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Contents Some highlights inside 1 Biblical Studies 7 Commentaries 10 Theology 16 Philosophical Theology 18 Practical Theology 19 Ethics 20 Religion & Society 21 Preaching 22 Worship 23 Religious Studies 25 History 28 Biography 29 Humanities 30 Spirituality 31 General Info 32 Order Form 33 Index Check out EerdWord, the Eerdmans blog! Meet our authors and discuss their ideas. Get the inside scoop about our forthcoming books. Join the Eerdmans community online! eerdword.wordpress.com 8 Deuteronomy Jack R. Lundbom 10 12 13 17 17 Milestone commentary on a key Pentateuchal book Approaching the End Stanley Hauerwas The latest offering from a renowned, ever provocative theologian-ethicist Justification Reconsidered Stephen Westerholm Lively, informed take on recent scholarly debates over justification in Paul Theology for Liberal Protestants Douglas F. Ottati Original, accessible, revisionary interpretation of Christian belief The Analogical Turn Johannes Hoff Brilliantly recovers a 15th-century thinker’s original insights for theology and philosophy today Eros and Self-Emptying Lee C. Barrett A novel, nuanced comparative study of Augustine and Kierkegaard facebook.com/eerdmans twitter.com/eerdmansbooks youtube.com/eerdmanspublishing Access our catalogs online — Visit catalogs.eerdmans.com 19 23 25 A Political Theology of Climate Change Michael S. Northcott Uniquely discusses nations as key moral agents in the climate crisis The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur͗an Anton Wessels A well-thought-out Christian plea for interreligious unity Process and Providence Bradley J. Gundlach Explores how preeminent conservative 19th-century theologians dealt with the evolution question Edelweiss Interactive Catalogs More information always available at www.eerdmans.com ii Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. www.eerdmans.com toll free 800 253 7521
Wisdom’s Wonder Making Sense of Sex Born of a Virgin? Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible’s Wisdom Literature William P. Brown Wisdom’s Wonder offers a fresh reading of the Hebrew Bible’s wisdom literature with a unique emphasis on “wonder” as the framework for understanding biblical wisdom. William Brown argues that wonder effectively integrates biblical wisdom’s emphasis on character formation and its outlook on creation, breaking an impasse that has plagued recent wisdom studies. Drawing on various disciplines, from philosophy to neuroscience, Brown discovers new distinctions and connections in Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes. Each book is studied in terms of its view of moral character and creation, as well as in terms of the social or intellectual crisis each book identifies. Most general treatments of the wisdom literature spend too much time on issues of genre, poetry, and social context at the neglect of discussing the intellectual and emotional power of the wisdom corpus. Brown argues that the real power of the wisdom corpus lies in its capacity to evoke the reader’s sense of wonder. Central to each book, he says, are certain “texts of tremendum,” which evoke the wide range of wonder’s nuance, from “fear seeking understanding” to confounding perplexity to unbridled joy. These texts serve to transform the reader’s character. An extensive revision and expansion of Brown’s Character in Crisis (Eerdmans, 1996), this book demonstrates that the wisdom books are much more than simply advice literature: with wonder as the foundation for understanding, Brown maintains that wisdom is a process with transformation of self as the goal. William P. Brown is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. Other books of his include The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder and Seeing the Psalms: A Theology of Metaphor. Attitudes towards Sexuality in Early Jewish and Christian Literature William Loader This book is about listening to what writers were saying about sex in early Judaism and Christianity — ancient words surprisingly relevant for today. It functions as both a summary of and a conclusion to William Loader’s five previous books on ancient sexuality; it also contains a useful subject index to those five volumes. “The capstone of a project that has already produced five volumes of detailed research, this book establishes Loader as the Kinsey of biblical sexuality. Like Kinsey, he has taken a topic that has often been taboo and demystified it. His patient cataloguing of the diverse biblical attitudes to sexuality complicates the issue for anyone who would appeal to biblical authority in a simplistic way. This is a major contribution both to biblical scholarship and to practical theology.” — John J. Collins Yale Divinity School “Loader’s lucid prose, anchored with references to primary sources, makes this book an indispensable resource for students, but scholars will also find much value in the concise overview. . . . Loader is clearly a worldwide leading expert on sexuality in early Judaism and early Christianity, and his command of the material is detectable on every page.” — Margaret Y. MacDonald St. Francis Xavier University “Much more than a mere distillation of Loader’s magisterial five-volume study of attitudes toward sexuality in ancient Jewish and Christian sources. . . . This scintillating study showcases biblical scholarship in its finest form.” — Paul Foster University of Edinburgh William Loader is professor emeritus of New Testament at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. His other books include Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality; The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality; The Pseudepigrapha on Sexuality; Philo, Josephus, and the Testaments on Sexuality; and The New Testament on Sexuality. Reconceiving Jesus in the Bible, Tradition, and Theology Andrew T. Lincoln Many Christians struggle with the concept of the virgin birth. Andrew Lincoln’s Born of a Virgin? begins by discussing why the virgin birth is such a difficult and divisive topic for Christians. The book then deals with a whole range of literary, historical, and hermeneutical issues from a critical yet positive perspective that takes seriously creedal confessions and theological concerns. As part of his exegetical investigation of the New Testament texts, Lincoln considers the literary genre and distinctive characteristics of the birth narratives as ancient biography. Further, he delineates how changes in our views of history and biography decisively affect any traditional understanding of the significance of an actual virgin birth, and he explores what that means for the authority of Scripture and creed, along with implications for Christology and for preaching and teaching from the birth narratives. “There are topics that are such a focus of controversy and attention that eventually we come to feel that all has been said that can or should be said. Then along comes a groundbreaking book that arrives like a breath of fresh air and allows us to see the familiar with new eyes. Lincoln’s volume on the virginal conception is such a work. . . . This excellent, clear, and comprehensive treatment is sure to be considered the volume to turn to on this topic for many years to come.” — James McGrath Butler University “This masterly study will provide essential reading for confessing Christians who struggle with accepting the historicity of the virginal conception. I cannot recommend it highly enough.” — Helen Bond University of Edinburgh Andrew T. Lincoln is Portland Professor of New Testament at the University of Gloucestershire, England. His previous books include Truth on Trial and commentaries on Colossians and John. b i b l i c a l s t u d i e s 978-0-8028-6793-3 / paperback / 224 pages $25.00 [£16.99] / February 978-0-8028-7095-7 / paperback / 175 pages $24.00 [£16.99] / Available 978-0-8028-6925-8 / paperback / 384 pages $35.00 / November UK & Europe rights: SPCK toll free 800 253 7521 www.eerdmans.com Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1
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