Abstract
Editorial, Anna Case-Winters, 5–6
The Unexpected Universe: Emergence, Convergence, and the “Overview Effect”, William P. Brown, 7–20
Eschatology and the Technologies of Human Enhancement, Ronald Cole-Turner, 21–33
Loving Nature: Past, Present, and Future, Holmes Rolston, III, 34–47
Resurrection, Eschatology, and the Challenge of Big Bang Cosmology, Robert John Russell, 48–60
The End? Christian Eschatology and the End of the World, Anna Case-Winters, 61–74
Editorial, John T. Carroll, 141–44
The “Good News” of God’s Coming Reign: Occupation at the Crossroads, Suzanne Watts Henderson, 145–58
Mark and Disability, Jaime Clark-Soles, 159–71
The Two Banquets: Mark’s Vision of Anti-Imperial Economics, Raj Nadella, 172–83
Jesus as Teacher: Boundary Breaking in Mark’s Gospel and Today’s Church, Brian K. Blount, 184–93
Editorial, Samuel L. Adams, 258–63
James Barr and the Future of Biblical Theology, John Barton, 264–74
Testimony that Breaks the Silence of Totalism, Walter Brueggemann, 275–87
The Friends of Job and the Task of Biblical Theology, John J. Collins, 288–300
Stammering Toward the Unsayable: Old Testament Theology, Trauma Theory, and Genesis, Kathleen M. O’Connor, 301–13
Jewish Biblical Theology: An Ongoing Dialogue, Marvin A. Sweeney, 314–25
Editorial, 381–82
New Testament Theology as Implicit Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, Robert Morgan, 383–98
Biblical Theology Revisited: An Internal Debate, C. Clifton Black, 399–416
Biblical Spirituality, Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, 417–30
“As Your Heavenly Father is Perfect”: The God of the Bible and Commandments in the Gospel, Reinhard Feldmeier, 431–44
What You See Depends on What You Are Looking for: Jesus’s Ascension as a Test Case for Thinking about Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture, Joel B. Green, 445–57
Biblical Theology and Preaching: A Survey of Resources, M. Eugene Boring, 458–71
Between Text and Sermon
Deuteronomy 6:4–9, Sue Lowcock Harris, 329–31
Job 31–41, Stewart W. Herman, 75–77
Ezekiel 3:1–11, Wil Willimon, 326–28
Ezekiel 37:1–14, Jeffery L. Welch, 78–80
Mark 10:1–52, David Schnasa Jacobsen, 194–96
Mark 12:28–34, Cynthia A. Jarvis, 197–99
Mark 15:25–41, Matthew A. Rich, 200–202
Luke 1:1-4, John Wilkinson, 472–74
Romans 8:18–22, Kirk Wegter-McNelly, 81–83
1 Corinthians 15:1–11, John M. Scholer, 475–77
Revelation 21:1–22:7, Henry G. Brinton, 84–86
Authors
Adams, Samuel L., Editorial, 258–63
Barton, John, James Barr and the Future of Biblical Theology, 264–74
Boring, M. Eugene, Biblical Theology and Preaching: A Survey of Resources, 458–71
Black, C. Clifton, Biblical Theology Revisited: An Internal Debate, 399–416
Blount, Brian K., Jesus as Teacher: Boundary Breaking in Mark’s Gospel and Today’s Church, 184–93
Brinton, Henry G., Revelation 21:1–22:7 (Between Text and Sermon), 84–86
Brown, William P., The Unexpected Universe: Emergence, Convergence, and the “Overview Effect”, 7–20
Brueggemann, Walter, Testimony that Breaks the Silence of Totalism, 275–87
Carroll, John T., Editorial, 141–44
Case-Winters, Anna, Editorial, 5–6
Case-Winters, Anna, The End? Christian Eschatology and the End of the World, 61–74
Clark-Soles, Jaime, Mark and Disability, 159–71
Cole-Turner, Ronald, Eschatology and the Technologies of Human Enhancement, 21–33
Collins, John J., The Friends of Job and the Task of Biblical Theology, 288–300
Feldmeier, Reinhard, “As Your Heavenly Father is Perfect”: The God of the Bible and Commandments in the Gospel, 431–44
