Publications

1992
Author(s): Harold Attridge, with Gaohei Hata

Scholars of the history and literature of Christianity and Judaism explore the life and enduring contributions of Eusebius of Caesarea, an important writer and historian from the early fourth century. The essays focus on elements of the story that Eusebius tells–the story of the early church...
1992
Author(s): Margaret Olin

Alois Riegl (1858–1905) made pioneering contributions to the history of late Roman, seventeenth-century Dutch, and Baroque art. His impact on scholars, however, extended beyond art-historical circles into the fields of art theory, psychology, sociology, literary criticism, and philosophy. Margaret...
1992
Author(s): Phyllis Emily Granoff (Author), Koichi Shinohara (Author)

The two essays in this volume explore how monks in medieval India and China wrote about themselves with their fellow monks. The author translates and discusses biographies and autobiographies of two Jain monks, who lives in the 11th and 14th century CE. The book tells us how a community of Chinese...
1992
Author(s): Adela Collins

Despite contributions from current literary and social-scientific approaches to Mark's Gospel, much exciting work remains to be done from the perspectives of the history of religions and tradition-history. Collins' assessment of the major turning points in Mark's narrative sheds light on its...
1992
Author(s): Kathryn Tanner

Delving into the complex aspects of Christian beliefs in their historical, theological, and social diversity, Tanner offers a rigorous and sustained analysis of the relations of belief to attitudes and action. In arguing that Christian beliefs about God and the world can be disengaged from...
1992
Author(s): David Kelsey

What are the purposes and the priorities that really govern a theological school? What are realistic expectations of theological education? What would be the ideal theological school, and what is theological about it? Theologian David Kelsey addresses these questions and other concerns regarding...
1991
Author(s): Nicholas Wolterstorff, with Alvin Plantinga

1991
Author(s): Steven D. Fraade

This book examines Torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in the early rabbinic commentary and as the very practice of the commentary. It studies the phenomenon of ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in relation to the perspectives of literary and historical criticisms and their...
1991
Author(s): Harry S. Stout

Pulitzer Prize nominee, 1991; awarded Critic’s Award for History Commonly acknowledged as Anglo-America’s most popular eighteenth-century preacher, George Whitefield commanded mass audiences across two continents through his personal charisma. Harry Stout draws on a number of sources,...