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John: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries

With attention to both liturgical interpretation and exegetical analysis, Lewis provides a unique preaching resource that will build biblical literacy by assisting both preachers and listeners in understanding John's Gospel as a whole.

Beginner's Guide to Reading the Bible

Many of us would like to know more about the Bible, but don't know where to begin. A Beginner's Guide to Reading the Bible is a concise introduction that...

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The Africana Bible: Reading Israel's Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora

A landmark volume, The Africana Bible gathers multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on every book in the Hebrew Bible. It opens a critical window...

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Reading the Bible in an Age of Crisis: Political Exegesis for a New Day

We live in an age in which economic, ecological, and political crises are not the exception, but the rule. The Cold War polarities that shaped an earlier "political exegesis" have been replaced; increasingly, crisis is the engine of a global "turbo-capitalism."

The Bible and African Americans: A Brief History

The unique encounter of African Americans with the Bible has shaped centuries of spirituality and social engagement of a whole continent. Highly respected...

A Beginner's Guide to Studying the Bible

Many of us would like to study the Bible, but don't know how to begin. A Beginner's Guide to Studying the Bible offers help in getting started with a book...

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Stars Beneath Us: Finding God in the Evolving Cosmos

Relying on his upbringing as a Baptist, his doctoral work in experimental nuclear physics and gamma-ray astronomy, and his ordination to the gospel ministry, Paul Wallace weaves a book unlike any other in faith-and-science literature. 

Spirituality of the Psalms

Capturing the depth of the Psalms. The seasons of our lives change. Using a model of orientation—disorientation—new orientation, Brueggemann...

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Matthew: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries

Wes Allen draws together the strengths of these two approaches into a new genre of homiletical and teaching resource with a focus on the Gospel according to Matthew.

Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The New Testament

This commentary on the New Testament presents a balanced synthesis of current scholarship, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world. The result is a commentary that is comprehensive and useful for preaching, teaching, and research.

True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary

This pioneering commentary sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African American experience and concern. Cutting-edge scholarship that is in...

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Mary Magdalene and Many Others: Women who followed Jesus

Seeking "to discover whether Jesus' message of liberation had a word to say to me as a woman," Carla Ricci found the key in Luke 8:1-3, which mentions the...

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The Bible: An Introduction, Second Edition

From its very first pages, The Bible: An Introduction, Second Edition offers clear answers to the most basic questions that first-time students and curious inquirers bring to the Bible. This second edition offers revised chapters and auxiliary material and new discussions of biblical studies methods and the question of inspiration.

The Cry of Tamar: Violence against Women and the Church's Response, Second Edition

In this comprehensive, practical, and gripping assessment of various forms of violence against women, Pamela Cooper-White challenges the Christian churches to examine...

The Lord's Prayer: A Text in Tradition

This magisterial study surveys the contributions of biblical scholars and theologians from the early patristic writers to the modern era, from eastern and...

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The Psalms and the Life of Faith

Walter Brueggemann's unique gift of joining historical-exegetical insights to penetrating observations about the traumas and joys of contemporary...

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Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus

Hear Then the Parable is an innovative literary-social reading of all the parables of Jesus.

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Fortress Introduction to the New Testament

All the main issues for reading the New Testament are covered in this exciting new introduction by one of the world's foremost biblical scholars.

The Writings of the New Testament: Third Edition

Watch Luke Timothy Johnson discuss his new book, Writings of the New Testament: Third Edition Find more videos like this on Fortress Forum Luke...

The Bible in Human Transformation: Toward a New Paradigm in Bible Study

"Historical biblical criticism is bankrupt." That startling affirmation began The Bible in Human Transformation when it first appeared in 1975. Wink asserts...