Green, Joel B., What You See Depends on What You Are Looking for: Jesus’s Ascension as a Test Case for Thinking about Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture, 445–57
Harris, Sue Lowcock, Deuteronomy 6:4–9 (Between Text and Sermon), 329–31
Henderson, Suzanne Watts, The “Good News” of God’s Coming Reign: Occupation at the Crossroads, 145–58
Herman, Stewart W., Job 31–41 (Between Text and Sermon), 75–77
Jacobsen, David Schnasa, Mark 10:1–52 (Between Text and Sermon), 194–96
Jarvis, Cynthia A., Mark 12:28–34 (Between Text and Sermon), 197–99
Morgan, Robert, New Testament Theology as Implicit Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, 383–98
Nadella, Raj, The Two Banquets: Mark’s Vision of Anti-Imperial Economics, 172–83
O’Connor, Kathleen M., Stammering Toward the Unsayable: Old Testament Theology, Trauma Theory, and Genesis, 301–13
Rich, Matthew A., Mark 15:25–41 (Between Text and Sermon), 200–202
Rolston, Holmes, III, Loving Nature: Past, Present, and Future, 34–47
Russell, Robert John, Resurrection, Eschatology, and the Challenge of Big Bang Cosmology, 48–60
Schneiders, Sandra M., Biblical Spirituality, 417–30
Scholer, John M., 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 (Between Text and Sermon), 475–77
Sweeney, Marvin A., Jewish Biblical Theology: An Ongoing Dialogue, 314–25
Wegter-McNelly, Romans 8:18–22 (Between Text and Sermon), 81–83
Welch, Jeffrey L., Ezekiel 37:1–14 (Between Text and Sermon), 78–80
Wilkinson, John, Luke 1:1–4 (Between Text and Sermon), 472–74
Willimon, Wil, Ezekiel 3:1–11 (Between Text and Sermon), 326–28
Book Reviews
Alkier, Stefan, translated by Leroy A. Huizeng, foreword by Richard B. Hays, The Reality of the Resurrection: The New Testament Witness (Timothy Luckritz Marquis), 110
Bakker, Janel Kragt, Sister Churches: American Congregations and Their Partners Abroad (Karla Ann Koll), 357–58
Barreto, Eric D., Reading Theologically (Tim Hartman), 501
Belousek, Darrin W. Snyder, Good News: The Advent of Salvation in the Gospel of Luke (Amanda C. Miller), 350–51
Bennema, Cornelis, A Theory of Character in New Testament Narrative (Christopher W. Skinner), 348–50
Berg, InHee C., Irony in the Matthean Passion Narrative (Arthur M. Wright), 224–25
Bidwell, Duane R., Empowering Couples: A Narrative Approach to Spiritual Care (Michael S. Koppel), 509–10
Biermann, Joel D., A Case for Character: Towards a Lutheran Virtue Ethics (Daniel M. Bell, Jr.), 354–55
Bird, Michael F., The Gospel of the Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus (M. Eugene Boring), 491–92
Black, C. Clifton, Reading Scripture with the Saints (Thomas Andrew Bennett), 352
Blevins, Kent, How to Read the Bible without Losing Your Mind: A Truth-Seeker’s Guide to Making Sense of Scripture (Jeff Kisner), 500–501
Block, Daniel I., Beyond the River Chebar: Studies in Kingship and Eschatology in the Book of Ezekiel (Steven S. Tuell), 211–13
Block, Daniel I., By the River Chebar: Historical, Literary, and Theological Studies in the Book of Ezekiel (Steven S. Tuell), 211–13
Bodner, Keith, Elisha’s Profile in the Book of Kings: The Double Agent (Jerome T. Walsh), 107–108
Boer, Ronald, and Christina Petterson, Idols of Nations: Biblical Myth at the Origins of Capitalism (James Hudnut-Beumler), 355
Boys, Mary C., Redeeming Our Sacred Story: The Death of Jesus and Relations between Jews and Christians (Ilyse S. Kramer), 113–14
