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This expanded and revised fourth edition of the English translation of the Scrolls is now a combination of two books. The original introduction has been replaced with an abridged version, and new translations of material that have been published since the last edition in 1975 have been added.

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This book examines the educated elite in 1 Corinthians through the development, and application, of an ancient education model. The research reads Pauls text within the social world of early Christianity and uses social-scientific criticism in reconstructing a model that is appropriate for first-century Corinth.

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The Epistel of Second Baruch (EP2B) is found at the end of Second Baruch, a long-lost apocalyptic book that is part of the ancient syriac biblical tradition. This work contends that EP2B constitutes an authoritative document that Baruch and his group used.

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Containing statements of Pauline doctrine, this title presents an exposition of its text. It explores the issues and their theological implications about its authorship and intended readership, deploying the scholarship to provide a commentary on this epistle.

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John Muddiman questions the assumption that if Ephesians is not by Paul, it must be wholly accounted for as an example of post-Pauline pseudepigraphy. He explores an alternative: that it is an authentic letter subsequently edited and expanded. The perspective of other scholars is also discussed.

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John Muddiman questions the assumption that if Ephesians is not by Paul, it must be wholly accounted for as an example of post-Pauline pseudepigraphy. He explores an alternative: that it is an authentic letter subsequently edited and expanded. The perspective of other scholars is also discussed.

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Offers a critical engagement with several of the different approaches to Pauline interpretation, including questions of rhetoric and social convention. This commentary relates an understanding of the letter's first century impact to the wider concerns of Christian theology.

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The best text and the best translation of the Gospel of Thomas are presented in this user-friendly form. In addition, two essays have been included for those who may be unfamiliar with this new Gospel or with the events that led to its discovery and publication.

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An examination of the book of Lamentations using the literary theory of Mikhail Bakhtin.

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Pagels argues against reading Paul either as hyper-Gnostic or hyper-orthodox, or blaming Paul for second century Gnostic efforts to read him out of context for their own support.

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A reception history of the apocryphal book Susanna and the elders.

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From Bible teacher John MacArthur, a revelatory exploration of what the apostle Paul actually taught about the Good News of Jesus.

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The Gospel of Mary, the only known Gospel that is named after a woman, has aroused new interest in the figure of Mary Magdalene and the beginnings of Christianity.

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The success of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has raised new interest in Mary Magdalene and in the Gospel of Mary. Here, the author examines Mary Magdalene's influence on the beginnings of Christianity and asks what was her impact and her message

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Examining how Matthew's gospel reflects the situation in which the community found itself after the fall of Jerusalem and the subsequent humiliation of Jews, this volume 276 in the "Journal for the Study of the New testament Supplement" series considers the extent to which he was seeking to oppose Rome's claims to authority and more.

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This book maps the relationship between Matthew's Gospel and the Didache. No consensus regarding the nature of this relationship has yet been achieved; nor has serious consideration been given to the possibility that Matthew depended directly on the Didache.

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A new reading of the Gospel of John that contends that Lazarus is the Beloved Disciple in chapters 1-20 and John, the son of Zebedee, functions in that role in chapter 21.

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Examining John's Gospel by engaging in a close reading of various units of the Gospel from the perspective of a two-level drama that presents two narrative worlds within the literary structure of the Gospel. Waetjen's thorough scholarship and his attention to detail in his original readings challenge traditional readings of John's Gospel.

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