Augsburg Fortress

The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: The Cross of Christ and the Revelation of God

In an epic constructive investigation, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God addresses the tension between Scripture's violent depictions of God and the non-violent, self-sacrificial God that was supremely revealed on the cross.

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."

Acts of the Apostles: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries

Acts of the Apostles helps the preacher identify possibilities for sermons based on texts and themes in the book of Acts.

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 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...

About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions, Revised and Expanded Edition

In this newly revised and expanded edition About the Bible: Short Answers to Big Questions, Terence E. Fretheim offers straightforward answers to reoccurring...

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Documents and Images for the Study of the Gospels: Third Edition

Since its first appearance in 1980, Documents for the Study of the Gospels has been a highly regarded sourcebook for the study of the historical environment and the religious, philosophical, and literary texts comparable to aspects of the Gospels. In this third edition, David R. Cartlidge has added new discoveries...

Paul and His Recent Interpreters

In the course of this masterly survey, Wright asks searching questions of all of the major contributors to Pauline studies in the last fifty years.

The Four Gospels on Sunday: The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship

Premier liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop argues that far too often liturgy, preaching, and liturgical theology are informed by naïve and outdated exegesis. In another fully original...

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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Reading the Bible for All the Wrong Reasons

The Bible can be hazardous to one's health if read with faulty expectations. Writing with compassion and wit, Russell Pregeant shows that reading "without...

The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan and N. T. Wright in Dialogue

Two of today's most important and popular New Testament scholars, John Dominic Crossan and N. T. Wright, here air their very different understandings of the...

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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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.

Jesus and Temple: Textual and Archaeological Explorations

James H. Charlesworth gathers essays from world-renowned archaeologists and biblical scholars to address the current state of knowledge and to consider anew vital questions about the temple's significance for Jesus, for his followers, and for New Testament readers today.

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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 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...

Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts, Second Edition

Hanson and Oakman's award-winning and illuminating volume has become a widely used and cited introduction to the social context of Jesus and the early 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.

When the Powers Fall: Reconciliation in the Healing of Nations

Repressive authoritarian regimes are falling and fragile new democracies are emerging around the globe. How are long-standing conflicts and deep divisions...

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