Tag: Testament

Free Download Ronald E. Heine, "Reading the Old Testament with the Ancient Church: Exploring the Formation of Early Christian Thought"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0801027772 | EPUB | pages: 204 | 4.0 mb
The contemporary church dismisses Christianity’s foundational Scriptures at its own peril. However, the teachings of the Old Testament are less and less at the center of congregational preaching and conversation. The early church fathers-visionaries such as Augustine, Origen, and Tertullian-embraced the Hebrew Scriptures, allowing the Old Testament to play a central role in the formation of their beliefs. As today’s Christians struggle to relate to concepts such as the Jewish law and the prophets, pastors and laypersons benefit from looking through the lenses of these thoughtful pioneers. This latest volume in the Evangelical Ressourcement series helps the Old Covenant to come alive.

Free Download Victor H. Matthews, "Old Testament Turning Points: The Narratives That Shaped a Nation"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0801027748 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 1.7 mb
Adam and Eve, God’s covenant with Abraham, the deportation of Judah and their eventual return to Jerusalem-these are the Old Testament stories most people remember, and for good reason. According to veteran Old Testament professor Victor Matthews, these stories are essential to the identity of Israel as God’s people.

Free Download Old Testament Stories with a Freudian Twist By Leo Abse
2010 | 230 Pages | ISBN: 1855758326 | PDF | 2 MB
This collection of Leo Abse’s last essays are writings that he was working on from 2006 up to and during his final illness. They take as their starting point stories from the Old Testament. For Abse, the Bible provided a great inspiration for analysis, reflection, and speculation. His own distinctive voice is evident in every essay. Chapters include: Jubal: A Discursive Meditation on Music and its Origins; Jacob’s Wrestling Match; The Judgment of Solomon; Abishag: The Lure of Incest; and The Nakedness of Noah.

Free Download David Crump, "Knocking on Heaven’s Door: A New Testament Theology Of Petitionary Prayer"
English | 2006 | ISBN: 080102689X | EPUB | pages: 345 | 1.7 mb
How are we to understand petitionary prayer? This is a key question for any thoughtful believer who desires to take both the Bible and experience seriously. Some believe God answers any prayer as long as the one praying has enough faith and/or persistence. Others conclude from experience that prayer is really for our benefit and has no impact on God’s actions. According to David Crump, both views are extreme and potentially harmful. While books that deal with prayer from a devotional or experiential perspective have their value, Knocking on Heaven’s Door takes a different approach. Crump carefully studies every New Testament passage that has to do with petitionary prayer and draws conclusions that are both theological and pastoral to help us understand the great mystery of prayer.

Free Download Interpreting the Old Testament in Africa: Papers from the International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament in Nairobi, October 1999 By Mary Getui, Knut Holter, Victor Zinkuratire
2001 | 244 Pages | ISBN: 0820449784 | PDF | 8 MB
This book is a collection of papers read at the International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament in Nairobi, October 1999. Thirty biblical scholars and theologians – mainly from Eastern Africa, but some also from South Africa and Europe – came together to discuss what it means to interpret the Old Testament in Africa today. Their contributions fall in five parts: (i) a mapping of the social, historical, and academic context of Old Testament studies in Africa; (ii) exegetical studies of how Africa is portrayed by the Old Testament; (iii) examples of how the African socio-religious experience can serve as comparative material for interpretation of the Old Testament; (iv) examples of how Old Testament texts are experienced as relevant to contemporary African readers; and (v) various aspects of the efforts of translating the Old Testament in Africa today.

Free Download In Koli Jean Bofane, Marjolijn de Jager, "Congo Inc.: Bismarck’s Testament"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0253031907 | EPUB | pages: 214 | 7.4 mb
To the sound of machine gun fire and the smell of burning flesh, award-winning author In Koli Jean Bofane leads readers on a perilous, satirical journey through the civil conflict and political instability that have been the logical outcome of generations of rapacious multinational corporate activity, corrupt governance, widespread civil conflict, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation in Africa. Isookanga, a Congolese Pygmy, grows up in a small village with big dreams of becoming rich. His vision of the world is shaped by his exploits in Raging Trade, an online game where he seizes control of the world’s natural resources by any means possible: high-tech weaponry, slavery, and even genocide. Isookanga leaves his sleepy village to make his fortune in the pulsating capital Kinshasa, where he joins forces with street children, warlords, and a Chinese victim of globalization in this blistering novel about capitalism, colonialism, and the world haunted by the ghosts of Bismarck and Leopold II. Told with just enough levity to make it truly heartbreaking, Congo Inc. is a searing tale about ecological, political, and economic failure.

Free Download The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CV2WC1FY | 2024 | 5 hours and 28 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 284 MB
Author: John H. Walton
Narrator: Tyler Boss

Free Download A Survey of the Old Testament (Fourth Edition) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C3MVYMZ3 | 2024 | 21 hours and 51 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 610 MB
Author: Andrew E. Hill, John H. Walton
Narrator: Christopher Ragland

Free Download Margaret Froelich, Thomas E. Phillips, "Christian Origins and the New Testament in the Greco-Roman Context: Essays in Honor of Dennis R. MacDonald"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1946230006 | EPUB | pages: 248 | 0.3 mb
This volume, the inaugural volume in Claremont’s series on the New Testament and Christian Origins, celebrates the distinguished career of Dr. Dennis R. MacDonald. As students and scholars of the NewTestament will know, MacDonald almost single-handedly established the discipline of Mimesis Criticism. However, MacDonald’s scholarly achievements far exceed his role in establishing that emerging discipline within New Testament studies. MacDonald’s scholarship and interests range widely over the entire discipline of Christian origins. His work has striven above all to situate the New Testament within the historical, social and literary contexts of the Greco-Roman world.The scholars -both junior and senior-in this volume participate in MacDonald’s quest to locate the New Testament texts within their proper historical framework. The essays in this volume range from the Hebrew origins of the New Testament to Platonic influence on the New Testament, from Homeric imitation to the semantic domain of James, and from fresh readings of Mark to revisionist histories of Paul. There is something here for everyone. The essays are original, the arguments fresh and the language crisp. Every student of the New Testament will want to spend time with this wide-ranging celebration of MacDonald’s intellectual prowess and academic career.

Free Download The Old Testament Law for the Life of the Church: Reading the Torah in the Light of Christ by Richard E. Averbeck
English | September 6, 2022 | ISBN: 0830841008 | 352 pages | EPUB | 5.83 Mb
From the early days of the church to the present, the Old Testament Law has been a subject of much confusion, debate, and outright theological division. And with good reason: the way Christians understand the Law has massive implications for their individual lives and for the life of the church. To sort through the numerous interpretations and approaches to this thorny issue, we need to start with a solid knowledge of the Law itself.