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Posted in Friday Updates on Feb 24th, 2012
Good afternoon, and welcome to the world of Christian Academics at CBD. This is the Friday update. 1. Baker Academic’s Studies in Theological Interpretation series Theological interpretation seems to be just about everywhere these days. Baker Academic has recently published some material that I think helps us navigate the new area of study. First, Joel Green’s [...]
Posted in Hermeneutics, Theology on Feb 15th, 2012
Heremeneutics asks a simple question: how do I properly understand? Hans George Gadamer (1900-2002), the most influential hermeneutician of the 20th century, answered the question this way: “Hermeneutics is above all a practice, the art of understanding…In it what one has to exercise most is the ear” (as quoted in Thiselton. Hermeneutics, Eerdmans: 2009). Though [...]
Posted in Friday Updates on Feb 10th, 2012
Good afternoon, and welcome to the world of Christian Academics at CBD. This is the Friday update. 1. IVP Academic adds Jerome’s commentary on Jeremiah IVP has produced multiple “ancient text” series in recent years, but there “Ancient Christian Texts” series focuses on supplying complete texts in fresh translation. The latest volume is a very welcome addition [...]
Posted in Friday Updates on Feb 3rd, 2012
Good morning, and welcome to the world of Christian Academics at CBD. This is the Friday update. 1. ISBE Returns CBD is known for amazing deals on sets. In recent years we have offered deals on sets like Barth’s Church Dogmatics, and Kittle’s Theological Dictionary of the New Testament [TDNT]. A couple years ago, CBD was able to [...]