Jesus the Oracle

Jesus the Oracle
Author: Annelies Gisela Moeser
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2023-09-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1978711808

In Jesus the Oracle, Annelies Gisela Moeser reads Jesus’s journey from Capernaum to Jerusalem in Mark’s gospel through the cultural context of second/third century Roman Egypt. Moeser provides a rich description of the Egyptian practice of oracles, including processional oracles, to build a model with which to read Mark. This prism brings attention to descriptions of Jesus’s supernatural knowledge and wisdom, such as in the story of the Rich Man (Mk 10:17–22). In contrast to Clement of Alexandria’s homily on the Rich Man which counseled detachment from possessions, this reading from a non-elite perspective considers Jesus’s advice to be more radical. This model of processional oracles highlights the importance of access to the divine, including by non-elite crowds, by persons with disabilities (e.g., in comparing Bartimaeus [Mk 10:46–52] with Gemellus Horion of Karanis [a town in Egypt]), and by children. Traditional Egyptian religion upheld the existing sociopolitical regime. However, Jesus’s procession and proclamation of the basileia (reign) of G*d subverts the Roman world order and that of their local, elite allies.

The Oracle

The Oracle
Author: Jonathan Cahn
Publisher: Frontline
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2019
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1629996297

The author of the New York Times bestsellers The Harbinger, The Mystery of the Shemitah, The Book of Mysteries, and The Paradigm, now opens up the jubilean prophecies and a mystery so big that it has determined everything from the rise and fall of world empires to two world wars, the current events of our day, the future, end-time prophecy, and much more.

The Oracles of God

The Oracles of God
Author: Andrew Steinmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780570042822

Surveys the history of the formation of the Hebrew Bible.

The Holiness of God

The Holiness of God
Author: R.C. Sproul
Publisher: NavPress
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2023-09-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1496437217

Central to God’s character is the quality of holiness. Yet, even so, most people are hard-pressed to define what God’s holiness precisely is. Many preachers today avoid the topic altogether because people today don’t quite know what to do with words like “awe” or “fear.” R. C. Sproul, in this classic work, puts the holiness of God in its proper and central place in the Christian life. He paints an awe-inspiring vision of God that encourages Christian to become holy just as God is holy. Once you encounter the holiness of God, your life will never be the same.

Forbidden Oracles?

Forbidden Oracles?
Author: AnneMarie Luijendijk
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783161528590

"This book centers on The Gospel of the Lots of Mary, a previously unknown text preserved in a fifth- or sixth-century Coptic miniature codex. It presents the first critical edition and translation of this new text. My book is also a project about religious praxis and authority, as I situate the manuscript within the context of practices of and debates around divination in the ancient Mediterranean world."--Preface, p. [vii].

The Canon of Scripture

The Canon of Scripture
Author: F. F. Bruce
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830852123

How did the books of the Bible come to be recognized as Holy Scripture? After nearly nineteen centuries the canon of Scripture remains an issue of debate. Adept in both Old and New Testament studies, F. F. Bruce brings the wisdom of a lifetime of reflection and biblical interpretation to bear in addressing the criteria of canonicity, the canon within the canon, and canonical criticism.

Revive! The Oracles of God

Revive! The Oracles of God
Author: Ozakieoniso Charlie
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2013-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1449790100

I believe that the next revival will come on a personal level for everyone who will pick up his or her bible daily to read, study, and meditate. Engage in personal times of prayer day and night; move from selfish Christianity to the place of personal service of others and the will and purpose of the Lord. Throughout the Bible, we see the Lord moved in the situation of his people, when they return to the ordinances of His word for guidance, in correction of their ways, or even for a new beginning, when they have engaged God in prayer and when they have stepped out to do his will. I believe that these three constants of our Christian faith also double as oracles of God, because in them the power of God is made alive; divine answers, messages, and burdens are granted to those who will diligently ask, seek, and knock. I believe that these three are oracles in their individual standings, but never to be practiced individually. Rather, when all three are embraced as a lifestyle, there will be a threefold release of the power of God. Revival will break forth within individuals and hence the entire body of Christ. This book is a holy cry for the people of God to avail themselves of these one-on-one connections with the almighty: Through his oracles.

The Book of Ezekiel, Chapters 25–48

The Book of Ezekiel, Chapters 25–48
Author: Daniel I. Block
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 905
Release: 1998-06-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467423718

This work completes Daniel Block's two-volume commentary on the book of Ezekiel. The result of twelve years of studying this difficult section of Scripture, this volume, like the one on chapters 1-24, provides an excellent discussion of the background of Ezekiel and offers a verse-by-verse exposition that makes clear the message of this obscure and often misunderstood prophet. Block also shows that Ezekiel's ancient wisdom and vision are still very much needed as we enter the twenty-first century.