Bücher von Daniel J.

Examines the virtues that both flow from Scripture and provides a lens by which to interpret Scripture. This work remains true to both the Testament's emphasis on the human response to God's gracious activity in Jesus Christ and to the ethical needs and desires of Christians in the twenty-first century.

In this follow-up to his popular book What Are We Hoping For? he extends his reflections on hope in the Scriptures. He draws us into the striking images of the psalms the mountain, the sun, refuge, the kingdom, sheltering wings, the olive tree, and the shepherd to lead us to the discovery that hope is the predominant image of the book of Psalms.

Jesus Ben Sira combines secular wisdom from Near Eastern wisdom sources and divine revelations from the Hebrew Bible to create the Book of Sirach. By applying from criticism to Ben Sira's book, the author provides students with historical information of the psychological and sociological context underlying Ben Sira's teachings.

Volume 12