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ARTICLES, PAPERS Welcome to the Bible Nigerian Fr. Ernest Munachi Ezeogu, C.S.Sp., explains why some Christians do not read the Bible, he tells why we should read the Bible, and he gives some guidelines for private Bible reading Scripture and the Word of God By Christian W. Troll, S.J. in Muslims ask, Christians answer, 2010 King James Bible a Masterpiece but Not an Idol By Philip Harvey in Eureka Street, February 2011 Global Hermeneutics? Reflections and Consequences Edited by Knut Holter and Louis C. Jonker, Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, 2010. Includes “Hermeneutical Perspectives On Violence Against Women And On Divine Violence In German-Speaking Old Testament Exegesis” by Gerlinde Baumann; “Land In The Old Testament: Hermeneutics From Latin America” by Roy H. May, Jr.; Reading The Old Testament From A Nigerian Background: A Woman's Perspective” by Mary Jerome Obiorah; “The Global Context And Its Consequences For Old Testament Interpretation” by Louis C. Jonker; “The Global Context And Its Consequences For Old Testament Translation” by Aloo Mojola The Concept of Law in Biblical Narrative By Vaidotas A. Vaièaitis, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, in The Global Journal of Classical Theology, 2010 Multivocality in Group Speech in Biblical Narrative By George Savran, Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009 The Ascription of Physical Disability as a Stigmatizing Strategy in Biblical Iconic Polemics By Saul M. Olyan, Brown University, in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009 Slaughter, Vengeance and the Burning Wrath of God. How "Christian" is the Bible? By Martin Kuhrt, Vicar of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Bedgrove in Aylesbury, England, in Fulchrum How is the Bible True? Let Me Count the Ways By Luke Timothy Johnson in Commonweal, May 22, 2009 "A Word Addressed by God to His People": Benedict XVI and the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture By Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. in Ignatius Insight, May 2009 The Old Testament and the New Testament Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. in Ignatius Insight, June 2009 The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Ukrainian Catholic Church By Most Rev. Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R. DD. Address by the head of the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Australia Spiritual Understanding of Scripture By Fr. Francis Martin, Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, 2009 Inspiration and Incarnation By Right Rev. Denis Farkasfalvy, O. Cist, Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Monastery, 2009 Conflict and Covenant in the Bible By Tom Wright, Fulcrum Conference, Islington, 2008 Doing Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation @Home: Ten Years of (South) African Ambivalence By Gerald West, University of KwaZulu-Natal/ Ujamaa Centre, in Neotestamentica, 2008 Speech-Act Theory and Biblical Interpretation By Eugene Botha, University of South Africa, in Neotestamentica, 2008 The Impact of Christian-Jewish Dialogue on Catholic Biblical Studies By Eugene Fisher in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 2008 An Introduction to the Interpretation of Apocalyptic Literature By John W. Carter, 2008 The Bible and Tomorrow's World By Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham. Address to the Lambeth Conference, July 30, 2008 The Prophetic Word By Antonio M. Pernia, SVD, Superior General, October 2008 The Word as Liberating Power: The Word of God, Ferment of Liberation for the Mission of Consecrated Life By Josep Tobin, C.Ss.R, October 2008 What is Scripture? Pursuing Smith's Question By Steven G Smith in Anglican Theological Review, Fall 2008 Ancestor Worship - Is It Biblical? By Choon Sup Bae, P. J. van der Merwe, Department of Science of Religion and Missiology, University of Pretoria, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2008 Rise of intercultural Biblical exegesis in Africa By Jean-Claude Loba-Mkole, Hekima College/UBS, Nairobi, Kenya, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2008 Being Biblical? Slavery, sexuality, and the inclusive community By Richard A. Burridge in HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008 The Kingdom of God is Within You By Raymond B. Marcin, 2008 LXX as an Interpretive Conversation Partner By Brad Embry in The Journal of the Orthodox Center for the Advancement of Biblical Studies, 2008 Biblical Studies and the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions By Dr. Nicolae Roddy, Creighton University and Fr. Vahan Hovhanessian, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, in The Journal of the Orthodox Center for the Advancement of Biblical Studies, 2008 Is There a Home for the Bible in the Postmodern World? By Jione Havea in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Fall 2007 Putting the Bible into Perspective: Hicksites and the Theological Treatment of the Bible in Progressive Reform By Jody Cross-Hansen in Quaker Theology, Winter 2007 Buried Treasure: Why Catholics Should Learn More about Scripture By William L. Burton in Commonweal, April 6, 2007 Law & Culture: Justice Antonin Scalia Vs. the Postmodern Biblical Critic