Bracken, Joseph A., The World in the Trinity: Open-Ended Systems in Science and Religion (Marc A. Pugliese), 99–100
Bradshaw, Paul F., Rites of Ordination: Their History and Theology (Paul Galbreath), 124–25
Brawley, Robert L., The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics (John T. Carroll), 499–500
Bretherton, Luke, Resurrecting Democracy: Faith, Citizenship, and the Politics of a Common Life (Roger J. Gench), 362–63
Brown, William P., Sacred Sense: Discovering the Wonder of God’s Word and World (D. Mark Davis), 332–33
Brown, William P., The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms (James Luther Mays), 108–109
Brueggemann, Walter, Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks (D. Mark Davis), 234
Brueggemann, Walter; edited by Brent A. Strawn, From Whom No Secrets Are Hid: Introducing the Psalms (Marti J. Steussy), 498–99
Brueggemann, Walter; edited by Davis Hankins, Ice Axes for Frozen Seas: A Biblical Theology of Provocation (Bryan D. Bibb), 349
Bruno, Michael S., Political Augustinianism: Modern Interpretations of Augustine’s PoliticalThought (Nelson M.E.B. Reveley), 340–42
Bryan, Christopher, Listening to the Bible: The Art of Faithful Biblical Interpretation (Jeannine K. Brown), 105
Burke, Tony, Secret Scriptures Revealed: A New Introduction to the Christian Apocrypha (Janet Spittler), 112–13
Burnett, Richard, The Westminster Handbook to Karl Barth (John P. Burgess), 115–16
Burrow Jr., Rufus, A Child Shall Lead Them: Martin Luther King Jr., Young People, and the Movement (Richard Newton), 506
Cardoza-Orlandi, Carlos F., and Justo L. Gonzalez, To All Nations from All Nations: A History of the Christian Missionary Movement (James E. Taneti), 118–19
Carter, Warren, and Amy-Jill Levine, The New Testament: Methods and Meanings (Amanda C. Miller), 221
Copeland, Jennifer E., Feminine Registers: The Importance of Women’s Voices for Christian Preaching (Beverly Zink-Sawyer), 507–508
Coyle, Suzanne M., Uncovering Spiritual Narratives: Using Story in Pastoral Care and Ministry (Karen D. Scheib), 234–35
Crisp, Oliver D., Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology (Thomas W. Currie), 502
Das, A. Andrew, Galatians (Frank J. Matera), 90–92
Davis, Ellen, Biblical Prophecy: Perspectives for Christian Theology, Discipleship, and Ministry (Suzie Park), 334–36
Day, Juliette J., Reading the Liturgy: An Exploration of Texts in Christian Worship (James W. Farwell), 237
DeGroat, Chuck, Toughest People to Love: How to Understand, Lead, and Love the Difficult People in your Life—Including Yourself (Hart Edmonds), 359–60
Detweiler, Craig, iGods: How Technology Shapes our Spiritual and Social Lives (Paul A. Soukup), 511
Drury, John L., The Resurrected God: Karl Barth’s Theology of Easter (Kenneth Oakes), 229–30
Dutcher-Walls, Patricia, Reading the Historical Books: A Student’s Guide to Engaging the Biblical Text (Kristin A. Swanson), 106–107
Edwards, Jr., O. C., with James Dunkly, A Nation with the Soul of a Church: How Christian Proclamation Has Shaped American History (Donna Giver-Johnston), 122–23
Ellis, Marc H., Future of the Prophetic: Israel’s Ancient Wisdom Re-presented (Robert F. Shedinger), 346
Esminger, Sven, Karl Barth’s Theology as a Resource for a Christian Theology of Religions (W. Travis McMaken), 96–98
Evans, Craig A., From Jesus to the Church: The First Christian Generation (Janet Spittler), 225–26
Flint, Peter W., The Dead Sea Scrolls (Megan Fullerton Strollo), 105–106
