All Outputs (198)

E-Reading and the Christian Bible (2015)
Journal Article
Hutchings, T. (2015). E-Reading and the Christian Bible. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, 44(4), 423-440. https://doi.org/10.1177/0008429815610607

The Christian Bible is now available in thousands of digital forms, re-imagined for electronic reading on mobile, tablet and desktop screens. This article introduces findings from an online survey of digital Bible users, analysing their demographics,... Read More about E-Reading and the Christian Bible.

Translating the lectionary: some considerations (2015)
Journal Article
O'Loughlin, T. (2015). Translating the lectionary: some considerations. Anaphora, 9(1),

In any discussion of lectionaries and the biblical version employed, the focus is on the translation as a function of the biblical text as an entity in itself; the focus should be on the role of the biblical texts in liturgical assemblies. As these v... Read More about Translating the lectionary: some considerations.

'Is There Life before Death?' (2015)
Book Chapter
Cunningham, C. (2015). 'Is There Life before Death?'. In J. Behr, & C. Cunningham (Eds.), The Role of Death in Life: A Multidisciplinary Examination of the Relationship between Life and Death (120-151). Wipf and Stock

On the affective salience of doctrines (2015)
Journal Article
Zahl, S. (2015). On the affective salience of doctrines. Modern Theology, 31(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12166

This article builds on the work of George Lindbeck to examine the role of doctrines in the shaping of religious experience and emotion. Using a series of historical examples, it argues for the value of identifying a mode of theological argument that... Read More about On the affective salience of doctrines.

On floods and the fall of Nineveh: a note on the origins of a spurious tradition (2015)
Book Chapter
Crouch, C. (2015). On floods and the fall of Nineveh: a note on the origins of a spurious tradition. In R. I. Thelle, T. Stordalen, & M. E. Richardson (Eds.), New perspectives on Old Testament prophecy and history: essays in honour of Hans M. Barstad. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004293274

Theology and Literature after Postmodernity (2015)
Book
Lehmann Imfeld, Z., Hampson, P., & Milbank, A. (Eds.). (2015). Theology and Literature after Postmodernity. London, England: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

This volume deploys theology in a reconstructive approach to contemporary literary criticism, to validate and exemplify theological readings of literary texts as a creative exercise. It engages in a dialogue with interdisciplinary approaches to liter... Read More about Theology and Literature after Postmodernity.

Military crimes (2015)
Book Chapter
Wright, J. L., & Crouch, C. (2015). Military crimes. In B. Strawn (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref%3Aobso/9780199843305.001.0001

Concerned with Israel’s history and future, the Bible devotes considerable space to war—the most powerful catalyst of change in the lives of nations. The biblical authors often display a consciousness of illicit activities in wartime, anticipating wh... Read More about Military crimes.

The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings (2015)
Book
O'Loughlin, T. (2015). The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings. T. & T. Clark / Bloomsbury

Theological reflection upon the Eucharist is dominated by two paradigms: One approach interprets the Eucharist almost exclusively in theological terms, shaped by Scholasticism and the Reformation. Most discussions about the nature of the Eucharist, E... Read More about The Eucharist: Origins and Contemporary Understandings.

What makes a thing abominable? Observations on the language of boundaries and identity formation from a social scientific perspective (2015)
Journal Article
Crouch, C. (2015). What makes a thing abominable? Observations on the language of boundaries and identity formation from a social scientific perspective. Vetus Testamentum, 65(4), https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12301217

Previous attempts to synthesise biblical texts’ usage of tw‘bh have associated the language with cultic concerns in Deuteronomy and Ezekiel or with ethical concerns in Proverbs. The reconciliation of these interests, especially in conjunction with a... Read More about What makes a thing abominable? Observations on the language of boundaries and identity formation from a social scientific perspective.

Revelatory experiences as the beginning of Scripture: Paul’s Letters and the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible (2015)
Book Chapter
Deines, R. (2015). Revelatory experiences as the beginning of Scripture: Paul’s Letters and the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible. In C. Werman (Ed.), From author to copyist: essays on the composition, redaction, and transmission of the Hebrew Bible in honor of Zipi Talshir. Eisenbrauns

What this article demonstrates is the close relation between revelatory events and their imprints in the biblical tradition. I have chosen the earliest writing in the New Testament to illustrate how quickly this process took place. Hardly more than a... Read More about Revelatory experiences as the beginning of Scripture: Paul’s Letters and the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible.

