All Outputs (197)

Translating the lectionary: some considerations (2015)
Journal Article

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

On the affective salience of doctrines (2015)
Journal Article

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

Theology and Literature after Postmodernity (2015)
Book

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion (2014)
Book

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

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

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

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)
Book

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

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

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.

The Catholic Church and celibacy: an approach from historical theology (2013)
Journal Article