and Why It Is Not 'Just a Matter of Your Interpretation By Craig A. Parton in The Global Journal of Classical Theology, 2007 Modern Era Marcionism: Critiquing the Sins of Scripture by John Shelby Spong By John Makujina, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Erskine Theological Seminary, in The Global Journal of Classical Theology, 2007 The Challenge of Canonical Criticism to Background Studies By Randy W. Nelson in Journal of Biblical Studies, June 2006 The Veil of the Temple in History and Legend By Daniel M Gurtner, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Mar 2006 Preaching Old Testament Law to New Testament Christians By Daniel I. Block, Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, in Hiphil, 2006 Scripture and the Liturgy: Inseparably United By Scott Hahn in Origins, March 2006 Hermeneutics as Cross-Cultural Encounter: Obstacles to Understanding By Richard L. Rohrbaugh, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2006 Theological Attitudes toward the Scriptural Text: Lessons from the Qumran and Syriac Exegetical Traditions By Angela Kim Harkins in Theological Studies, September 2006 Through a Gloss Darkly: Biblical Annotations and Theological Interpretation in Modern Catholic and Protestant English-language Bibles By Michael J. McClymond in Theological Studies, September 2006 "And the Rulers of the Nations Shall Bring Their Treasures into It": A Review of Biblical Exegesis in Africa By Grant LeMarquand in Anglican Theological Review, Spring 2006 When God Spoke Greek: The Place of the Greek Bible in Evangelical Scholarship By Karen H. Jobes, wheaton college, in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 2006 "Will a Man Rob God?" (Malachi 3:8): A Study of Tithing in the Old and New Testaments By Andreas J. Köstenberger and David A. Croteau, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006 Biblical Leadership Metaphors and Contemporary Management Theory: OR, St. Paul, Meets Messrs. Bolman & Deal By Dr. Kenneth C. Harper, Pastor-Head of Staff, Central Presbyterian Church, Miami, Florida, Adjunct Theological Faculty, Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida, in The Global Journal of Classical Theology, 2006 On the Value of Pre-Modern Interpretation of Scripture for Contemporary Biblical Studies By Paul B Decock, University of KwaZulu-Natal / St. Joseph's Theological Institute, in Neotestamentica, 2005 Covenant in the Old and New Testaments: Some Current Research (1994–2004) By Scott W. Hahn, Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Currents in Biblical Research, 2005 Verbum, Theologia et Ecclesia: Some Hermeneutical Reflections and Methodological Considerations towards an Integrated Interpretation of the Bible By B Weber, TSB/TDS Switzerland, in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2005 The Bible in the Renaissance: William Tyndale By Henry Wansbrough OSB, Oxford University Faculty of Theology Liturgy Matters: Liturgy and Scripture as the Mirrors of Catholicity By Damien Casey, lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Brisbane Campus of the Australian Catholic University, in Australian Ejournal of Theology, February 2005 Holy intrusion: the power of dreams in the Bible By Walter Brueggemann, Christian Century, June 28, 2005 'Two Guys Go into the Temple. One Says to God…' Humour, Scripture, and Christian Discourse By James and Kate Williams in Cambridge Papers, 2005 Mother of All the Living: Reinterpretations of Eve in Contemporary Literature By M. Doretta Cornell in Cross Currents, Winter 2005 Functions of the Word in the Bible By Rui de Menezes, SJ, September 2005 The Canon as Text for a Biblical Theology By James A. Loader in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2005 When They, We, and the Passive Become I – Introducing Autobiographical Biblical Criticism By P.J.W. Schutte in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2005 Do We Share a Book? The Sunday Lectionary and Jewish-Christian Relations By Michael Peppard in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 2005 Can Catholicism Validate Jewish Biblical Interpretation? By Jon D. Levenson in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 2005 A Reply to Jon D. Levenson By Henry Wansbrough OSB, Ampleforth Abbey What Can a Catholic Learn from the History of Jewish Biblical Exegesis? By Gary A. Anderson in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 2005 Anti-Judaism in Marcion and his Opponents By Joseph B. Tyson in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 2005 How the Bible Came to Us By Henry Wansbrough OSB, Oxford University Faculty of Theology. An 83-page introduction, 2005 The Gift of Scripture By Henry Wansbrough OSB, Oxford University Faculty of Theology, 2005 Studies in the Scribal Habits of Codex Sinaiticus Dirk Jongkind, Tyndale House, Cambridge, in Tyndale Bulletin, 2005 Ignatian Contemplation and Modern Biblical Studies By Helmut Gabel in The Way, 2005 Africa and the Bible By Grant LeMarquand in Anglican Theological Review, Fall 2005 African Hermeneutics: The Current State By Louis Krog, South African Theological Seminary, November 2005 Cultural Criticism and Biblical Hermeneutics: Definition, Origins, Benefits, and Challenges By Gerald A. Klingbeil, River Plate Adventist University, Libertador San