Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds

Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award (GOLD Winner for Religion) Unearthing the unfamiliar world behind the Bible Reencounter the Bible and its ancient and unfamiliar world Discern fact from fable about the Dead Sea Scrolls Discover how the Scrolls continue to mystify and revolutionize Learn how the Scrolls changed the ways we translate and read the Bible The Dead Sea Scrolls are a window into an unfamiliar ancient culture and a mirror that

This is a book about the struggle of Orthodox Christianity to establish a clear identity and mission within modernity--Western modernity in particular

These approaches may help unify the Old Testament

Introductory material examines the nature of the Old Testament and its literary genres

Köstenberger highlights Paul's mature reflections on doctrine

Although Jesus's work of redemption is often viewed as a singular event

this volume is an invitation to dig deeper into the cultural background and theology of the Hebrew Bible

AI can write a generic three-point sermon

You'll discover how to

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revealing the distinctive conventions

and helps readers understand what it means to be a Christian in a post-Christian world

Oswalt explains the book of 2 Kings and reveals its prophetic voice for modern life