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T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics

Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen, UK & Susan F. Parsons, Editor of Studies in Christian Ethics

Beyond Male and Female? A Theological Account of Intersex Embodiment

Sam Ashton, St Paul's, Hadley Woods, UK

Are all people either male or female or does intersex embodiment push us beyond the malefemale binary? Traditionalists hold to the former, innovationists argue for the latter This book combines insights from both camps to maintain that we may know the ‘what’ of our sexed embodiment when we work out where we fit within God’s big story of creation to consummation It examines the breadth and depth of ancient and modern approaches to discerning the theological meaning and significance of sexed embodiment.

UK December 2023

HB 9780567713148

• US December 2023

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• 256 pages

Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark

English Public Theology

A Reformation Response to the Crisis of Natural Rights

Joan Lockwood O’Donovan, University of St. Andrews, UK

Examines the public theology of the English Reformation in a fresh and compelling way, as affording elements of a comprehensive theological critique of the western tradition of natural rights It swims against the current tide of scholarly ethical and political discussion which, outside of Anglican circles, overlooks or dismisses the moral and political theology of the English Reformation It also plunges against the tide of influential critiques of modern social and political thought, often Aristotelian or Thomist in perspective, which view Reformation theology as a source of the modern problems rather than a resource for addressing them

UK November 2023

• US November 2023 • 328 pages

HB 9780567712516 £90 00 / $120 00

ePub 9780567712554 £81 00 / $110 69

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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark

Absolute Person and Moral Experience

A Study in Neo-Calvinism

Nathan D. Shannon, Westminster Theological Seminary, USA

Presents a neo-Calvinist theology of human moral experience, drawing from the works of Herman and Johan Bavinck, Geerhardus Vos and Cornelius Van Til Accounting for the nature and possibility of evil and of moral consciousness, this book argues that human moral experience is the product of a divine self-expression primarily in the Son

UK February 2024

PB 9780567707390

Confidence in Life

A Barthian Account of Procreation

Matthew Lee Anderson, Baylor University, USA

Confidence in Life offers a theologicallyrobust evaluation of the good of procreation, which emerges out of both careful interactions with contemporary analytic philosophy and a reconstructed reading of Karl Barth’s doctrine of (pro)creation Though primarily staged as an intervention in Protestant moral theology, Confidence in Life’s rehabilitation of the Virgin Mary’s role in Barth’s thought has promise for an ecumenical retrieval of the good of procreating within the economy of redemption

UK January 2024 US January 2024 256 pages

HB 9780567710635 • £85 00 / $115 00

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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark

The Dialectics of Discipleship

Karl Barth, Sanctification and Theological Ethics

Chris Swann, City to City Australia, Australia This book investigates both Lutheran and Calvinian source material to interrogate Barth’s discipleshipshaped vision of sanctification. In doing this, it gives special attention to Barth’s own personal mixed record with regard to Christian discipleship Ultimately, Swann retrieves a number of important resources for contemporary theological ethics from Barth’s theology of discipleship

UK September 2023 • US September 2023 • 256 pages

HB 9780567708779 • £85 00 / $115 00

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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark

The Reign of God A Critical Engagement with Oliver O’Donovan’s Theology of Political Authority

Jonathan Cole, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Demonstrates a way to refine O’Donovan’s theology of political authority by incorporating insights from his earlier work in moral theology The book argues that the cogency problems of the former can only be avoided by drawing on the latter The Reign of God constitutes the first detailed and systematic critical engagement with Oliver O’Donovan’s political theology

• US February 2024

• £28 99 / $39 95

• 224 pages

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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics T&T Clark

UK February 2024 US February 2024 168 pages

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Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark

New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology

and Ethics

Jennifer McBride, McCormick School of Theology, USA, Michael Mawson, University of Auckland, New Zealand & Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception

Kevin O’Farrell, Joni and Friends Disability Ministry, USA

Examining Bonhoeffer's understanding of the exception as an extraordinary moment in history that disarms persons, impinging on one's understanding of politics and ethics, this book states that this leads to distinctive narrations of key concepts in Bonhoeffer’s corpus: responsibility, the free venture, simple obedience, and action beyond the law It also offers a different portrait of Bonhoeffer to contemporary narrations

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 192 pages

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Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics • T&T Clark