Martåin, Argentina, in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 2005 Reading Violent Scripture By Edward Kessler, Founding Director and Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge, England, 2005 The Historical Character of the Biblical Revelation By Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, February 2005 Protestant and Jewish Approaches to the Scripture A revised form of a presentation by Gregory Mobley given at the May 19, 2004 meeting of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue sponsored by the American Jewish Committee and the Massachusetts Council of Churches The Moral Authority of Scripture By Julian Rivers in Cambridge Papers, 2004 How to Read Scripture: Tradition vs. Zeitgeist By John Garvey in Commonweal, Jan 16, 2004 How to Read the Bible By Revd Dr Ian Paul, St John's College, Nottingham, Reader Magazine, November 2004 Reading the Bible Again with Marcus Borg By P.J.W. (Flip) Schutte, Department of New Testament Studies, University of Pretoria, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2004 Soul and psyche: The Bible in psychological perspective By Willem J. Smith in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2004 Whose Bible, mine or yours? Contested ownership and Bible translation in Southern Africa By Jeremy Punt, Department of Old and New Testament, University of Stellenbosch, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2004 Biblical Interpretation By John Odendaal in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, January-March 2004 Major Tasks of an Evangelical Hermeneutic: Some Observations on Commonalities, Interrelationships, and Differeneces By Richard N. Longenecker in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 2004 Digging for Faith By Michael McKinney in Vision, Fall 2003 Postcolonial biblical criticism in South Africa: some mind and road mapping By Eugene Botha, University of South Africa, in Neotestamentica, 2003 The Problem of Anti-Judaism in Christian Feminist Biblical Interpretation: Some Pragmatic Suggestions By Sarah J. Meicher in Cross Currents, Spring 2003 History and Religious Experience in Biblical Research By Pieter G.R. de Villiers, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2003 The Term Berith (Covenant) in the Historical and Wisdom Books of the Old Testament By Silvia Linington. MA dissertation, University of South Africa, November 2003 History, Authority, and Interpretation: A Theology of Scripture By Bryan Hollon n Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, October 2003 Reading the Bible in the light of HIV/AIDS in South Africa By Gerald West in The Ecumenical Review, October 2003 Indigenous Exegesis: Exploring the Interface between Missionary Methods and the Rhetorical Rhythms of Africa; Locating Local Reading Resources in the Academy By Gerald O. West, Head of School of Theology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa A Linguistic Approach to Ellipsis in Biblical Poetry: (Or, What to Do When Exegesis of What is There Depends on What Isn't) By Cynthia L. Miller in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 2003 Africa Bible Translators Led to Jesus through Scripture By Charles T. Jones, June 2003 A Meaning Worthy of God: Origen and Biblical Integrity By Patrick Gray in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, November 2002 How the Bible Has Functioned in Roman Catholic Mission By Timothy A. Lenchak, SVD, in Scripture, Community and Mission: Essays in Honor of D. Preman Niles, ed. Philip Wickeri. Hong Kong: The Christian Conference of Asia, 2002 The Word of God: A Blessing for all Nations – Biblical Pastoral Ministry in a Pluralistic World Final Statement of the 6th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation, 2002 Three Debates about Bible and Archaeology By Ziony Zevit in Biblica, 2002 Some Notes on Defining "Apocalyptic" By M. G. Michael in Theology@McAuley, 2002 The Exodus in the Christian Bible: The Case for "Figural" Reading By Richard J. Clifford in Theological Studies, June 2002 Fr. Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944): A Study in the Eastern Orthodox Hermeneutical Perspective By Alexander I Negrov, Christian University Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2002 The Word in the World and the Church's Mission By Jacob Kavunkal, SVD, head of the Department of Systematic Theology and Indian Religions, JVD, in Vidyajyoti (Journal of Theological Reflection), November 2002 Midrash and the Elaboration of Biblical Meaning By Gershon Hepner in Judaism, Fall 2002 Idolatry and spiritual parody: counterfeit faiths By Michael Ovey in Cambridge Papers, March 2002 A Meaning Worthy of God: Origen and Biblical Integrity in a Pre-Constantinian Age By Patrick Gray in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, March 2002 How May We Speak of God? A Reconsideration of the Nature of Biblical Theology By R. W. L. Moberly, University of Durham, in Tyndale Bulletin, 2002 God's Communications Design of the Bible By Chris Thron in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, November 2002 The Bible, Nourishment and Rule of Life By Cornelius A. Rijk in SIDIC Periodical, 2002 From Vulnerable to Venerable: Scriptural Perspectives on Aging and the Elderly By Michael Knowles in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry, vol 5, 2002 The Disarming