Ever since E. P. Sanders published Paul and Palestinian Judaism in 1977, students of Paul have been probing, weighing and debating the similarities and dissimilarities between the understandings of salvation in Judaism and in Paul. Do they really share a common notion of divine and human agency? Or do they differ at a deep level? And if so, how? Broadly speaking, the answers have lined up on either side of the old perspective and new perspective divide. But can we move beyond this impasse? Preston Sprinkle reviews the state of the question and then tackles the problem. Buried in the Old Testament's Deuteronomic and prophetic perspectives on divine and human agency, he finds a key that starts to turn the rusted lock on Paul's critique of Judaism. Here is a proposal that offers a new line of investigation and thinking about a crucial issue in Pauline theology.

This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. Contributors include renowned scholars such as Lynn H. Cohick, David A. deSilva, James D. G. Dunn, and Ben Witherington III. The book includes seventy-five photographs, fifteen maps, numerous tables and charts, illustrations, and bibliographies. All students of the New Testament will value this reliable, up-to-date, comprehensive textbook and reference volume on the New Testament world.

如果你有一部時光機，到舊約世界去，你會做甚麼，往哪裏去？作者帶領大家，成為舊約時代的漫遊者，每一個聖經中著名的地方，就仿如一個火車車站。此書以輕鬆的方式，令讀者閱讀和認識舊約背景，猶如翻開一本旅遊指南一樣。

賴特這本書是他關於新約神學系列寫作計畫的第一本，書內第一部分從最宏觀的角度和基督教最初興起的階段，來觀察新約研究在目前的情況，特別是過去四百年來，為了回應時代變遷和人類思想潮流的演變，進而產生的各種新約批判研究。對於新約懷有濃厚興趣的一般信徒和神學院的學生，甚至牧長們來說，這部分可將過去零碎所學的各種新約思想和研究方法，做一個最好的整合和檢視。好比在迷霧中幫忙我們理出頭緒，知道各種批判研究的來龍去脈，避免落入「歷史」方法或是「神學」二元論而不自知，也讓我們明白自己身處的位置：在後現代以文學批判方法為主的聖經研究脈絡中。賴特點出當代研究的盲點後，以批判性實在論的方法把當代基督教文學、歷史、神學作一個適當的結合，嘗試以此來推進研究，使整個目標達到一個前所未有的地步，不單是貢獻於學術，也是有益於上帝的國度。

這本書隨後仔細地重建第一世紀的猶太教與早期基督教，尤其特別留意「神」這個觀念在猶太教和早期基督教的適當意思。這幫助讀者厚實地打好新約背景的地基。整體而言，如賴特所說，本書雖是作為了解一系列研究主題的初步，但筆者認為，閱讀它也可使我們把新約研究的背景和方法了解得更透澈，研究新約的基礎建立得更穩固。

邱啟榮（台灣神學院新約學助理教授）

Thomas Schreiner, a respected scholar and a trusted voice for many students and pastors, offers a substantial and accessibly written overview of the whole Bible. He traces the storyline of the scriptures from the standpoint of biblical theology, examining the overarching message that is conveyed throughout. Schreiner emphasizes three interrelated and unified themes that stand out in the biblical narrative: God as Lord, human beings as those who are made in God's image, and the land or place in which God's rule is exercised. The goal of God's kingdom is to see the king in his beauty and to be enraptured in his glory

啟示錄或許是新約眾多經卷中最難理解的部分。因著以天啟文學手法寫成，歷代以來對末日預言的解釋已衍生出不少學派。單以千禧年此課題，已有最基本的前千禧年派、無千禧年派和後千禧年派，直叫一般信徒眼花撩亂。幸好有格雷格（ Steve Gregg）以主流詮釋啟示錄的四派平行處理全卷經文，省卻不少對照的功夫，讓有志研究此書的信徒一目了然。另外，當末日主基督再臨時，甚麼人才能得救？人在世上所作所行到底純粹是關乎獎賞抑或與拯救有關？由四名有代表性學者互相對談品評，實令讀者眼界大開。

Seeking an answer to Anselm's timeless question, "Why did God become man?" Graham Cole follows Old Testament themes of preparation, theophany and messianic hope through to the New Testament witness to the divinely foretold event. He concludes with a consideration of the theological and existential implications of the incarnation of God.

That there are four canonical versions of the one gospel story is often seen as a problem for Christian faith: where gospels multiply, so too do apparent contradictions that may seem to undermine their truth claims. In Gospel Writing Francis Watson argues that differences and tensions between canonical gospels represent opportunities for theological reflection, not problems for apologetics.

Watson presents the formation of the fourfold gospel as the defining moment in the reception of early gospel literature -- and also of Jesus himself as the subject matter of that literature. As the canonical division sets four gospel texts alongside one another, the canon also creates a new, complex, textual entity more than the sum of its parts. A canonical gospel can no longer be regarded as a definitive, self-sufficient account of its subject matter. It must play its part within an intricate fourfold polyphony, and its meaning and significance are thereby transformed.

In elaborating these claims, Watson proposes nothing less than a new paradigm for gospel studies — one that engages fully with the available noncanonical material so as to illuminate the historical and theological significance of the canonical.

This landmark volume presents the first-ever English translation of the ancient Israelite Samaritan version of the Pentateuch, or Torah. A text of growing interest and importance in the field of biblical studies, the Samaritan Pentateuch preserves a version of the Hebrew text distinct from the traditional Masoretic Text that underlies modern Bible translations.

Benyamim Tsedaka's expert English translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch is here laid out parallel to the more familiar Masoretic Text, highlighting the more than 6,000 differences between the two versions. In addition to extensive explanatory notes in the margins throughout, the book's detailed appendices show affinities between the Samaritan and Septuagint versions and between the Samaritan and Dead Sea Scroll texts. Concluding the volume is a categorical name index containing a wealth of comparative information.