Sejarah hermeneutik yang ada dalam buku ini adalah sejarah penulisan sumber-sumber penulisan hermeneutik beserta hiruk pikuknya di antara para tokoh pendiri dan pengembang hermeneutik itu sendiri. Dalam buku ini terdapat berbagai perdebatan dan kritikan yang bukan hanya dalam konteks bagaimana hermeneutika itu dibuat dan diciptakan, tapi bagaimana saling kritik mewarnai gaya penulisan dan bahka…
Penulis tafsiran ini berpendapat lain. Baginya, kitab Wahyu bukannya berisi program sejarah Gereja atau rencana mengenai peristiwa- peristiwa yang akan terjadi di dunia ini sebelum kembalinya Kristus. Sebaliknya kitab ini harus dibaca sebagai surat yang aktual bagi jemaat- jemaat Kristen yang hidup pada paruh kedua abad pertama, yaitu saat dimana bangsa Yahudi memberontak terhadap kekaisaran Ro…
Recipient of a Christianity Today 1993 Critics' Choice Award Now in paperback! Stanley Grenz and Roger Olson offer in this text a sympathetic introduction to twentieth-century theology and a critical survey of its significant thinkers and movements. Of particular interest is their attempt to show how twentieth-century theology has moved back and forth between two basic concepts: God's immanence…
"Saya Sedih karena tidak enak rasanya secara politik mengakui apa yang diketahui semua orang: perang Irak sebagian besar soal minyak." (Alan Greenspan) "Di era serba tidak pasti ini, Abad Prahara mengulas sepak terjang Alan Greenspan selama menjabat sebagai Ketua Dewan Gubernur Bank Sentral Amerika periode 1987-2006. Ia telah memandu ekonomi melewati era kekacauan menuju tingkat pertumbuhan …
Even as he said this, Robin was aware of armed men wearing the Sheriff's livery who were closing in round the tree, and of the Bishop of Peterborough with his followers riding through the forest towards where he was. 'A trap!' thought Robin, and in a moment he had dropped out of the tree and was running his hardest down the hill while Worman shouted: 'After him, men! It is Robin Hood! This …
On Christian Doctrine is a theological text written by St. Augustine of Hippo. It consists of four books that describe how to interpret and teach the Scriptures. The first three of these books were published in 397 and the fourth added in 426. By writing this text, St. Augustine set three tasks for Christian teachers and preachers: to discover the truth in the contents of the Scriptures, to tea…
The best illustration book available to pastors today! Covers contemporary subjects such as abortion, drugs, and divorce, as well as the timeless subjects of faith, commitment, and Christian living.
"The epistle of 2 Peter has had a very rough passage down the centuries," says Michael Green in this commentary. "Its entry into the Canon was precarious in the extreme . . . It was deemed second-class Scripture by Luther, rejected Erasmus, and regarded with hesitancy by Calvin." And about Jude he says, "WE can learn a great deal about a man by listening to what he has to say about himself. Jud…
This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. Contributors include renowned scholars such as Lynn H. Cohick, David A. deSilva, Jame…