John Muddiman
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The Pentateuch (Oxford Bible Commentary) 2 eksemplarer
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Biblical Interpretation and Method: Essays in Honour of John Barton (2013) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Crossing the boundaries : essays in Biblical interpretation in honour of Michael D. Goulder (1994) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
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There are, however, exceptions to this apparent reluctance of commentators to discomfit some unsuspecting readers among their "ecumenical" (the editors' description of this commentary) audience. For example, Dale Allison, in his commentary on Matthew, acknowledges that Jesus thought that he would return to earth to establish his perfect kingdom very soon (surely within the first century or, at the very latest, the early second). Many churches, and even learned commentators, have ignored or even denied this foundational teaching of the historical Jesus. Allison reminds them that the eschatological expectation of Jesus's imminent return was incontrovertibly real and obviously mistaken. This means that Jesus and the early Christians were wrong about this essential and integral feature of his teaching: Jesus manifestly did not return. This is a crucial fact that many will find unwelcome.
Useful features of the book are several clear, color maps that show places relevant to the Bible; an introductory essay on each book of the Bible; and a short (pre-2000) bibliography for each book of the Bible.… (mere)