Cast Out of the Covenant - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cast Out of the Covenant write by Adele Reinhartz. This book was released on 2020-07-07. Cast Out of the Covenant available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Gospel of John presents its readers, listeners, and interpreters with a serious problem: how can we reconcile the Gospel’s exalted spirituality and deep knowledge of Judaism with its portrayal of the Jews as the children of the devil (John 8:44) who persecuted Christ and his followers? One widespread solution to this problem is the so-called “expulsion hypothesis.” According to this view, the Fourth Gospel was addressed to a Jewish group of believers in Christ that had been expelled from the synagogue due to their faith. The anti-Jewish elements express their natural resentment of how they had been treated; the Jewish elements of the Gospel, on the other hand, reflect the Jewishness of this group and also soften the force of the Gospel’s anti-Jewish comments. In Cast out of the Covenant, this book, Adele Reinhartz presents a detailed critique of the expulsion hypothesis on literary and historical grounds. She argues that, far from softening the Gospel’s anti-Jewishness, the Gospel’s Jewish elements in fact contribute to it. Focusing on the Gospel’s persuasive language and intentions, Reinhartz shows that the Gospel’s anti-Jewishness is evident not only in the Gospel’s hostile comments about the Jews but also in its appropriation of Torah, Temple, and Covenant that were so central to first-century Jewish identity. Through its skillful use of rhetoric, the Gospel attempts to convince its audience that God’s favor had turned away from the Jews to the Gentiles; that there is a deep rift between the synagogue and those who confess Christ as Messiah; and that, in the Gospel’s view, this rift was initiated in Jesus’ own lifetime. The Fourth Gospel, Reinhartz argues, appropriates Jewishness at the same time as it repudiates Jews. In doing so, it also promotes a “parting of the ways” between those who believe that Jesus is the messiah, the Son of God, and those who do not, that is, the Jews. This rhetorical program, she suggests, may have been used to promote outreach or even an organized mission to the Gentiles, following in the footsteps of Paul and his mid-first-century contemporaries.
The Bondwoman's Narrative
The Bondwoman's Narrative - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Bondwoman's Narrative write by Hannah Crafts. This book was released on 2002-04-02. The Bondwoman's Narrative available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its own right. When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850's by a runaway slave, THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate a diverse audience.
She Reads Truth
She Reads Truth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook She Reads Truth write by Raechel Myers. This book was released on 2016-10-04. She Reads Truth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Born out of the experiences of hundreds of thousands of women who Raechel and Amanda have walked alongside as they walk with the Lord, She Reads Truth is the message that will help you understand the place of God's Word in your life.
The Doctrines of Grace
The Doctrines of Grace - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Doctrines of Grace write by James Montgomery Boice. This book was released on 2009-04-01. The Doctrines of Grace available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There is no question that we live in an age of weak theology and casual Christianity. We have substituted intuition for truth, feeling for belief and immediate gratification for enduring hope. Evangelicalism desperately needs to return to the doctrines that once before reformed the world: radical depravity, unconditional election, particular redemption, efficacious grace and persevering grace. James Boice and Philip Ryken not only provide a compelling exposition on these doctrines of grace, but also look briefly at their historical impact. The authors leave no doubt that the church suffers when these foundational truths are neglected and that she must return to a Christianity that is practical-minded, kind-hearted, and most importantly, biblically based.
The Close of Probation
The Close of Probation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Close of Probation write by Marvin Moore. This book was released on 2014. The Close of Probation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
