Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism.
At a time when the chasm between academic scholarship and theological reflection seems to be widening, both the academic guild and the church share in common an uncertainty over how to study and appropriate the wisdom literature of the Old Testament.
Since 1990 Roland Murphy's Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible. Now The Tree of Life is available in a third edition, complete with a new preface by the author and a special supplement that surveys the latest developments in wisdom research.
Kisah Ayub merupakan salah satu upaya untuk memahami hal itu. Kisah ini dikenal di Timur Tengah kuno sejak abad ke-9 SM.
Maria Haralambakis provides a wide-ranging study of the pseudepigraphon the Testament of Job. Haralambakis begins with textual issues, considering the recent publication of a 4th century Coptic codex of the text, as well as the more well-know Byzantine Greek manuscripts.
Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari setiap orang Kristen pernah mendengar serta mengucapkan bagian-bagian tertentu dari mazmur-mazmur yang terdapat dalam Alkitab, terutama dalam ibadah-ibadah.
In this new and enlarged edition of his widely used book, the author takes into account a decade of recent scholarship to provide a thorough introduction to The Psalms.
Kehidupan pada masa kini ditulahi oleh hubungan-hubungan yang gagal, tekanan keuangan, tujuan-tujuan yang tidak terpenuhi, dan impian-impian yang hancur. Setiap orang menghendaki "Kehidupan yang lebih baik", tetapi kita terus-menerus merasa frustasi karena ketidakmampuan kita mendapatkannya.
Besides serving as editor of this book Gowan wrote several of the entries. Contributors to this volume include a number of senior scholars, such as Ronald Clements and I. Howard Marshall, as well as junior scholars, pastors, and translators. All the articles are written by specialists in the subject, which gives the essays significant depth of content and import.