Peter Bolt, Introduction ; 2. Darrell Bock, What Got Jesus into Trouble? Understanding the Significance of Jesus’ Ministry by Looking at Its Jewish Context: Part One—The Irritant Events ; 3. John Davies, Nonverbal Responses to Jesus in the Gospels ; 4. Aaron Chidgzey, Transcending Categories: The Impact of the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth ; 5. Peter Bolt, Synoptic Comparison & Oral History: A South Pacific Analogy ; 6. James Harrison,...

Editorial: Grace in Pandemic Proportions (Peter Bolt)Craig S. Keener, Jesus and Would-be DisciplesMarie McInnes, Abraham and Moses in the GospelsMichael J. Kok, Re-naming the Toll Collector in Matthew 9:9: A review of the optionsPeter G. Bolt, A Certain Wisdom in Nazareth (Mark 6:2b)Craig A. Evans, Jesus and Asclepius in the Gospel of JohnChristoph Stenschke, "When they heard this, they were silenced" (Acts 11:18): Some Inner-Christian Confli...

Applying a literary and reader-oriented approach, this book asks what the Gospel of Mark refers to when it promises "the coming of the Son of Man" (13:24-27). This reading not only provides the solution to the various difficulties in understanding those verses, but, unlike other readings, it allows Mark 13:24-27 to be read as an integral part of the Gospel according to Mark. An examination of the wider narrative of the Gospel and Mark 13 itself, both in form and function as well as in its ...

This collection of essays examines how God's justice and mercy intersect in the lives of individuals and their communities, with a view to the establishment of personal and social well-being in the world. The authors, drawn from England and Australia, approach the theme from a variety of methodological and interdisciplinary perspectives. Theological, exegetical, historical, healthcare, moral, and visual arts approaches are brought to bear in an investigation relevant for the identity and m...

This book studies kingship with reference to the Johannine Jesus. Postcolonialism leads us to an avenue from which to read this Gospel in the more complex and wider context of the hybridized Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds of the Roman Empire in the first century CE. This provides a new perspective on the kingship of the Johannine Jesus, whose kingly identity is characterized by hybridized christological titles. For the Johannine readers in the first century, who were exploited, oppressed, y...

Silencing Satan: A Handbook of Biblical Demonology is about the nature and strategies of Satan and the demons, and their defeat through the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The book is for Christians in ministry, whether seminarians, pastors, Bible teachers, Christian counselors, or lay leaders. It is for all who desire an informed faith relevant to supernatural evil and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Each chapter reflects extensive research and is succinctly...

Editorial: The Same Better Hope for an Anxious World; Bruce Henning, Hekate in Matthew's Gospel? Greco-Roman Mythology in Matt 16:19; Peter G. Bolt, How Mark Changed/s the World; Ali Robinson, Is Mary Blessed? Reconsidering Luke 11:27-28 and Mary's embodied discipleship; Paul N. Anderson, Authentic Worship in John and in Luke-Acts. Influence, interfluence, and resonance; Alan H. Cadwallader, Bad Smells at a religious gathering; James R. Harrison, 'Signs on the earth below (Acts 21:9b): Luk...

A short biography of Rev. William Cowper (1778-1858), Australia's first Parish Clergyman, illustrated with pictures of his times. The minister of St Philip's Sydney, Cowper exercised a profound influence on nineteenth century Sydney, and left an abiding legacy on the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. The illustrations bring nineteenth-century Sydney to life for contemporary readers.

THOMAS MOORE has left his name on one of Sydney's suburbs, some streets in several others, and on a Theological College. The celebration of the 150th year of the College in 2006, presented an opportunity to remember the life of its benefactor. Although known as a quiet, pious man of good character, Thomas Moore (1762-1840) exerted a profound influence on many of the institutions and activities of Colonial New South Wales. Arriving as an adventurer, he settled as the Colony's Master Boat Bu...

Peter G. Bolt, Introduction: It's About Time. 1. Craig A. Evans. Kingdoms in Conflict I:The Four-Kingdoms Schema In The East And The West. 2. Craig A. Evans. Kingdoms in Conflict II: The Jesus Movement And The Roman Empire. 3. David J. Neville. Ethics and Eschatology in the SynopticTradition: A Theological-Moral Response to N. T. Wright's Gifford Lectures. 4. Mary J. Marshall. The 'New Covenant' Debate Revisited. 5. Jonathan Thambyrajah. Wicked Wizards of the East: The μάγοι in His...

This volume of essays represents a selection of eleven of the papers from the Centre for Gospels and Acts Research 2019 conference, 'Discerning the Trends'. This collection provides a sounding of current Gospels and Acts research. Each essay builds on current research and opens up new questions charting a direction for research in the future.

Peter G. Bolt, Editorial: Human Beings Thinking Like God in and for 'these last days';Jeannine K. Brown, Interpreting Gentile Women in Matthew: Misrepresentation, Misappropriation, and a Missed Chance;Alan H. Cadwallader, Orality and Gospel Research: Revisiting Mark's Gospel;Keith Dyer, Making a Mark: Biography, Gospel, Apocalypse?;Chris Seglenieks, The Divine Identity of Jesus in John 4;Marie McInnes, David in the Gospels and Acts;Mary J. Ma...