Word: Reading Scripture in the Boundary Zones By Carol Schersten LaHurd in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring-Summer 2001 The Word of God: What Can Christians Learn from Muslim Attitudes toward the Qur'an? By Alfons Teipen in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring-Summer 2001 Marginalized People, Liberating Perspectives: A Womanist Approach to Biblical Interpretation By Kelly Brown Douglas in Anglican Theological Review, Winter 2001 Reading Religious Artifacts: The Shrine Room at Judahite Tell Halif By Paul Jacobs in The Journal of Biblical Studies, 2001 Sepphoris By James F. Strange in Bible and Interpretation, 2001. Sepphoris was a major site in the first century BC. The city stood virtually in the geographic center of lower Galilee hardly five miles north of Nazareth Reading the Bible in Contemporary Africa By Fidon R. Mwombeki in Word & World, 2001 Biblical authority By Walter Brueggemann, Christian Century, Jan 3, 2001 Notes on God's Violence By Catherine Madsen in Cross Currents, Summer 2001 Blood & Stone: Violence in the Bible & the Eye of the Illustrator By Barry Moser in Cross Currents, Summer 2001 Gospel and Scripture: Rethinking Canonical Unity By Francis Watson, University of Aberdeen, in Tyndale Bulletin, 2001 Yesterday, Today, Forever: Time, Times, Eternity in Biblical Perspective By Henri BLOCHER, Fac. Lib. de Théol. Evangélique, Vaux-sur-Seine, in Tyndale Bulletin, 2001 Mysticism and Scripture: Dialogical Companions By Gillian T. W. Ahlgren in The Way, 2001 Why Participate in African Biblical Interpretation? By Vernon K. Robbins in Interpreting the New Testament in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya: Acton Publishers, 2001 On the Problems of Reconstructing Pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) History By Niels Peter Lemche in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2000 Israel vs. Judah: The Chosen People Divided By Virginia Smith in Scripture from Scratch, 2000 The Need for Biblical Criticism By Alan C. Mitchell, Ph.D. in Scripture from Scratch, 2000 The Romans in Israel By Elizabeth McNamer in Scripture from Scratch, 2000 Teaching the Bible through the Internet By Ronald A. Simkins in Journal of Religion and Society, 2000 Reading Biblical Texts: Truth, Fact, and Myth By James W. Aageson in Bible and Interpretation, 2000 Excerpts from Invitation to the Septuagint By Karen H. Jobes in Bible and Interpretation, 2000 The Battles of Armageddon: Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age By Eric H. Cline in Bible and Interpretation, 2000 Making Biblical Women Visible By Carol L. Meyers in Bible and Interpretation, 2000 Grafted in: Why Christians Are Thinking about a Jewish Biblical Theology By Anna Brawley in Biblical Theology Bulletin, Winter 2000 Questions Concerning Biblical Theology By Roland E. Murphy in Biblical Theology Bulletin, Fall 2000 The Endangered and Reaffirmed Promises of God: A Fruitful Framework for Biblical Theology By James Hanson in Biblical Theology Bulletin, Fall 2000 The History of Exegesis and Our Theological Future By Michael Cahill in Theological Studies, June 2000 The Nature and Origin of the Bible By Howard Taylor in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, January 2000 Crossing Biblical Dreams and Contemporary Dreamers By Barbara Green in The Way, 2000 Is the Bible a True Narrative Representation? By Steven Collins, Professor of Biblical Studies and Archaeology, and Executive Director of Trinity College and Seminary, Albuquerque Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and John Oller, Professor and Head of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, in The Global Journal of Classical Theology, 2000 The Logic of True Narrative Representations By Steven Collins, Professor of Biblical Studies and Archaeology, and Executive Director of Trinity College and Seminary, Albuquerque Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and John Oller, Professor and Head of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, in The Global Journal of Classical Theology, 2000 Reading the Face of God: The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church By Lewis Ayres and Stephen E. Fowl in Theological Studies, September 1999 The Use and Abuse of the Bible By Ronald Witherup, S.S. in Scripture from Scratch, 1999 The City in Biblical Perspective: Failed and Possible By Walter Brueggemann in Word & World, 1999 Confused Language as a Deliberate Literary Device in Biblical Hebrew Narrative By Gary A. Rendsburg in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 1999 The Testament: Continuities and Discontinuities By Roland E. Murphy in Biblical Theology Bulletin, Fall 1999 The Bible's Human Bridges By Virginia Smith in Scripture from Scratch, 1999 From Spirit to Holy Spirit in the Old Testament By Leonard Doohan in Scripture from Scratch, 1999 Who Is My Neighbor?: Israel's Neighboring Nations By Elizabeth McNamer in Scripture from Scratch, 1999 Stepping In / Stepping Out: A Conversation between Ideological and Social Scientific Feminist Approaches to the Bible By Alice A. Keefe in Journal of Religion and Society, 1999 Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:1-29) on the Internet By Susanne Scholz in Journal of Religion and Society, 1999, on the implications of the