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Abingdon Press announces seven new releases
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Abingdon Press announces the release of these new resources:
An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels, by Frederick J. Murphy. He provides an introduction to the Gospels that does justice to the full range of modern critical methods and insights. He discusses the implications of these methods for how we understand the nature of the Gospels and how we can read them today.
The first in the new series Horizons in Theology, Proclamation and Theology, by William H. Willimon. This new series sets out to offer brief and highly engaging essays on major concerns and questions in theological studies by major authors. This first book addresses the concerns and questions for preaching as it intersects with theology. William H. Willimon, recognized as one of today's master interpreters of the theology and practice of preaching, explains why, in the words of the Second Helvetic Confession, "The preaching of the word of God is the Word of God." Drawing from classical theology and practical experience, he provides a cogent, powerful explanation of what it means to live the preaching life.
A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: 2nd Edition, by Bruce C. Birch, Walter Brueggemann, Terence E. Fretheim and David L. Petersen. The purpose of the second edition of this popular text is to help students come to a critically informed understanding of the Old Testament as the church's Scripture. Giving increased attention to issues related to gender, race, and class, the book introduces the Old Testament both as a witness of ancient Israel and as a witness to the church and synagogue through the generations of those who have passed these texts on as Scripture.
Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: Romans, by Leander E. Keck. "In the case of Romans ... both the particular traits and the overall content are so unusual that scholars continue to debate why Paul wrote precisely this letter and what he hoped to achieve by it in Rome." Leader Keck - from the Commentary.
Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries: Esther, by Linda Day. She addresses both perennial and contemporary concerns pertinent to the book of Esther, giving attention to literary, linguistic, and thematic features of the biblical text. The book is considered with an eye to concerns of gender and ethnicity, as well as the theological concerns raised by divine absence in the story.
The Prophetic Literature, in The Interpreting Biblical Texts series, by Marvin A. Sweeney. By guiding the reader through the literary structure and language of each of the prophetic books as well as the social roles of the individual prophets, this volume opens the reader to greater understanding and appreciation of the prophets of Israel and Judah.
The Journals of Dr. Thomas Coke, edited by John A. Vickers. Updated and newly annotated journals of one of early Methodism's most influential founders, Thomas Coke, by the world's leading authority, John A. Vickers. John Vickers is retired as Head of Bognor Regis College and a member of the Methodist Archives and History Committee and the Wesley History Society Executive, and Archivist for the Southampton Methodist District.
For more information or to order books, log on to www.cokesbury.com.
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