Gabrielson, Jeremy, Paul’s Non-violent Gospel: The Theological Politics of Peace in Paul’s Life and Letters (Mark Thiessen Nation), 228–29
Galbreath, Paul, Leading into the World (Benjamin M. Stewart), 509
Garland, David E., A Theology of Mark’s Gospel: Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God (John T. Carroll), 215–16
Gay, Doug, Honey From the Lion: Christianity and the Ethics of Nationalism (David A. Renwick), 119–20
Gench, Roger J., Theology From The Trenches: Reflections on Urban Ministry (Chris Iosso), 361–62
Gerrish, B. A., Christian Faith: Dogmatics in Outline (Randall C. Zachman), 487–89
Goldingay, John, The Theology of the Book of Isaiah (Patricia K. Tull), 346–47
González, Ondina E., and Justo L. González, Nuestra Fe: A Latin American Church History Sourcebook (Karla Ann Koll), 359
Goodloe IV, James V., Preaching Through Luke: The Gospel as Catechism (Matthew A. Rich), 121
Gorman, Michael J., Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation and Mission (Nijay K. Gupta), 484–86
Gorman, Michael J., The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant: A (Not So) New Model of the Atonement (Frank J. Matera), 203–205
Graves, Michael, The Inspiration and Interpretation of Scriptures: What the Early Church Can Teach Us (Christine Luckritz Marquis), 233–34
Green, Barbara, Jeremiah and God’s Plans of Well-Being (Walter Brueggemann), 109
Hagan, Anette L., Eternal Blessedness for All? A Historical-Systematic Examination of Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Reinterpretation of Predestination (Dawn DeVries), 231–32
Hamm, Bernd, translated by Martin J. Lohrmann, The Early Luther: Stages in a Reformation Reorientation (Mary Jane Haemig), 117
Hansen, Ryan Leif, Silence and Praise: Rhetorical Cosmology and Political Theology in the Book of Revelation (Greg Carey), 351–52
Harris, Mark, The Nature of Creation: Examining the Bible and Science (Anna Case-Winters), 101
Harvey, Jennifer, Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation (Tammerie Day), 514–15
Hauerwas, Stanley, Approaching the End: Eschatological Reflections on Church, Politics, and Life (James Calvin Davis), 101–102
Hays, Christopher B., Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East (Tyler Mayfield), 348–49
Hays, Richard B., Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness (John T. Carroll), 490–91
Healy, Nicholas M., Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction (John Senior), 232–33
Heintzman, Paul, Leisure and Spirituality: Biblical, Historical, and Contemporary Perspectives (George Cooper Carpenter), 510–11
Helmer, Christine, Theology and the End of Doctrine (Paul E. Capetz), 337–39
Hill, Brennan, World Religions and Contemporary Issues: How Evolving Views on Ecology, Peace, and Women are Impacting Faith Today (James E. Taneti), 237–38
Hughes, Carl S., Kierkegaard and the Staging of Desire: Rhetoric and Performance in a Theology of Eros (Timothy Matthew Slemmons), 355–56
Husseini, Sara Leila, Early Christian-Muslim Debate on the Unity of God: Three Christian Scholars and their Engagement with Islamic Thought (9th Century C.E.) (Najib George Awad), 513–14
Jacobsen, David Schnasa, Mark (Gary W. Charles), 214
Jefferson, Lee M., Christ the Miracle Worker in Early Christian Art (Lee Barrett), 226–27
Johnstone, William, Exodus 1–19 (Ralph K. Hawkins), 345–46
Jones, Beth Felker, Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically (Benjamin T. Conner), 353–54
