Abstract
Prayer, Politics, and Power in the Hebrew Bible, Rodney A. Werline, 5–16
Prophecy as Arguing with God and the Ideal of Justice, Reuven Kimelman, 17–27
The Lure of a Proposition: The Erotic Nature of the Lord’s Prayer as a Contradiction to Coercive Power, Michael Joseph Brown, 28–38
Muslim Prayer and Public Spheres: An Interpretation of the Qur’ānic Verse 29:45, Mun’im Sirry and A. Rashied Omar, 39–53
Prayer and the Transformation of Public Life in South Africa, Nico Koopman, 54–65
Wisdom and/or Dementia: Is This the Choice American Society Is Mired In?, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, 122–35
Perspectives on Aging and the Elderly in the Hebrew Bible, Douglas A. Knight, 136–49
Solidarity, Sustainability, Stewardship: Ethics across Generations, Harry R. Moody and W. Andrew Achenbaum, 150–58
Challenges of Caring, Henry C. Simmons, 159–71
The Good Funeral and the Empty Tomb, Thomas Lynch, 172–83
Hagar and Ishmael: A Commentary, Aryeh Cohen, 247–56
Hagar’s Babylonian Captivity: A Roman Re-imagination of Galatians 4:21–31, Brigitte Kahl, 257–69
On the Road to Paran: Toward a Christian Perspective on Hagar and Ishmael, Christopher Heard, 270–85
Hagar and Ishmael: The Reception of Expulsion, Yvonne Sherwood, 286–304
The Gospel of Luke: A Contemporary Cartography, John T. Carroll, 366–75
The God of Luke–Acts, Richard B. Vinson, 376–88
Luke and the Jewish Religion, Amy-Jill Levine, 389–402
Luke’s Artistic Parables: Narratives of Subversion, Imagination, and Transformation, Matthew S. Rindge, 403–15
Bridge Work and Seating Charts: A Study of Luke’s Ethics of Wealth, Poverty, and Reversal, Amanda C. Miller, 416–27
Between Text and Sermon
Genesis 16:1–6, Susan R. Andrews, 305–7
Genesis 21:8–21, Cornelia Horn, 308–11
Psalm 72:1–7, 10–14, Jessica Tate, 66–68
Psalm 85, Marilyn McCord Adams, 69–71
Jeremiah 31:1–6, Kerry H. Wynn, 184–86
Luke 6:27–36, Moffett S. Churn, 428–30
Luke 24:36–53, Sarah Henrich, 431–34
John 17, Peden Emile Harley, 72–74
John 20:19–23, Casey Thompson, 187–89
Galatians 4:21–31, David A. Renwick, 312–14
Ephesians 1:15–23, Garrett Andrew, 190–91
Authors
Adams, Marilyn McCord, Psalm 85 (Between Text and Sermon), 69–71
Andrew, Garrett, Ephesians 1:15–23 (Between Text and Sermon), 190–91
Andrews, Susan R., Genesis 16:1–6 (Between Text and Sermon), 305–7
Brown, Michael Joseph, The Lure of a Proposition: The Erotic Nature of the Lord’s Prayer as a Contradiction to Coercive Power, 28–38
Carroll, John T., The Gospel of Luke: A Contemporary Cartography, 366–75
Churn, Moffett S., Luke 6:27–36 (Between Text and Sermon), 428–30
Cohen, Aryeh, Hagar and Ishmael: A Commentary, 247–56
Gullette, Margaret Morganroth, Wisdom and/or Dementia: Is This the Choice American Society Is Mired In?, 122–35
Harley, Peden Emile, John 17 (Between Text and Sermon), 72–74
Heard, Christopher, On the Road to Paran: Toward a Christian Perspective on Hagar and Ishmael, 270–85
Henrich, Sarah, Luke 24:36–53 (Between Text and Sermon), 431–34
Horn, Cornelia, Genesis 21:8–21 (Between Text and Sermon), 308–11
Kahl, Brigitte, Hagar’s Babylonian Captivity: A Roman Re-imagination of Galatians 4:21–31, 257–69
Kimelman, Reuven, Prophecy as Arguing with God and the Ideal of Justice, 17–27
Knight, Douglas A., Perspectives on Aging and the Elderly in the Hebrew Bible, 136–49
Koopman, Nico, Prayer and the Transformation of Public Life in South Africa, 54–65
Levine, Amy-Jill, Luke and the Jewish Religion, 389–402
Lynch, Thomas, The Good Funeral and the Empty Tomb, 172–83
Miller, Amanda C., Bridge Work and Seating Charts: A Study of Luke’s Ethics of Wealth, Poverty, and Reversal, 416–27
Moody, Harry R. and W. Andrew Achenbaum, Solidarity, Sustainability, Stewardship: Ethics across Generations, 150–58
Renwick, David A., Galatians 4:21–31 (Between Text and Sermon), 312–14
Rindge, Matthew S., Luke’s Artistic Parables: Narratives of Subversion, Imagination, and Transformation, 403–15
Sherwood, Yvonne, Hagar and Ishmael: The Reception of Expulsion, 286–304
Simmons, Henry C., Challenges of Caring, 159–71
Sirry, Mun’im and A. Rashied Omar, Muslim Prayer and Public Spheres: An Interpretation of the Qur’ānic Verse 29:45, 39–53
Tate, Jessica, Psalm 72:1–7, 10–14 (Between Text and Sermon), 66–68
Thompson, Casey, John 20:19–23 (Between Text and Sermon), 187–89
Vinson, Richard B., The God of Luke–Acts, 376–88
Werline, Rodney A., Prayer, Politics, and Power in the Hebrew Bible, 5–16
Wynn, Kerry H., Jeremiah 31:1–6 (Between Text and Sermon), 184–86
Book Reviews
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Heltzel, Peter Goodwin, Resurrection City: A Theology of Improvisation (Corey J. Widmer), 340–41
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Hiers, Richard H., Women’s Rights and the Bible: Implications for Christian Ethics and Social Policy (Carolyn Pressler), 91–92
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Houston, James M. and Michael Parker, A Vision for the Aging Church: Renewing Ministry for and by Seniors (Tom Tickner), 205
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