Appointments with Bonhoeffer Personal Faith and Public Responsibility in a Fragmenting World

Keith Clements, Conference of European Churches, Switzerland

Beginning with the earlier reception of Bonhoeffer as a martyr-figure and then as a provocatively original theologian, the book argues for his relevance to contemporary engagement with public ethics

Addressing issues such as faith and democracy, national identity and the global pandemic, Clements argues that Bonhoeffer's belief that human community is formed by living representatively on behalf of others is the key to being responsible in a fragmenting world

UK February 2024 • US February 2024 • 224 pages

PB 9780567707109 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9780567707055

ePub 9780567707093 • £76 50 / $103 94

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Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics • T&T Clark

T&T Clark Studies in English Theology

Standing under the Cross Essays on Bonhoeffer’s Theology

Michael Mawson, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Bonhoeffer wrote much of his theology in response to theological and political crises in his own time This book argues that his thinking can thus provide valuable insights into how individuals and communities can intellectually and culturally grapple with the pressing issues of the modern world, from ecological disaster to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic

UK October 2023 • US October 2023 • 216 pages

HB 9780567709462 • £85 00 / $115 00

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Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics T&T Clark

Bearing Sin as Church Community Bonhoeffer's Hamartiology

Hyun Joo Kim, Torch Trinity Graduate University, Korea

Claims that Bonhoeffer transforms and reconstructs the Augustinian doctrine of original sin by shifting the hamartiological premise from the doctrine of God to the doctrine of the church based on his Lutheran resources In Bonhoeffer’s view, Augustine’s doctrine of original sin does not fully relate the doctrine of sin to the responsibility of the saints Interestingly, in order to reform Augustinian hamartiology, Bonhoeffer appropriates Augustine’s notion of the Church as the whole Christ (totus Christus), which is located in Augustine’s ecclesiology

UK February 2024 • US February 2024 • 232 pages

PB 9780567706621 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9780567706584

ePub 9780567706614 • £76 50 / $103 94

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Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics T&T Clark

Mike Higton & Karen Kilby, both Durham University, UK & Stephen R. Holmes, University of St Andrews, UK

Richard Hooker

Theological Method and Anglican Identity

Philip Hobday, Wakefield Cathedral, UK Richard Hooker (1554-1600) is often claimed as articulating or even inventing a strand of Christian life now called ‘Anglicanism’, but different people locate his theology (and the tradition he represents) very differently This book shows how both Hooker, and the Anglicanism he defended in such elegant prose, can be coherently both ‘catholic’ and ‘reformed’ (rather than one, or the other, or some middle way) Relocating Hooker, and Anglicanism, in this way reveals them to be rich, fruitful conversation partners in ecumenical dialogue and theological debates across Christian traditions

UK October 2023 US October 2023 240 pages

HB 9780567708038 £85 00 / $115 00

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Series: T&T Clark Studies in English Theology • T&T Clark

The Lyric Voice in English Theology

Elizabeth S. Dodd

Elizabeth S Dodd explores how the lyric voice in English theology has spoken to, within and between church, self and society By examining a number of texts by authors such as Lancelot Andrewes, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, as well as T S

Elliot and Geoffrey Hill, Dodd concludes that lyric is a vehicle for the imagination; which is the engine of theological thought, but it also has practical, ethical and public implications

UK October 2023 • US October 2023

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• 200 pages

• £75 00 / $100 00

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• £67 50 / $91 79

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Series: T&T Clark Studies in English Theology • T&T Clark

T&T Clark Handbook of NeoCalvinism

Edited by Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA & Cory Brock, Belhaven University, USA

Covering the theological loci, key figures and legacy of neo-Calvinism, this handbook is the go-to reference work on the movement’s theology, philosophy and history This volume comprehensively demonstrates neo-Calvinism’s unique contribution to theology and Christian philosophy It offers excellent contributions on the movement’s most important historical and thematic loci, including its impact on Reformed denominations and churches across Europe, the Americas, and Asia

UK February 2024 US February 2024 592 pages

HB 9780567698087 £130 00 / $175 00

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Series: T&T Clark Handbooks • T&T Clark