Kaminsky, Joel S., Joel N. Lohr, and Mark Reasoner, The Abingdon Introduction to the Bible: Understanding Jewish and Christian Scriptures (Barry Bandstra), 343–44
Keith, Chris, Jesus Against the Scribal Elite: The Origins of the Conflict (Holly Hearon), 224
Keller, Catherine, Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary Entanglement (Anna Case-Winters), 87–89
Koester, Craig R., Revelation: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Mitchell G. Reddish), 93–95
Koester, Nancy, Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life (David Torbett), 511–12
Kucer, Peter Samuel, Truth and Politics: A Theological Comparison of Joseph Ratzinger and John Milbank (Scott MacDougall), 514
Kurz, William S., Acts of the Apostles (J. Bradley Chance), 227
Law, Timothy Michael, When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible (Ronald L. Troxel), 344–45
Lee, Boyung, Transforming Congregations through Community: Faith Formation from the Seminary to the Church (Esther Kyoung-Hee Shin), 363–64
Leonard, Bill J., A Sense of the Heart: Christian Religious Experience in the United States (David Torbett), 506–507
Lischer, Richard, Reading the Parables (Barbara E. Reid), 208–10
Long, D. Stephen, Saving Karl Barth: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Preoccupation (Thomas W. Currie), 231–32
MacDonald, Margaret Y., The Power of Children: The Construction of Christian Families in the Greco-Roman World (Judith M. Gundry), 497–98
Mainwaring, Simon, Mark, Mutuality, and Mental Health: Encounters with Jesus (Walter T. Wilson), 216–17
McMaken, W. Travis, The Sign of the Gospel: Toward an Evangelical Doctrine of Infant Baptism after Karl Barth (David Gambrell), 114–15
McNeel, Jennifer Houston, Paul as Infant and Nursing Mother: Metaphor, Rhetoric, and Identity in 1 Thessalonians 2:5–8 (E. Elizabeth Johnson), 495–96
McWhirter, Jocelyn, Rejected Prophets: Jesus and His Witnesses in Luke–Acts (Eric D. Barreto), 222
Mercadante, Linda, Belief without Borders: Inside the Minds of the Spiritual but not Religious (Stephen Offutt), 240
Migliore, Daniel L., Philippians and Philemon (Dean Flemming), 493–94
Mohrlang, Roger, Paul and His Life-Transforming Theology: A Concise Introduction (Jennifer Houston McNeel), 111–12
Moloney, Frances J., The Resurrection of the Messiah: A Narrative Commentary on the Resurrection Accounts in the Four Gospels (Sandra M. Schneiders), 222–23
Moo, Jonathan A., and Robert S. White, Let Creation Rejoice: Biblical Hope and Ecological Crisis (Thomas W. Mann), 240–41
Morris, Wayne, Salvation as Praxis: A Practical Theology of Salvation for a Multi-Faith World (Michelle Voss Roberts), 121–22
Nelson, Richard D., Historical Roots of the Old Testament (1200–63 BCE) (Michael Coogan), 343
Nienhuis, David R., and Robert W. Wall, Reading the Epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude as Scripture: The Shaping and Shape of a Canonical Collection (Frances Taylor Gench), 110–11
Northcott, Michael S., A Political Theology of Climate Change (Thomas W. Mann), 103–104
Parker, Julie Faith, Valuable and Vulnerable: Children in the Hebrew Bible, Especially the Elisha Cycle (Karen-Marie Yust), 360–61
Parsons, Mikeal C., Luke (Gregory R. Perry), 492–93
Peppard, Christiana Z., Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and the Global Water Crisis (Amy Levad) 241–42
Raheb, Mitri, Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes (Dorothy Jean Weaver), 242–43