internet for the study of the Bible Wrestling with the Word By William O'Brien, 1999 Hope in the Face of Loss By Walter Brueggemann, 1999. Explores the Jewish and Christian traditions of rising above present disaster by digging into the past for memories that give promise to the future Reading the Bible from an African Perspective By Musimbi Kanyoro in Ecumenical Review, 1999 God, the Bible, and Evil after the Holocaust By Murray Haar in Word & World, Fall 1999 Angel of the Lord: Messenger or Euphemism? By S.L. White, General Theological Seminary, New York, in Tyndale Bulletin, 1999 Translating the Bible By A.H. Nichols in Tyndale Bulletin, 1999 Reading the Bible from an African Perspective By Musimbi Kanyoro in The Ecumenical Review, January 1999 Early Encounters with the Bible in Africa By Gerald O. West in Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship, May 1999 Can African Old Testament Scholarship Escape the Historical Critical Approach? By Justin S. Ukpong, Professor of New Testament, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship, November 1999 Biblical Texts--Past and Future Meanings By Clark H. Pinnock is Professor of Systematic Theology at McMaster Divinity College, in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry, vol 2, 1999 John Wesley's Concept of Inspiration and Literary-Critical Approaches to Scripture By Richard P. Thompson in Wesley Theological Journal, 1999 So What's Catholic about It?: The State of Catholic Biblical Scholarship By Luke Timothy Johnson in Commonweal, 1998 Reading the Good Book By Carol Luebering in Scripture from Scratch, 1998 Bible and Culture in African Christianity By Ernest M. Ezeogu, C.S.Sp. in International Review of Mission, January 1998 The Influence of African Scholars on Biblical Studies: An Evaluation By Nancy R. Heisey in Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, July 1998 Approaches to and Images of Biblical Authority for the Postmodern By William J. Larkin in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1998 Cross-Gender Imagery in the Bible By Al Wolter in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1998 Scripture Commentaries Articles by Irene Nowell, OSB: Covenant: Ancient and Ever New. The Drawing Power of Roots: Genealogies. Introduction to the Books of Chronicles. David and the Messianic Hope. The Passion of God: God's Anger, God's Mercy, God's Love. Practical Wisdom. The Wisdom Woman and Christ. The Book of Proverbs. How to Read a Proverb. Proverbs - Chapter 13 Interpreting the Bible: The Right and the Responsibility By Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M. in Scripture from Scratch, 1997 An Example of a 'New Age' Interpretation of the Bible By H Christina Steyn in Religion and Theology, 1997 The Sins of the Fathers: A Theological Investigation of the Biblical Tension between Corporate and Individualized Retribution By Joel S. Kaminsky in Judaism, Summer 1997 Using the Bible with Integrity By Kenneth Cauthen, 1997 Situating Biblical Narrative Studies in Literary Theory and Literary Approaches By Johannes C de Klerk in Religion and Theology, 1997 Loose Canons. Reflections on the Formation of the Hebrew Bible By Philip R Davies in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 1997 The Enoch Literature By James C. VanderKam of the University of Notre Dame, 1997 Salvation by Trust? Reading the Bible Faithfully By Richard Hays in The Christian Century, February 1997 Authority and Interpretive Method In Luther's Approach to Scripture By Mark Thompson in Tyndale Bulletin, 1997 The Book and the Story By N.T. Wright in TransMission, Summer 1997 Food in Scripture By Margaret Barker in The Way, 1997 What Scripture Says...and Doesn't Say: Reading the Bible in Context By Margaret Nutting Ralph in Scripture from Scratch, 1996 Text - Reader -Author. Towards a Theory of Exegesis: Some European Views By Helmut Utzchneider in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 1996 Great and Little Traditions: Challenges to the Dominant Western Paradigm of Biblical Interpretation By Jonathan Draper, School of Theology, University of Natal, Pietermartizburg Take and Read: Meeting God Through the Scriptures By Paul Zilonka, C.P., Spring 1996 The Mediterranean Concepts of Honour and Shame as Seen in the Depiction of the Biblical Women By Renata Rabichev in Religion & Theology, 1996 Reading the Bible in Africa: Constructing our own Discourse By Gerald West, School of Theology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1996 Reading the Bible "With" Women in Poor and Marginalised Communities in South Africa By Malika Sibeko andBeverley Haddad, School of Theology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 1996 A New Method for Reconstructing Biblical Scrolls By Edward D. Herbert, Lecturer in Old Testament, Glasgow Bible College, in Tyndale Bulletin, 1996 Three Weddings and a Divorce: God's Covenant with Israel, Judah and the Church By David Instone Brewer, Research Librarian, Tyndale House, Cambridge, in Tyndale Bulletin, 1996 The Hermeneutical Process of Pentecostal-Type Initiated Churches in South Africa By Allan Anderson in Missionalia, August 1996 Critique of Canaan Banana's Call to Rewrite the Bible By Stephen A Reed in Religion & Theology, 1996 The Integrity of the Biblical Canon in Light of Its Historical Development By Lee