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Exile: History, Interpretation, and Theology
- One of the most prolific fields of research in biblical studies in the twenty-first century – in both Old and New Testament studies – is the analysis of biblical texts in relation to the events of the Neo-Babylonian conquests of Judah. The first conquest led to a surrender in 597 BCE, which...
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- Daniel Smith-Christopher
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
Biblical Hermeneutics
- The changing shape of biblical hermeneutics in Christian theology over the centuries has encompassed an implicit premodern attention to interpretative possibility, an explicit modern response to interpretative disorder, and a postmodern willingness to explore interpretative options and commit...
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- Richard S. Briggs
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
Christian Apocrypha
- The article offers an overall introduction to Christian apocrypha. After a discussion of several terminological problems, it provides criteria for a definition of apocryphal literature and related traditions. After that, it discusses aspects of the question of why it may be meaningful to st...
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- Tobias Nicklas
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
Creation in the Old Testament
- Creation in the Old Testament (or Hebrew Bible) is not limited to the first two creation accounts in Genesis (1:1–2:3; 2:4b–3:24). It is a widespread theme featured not only in Genesis but also in the Psalms, the Prophets, and the Wisdom literature. This article surveys representative creat...
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- William P. Brown
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
Resurrection of the Dead
- This article explores the Christian notion of the resurrection of the dead under four headings: finality, individuality, communality and hope. For each, it takes its starting point in 1 Corinthians 15, and from there explores the debates and controversies associated with each basic affirmat...
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- Susannah Ticciati
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
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...
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- Christian Eberhart
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
Sacrifice and the Old Testament
- This article introduces the reader to ancient sacrificial rituals that the biblical authors regarded as acceptable to their God, as they are portrayed in Old Testament Hebrew texts. These texts, especially instructions in the Pentateuch regarding the system of ...
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- Roy E. Gane
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
Salvation in the Bible
- Salvation in the Bible has two aspects, which might be called deliverance and blessing. In love, God takes the initiative to rescue human beings from a negative condition – such as illness, danger, death, exclusion, oppression, or sin – and bring them into a positive condition – such as hea...
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- Brenda Colijn
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
Sonship in the Bible
- The people of Israel and the early Christians considered themselves to be in a privileged familial relationship with God. It is this special status as ‘sons’ which necessitates careful examination of this theme throughout the biblical narrative. First, it is vital to apprehend, as much as i...
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- Joshua Maurer and Amy Peeler
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
New Creation in the Christian Scriptures and Tradition
- This entry analyses biblical and subsequent Christian approaches to new creation, under the rubrics ‘the good’, ‘the new’, and ‘the beautiful’. The introduction sketches points of debate: ‘new creation’ as realized or eschatological, renewed or utterly new, as heaven or New Jerusalem, and...
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- Edith M. Humphrey
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Sacred texts
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