The Persistence of Evil A Cultural, Literary and Theological Analysis

Fintan Lyons O.S.B., Glenstal Abbey, Ireland

At the heart of this book is the attempt to synthesise or reconcile traditional belief with contemporary concern or even alarm regarding evil in the world Recording the history of the belief in the existence of Satan, this book draws from the Bible, the poetry of Dante and Milton, the legend of Faust, and from modern novels and plays such as the works of Mark Twain and G B Shaw, and the spiritual writing of C S Lewis This book chronicles the history of humanity’s attempt to understand the disturbing and mysterious reality of evil

UK September 2023 • US September 2023

• 384 pages

PB 9780567710116 • £24 99 / $34 95 • HB 9780567710123 • £75 00 / $100 00

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T&T Clark

Reading with Earth

Contributions of the New Materialism to an Ecological Feminist Hermeneutics

Anne Elvey, University of Divinity, Australia

Applying a re-envisioned ecological feminist hermeneutics, this book builds on two important responses to 20th- and 21st-century situations of ecological trauma, especially the complex contexts of climate change and cross-species relations. The first is ecological feminism; the second is ecological hermeneutics in the Earth Bible tradition Such an approach is both informed by and speaks back to the new materialism in ecological criticism

UK March 2024 US March 2024 264 pages

• £28 99 / $39 95

PB 9780567708328

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Series: T&T Clark Explorations in Theology, Gender and Ecology

• T&T Clark

Hearing Spiritual Voices

Medieval Mystics, Meaning and Psychiatry

Christopher C.H. Cook, Durham University, UK

This book takes three 14th century examples of women who heard spiritually significant voices: Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, and Joan of Arc Each of these women, in different ways, has left an enduring legacy in literature and history Modern psychiatric commentary on the voices that they reported has generally focussed on diagnosis rather than on wider questions of meaning These commentaries will be used as a lens through which to consider how contemporary psychiatric practice might be enriched by the humanities and enabled to find a more spiritually empathetic, if not also sympathetic, enriching and meaning enhancing perspective on unusual mental phenomena

The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Protestant Theological University.

UK September 2023 US September 2023 152 pages

PB 9780567707970 • £15 99 / $21 95 • HB 9780567707987 • £45 00 / $61 00

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T&T Clark

T&T Clark Reader in Analytic Theology

Edited by Oliver D. Crisp, University of St Andrews, UK, Joshua Cockayne, University of St Andrews, UK & Jonathan C. Rutledge, University of Notre Dame, USA

The only volume in the field that offers a set of readings in analytic theology that are state-ofthe-art. Edited by leading scholars in the field, this reader focusses specifically on dogmatic issues rather than topics discussed within analytic philosophy of religion, and gives an extensive and versatile introduction to the field of analytic theology.

UK August 2024 • US August

T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology

Daniela C. Augustine, Lee University, USA & Wolfgang Vondey, University of Birmingham, UK

Karl Barth and Pentecostal Theology

A Convergence of the Word and the Spirit

Edited by Frank D. Macchia, Vanguard University of Southern California, USA, Terry L. Cross, Lee University, USA & Andrew K. Gabriel, Horizon College and Seminary, Canada

The essays in this volume evaluate and build on Barth’s theology from the perspective of Pentecostal theology and, thereby, contribute to constructive Pentecostal systematic theology by using Barth as a valuable dialogue partner At present, a theological conversation of Pentecostals with Barth does not exist and this volume fills this void. It will aid those who seek a convergence of the Word and the Spirit in theology

UK March 2024 US March 2024

272 pages

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Series: T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology • T&T Clark

The Pentecostal Gender Paradox Eschatology and the Search for Equality

Joseph Lee Dutko, Oceanside Community Church, Canada

This study critically assesses the relationship between women’s equality and eschatology in the Pentecostal movement For over one hundred years the role of women in Pentecostalism has been debated without a firm consensus. The two competing impulses of the liberation and the exclusion of women in Pentecostal churches has been described numerous ways, including as the so-called Pentecostal “gender paradox ” By examining gender solely through an eschatological lens in history, Scripture, and praxis, Dutko argues that eschatology provides a valid critical approach in the Pentecostal gender debate because it provdes a consistent hermeneutic that authorizes the unrestricted ministry of women

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 312 pages

HB 9780567713681 • £85 00 / $115 00

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Series: T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology • T&T Clark