M. McDonald in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1996 Reader-Response Criticism and the Allegorizing Reader By Michael Cahill in Theological Studies, March 1996 The Lectionary and the Liturgical Year: How Catholics Read Scripture By Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M., S.T.D. in Scripture from Scratch, 1995 The Bishops, the Bible and Liturgical Language By Richard J. Clifford, S.J. First published in America, May 27, 1995 Biblical hermeneutics: an Afrocentric perspective By Gosnell L Yorke in Religion & Theology, 1995 Roots: Biblical Norm or Cultural Anachronism? By Michael Schluter in Cambridge Papers, December 1995 Bible Translation in Africa By Ronald J. Sim in The Tyndale Society Journal, March 1995 Biblical Hermeneutics: An Afrocentric Perspective By Gosnell L Yorke in Religion & Theology, 1995 Current Issues in Biblical Theology: A New Testament Perspective By D. A. Carson in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1995 The Bible From Square One By Elizabeth McNamer in Scripture from Scratch, 1994 Choosing a Bible Translation By James Akin in This Rock, April 1994 The City in the Bible: Implications for Urban Ministry By Diane Jacobson in Word & World, 1994 Herodotus, Father of Biblical History? By Jan Wim Wesselius, 1994 New Scripture Document 'Thinking in Centuries' By Peter Hebblethwaite in National Catholic Reporter, March 25, 1994 The Bible in Roman Catholicism since Divino Afflante Spiritu By John R. Donahue in Word & World, 1993 Interpretation for Christian Ministry By Richard Nysse and Donald Juel in Word & World, 1993 Oral Transmission By Robert B. Waltz Ecobible: The Bible and Ecojustice By Walter Wink in Theology Today, 1993 Cross-Cultural Reading of the Bible By Peter Theodore Nash in Word & World, 1993 Bible Study in the Congregation By Nancy Koester in Word & World, 1993 Science in the Bible By Rolf P. Knierim in Word & World, 1993 Syncretism—The Term and Phenomenon By Irina A. Levinskaya, Researcher, Institute of History, Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, in Tyndale Bulletin, 1993 Pleasure: A Biblical Perspective By Dorothy A. Lee in The Way, 1993 Evangelical and Biblical Scholarship, 1945-1992: An Anecdotal Commentary By David A. Hubbard in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1993 Inner-Biblical Exegesis and Inner-Biblical Allusion: The Question of Category By Lyle Eslinger in Vetus Testamentum, 1992 Reading the Bible in the American Context By Roy A. Harrisville in Word & World, 1992 Afrocentrism and Biblical Authority By Cain Hope Felder in Theology Today, October 1992 Culture, Scripture's Meaning, and Biblical Authority: Critical Hermeneutics for the 90's By William J. Larkin in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1992 Embracing the Law: A Biblical Theological Perspective By Elmer A. Martens in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1992 Who Is This God?—Biblical Inspiration Revisited By Jeremy Begbie, Director of Studies, Ridley Hall, Cambridge, in Tyndale Bulletin, November 1992 Israel and the Nations: An Essay in Biblical Theology By Charles H.H. Scobie, Cowan Professor of Religious Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, in Tyndale Bulletin, November 1992 The Bible from an African Perspective By Rudy Dirks of Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission Fallacies Intentional and Canonical: Metalogical Confusion about the Authority of Canonical Texts By Baruch Halpern, York University, Toronto The Bible and Ecological Spirituality By Walter B. Gulick in Theology Today, 1991 Eat and Grow Strong: The Super-Natural Power of Forbidden Fruit By Eric S. Rabkin, 1991 Spirituality and Scripture: A Jewish View By Jonathan Magonet in The Way, 1991 Exegesis and Homiletics By Marie E. Isaacs in The Way, 1991 Things Old and Things New in Biblical Interpretation By John R. Donahue in The Way, 1991 'To See with the Eyes of the Imagination': Scripture in the Exercises and Recent Interpretation By Brendan Byrne in The Way, 1991 The Canon of Scripture and the Forgotten Books By John Barton in The Way, 1991 Humour and Play: A Biblical Reflection By Alice L. Laffey in The Way, 1991 Interpreting the Bible in India Today By George Soares-Prabhu in The Way, 1991 The Structure of Biblical Theology By Charles H.H. Scobie, Cowan Professor of Religious Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, in Tyndale Bulletin, November 1991 The Challenge of Biblical Theology (Part 1) By Charles H.H. Scobie, Cowan Professor of Religious Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, in Tyndale Bulletin, November 1991 Biblical Interpretation in the Context of Church and Ministry By Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza in Word & World, 1990 St. Thomas Aquinas and Sacred Scripture By John F. Boyle, Department of Theology, University of St. Thomas Scripture and Contemporary Spirituality By Leonard Doohan in Spirituality Today, 1990 Commentaries: Windows To The Text By Pheme Perkins in Theology Today, 1990 Fallacies Intentional and Canonical: Metalogical Confusion about the Authority of Canonical Texts By Baruch Halpern, York University, Toronto Philosophia as a Group-Designation in Graeco-Roman Society, Judaism, and Early Christianity By Steve Mason, York University, Toronto, 1990 Mental Health in the