William W. Klein

Controversy rages on about God's choosing people for salvation. Are only the few elect? Rather than typically beginning with the preconceptions of systematic theologies, Dr. William Klein takes up this question by searching for a biblical theology of election. He surveys the OT contexts of God's choosing individuals--prophets, priests, kings--to serve divine purposes, and considers God's election of the nation of Israel as his special people. This OT study proposes that God's election is both individual and corporate, but not always determinative. Individuals entered the people of God by birth, but not all the people found salvation. Faith in Yahweh was required. This book traces these elective understandings through the intertestamental literature, identifying continuities and shifts. The bulk of the study, and the heart of the argument, focus on the New Testament. Klein identifies concepts of election, and relationships between writers in the gospels, the Lucan material, Paul's writings, and the rest. The new covenant, God choosing the church in Christ, emphasizes election as corporate, while the individual election of Jesus' disciples and of Paul raises the question whether such chosenness is necessarily salvific. In closing, Klein discusses the most engaging and divisive questions around God's election, and offers a real challenge to today's church.

A Corporate View of Election

The New Chosen People, Revised and Expanded Edition

Craig L. Blomberg

Robert L. Hubbard, Jr.

This workbook accompanies the third edition of Introduction to Biblical Interpretation by William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, and Robert L. Hubbard Jr. Following the textbook’s structure, it offers readings, activities, and exercises designed to teach students how to understand and apply the Bible. This workbook gives students a chance to get hands-on experience in interpreting biblical texts as they are guided along by insightful questions and pointers from the authors. Ultimately the workbook is designed to get students interacting with the content of the textbook and with the biblical text in a way that helps reinforce classroom learning, while at the same time giving both student and instructor a way to gauge how well the student is learning the material from the textbook. The third edition of a classic hermeneutics textbook sets forth concise, logical, and practical guidelines for discovering the truth in God’s Word. A valuable tool for readers who desire to understand and apply the Bible, this text: Defines and describes hermeneutics, the science of biblical interpretation Suggests effective methods to understand the meaning of the biblical text Surveys the literary, cultural, social, and historical issues that impact any text Evaluates both traditional and modern approaches to Bible interpretation Examines the reader’s role as an interpreter of the text and helps identify what the reader brings to the text that could distort its message Tackles the problem of how to apply the Bible in valid and significant ways today Provides an extensive and revised annotated list of books that readers will find helpful in the practice of biblical interpretation

Study Questions, Practical Exercises, and Lab Reports

Introduction to Biblical Interpretation Workbook

Liz Curtis Higgs

Kermit Allen Ecklebarger

More than four hundred "over 40" women share their views on the joys and challenges of life after 40, including some outrageous 40th birthday stories and Liz Curtis Higgs' own hilarious observations of life on the other side of 40. It's all original and mostly true! Not to mention, very funny.

Forty Reasons Why Life Is More Fun After the Big 40

New Testament scholar William W. Klein presents the profound vision for spiritual formation that lies at the heart of the Sermon on the Mount.

Spiritual Formation According to the Sermon on the Mount

Become What You Are

Robert L. Hubbard Jr.

Introdução à interpretação bíblica é um livro que marcará muitas gerações de estudantes da Bíblia. Ele revela de forma ampla as complexidades da seriedade da interpretação correta das Escrituras e abre a mente para desenvolver uma compreensão da história e da cultura do período em que as Escrituras foram produzidas. O sucesso e a influência deste livro podem ser medidos por uma durabilidade. Nos Estados Unidos, ele já está na terceira edição e é publicado em diversos idiomas, tendo-se tornado um best-seller. Por mais de duas décadas, Introdução à interpretação bíblica tem sido usado em faculdades e seminários em todo o mundo com um guia confiável e uma introdução abalizada no campo da hermenêutica bíblica. Esta edição reflete os últimos avanços de estudos nas áreas da interpretação bíblica e traz a melhor e mais atualizada informação necessária para interpretar as Escrituras. Este livro é extremamente útil, bem organizado e fácil de usar e ler. Suas diretrizes concisas, lógicas e práticas fazem deste livro uma obra de referência indispensável. Introdução à interpretação bíblica oferece ao estudante: • Definição e descrição de hermenêutica, a ciência da interpretação bíblica. • Métodos eficazes para entender o significado do texto bíblico. • Análise das questões literárias, culturais, sociais e históricas que afetam a leitura, a intepretação e a aplicação da Bíblia. • Avaliação das abordagens tradicionais e modernas da interpretação bíblica. • Abordagem de como aplicar a Bíblia de maneira válida e significativa na atualidade.

Introdução à interpretação bíblica

Todd D. Still

David E. Garland

Arthur A. Rupprecht

Continuing a Gold Medallion Award-winning legacy, this completely revised edition of The Expositor’s Bible Commentary series puts world-class biblical scholarship in your hands. Based on the original twelve-volume set that has become a staple in college and seminary libraries and pastors’ studies worldwide, this new thirteen-volume edition marshals the most current evangelical scholarship and resources. The thoroughly revised features consist of: • Comprehensive introductions • Short and precise bibliographies • Detailed outlines • Insightful expositions of passages and verses • Overviews of sections of Scripture to illuminate the big picture • Occasional reflections to give more detail on important issues • Notes on textual questions and special problems, placed close to the texts in question • Transliterations and translations of Hebrew and Greek words, enabling readers to understand even the more technical notes • A balanced and respectful approach toward marked differences of opinion

William W. Klein

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