Regele, Michael B., Science, Scripture, and Same-Sex Love (Tricia Dykers Koenig), 104–105
Ross, Melanie C., Evangelical Versus Liturgical? Defying a Dichotomy (Neal D. Presa), 505
Saler, Robert C., Between Magisterium and Marketplace: A Constructive Account of Theology and the Church (Brian P. Flanagan), 503–504
Santmire, H. Paul, Before Nature: A Christian Spirituality (Paul Galbreath), 239
Schoberg, Gerry, Perspectives of Jesus in the Writings of Paul: A Historical Examination of Shared Core Commitments with a View to Determining the Extent of Paul’s Dependence on Jesus (J. R. Daniel Kirk), 228
Schroeder, Joy A., Deborah’s Daughters: Gender Politics and Biblical Interpretation (Deborah A. Appler), 220–21
Seitz, Christopher R., Colossians (Jerry L. Sumney), 494
Senior, Donald, Why the Cross? (Frank J. Matera), 490
Shannahan, Chris, A Theology of Community Organizing: Power to the People (Roger J. Gench), 123–24
Simmons, Ernest L., The Entangled Trinity: Quantum Physics and Theology (B. Andrew Lustig), 100
Simpson, Amy, Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (Jenny McDevitt), 235–36
Smith, Aaron T., A Theology of the Third Article: Karl Barth and the Spirit of the Word (Thomas W. Currie), 116–17
Spinks, Bryan D., Do This in Remembrance of Me: The Eucharist from the Early Church to the Present Day (Paul Galbreath), 236
Steffen, Lloyd, and Dennis R. Cooley, The Ethics of Death: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives in Dialogue (Charles L. Kammer, III), 512–13
Stroud, Dean G., Preaching in Hitler’s Shadow: Sermons of Resistance in the Third Reich (Robert Hoch), 120–21
Sumney, Jerry L., Paul: Apostle and Fellow Traveler (Brian K. Peterson), 494–95
Taylor-Troutman, Andrew, Parables of Parenthood: Interpreting the Gospel with Family (Rebecca Messman), 125
Thompson, Deanna A., Deuteronomy (Mark E. Biddle), 218–19
Thompson, James W., The Church according to Paul: Rediscovering the Community Conformed to Christ (Edwin Chr. van Driel), 496–97
Troeger, Thomas H., Music as Prayer: The Theology and Practice of Church Music (Douglas Brown), 126
Tull, Patricia K., and Jacqueline E. Lapsley, After Exegesis: Feminist Biblical Theology (Frances Taylor Gench), 347–48
Vaage, Leif E., Borderline Exegesis (Wes Howard-Brook), 219–20
Vanhoozer, Kevin J., Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine (Sue A. Rozeboom), 502–503
Vincie, Catherine, Worship and the New Cosmology (David Gambrell), 102–103
Voelz, James W., Mark 1:1–8:26 (Timothy Wardle), 215
Waltke, Bruce K., James M. Houston, and Erika Moore, The Psalms as Christian Lament: A Historical Commentary (J. Clinton McCann, Jr.), 498
Weaver, Alain Epp, Mapping Exile and Return: Palestinian Dispossession and a Political Theology for a Shared Future (James W. McCarty III), 242
Welker, Michael, translated by Douglas W. Stott, God the Revealed: Christology (Najib George Awad), 206–207
Wengert, Timothy J., Reading the Bible with Martin Luther: An Introductory Guide (Brooks Schramm), 117–18
Wigg-Stevenson, Natalie, Ethnographic Theology: An Inquiry into the Production of Theological Knowledge (Rebecca Spurrier), 504–505
Williams, Rowan, Being Christian: Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer (Paul Galbreath), 508
Williams, Rowan, Meeting God in Mark: Reflections for the Season of Lent (Frances Taylor Gench), 217–18
Wilson, Brittany E., Unmanly Men: Refigurations of Masculinity in Luke–Acts (Barbara E. Reid), 478–80
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