Bible By Daniel J. Simundson in Word & World, 1989 Biblical Interpretation in Crisis: On the Question of the Foundations and Approaches of Exegesis Today By Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, at Saint Peter's Church in New York, January 1988 A Spirituality of Meaningful Experiences: Some Biblical Lessons By Elizabeth Bellefontaine in Spirituality Today, 1988 Christian typology: Is It Still Valid? If So, Which Typology? By Francesco Rossi de Gasperis in SIDIC Periodical, 1988 The Fathers of the Church: Some Aspects of the Typological Method Which Are Valid Today By Francesca Cocchini in SIDIC Periodical, 1988 The "Old" and the " New" Covenant (1)- How to Relate the Two Testaments By Carmine Di Sante in SIDIC Periodical, 1988 How a Rabbi Reads the Bible By Jonathan Magonet in SIDIC Periodical, 1988 Reading the Bible in the Struggle for Justice and Peace By Christopher Rowland in The Way, 1988 Sola Scriptura By Lloyd Gaston. Presidential address to the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, 1987 Feminist Interpretation of the Bible Extensive quotes from the book edited by Letty M Russell, 1985 Passion and Perspective: Two Dimensions of Education in the Bible By Walter Brueggemann in Theology Today, 1985 Every Two Minutes: Battered Women and Feminist Interpretation By Susan Brookes Thistletwaite in Feminist Interpretation of Scripture, Westminster Press, 1985 Using Scripture in Prayer and Spiritual Direction By Richard M. Gula in Spirituality Today, 1984 The Word of God in the Faith Community By Paolo Ricca in SIDIC Periodical, 1984 Wesleyanism and the Inerrancy Issue By J. Kenneth Grider in Wesley Theological Journal, 1984 The Unity of the Testaments By Duane A. Priebe in Word & World, 1983 The Crucified Messiah and the Endangered Promises By Nils Alstrup Dahl in Word & World, 1983 Health and Healing in the Bible By Daniel J. Simundson in Word & World, 1982 Biblical Hermeneutics on the Move By Karlfried Froehlich in Word & World, 1981 Mind Reader and Maestro: Models for Understanding Biblical Interpreters By Patrick R. Keifert in Word & World, 1981 The Role of Scripture in Times of Crisis By Paul D. Hanson in Word & World, 1981 Story and Scripture By Darrell Jodock in Word & World, 1981 The Responsibility of Biblical Theology to Communities of Faith By Paul D. Hanson in Theology Today, 1980 Scripture: Recent Protestant and Catholic Views By Avery Dulles, S.J. in Theology Today, 1980 Women and Ministry in The New Testament From Elisabeth M. Tetlow, Women and Ministry in the New Testament, Paulist Press, 1980 The Fallacy of Equating Meaning with the Human Author's Intention By Philip B. Payne in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1977 The Davidic Promise and the Inclusion of the Gentiles (Amos 9:9-15 and Acts 15:13-18): A Test Passage for Theological Systems By Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1977 The Targums: Aramaic Versions of the Bible By Roger Le Déaut in SIDIC Periodical, 1976 Reading the Bible in the Midrashic Tradition By Ariel Rathaus in SIDIC Periodical, 1976 What a Christian May Expect from a Jewish Reading of the Bible By Marcel Dubois in SIDIC Periodical, 1976 The Use of Jewish Commentaries for Christian Preaching By William L. Weiler in SIDIC Periodical, 1976 Further Information about Tell Mardikh By William Sanford Lasor in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1976 The Authority and Meaning of the Christian Canon: A Response to Gerald Sheppard on Canon Criticism By John Piper in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1976 The Liberating Word: A Guide to Nonsexist Interpretation of the Bible By Letty Russell, 1975 The Link between People, Land and Religion in Old and New Testaments By Clemens Thoma in SIDIC Periodical, 1975 “Lead Us Not into Temptation” By John V. Dahms in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1975 Biblical Interpretation and Wesleyan Theology By H. Ray Dunning in Wesley Theological Journal, 1974 Rudolf Bultmann: Removing the False Offense By Alfred A. Glenn, Bethel College, in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1973 Typology as a Means of Interpretation: Past and Present By Stanley N. Gundry, S.T.M., in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Fall 1969 The Bible, Nourishment and Rule of Life By Prof. C. A. Rijk in SIDIC Periodical, 1968 Remarks on Several Bibles By W. W. Simpson | R. Schimid | A. Roy Eckardt in SIDIC Periodical, 1968 Ecumenical Editions of the Bible By A. K. Willet in SIDIC Periodical, 1968 The Arnoldshain Symposium By W. P. Eckert in SIDIC Periodical, 1968 Bible Studies in Several Lands By The editors | L. Poulin in SIDIC Periodical, 1968 Tradition As a Protestant Problem By Robert McAfee Brown in Theology Today, 1961 The Crooked Serpent By F.F. Bruce, The Evangelical Quarterly, 1948 Hermeneutics By Anthony Maas in the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 The Bible By Francis Gigot in the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907 Bible Exegesis Executive Committee of the Editorial Board, Wilhelm Bacher, Kaufmann Kohler and J. Frederic McCurdy in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Messiah By Joseph Jacobs and Moses Buttenwieser in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Sheol By Emil G. Hirsch