's atoning sacrifice. Some claim it promotes violence, glorifies suffering and death, and amounts to divine child abuse. Others argue it plays a pivotal role in classical Christian doctrine. Here world-renowned New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole offers an ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Love as "Agape"

    The Early Christian Concept and Modern Discourse

    by Oda Wischmeyer, Wayne Coppins, Simon Gathercole ...
    Translated by Wayne Coppins ...
    Series series Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity
    In our fraught global environment, when political and ideological lines are drawn ever sharper and old allegiances are increasingly strained, love for neighbor as both individual and societal obligation needs to be thematized and justified anew. At the same time, the New Testament call to love one’s enemies forms a sharp point of contrast to the current non-culture of hatred for all things ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • The Genuine Jesus and the Counterfeit Christs

    New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels

    by Simon J. Gathercole ...
    Christianity Today Book Awards Biblical Studies Award of Merit (2025)What are the key differences between the canonical Gospels and the apocryphal gospels?In this concise and engaging book, New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole shows that crucial theological features link Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John together—and also set them apart from other ancient accounts of Christ's life.Writing in a clear ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Gospel and the Gospels

    Christian Proclamation and Early Jesus Books

    by Simon J. Gathercole ...
    A robust scholarly defense of the distinctiveness of the canonical Gospels.Do the four New Testament gospels share some essence that distinguishes them from noncanonical early Gospels? The tendency among biblical scholars of late has been to declare the answer to this question no—that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were grouped together by happenstance and are defended as canonical today despite ... Read more

    $55.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where is Boasting?

    Early Jewish Soteriology and Paul's Response in Romans 1–5

    by Simon J. Gathercole ...
    This important work challenges the validity of the "New Perspective" on Paul and Judaism. Working with new data fom Jewish literature and a fresh reading of Romans 1–5, Simon Gathercole produces a far-reaching criticism of the current approach to Paul and points a new way forward.Building on a detailed examination of the past generation of scholarship on Paul and early Judaism, Gathercole's work ... Read more

    $43.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Apocryphal Gospels

    Edited by Simon Gathercole ...
    A new translation of the oldest non-canonical Christian gospelsIn the early years of Christianity, several groups produced 'hidden' or 'apocryphal' gospels, alternative versions of the story of Christ. Sometimes these texts complemented the four canonical gospels of the New Testament, sometimes they subverted them and often they were completely different. Here, in the widest selection of non ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • The Paradox of Sonship

    Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews

    by Robert B Jamieson, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Daniel J. Treier ...
    Series series Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Runner Up and FinalistWhat does the epistle to the Hebrews mean when it calls Jesus "Son"? Is "Son" a title that denotes his eternal existence as one person of the Trinity? Or is it a title Jesus receives upon his installation on heaven's throne after his resurrection and ascension?In this Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture (SCDS) volume, which promotes ... Read more

    $31.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature

    Edited by Madison N. Pierce, Andrew J. Byers, Simon Gathercole ...
    Before the early Christian evangelists were Gospel writers, they were Gospel readers. Their composition process was more complex than simply compiling existing traditions about Jesus, then ordering them into a narrative frame. Rather, these writers were engaged in a creative and dynamic act of theological reception. 'Gospel reading' refers to this innovative and often artistic use of source ... Read more

    $91.09 USD

  • Celsus in his World

    Philosophy, Polemic and Religion in the Second Century

    Edited by James Carleton Paget, Simon Gathercole ...
    Celsus penned the earliest known detailed attack upon Christianity. While his identity is disputed and his anti-Christian treatise, entitled the True Word, has been exclusively transmitted through the hands of the great Christian scholar Origen, he remains an intriguing figure. In this interdisciplinary volume, which brings together ancient philosophers, specialists in Greek literature, and ... Read more

    $90.19 USD