From the late first century to the end of late antiquity, three rival traditions—pagan, Jewish, and Christian—found themselves at odds over one issue in particular: the nature of the relationship...
Scholars today tend to view the birth narratives of Jesus as substantially less reliable than the rest of the canonical Gospel accounts. Indeed, many recent studies of the historical Jesus pass over...
Tradition, Identity, and Christianity's Mother Tongue
by Bruce D. Chilton
Price: $52.99
ISBN: 9781481322232
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: September 2025
Format: Hardcover
Aramaic, one of the great international languages of antiquity, left an indelible mark on the New Testament. Jesus and his first followers knew it because for centuries Aramaic had been a primary means...
In a world full of demigods, heroes, daimones, and Olympians, how did early Christians conceptualize Jesus’s divinity? What symbols, images, and literary motifs were available to them as elements...
To contemporary sensibilities, the idea of divine judgment can seem at best off-putting, at worst a reason to jettison the biblical text altogether. Long gone are the days of Puritan preachers and their...
Biblical and Multicultural Accounts of Spirits and Exorcism
by Joy L. Vaughan
Price: $69.99
ISBN: 9781481318365
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: September 2023
Format: Hardcover
Today, the conception of spirits and demons has been mostly consigned to pop culture in films and novels. Any notion of supernatural possession is often derided as outdated belief or legend. The Western...
A trial lawyer by trade, a Christian by heart--author Mark Lanier has trained in biblical languages and devoted his life to studying and living the Bible. Facing daily the tension between the demands...
The Parable of the Prodigal Son stands as one of the most powerful imaginings of the grace of God extended to fallen humanity: its themes of departure, longing, and embrace speak to the very heart of...
Series edited by Wayne Coppins and Simon Gathercole
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781481315685
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: October 2022
Format: Hardcover
Christology, Torah, and Ethics in the Gospel of Matthew, the tenth and final volume in the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, brings together seven of Matthias Konradt’s most...
The Speeches in Acts and the Essence of Christianity
by Christopher R. J. Holmes
Price: $42.99
ISBN: 9781481317863
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: October 2022
Format: Hardcover
In reading Scripture, we encounter not only the living God, but an invitation to the mysteries of the text itself. As readers dig through the soil of the text, they eventually discover living water--a...
by Martin M. Culy, Mikeal C. Parsons and Josiah D. Hall
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481313247
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: October 2022
Format: Paperback
In Acts 1-14: A Handbook on the Greek Text, Martin Culy, Mikeal Parsons, and Josiah Hall provide a foundational examination of the Greek text of Acts. The analysis is distinguished by the detailed...
by Martin M. Culy, Mikeal C. Parsons and Josiah D. Hall
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481313254
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: October 2022
Format: Paperback
In Acts 15-28: A Handbook on the Greek Text, Martin Culy, Mikeal Parsons, and Josiah Hall provide a foundational examination of the Greek text of Acts. The analysis is distinguished by the detailed...
What do the fields, rivers, and streams that provide food have to do with the God who created them? How do we become at home in this world where so many hunger for food, for companionship, or for the...
Series edited by Wayne Coppins and Simon Gathercole
Translated by Wayne Coppins and Christoph Heilig
Price: $89.99
ISBN: 9781481306706
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: November 2021
Format: Paperback
In this fifth volume of the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, Michael Wolter provides a detailed, verse-by-verse interpretation of the Third Evangelist’s Gospel (Luke 9:51-24)....
Jewish Relations, Christian Origins, and the Sectarian Hermeneutic
by Andrew J. Byers
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481315906
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: September 2021
Format: Hardcover
The Johannine literature has inspired the Church's christological creeds, prompted its Trinitarian formulations, and resourced its ecumenical and social movements. However, while confessional readers...
How did early Christians remember Jesus--and how did they develop their own "Christian" identities and communities? In this accessible and revelatory book, Greg Carey explores how transgression contributed...
