James C. VanderKam, An Introduction to Early Judaism

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VanderKam, J. C. (2001). An Introduction to Early Judaism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
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‘James VanderKam has written a superb introduction to early Judaism, including its history, literature, and religious institutions – a handbook that will be useful to every student or scholar who is interested in this period. VanderKam’s sketch of the history [...]

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Yvonne Sherwood, A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture

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Sherwood, Y. (2000). A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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This book charts the mutations of a particularly buoyant sliver of biblical text – the book of Jonah – as it latches onto Christian and Jewish motifs and anxieties, passes through highbrow and lowbrow [...]

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Review of Adam, Fowl, Vanhoozer and Watson, Reading Scripture with the Church: Toward a Hermeneutic for Theological Interpretation

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Adam, A. K. M., S. E. Fowl, K. J. Vanhoozer, and F. Watson. (2006). Reading Scripture with the Church: Toward a Hermeneutic for Theological Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
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Reading Scripture with the Church is the result of years of debate and discussion among four leading scholars of biblical interpretation – A. K. [...]

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David Jasper, A Short Introduction to Hermeneutics

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Jasper, D. (2004). A Short Introduction to Hermeneutics. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
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Accessibly surveying the approaches to hermeneutics from the patristic period to the present day, Jasper’s Short Introduction provides an introduction to the philosophical issues underlying the development of hermeneutics as well as a theoretical basis for understanding hermeneutics in different [...]

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Raymond E. Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament

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Brown, R. E. (1999). An Introduction to the New Testament. The Anchor Bible Reference Library. New York: Doubleday.
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From the experience of a lifetime of scholarship, preaching, teaching, and writing, Raymond E. Brown covers the entire scope of the New Testament with ease and clarity. He walks readers book by book through the basic [...]

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