The Scandal of Pentecost A Theology of the Public Church

Wolfgang Vondey, University of Birmingham, UK

This work analyses the day of Pentecost in its significance for the public advent of the church following the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ The primary interest of this evaluation is to identify the contributions of Pentecost to a theology of the ‘public church’ – a concept originally developed by the historian of religion Martin E Marty At its heart, this book proposes a public ecclesiology with the foundational argument that the day of Pentecost initiates the public witness of the Christian community indicative of its recognition as disciples of Jesus Christ

UK November 2023

HB 9780567712646

Spirit and Method

Pentecostal Theology and the Pneumatological Imagination

Edwin Rodriguez-Gungor, Diocese of St. Anthony, USA

This work offers a generative and hospitable theological methodology rooted in the distinctives of pentecostal spirituality The methodology is further enlivened by a Spirited imagination and opened toward critical, constructive, and conciliatory dialogue with the wider Christian tradition This inter- and cross-disciplinary work is a careful yet generous, drawing together of knowledge and wisdom from different domains—historical, philosophical, and theological—in ways recognizably pentecostal and effectively missional

UK January 2024 • US January 2024 • 224 pages

HB 9780567712004 • £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9780567712042 • £76 50 / $103 94

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Series: T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology • T&T Clark

Theological Metaphysics A Pentecostal Theology of Being

Ray C. Robles, Grand Canyon University and the Northern California Bible College, USA

This work offers a constructive and critical engagement with pentecostal spirituality, and with pentecostal theology via the larger ecumenical, creedal, and dogmatic metaphysical tradition Thus, this book is explicitly and intentionally limited to understand metaphysics in conversation with the historical Christian tradition, and to understand a pentecostal vision of it

UK December 2023 • US December 2023 • 224 pages

HB 9780567713780 • £85 00 / $115 00

ePub 9780567713759 £76 50 / $103 94

ePdf 9780567713797 £76 50 / $103 94

Series: T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology T&T Clark

Kingdom Come: An Eschatological Third Article Ecclesiology

Gregory J. Liston, Laidlaw College, New Zealand Develops a coherent pneumato-ecclesiology, arguing that an eschatological vantage point fits well with the understandings of the Church when it is viewed as the proleptic anticipation of the coming kingdom It also outlines some immediate and obvious practical applications of utilising an eschatological Third Article Ecclesiology, and points to areas where the research initiated in this volume could inspire transformation of the Church itself

• US November 2023

• £85 00 / $115 00

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• £76 50 / $103 94

• 280 pages

Reimagining at the Sources

The Story of Israel from its Origins to Jesus of Nazareth

James

Atwell

Offers the fruits of a lifetime’s reflection on the Bible and its role within the Christian faith, from a respected scholar and priest Atwell lays out the history of Israel, and the biblical roots of Christian faith from the origins of Israel’s religious traditions to Jesus of Nazareth

UK February 2024 US February 2024 416 pages

HB 9780567711915 • £130 00 / $175 00

ePub 9780567711946 • £117 00 / $159 29

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T&T Clark

Genesis: An Introduction and Study Guide

A Past for a People in Need of a Future

Megan Warner, University of Exeter, UK

This study guide introduces students to the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament The author examines the book's structure and characteristics; covers the latest Biblical scholarship, including historical and interpretive issues; and considers a range of scholarly approaches There will also be chapters on the ongoing significance of Genesis in Jewish, Christian, Islamic and secular thought, as well as on its wider reception in literature, film, art and music, all of which provide ways of reading and understanding this fascinating and complex work

UK January 2024 • US January 2024 • 144 pages

PB 9780567676641 £17 99 / $24 95 HB 9780567693600 £55 00 / $75 00

ePub 9780567676665 £16 19 / $22 94

ePdf 9780567676658 £16 19 / $22 94

Series: T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the Old Testament • T&T Clark

Themes and Texts, Exodus and Beyond

Essays in Honour of Larry J . Perkins

Edited by Robert J. V. Hiebert, Trinity Western University, Canada, Jonathan Numada, Trinity Western University, Canada, Dongshin Don Chang, Trinity Western University, Canada & Kyung S. Baek, Trinity Western University, USA Engages with the work of Larry J Perkins on four key themes relevant to the study of Exodus These include particular focus on Exodus within later Second Temple Literature and Christian literature, and as it appears in the Septuagint

