Augsburg Fortress

Paul and the Faithfulness of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God: Volume 4

Wright carefully explores the whole context of Paul's thought and activity—Jewish, Greek and Roman, cultural, philosophical, religious, and imperial-and shows how the apostle's worldview and theology enabled him to engage with the many-sided complexities of first-century life that his churches were facing.

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Mark as Story: An Introduction to the Narrative of a Gospel, Third Edition

For thirty years, Mark as Story has introduced readers to the rhetorical and narrative skill that makes Mark so arresting and compelling a story...

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Introducing the Bible: Second Edition

John Drane's survey provides an engaging general introduction to the persons, events, and cultural contexts of the Bible. Arranged historically, Drane's text...

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La Biblia en español: Cómo nos llegó: The Spanish Bible: How It Came to Be

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Does the Bible Justify Violence?

Renowned biblical scholar John J. Collins asks tough questions about the relationship between the portrayals of violence in the Bible and how they have been...

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The Resurrection of the Son of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God: Volume 3

Why did Christianity begin, and why did it take the shape it did? To answer this question - which any historian must face - renowned New Testament scholar...

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The New Testament and the People of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God: Volume 1

This first volume in the series Christian Origins and the Question of God provides a historical, theological, and literary study of first-century Judaism and...

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A Commentary on Acts

The book of Acts recounts the birth of the church and the ministry of the disciples. It is of critical importance in the New Testament, and in this helpful guide, the section-by-section commentary draws out the historical, theological, and pastoral significance of the biblical text.

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Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: Mandating a Better Righteousness

Through careful attention to the structure of Matthew's Gospel and the place of the Sermon within it, keen sensitivity to the patterns and themes of Israelite prophecy, and judicious comparisons with other Jewish and rabbinic literature, Jack R. Lundbom elucidates the meaning of the Sermon and its continuity with Israel's prophetic heritage as well as the best of Jewish teaching. By deft appeal to Christian commentators on the Sermon, Lundbom brings its most important themes to life for the contemporary reader.

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Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy

This paperback edition of Walter Brueggemann's monumental work makes his important volume available at a lower price.

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Paul: In Fresh Perspective

The letters of the Apostle Paul changed the world like no others before or since, and they continue to strike us afresh with their panoramic vision of human history and destiny.

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Blessed to Follow: The Beatitudes as a Compass for Discipleship

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In Matthew's Gospel, the Sermon on the Mount inaugurates Jesus' public ministry, and the first word out of Jesus' mouth is "blessed." He repeats this...

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Fortress Introduction to Salvation and the Cross

What does it mean to be saved, and how can we make sense of the Christian claim that Christ died for our sins? That is the work of soteriology, the classic...

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The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form

First published in 1987 by Fortress Press, this 20th anniversary edition of this classic bestseller includes a new Afterword from the author. Here, in...

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The Land: Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith, 2nd Edition

The land was one of the most vibrant symbols for the people of ancient Israel. In the land—gift, promise, and challenge—was found the physical...

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Jesus and the Victory of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God: Volume 2

In this highly anticipated volume, N. T. Wright focuses directly on the historical Jesus: Who was he? What did he say? And what did he mean by it? Wright...

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Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets

Weems's pioneering study explores the puzzling ways in which the Hebrew prophets' portrayals of divine love, compassion, and conventional commitment often...

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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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The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary

Dr. Brueggemann describes the human cries of anguish and the exultations of praise expressed in the Psalms.

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