The 'Auto-Mapic' map of Great Britain (2015)
Journal Article
O'Loughlin, T. (2015). The 'Auto-Mapic' map of Great Britain

A study of a mechanical road atlas from the 1960s which is compared with codex form 'glove box' atlases from the period

Eschatology and the Technological Future (2014)
Book
Burdett, M. S. (2015). Eschatology and the Technological Future. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315739397

The rapid advancement of technology has led to an explosion of speculative theories about what the future of humankind may look like. These "technological futurisms" have arisen from significant advances in the fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology... Read More about Eschatology and the Technological Future.

Muslim-Christian relations and peacemaking in the Arab World (2014)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. (2014). Muslim-Christian relations and peacemaking in the Arab World. In R. R. King, & S.-L. Tan (Eds.), (un)Common sounds: songs of peace and reconciliation among Muslims and Christians. Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock Publishers)

Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion (2014)
Book
Crouch, C. (2014). Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion. Atlanta, Georgia: SBL Press

Crouch focuses on Deuteronomy’s subversive intent, asking what would be required in order for Deuteronomy to successfully subvert either a specific Assyrian source or Assyrian ideology more generally. The book reconsiders the nature of the relationsh... Read More about Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion.

The Commemoratio pro vivis of the Roman Canon: a textual witness to the evolution of Western Eucharistic theologies? (2014)
Book Chapter
O'Loughlin, T. (2014). The Commemoratio pro vivis of the Roman Canon: a textual witness to the evolution of Western Eucharistic theologies?. In J. Day, & M. Vinzent (Eds.), Studia patristica. Vol. LXXI, Including papers presented at the Conferences on Early Roman Liturgy to 600 (14.11.2009 and 27.02.2010) at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, UK (69-91). Leuven, Belgium: Peeters

This text - an important element in the Western Latin Eucharistic Prayer - has not been studied in detail since the 1950s (Jungmann); and has never been studied using the methods of modern textual studies. Yet it bristles with problems - textual vari... Read More about The Commemoratio pro vivis of the Roman Canon: a textual witness to the evolution of Western Eucharistic theologies?.

Jewish cryptotheologies of late modernity: philosophical marranos (2014)
Book
BIELIK-ROBSON, A. (2014). Jewish cryptotheologies of late modernity: philosophical marranos. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315774466

This book aims to interpret ‘Jewish Philosophy’ in terms of the Marrano phenomenon: as a conscious clinamen of philosophical forms used in order to convey a ‘secret message’ which cannot find an open articulation.

The Marrano phenomenon is employe... Read More about Jewish cryptotheologies of late modernity: philosophical marranos.

The Making of Israel: Cultural Diversity in the Southern Levant and the Formation of Ethnic Identity in Deuteronomy (2014)
Book
Crouch, C. (2014). The Making of Israel: Cultural Diversity in the Southern Levant and the Formation of Ethnic Identity in Deuteronomy. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers

In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE as a major period for the formation of Israelite ethnic identity, challenging scholarship which dates biblical texts with identity concerns to the exilic... Read More about The Making of Israel: Cultural Diversity in the Southern Levant and the Formation of Ethnic Identity in Deuteronomy.

Judaism in Contemporary Thought: Traces and Influence (2014)
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Bielik-Robson, A., Goetschel, W., Fagenblat, M., Cohen-Levinas, D., Leder, A., Lipszyc, A., …Sherwood, Y. (2014). A. Bielik-Robson, & A. Lipszyc (Eds.). Judaism in Contemporary Thought: Traces and Influence. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315816760

The central aim of this collection is to trace the presence of Jewish tradition in contemporary philosophy. This presence is, on the one hand, undeniable, manifesting itself in manifold allusions and influences – on the other hand, difficult to defin... Read More about Judaism in Contemporary Thought: Traces and Influence.

The "eucharistic words of Jesus": an unnoticed silence in our earliest sources (2014)
Journal Article
O'Loughlin, T. (2014). The "eucharistic words of Jesus": an unnoticed silence in our earliest sources. Anaphora, 8(1),

There is a very long standing interest in the 'eucharistic words of Jesus' among both theologians and biblical scholars. However, the words that are given in the Synoptic Gospels are not eucharistic (in the sense of being Jesus' words of blessing / t... Read More about The "eucharistic words of Jesus": an unnoticed silence in our earliest sources.

Yhwh's battle against chaos in Ezekiel: the transformation of Judahite mythology for a new situation (2013)
Journal Article
Strine, C., & Crouch, C. (2013). Yhwh's battle against chaos in Ezekiel: the transformation of Judahite mythology for a new situation. Journal of Biblical Literature, 132(4), https://doi.org/10.2307/42912472

In addressing the theological crisis of the exile, Ezekiel relies on the mythology of the divine king who goes out to battle against the forces of chaos, commonly referred to as the Chaoskampf. This article explores how Ezekiel employs this imagery t... Read More about Yhwh's battle against chaos in Ezekiel: the transformation of Judahite mythology for a new situation.