The distinguished contributors include Emanuel Tov, Albert Pietersma, Daniela Scialabba, Craig A Evans, James M Scott, Martin G Abegg Jr , and Wolfgang Kraus

UK February 2024

• US February 2024

HB 9780567705488

• £85 00 / $115 00

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African Biblical Studies

Unmasking Embedded Racism and Colonialism in Biblical Studies

Andrew M. Mbuvi, Albright College, USA

Mbuvi makes the case for African biblical studies as a vibrant and important emerging distinct discipline, whilst also critiquing biblical studies for its continued underlying racially and imperialistically motivated tendencies Mbuvi argues that the emergence of biblical studies as a discipline in the West coincides with, and benefits from, the establishment of the colonial project Mbuvi offers readings that destabilize and undermine dominant approaches and their ingrained prejudices, showing them as unresolved remnants of a colonial past

UK March 2024 • US March 2024 • 248 pages

PB 9780567707758 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9780567707710

ePub 9780567707741 • £76 50 / $103 94

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T&T Clark

The Bible in Photography

Index, Icon, Tableau, Vision

Sheona Beaumont, Diocese of Chichester, UK

This volume addresses the untold story of biblical subjects in photography Sheona G Beaumont argues that stories, characters, and symbols from the Bible are found to pervade photographic practices and ideas, across the worlds of advertising and selfies, the book and the gallery, in theoretical discourse and in newspaper reviews Throughout her journey, she includes lively discussion of selected fine art photography dealing with the Bible in surprising ways, from images by William Henry Fox Talbot in the 19th century to Damien Hirst in the 21st

UK February 2024 US February 2024 288 pages 55 colour images

HB 9780567706539 • £110 00 / $150 00

ePub 9780567706560 • £99 00 / $134 99

ePdf 9780567706546 • £99 00 / $134 99

Series: Scriptural Traces & The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Women of the Bible

From Text to Image

Edited by Guadalupe Seijas, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Translated by Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, University of Oxford, UK

The Hebrew Bible and art are at the core of this book, which analyzes the iconographic representation of several women of the Bible The contributors consider the ways in which the biblical texts regarding these women have been read and understood through time and the means by which they have been represented. By examining figures such as Bathsheba, Moses' Mother, Pharoah's Daughter, Ruth and Naomi, the book also explores the different values associated with these representations according to the problems, worries and concerns of each period

• 224 pages

• £76 50 / $103 94

• £76 50 / $103 94

Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies

• T&T Clark

UK January 2024 • US January 2024

PB 9780567703637

• £28 99 / $39 95

• 216 pages • 25 bw illus

Previously published in HB 9780567703606

ePdf 9780567703613

• £76 50 / $103 94

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces T&T Clark

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Laura Quick, Princeton University, USA & Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University, USA

Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Bible

Erwin Panofsky and Othmar Keel in Dialogue

Edited by Hans Ulrich Steymans, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Examines the dilemma of whether ancient Near Eastern images – while providing unique aspects of the world-views of the cultures from which the Bible arose – can be interpreted in a way that traceably relates them to the biblical text The essays within this volume describe the methods developed by Othmar Keel for bringing imagery into a dialogue with texts from the ancient Orient and their own interpretation, including previously unpublished material from Keel

UK April 2024 • US April 2024 • 304 pages • 15 b&w images

HB 9780567691835 • £85 00 / $115 00

ePdf 9780567691842 • £76 50 / $103 94

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies T&T Clark

Dress Hermeneutics and the Hebrew Bible

"Let Your Garments Always Be Bright"

Unity in the Book of Isaiah

Edited by Benedetta Rossi, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy, Dominic S. Irudayaraj, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy and Hekima College, Kenya and University of Pretoria, South Africa & Gina Hens-Piazza, Jesuit School of Santa Clara, USA

Building on previous holistic readings of the Book of Isaiah, this collection approaches Isaiah through the concept of unity Contributors outline research that points to new directions in the unity movement and, in the process, bring it under a critical gaze, considering the perennial challenges to unity reading and thus problematizing the very concept of unity Divided into four parts, the book provides methodological reflections, examines historical and redactional readings, literary readings and contextual or readerorientated readings of the Book of Isaiah