in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 Synagogue By Wilhelm Bacher and Lewis N. Dembitz in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906 MISCELLANEOUS WEBSITES Why you need to read the Bible: A Catholic view This article was published with Ecclesiastical Permission, Dublin, Ireland, and was distributed to every Catholic parish in Ireland English Translations of the Bible Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J. An Introduction to Biblical Genres and Form Criticism Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J. Jewish and Christian Bibles: A Comparative Chart A Comparative Chart of Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Bibles, courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J. Electronic New Testament Educational Resources Lots of wonderful material, courtest of Prof. Felix Just, S.J. How Various Christians Interpret the Bible From ReligiousTolerance.org A Basic Vocabulary of Biblical Studies For Beginning Students By Fred L. Horton, Jr., Kenneth G. Hoglund, and Mary F. Foskett of Wake Forest University On the Biblical Canon Presentations by Kevin P. Edgecomb in Berkeley, California. Canon Muratorianus. Comparison Chart of the Historically Held Canons of Different Churches. On the Amazing Ethiopian Orthodox Canon! Basic Web Sites for Scripture Study An Annotated List by Paul Couture, S. S. E., Saint Michael's College, Colchester VT Resource Pages for Biblical Studies, Page 1 Bible texts, translations and related texts Resource Pages for Biblical Studies, Page 2 Biblical Studies Electronically Published Resource Pages for Biblical Studies, Page 3 Aspects of the Mediterranean Social World Resource Pages for Biblical Studies, Page 4 The Philo of Alexandria Page The Fathers of the Church on the Bible Links to the writings of the Fathers on Biblical texts EIKON Image Database for Biblical Studies A faculty-library initiative at Yale Divinity School that provides digital resources for teaching and research in the field of Biblical studies Post-Modern Bible A project being undertaken by Professor Tim Bulkeley of Carey Baptist College in New Zealand. "The Post-Modern Bible will be Multimedia and Multi-temporal. It will allow Multiple paths and Multiple uses." Bible Dictionary Part of the project being undertaken by Professor Tim Bulkeley of Carey Baptist College in New Zealand Biblical Studies.org.uk An Internet Resource for Studying the Bible. Webmaster: Robert I. Bradshaw, B.Sc., C.D.R.S. The best of non-Catholic scholarship The Interactive Bible Engage in an interactive, multimedia encounter with such biblical texts as Genesis 22, Exodus 20, 2 Samuel 11-12, Mark 16 and Matthew 28, Matthew 5-7, John 4, Galatians 1-2 Enjoying the Bible A couple of dozen samples from courses taught by Fr Tommy Lane, LSS, DD, Assistant Pastor in Rathcormac Parish, Diocese of Cloyne, (Co. Cork) Ireland Words Used for Describing the Bible By Robert Longman Jr. Words discussed: Authentic, Authority, Original Autographs, Effective, Gospel, Indelible, Inerrant, Infallible, Inspired, Instructional, Norm, Only, Revealed and Revelation, Source, Sufficient, Trustworthy, True and Truthful, Unique, Word Biblica Published since 1920 by the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Full text of articles since 1999 TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism An electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Jewish and Christian biblical texts Journal of Biblical Studies Published since 2001. Full text of all articles Scripture Mennonite Confesion of Faith; Article 4 Lectio Divina "Lectio Divina", a Latin term, means "divine reading" and describes a way of reading the Scriptures whereby we gradually let go of our own agenda and open ourselves to what God wants to say to us. A Carmelite site Praying the Bible Biblical meditations with background music. Recorded by Fr Tommy Lane, LSS, DD, Assistant Pastor in Rathcormac Parish, Diocese of Cloyne, (Co. Cork) Ireland The Madaba Mosaic Map A virtual travel through the holy places of Israel and environs Shomron (Samaria) Website with many links, developed by Alexander Kaplunovsky. Shomron is the heart of Biblical Israel. Most of today's communities were built near ancient sites from the First and Second Temples periods, and the time of the Mishna and the Talmud Bank of Catholic Bible Questions Over 900 questions covering six topics with four types of inquiry: multiple choice, chronology multiple choice, matching and free response. A free service offered to all certified religion teachers. To proceed beyond the opening page you will need a password. Bona Fide theology teachers may request a password, at no charge, by sending an application letter to the bank's creator, Brother Malcolm Melcher, S.C. Biblical Resources A list of links prepared by Theology.ie, a web site sponsored by The Irish Theological Association Trees in the Biblical Pages Pia Compagnoni in the "Holy Land" - quarterly published by the Franciscan custody of the Holy Land The Olive Tree From the "Holy Land" - quarterly published by the Franciscan custody of the Holy Land Neot Kedumim: The Biblical Landscape Reserve in Israel Beth Uval in the "Holy Land" - quarterly published by the Franciscan custody of the Holy Land Figs From the "Holy Land" - quarterly published by the Franciscan custody of the Holy Land |