Heavenly Realms and Earthly Realities in Late Antique Religions: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The concept of heaven occupied a special place in the Late Antique imagination, not only in Judaism and Christianity, but also in the Greco-Roman religious, philosophical, scientific, and "magical" traditions. Drawing upon the expertise of scholars of Class... Details...

Heresies: Heresy and Orthodoxy in the History of the Church: (Hendrickson Publishers) Publisher's Comments: "The history of Christian theology is in large part a history of heresies, because Jesus and the claims he made...seemed incredible," writes the author. "Heresies" presents "the story of how succeeding generations of Christians through almost twenty centurie... Details...

How Jewish Is Christianity?: 2 Views on the Messianic Movement (Counterpoints): (Zondervan) Publisher's Comments: A lively discussion in which six authors interact with each other on whether Messianic congregations are necessary or whether Jewish believers should instead be incorporated into the Gentile church. Details...

Images of the Spirit: (Wipf & Stock) Publisher's Comments: The underlying concept developed here is the paradigmatic function of the theophanic Glory-cloud in the creation of the image of God. Dr. Kline identifies the major symbolic models employed in Scripture to expound the nature of the divine image in humanity -... Details...

Images or Shadows of Divine Things: (Greenwood Publishing Group) Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) came from Puritan stock--his grandfather was the venerable Solomon Stoddard. His genius at an early age is readily acknowledged. He had a good knowledge of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by the age of 13, and was writing papers on philoso... Details...

Immanuel in Our Place: Seeing Christ in Israel's Worship (Gospel According to the Old Testament): (P & R Publishing) Publisher's Comments: This book provides fascinating insights into the Old Testament tabernacle and temple, the priesthood, the sacrifices, and festivals. More than that, it shows how Jesus is the fulfillment of Old Testament sacred space, sacred acts, sacred persons, and sacred... Details...

Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book examines the ways in which two distinct biblical conceptions of impurity-"ritual" and "moral"-were interpreted in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic literature, and the New Testament. In examining the evolution of ancient Jewish atti... Details...

Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Much has been written about ritual impurity in ancient Judaism, but the question of how the ancient Jews understood the relationship between defilement and sin has largely been ignored. This book offers the first systematic exploration of the important topi... Details...

Imputation of Adam's Sin: (P&R) Publisher's Comments: A comparative study on the different views of the imputation of Adam’s sin. Details...

Infant Baptism in the First Four Centuries: (Wipf & Stock Publishers) Publisher's Comments: Joachim Jeremias here makes his greatest contribution in a study of the early tradition of infant baptism. He offers exegesis of pertinent New Testament passages, and readers will be impressed with the extra-Biblical evidence he produces to support that the... Details...