Recently added articles from Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society:
METAPHORS OF MARRIAGE AS EXPRESSIONS OF DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONS
Dec 01, 2008; ... ProQuest: ... denotes Greek characters omitted (or Cyrillic characters omitted.) Figurative language makes up a great deal of human communication. As a general category, all figures of speech are at times classified under the term "metaphor." Thus Williams can point out that "metaphor ...
THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
Dec 01, 2008; ... ProQuest: ... denotes non-US.ASCII text omitted.) The Bible as a literary work is made up of text and paratext. Paratext may be defined as everything in a text other than the words, that is to say, those elements that are adjoined to the text but are not part of the text itself if the ...
THE NARRATIVE FUNCTION AND VERBAL ASPECT OF THE HISTORICAL PRESENT IN THE FOURTH GOSPEL
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) I. INTRODUCTION Scholars have long recognized the frequent occurrence of the historical present in classical and first-century Greek narratives.1 In the NT, the historical present occurs most often in the Gospels of Mark and John.2 While ...
1 CORINTHIANS 14:34-35: EVALUATION OF PROPHECY REVISITED
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-US.ASCII text omitted.) Thomas Schreiner wrote: "I believe the role of women in the church is the most controversial and sensitive issue within evangelicalism today."1 Whether this is so or not, there can be little doubt that this topic has generated intense ...
JESUS CHRIST, GOD MANIFEST: TITUS 2:13 REVISITED
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-US.ASCII text omitted.) (ProQuest: ... denotes Greek characters omitted (or Cyrillic characters omitted.) Gordon Fee's new work, Pauline Christology,1 is likely to be the standard reference on the subject for years to come. Fee devotes about 450 pages ...
HEBREWS 6:4-6 FROM AN ORAL CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes Greek characters omitted (or Cyrillic characters omitted.)) I. INTRODUCTION Few biblical passages have caused more confusion and argumentation than Heb 6:4-6: "For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and ...
THE SUFFERING OF GOD AS AN ASPECT OF THE DIVINE OMNISICIENCE
Dec 01, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION On Super Tuesday of 2008, while presidential hopefuls were trying to take the country by storm, the states of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky were experiencing storms of a more horrific kind. One center of destructive turbulence was Union University where I ...
A THEOLOGY OF SEXUAL ABUSE: A REFLECTION ON CREATION AND DEVASTATION
Dec 01, 2008; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-US.ASCII text omitted.) I. INTRODUCTION: NOT ALL WOUNDED ARE COMING HOME The Creator's original intention for human beings that combined royal, priestly, and shepherding notions can, paradoxically, appear all the more vibrant when we contemplate its ...
THE PLIGHT OF THE NEW ATHEISM: A CRITIQUE
Dec 01, 2008; ... Contemporary trends, both popular and scholarly, have had a significant impact on religious issues over recent decades. There was the New Age Movement. Overlapping with that and extending far past it is Postmodernism. Now the New Atheism is in full bloom. Although the overall percentages are ...
Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?
Dec 01, 2008; ... Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? By Lester L. Grabbe. London: T & T Clark, 2007, 306 pp., $29.95. It is really the subtitle rather than the title that best introduces this book by Lester Grabbe, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, University of Hull, ...
The Quest for the Historical Israel: Debating Archaeology and the History of Early Israel
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Quest for the Historical Israel: Debating Archaeology and the History of Early Israel. By Israel Finkelstein and Amihai Mazar. Edited by Brian B. Schmidt. Archaeology and Biblical Studies 17. Atlanta: SBL, 2007, x + 220 pp., $24.95 paper. This book originates from invited lectures ...
Ezra and Nehemiah
Dec 01, 2008; ... Ezra and Nehemiah. By Matthew Levering. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2007, 236 pp., $29.99. Matthew Levering's preface expresses gratitude to and admiration for colleagues at Notre Dame University, Brazos Press, and his own Ave Maria University, whose work is renewing the Christian Church. To ...
Psalms
Dec 01, 2008; ... Psalms. By James H. Waltner. The Believers Church Bible Commentary. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 2006, 838 pp., $34.99 paper. With Waltner's contribution, Herald Press has published its twentieth volume in twenty years in their Believers Church Bible Commentary series. They are not only to be ...
Proverbs: A Mentor Commentary
Dec 01, 2008; ... Proverbs: A Mentor Commentary. By John A. Kitchen. Inverness, Scotland: Mentor, 2006, 789 pp., n.p. In recent years several commentaries have appeared on the book of Proverbs: van Leeuwen (1997), Murphy (1998), Clifford (1999), Fox (2000), Waltke (2004-2005), and Longman (2006), to name ...
Jonah
Dec 01, 2008; ... Jonah. By R. Reed Lessing. Concordia Commentary. St. Louis: Concordia, 2007, xiii + 451 pp., $42.99. How does one evaluate the merit of a commentary, especially one on a text that has received as much written attention as the book of Jonah? Lessing's commentary is not a groundbreaking ...
Judaism and the Gentiles: Jewish Patterns of Universalism (to 135 CE)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Judaism and the Gentiles: Jewish Patterns of Universalism (to 135 CE). By Terence L. Donaldson. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007, xvi + 563 pp., $59.95. Terence Donaldson, Professor of New Testament Studies at Wycliffe College in Toronto, seeks to demonstrate that "Judaism was in ...
The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins to 200 C.E.: A Sourcebook
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins to 200 C.E.: A Sourcebook. By Anders Runesson, Donald D. Binder, and Birger Olsson, Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 72. Leiden: Brill, 2008, xi + 328 pp., $199.00. This book is the product of a multidisciplinary research project on ancient ...
The Gospel of Matthew
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Gospel of Matthew. By R. T. France. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007, lxiv + 1169 pp., $65.00. Serious students of the Gospel of Matthew will enthusiastically welcome this volume, the product of decades of research and writing by a premier Matthean scholar. R. T. France is Hon ....
The Sinner in Luke
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Sinner in Luke. By Dwayne H. Adams. Evangelical Theological Society Monograph Series. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2008, xxvi + 204 pp., $25.00 paper. The Pharisees question the disciples' eating with the tax collectors and sinners (hamartolos). Jesus overhears and responds that "he did ...
Peter in the Gospel of John: The Making of an Authentic Disciple
Dec 01, 2008; ... Peter in the Gospel of John: The Making of an Authentic Disciple. By Bradford B. Blaine, Jr. Academia Biblica 27. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007, xii + 224 pp., $29.95 paper. As its title indicates, Bradford Blaine's monograph examines the characterization of Peter in the ...