The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Combines the defining function of a dictionary with an encyclopedia's comprehensive presentation of accurate, dependable information. Summarizing the state of knowledge on more than 9,000 topics and including 3,500 cross-references, ISBE contains articles on every person and place mentioned in the Bible, every word in the Bible that has significant …
This book recounts the Roman and Jewish context of New Testament times...the lives of John and Jesus, and the history of the first two generations of the Church.
A classic text in biblical theology--still relevant for today and tomorrow. In this 40th anniversary edition of the classic text from one of the most influential biblical scholars of our time, Walter Brueggemann, offers a theological and ethical reading of the Hebrew Bible. He finds there a vision for the community of God whose words and practices of lament, protest and complain give rise to an…
A decade ago, Walter Brueggemann called the church to journey together for the good of our community through neighborliness, covenanting, and reconstruction. He distilled this challenge to its most basic issues: Where is the church going? What is its role in contemporary society? What lessons does it have to offer a world enmeshed in turbulent times? Published originally in 2010, Journey to the…
Beliau lahir tahun 1936 di Belanda. Ia lulusan Sekolah Tinggi Teologi (Reformed Churches Lieberated), Kampen dan Universitas Negara, Utrecht. Setelah bekerja sebagai pendeta jemaat, ia diangkat menjadi profesor di Universitas Teologi di Kampen, Jurusan Perjanjian Baru, sejak tahun 1967. Pada tahun 1973 ia meraih gelar doktor teologi (Perjanjian Baru) di Utrecht University (cum laude) berdasarka…
Hey, You Look Out! There's A Great White Shark Right Behind You. Okay, maybe not. But if there was, you'd be all set. Why? Because in your hands you hold the solutions to all of life's problems. Well, most of them anyway. Introducing How to Survive Anything - your guide to navigating some of the scariest years of your life. Mean teacher got you down? Check out chapter 15. Planning on swimm…
No Christian can afford to remain ignorant of The Pilgrim's Progress. In universality of spiritual appeal it stands second only to the Bible itself. To an extent matched by few other of the great books, it is “the echo of a great soul.” John Bunyan, the tinker and nonconformist preacher who wrote this greatest of Christian classics, was born in 1628 at Elstow near Bedford, England. As a …
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Renowned for his Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy and Reflections on History, Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897) has well been described as “the most civilized historian of the nineteenth century.” Judgments on History and Historians consists of records collected by Emil Dürr from Burckhardt’s lecture notes for history courses at the University of Basel from 1865 to 1885. The 149 bri…