UK March 2024 • US March 2024 • 320 pages

HB 9780567705938 • £90 00 / $115 00

ePdf 9780567705945 • £81 00 / $110 69

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Hate and Enmity in Biblical Law

Klaus-Peter Adam, Lutheran School of Theology, USA

Edited by

Antonios Finitsis,

Pacific Lutheran University, USA

Antonios Finitsis and contributors examine dress and clothing in the Hebrew Bible in this collection of illuminating essays Using primary evidence, the contributors are able to reveal the social, psychological, aesthetic, ideological and symbolic meanings of dress in the Hebrew Bible, thereby producing insights into the literature and cultural world of the ancient Near East

UK January 2024

• US January 2024

PB 9780567702715

• £28 99 / $39 95

• 8 bw illus

• 296 pages

Previously published in HB 9780567702685

ePdf 9780567702692 £76 50 / $103 94

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies T&T Clark

New Perspectives on Ritual in the Biblical World

Edited by Laura Quick, Princeton University, USA & Melissa Ramos, George Fox University, USA

While treating a diverse range of ritual phenomena (such as space, blessings and oath-taking) from the world of ancient Israel and Judah, essays focus on offering new methods and fresh theoretical perspectives on ritual Beginning with an introduction that engages with the dominant scholarly models drawn from ritual theory, the chapters reflect high-level specialized engagement with specific ritual phenomena

UK January 2024 US January 2024 296 pages

PB 9780567707765 £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9780567693372

ePdf 9780567693389 • £76 50 / $103 94

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Enmity between individuals was an ubiquitous phenomenon in the ancient world Using the method of legal anthropology, this book examines patterns of hate-driven feuding in kinship-based and segmentary societies and applies these insights to biblical law. It defines the fundamental categories of enmity, love, revenge, honor and shame in the context of feuding It then illustrates certain legal actions, such giving false witness, and shows how they are expressions of hateful relationships Adam also uses this to unpack the meaning of the quintessential biblical command to "love your neighbor"

UK December 2023 US December 2023 320 pages

PB 9780567706492 £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9780567681898

ePdf 9780567681904 • £76 50 / $103 94

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

The Conflict Between Faith and Experience, and the Shape of Psalms 73–83

Stephen J. Smith, Belhaven University, USA

Entering the lively discussion of canonical or editorial-criticism of the Hebrew Psalter, this is a detailed investigation into one of its constituent collections, Psalms 73-83 It addresses scholarly disagreement over this collection’s structure, the degree and nature of its literary unity, and its primary message Smith argues that Psalms 73–82 – and potentially 83 – are deliberately arranged to resolve the disorienting collision between Israel’s faith, traditional theology and the experience of God’s prolonged absence amid the sixth-century exilic crisis

UK January 2024 • US January 2024 • 224 pages

PB 9780567702760 • £28 99 / $39 95

Previously published in HB 9780567702739

ePdf 9780567702746 • £76 50 / $103 94

Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Pauline Letters: Texts @ Contexts

Edited by Menghun Goh, Taiwan Graduate School of Theology, Taiwan

In this volume contributors from various social locations in North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia analyse and interpret Pauline letters Engaging both the biblical text and the lives and contexts from different sociocultural, religious, methodological perspectives, each contributor demonstrates the dynamic interaction between text and context in their understanding and explanation of the text

UK March 2024 US March 2024 128 pages

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T&T Clark Library of New Testament Greek

Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada

Discourse Analysis and the Greek New Testament TextGenerating Resources

Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada & Matthew Brook O'Donnell, University of Liverpool, UK

This volume examines and outlines the Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) model of discourse analysis and its relationship to the New Testament since it was introduced to New Testament Greek studies by Porter in the 1980s Structured in two parts, part one introduces basic concepts related to SFL, part two provides a detailed exploration of discourse analysis in terms of the textual metafunction

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Scholars Reading Romans 1 with Daniel Patte Critique, Dialogue, and Pedagogy

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James P. Grimshaw, Carroll University,

A creative collection of essays that introduces, critiques, and dialogues with Daniel Patte’s groundbreaking work Romans: Three Exegetical Interpretations and the History of Reception: Volume 1: Romans 1:1-32 (T&T Clark, 2018) Nine scholars from different cultural and methodological perspectives engage with Patte’s work, critique his methodology and ethic of interpretation, and develop alternative readings

