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2. Feminist Biblical Interpretation

   This article offers a critical reflection on feminist biblical interpretation that, over the past forty plus years, has contributed greatly to changing the face of Christian biblical scholarship. After offering a definition, as well as an overview of the field of feminist biblical interpretat...

   ​Author

   L. Juliana Claassens

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Sacred texts, Theological methods

3. The Exodus Motif in the Christian Bible

   The book of Exodus and the exodus event are reactualized and recontextualized in subsequent biblical books. Indeed, the Israelites developed a virtual ‘exodus grammar’ when talking about their liberation from the Egyptians. The New Testament literature appeals to the founding event as well; i...

   ​Author

   Bryan Estelle

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Sacred texts

4. Sacrifice and the New Testament

   In the ancient Near East and Roman Empire of the first century CE, sacrificial rituals were a common worship practice of many different religions and cultures. Due to the destruction of the Herodian Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, early Christianity developed – as a movement of Jews who followe...

   ​Author

   Christian Eberhart

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Sacred texts

5. The Church in the Christian Bible

   The theme of ‘church’ in the New Testament raises four central questions, the answers to which are essential for Christian theology. The questions are there for all, because of the text; but the answers are of different importance, due to the different traditions: (1) what is the relationsh...

   ​Author

   Thomas Söding

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Sacred texts

6. Law in the New Testament

   This article explores the theme of law in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Law is almost ubiquitous in the twenty-seven books comprising the New Testament, being a main theme in the letters of Paul and several Gospels, as well as parts of Acts and the Catholic letters. In these s...

   ​Author

   Matthew V. Novenson

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Law, Sacred texts

7. The Spirit in the Christian Bible

   With nearly 800 references to ruaḥ and pneuma in Christian scripture, it is a consequential task to distil the scriptural uses of these words into themes that can unite them in a coherent summary. After a discussion of terminology, with particular attention to ruaḥ and pneuma in cosmology a...

   ​Author

   John (Jack) R. Levison

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Sacred texts

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