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  • The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus, By Ben Witherington III
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    The Paul Quest

    The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus

    by Ben Witherington III

    • A Christianity Today 1999 Book of the Year

    Who was the real Paul? Some of Paul's contemporaries seem to have asked the same question. For some he was Paul the tentmaker. For others he was Paul the heretic, Paul the peripatetic philosopher, Paul the would-be apostle, Paul the prophet or Paul the founder of Christian communities and missionary hero. For ...

  • Hidden in Christ: Living as God's Beloved, By James Bryan Smith
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    Hidden in Christ

    Living as God's Beloved

    Apprentice Resources

    by James Bryan Smith

    A Deeper Sort of DevotionalWords are powerful. They contain ideas and shape the way we see God, ourselves and all of reality. We're transformed, in particular, by God's Word, and by "the Word," the Logos—Jesus himself—as describedby John in the first chapter of his Gospel.Memorizing and studying a passage in depth can offer a deeper sense of the meaning of each word. In this unique ...

  • Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship, Edited by Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids
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    Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments

    A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship

    The IVP Bible Dictionary Series

    Edited by Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids

    Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year
    Christianity Today's Books of the Year
    ECPA Gold Medallion

    The third of IVP's critically acclaimed series of dictionaries of the New Testament provides focused study on the often-neglected portions of the New Testament: Acts, Hebrews, the General Epistles, and Revelation. Furthermore, its scope goes beyond ...

  • One Body, One Spirit: Principles of Successful Multiracial Churches, By George Yancey
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    One Body, One Spirit

    Principles of Successful Multiracial Churches

    by George Yancey
    Foreword by Michael O. Emerson

    When the church began, an amazing diversity of people from different geographic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds gathered together to confess a common faith in Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul cast a vision of one body where Jew and Gentile would worship together in unity. The Revelation to John likewise foreshadows an eternal future where all nations will join together at the throne of the Lamb.Sadly, ...

  • Dictionary of Paul and His Letters: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship
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    Dictionary of Paul and His Letters

    A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship

    The IVP Bible Dictionary Series

    by InterVarsity Press
    Associate Editor Lynn H. Cohick and Nijay K. Gupta
    General Editor Scot McKnight

    A One-of-a-Kind Resource on Paul's Writings, Now Revised and Expanded

    The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters is a one-of-a-kind reference work. No other resource presents as much information focused exclusively onPauline theology, literature, background, and scholarship.

    This second edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the acclaimed 1993 publication. ...

  • Dictionary of New Testament Background: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship, Edited by Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter Jr.
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    Dictionary of New Testament Background

    A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship

    The IVP Bible Dictionary Series

    Edited by Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter

    ECPA Gold Medallion (Reference Works)

    The Dictionary of New Testament Background joins the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters and the Dictionary of the Later NewTestament and Its Developments as the fourth in a landmark series of reference works on the Bible. In a time when our knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean ...

  • New Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Exploring the Unity  Diversity of Scripture
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    New Dictionary of Biblical Theology

    Exploring the Unity Diversity of Scripture

    Consulting Editor D. A. Carson and Graeme Goldsworthy
    General Editor T. Desmond Alexander and Brian Rosner

    The New Dictionary of Biblical Theology is an essential building block of every library of basic biblical reference books.

    Building on its companion volumes, the New Bible Dictionary and New Bible Commentary, this work takes readers to a higher vantage point where they can view the thematic terrain of the Bible in its canonical wholeness. In addition, ...

  • Homilies on Numbers, By Origen
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    Homilies on Numbers

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Origen
    Edited by Christopher A. Hall
    Translated by Thomas P. Scheck

    Origen of Alexandria (185-254), one of the most prolific authors of antiquity and arguably the most important and influential pre-Nicene Christian theologian, was a man of deep learning and holiness of life. Regrettably, many of his works are no longer extant, in part due to the condemnation of his ideas by the Fifth Ecumenical Council in 553. The condemnation, however, took little account of his ...

  • Psalms 73-150, Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis
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    Psalms 73-150

    Old Testament Volume 8

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis

    "I lift up my eyes to the hills.From where does my help come?"My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth." (Ps. 121:1-2)Throughout the history of the church, Christians have often turned to the Book of Psalms in both rejoicing and suffering as a significant resource for Christian belief and practice, and as the church's prayer book and hymnal. The Protestant reformers also turned ...

  • Psalms 1-72, Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis
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    Psalms 1-72

    Old Testament Volume 7

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis

    Preaching's Survey of Bibles and Bible Reference

    Preaching's Top 5 Commentaries

    "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night." (Psalm 1:1-2, ESV)

    The book of ...