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Hermeneutics, Linguistics, and the Bible

The Importance of Context

Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada

The volume presents Stanley E Porter's considered thoughts and reflections on key questions of meaning and context, addressing the problems of biblical interpretation and how a close collaboration between hermeneutics and linguistics can help to solve them Porter focuses on context for understanding the meanings of biblical texts, suggesting that linguists can learn more from the philosophical questions around meaning that hermeneuts apply in their study of biblical texts, and that there is more fruitful work to be done in the field of hermeneutics using insights from linguistics

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Chris Keith, Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway

Character Studies in the Gospel of Matthew

Edited by Craig Evan Anderson & Matthew Ryan

Hauge, Azusa Pacific University, USA

This volume examines a multitude of characters in Matthew's gospel and provides an in-depth look at the different approaches currently employed by scholars working with literary and reader-oriented methods Craig Evan Anderson and Matthew Ryan Hauge have amassed a collection of exegetical character studies, including Mary, John the Baptist and the Roman Centurion

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Locating the Kingdom of God Performing Sacred Boundaries

Karen J. Wenell, University of Birmingham, UK

Karen J Wenell offers a new, multidisciplinary way of thinking about the Kingdom of God which fully recognises its sociological and spatial significance in performing boundaries of the sacred Though spatial-critical perspectives have been increasingly recognised as important across many disciplines, the significance of non-physical religious spaces and their correspondence to boundaries of the sacred has not been explored fully, and never using the specific example of the Kingdom of God Wennell considers the diverse and sometimes contradictory articulation of the Kingdom in the gospels as well as the ways that Kingdom language frames contemporary ethical debates

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Encountering the Parables in Contexts Old and New

Edited by T. E. Goud, University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Canada, J.R.C. Cousland, University of British Columbia, Canada & John P. Harrison, Oklahoma Christian University, USA

Contributors pursue three important lines of enquiry into parable study, in order to compare how these lessons have been received throughout the millennia The books considers both the historical and material world of the parables’ composition, and focuses on the social, political, economic, and material elements of that world It not only explores how the parables may have been seen and heard in ancient contexts but also considers the lessons they have imparted to subsequent and contemporary listeners

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Paul, The Apostle of Obedience Reading Obedience in Romans

Jason A. Myers, Greensboro College, USA; WTC Theology, UK

A reconsideration of the phrase “the obedience of faith” and the theme of obedience in Romans

In contrast to previous studies that have near exclusively focused on the obedience language in light of the Hebrew Bible and 2nd Temple literature, Myers instead investigates how this language functioned within the Greco-Roman world, particularly in the discourse of the Roman Empire He also explores how some in Paul’s audience may have understood the language of obedience

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Reading Acts Theologically

Steve Walton, Trinity College, Bristol, UK

Steve Walton collects several of his key essays into an expansive and coherent perspective, bringing together studies published over nearly two decades, and his reflection in the process of writing the Word Biblical Commentary on Acts Walton explores the divine perspective of Acts and its place alongside biblical histories, and analyzes the nature of the early Church and the main terms used by the communities, including the believers’ sharing of possessions and their attitudes towards the Jewish temple Concluding with theological themes in Acts, Walton provides a new reflection on the early Christian understanding of God, Jesus and humanity

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Paul and Asklepios

The Greco-Roman Quest for Healing and the Apostolic Mission

Christopher D. Stanley, St Bonaventure University, USA

This volume explores the reasons for Paul's silence on health, medical care and healing in his letters, and what we might reasonably infer regarding Paul’s views on the subjects Christopher D Stanley focuses in particular on two questions that have been neglected in previous scholarship on the apostle Paul: first, what did Paul think, say, and do regarding the treatment of his own and his followers’ illnesses and injuries, including “pagan” modes of medical care? And second, how did his ideas on this subject affect the success of his missionary enterprise?

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Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:19-24

An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis

Brian J. Abasciano, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA

Brian Abasciano continues his project examining the use of the Old Testament in Romans 9 By employing thorough traditional exegesis, Abasciano creates a comprehensive analysis of Paul's use of Scripture against the background of interpretive traditions surrounding the texts that this volume alludes to Abasciano places special emphasis on analysis of the original contexts of Paul's citations and allusions

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