Difficult texts: Koinonia, Acts 2.42
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x17710202
Abstract: The word koinonia is rich with meaning. It describes the relationship within the early Christian Church. It is a relationship that is based on trust, friendship and confidence. The relationship included the breaking of bread… read more here.
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Difficult texts: Psalm 1
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x17749149
Abstract: Psalm 1 poses a challenge for the Christian preacher regarding the grim judgement passed on the wicked. This study examines how thinking types and feeling types among preachers approach the challenge in distinctive ways. read more here.
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Difficult texts: Exodus 3.14 – the name of God
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x19872108
Abstract: God revealed himself to Moses in the burning bush, as ‘I am who I am’. However, this verse presents significant difficulties in translation and understanding, which this article explores using the hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur. read more here.
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Difficult texts in Common Worship
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x221081413
Abstract: Two examples from Common Worship that make no sense: one a prescribed reading and the other a post-Communion prayer. read more here.
Keywords: common worship; texts common; difficult texts;
Difficult texts: the Christology of the Centurion’s words in Luke 23.47
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x221097549
Abstract: The words uttered by the Centurion present at the death of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel represent a deliberate change to Luke’s inherited material. The choice of whether to understand the key word in Luke’s phrasing… read more here.
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Difficult texts: the crime of bestiality (Exodus 22.19)
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x221119281
Abstract: Comparison of Exodus 22.19 with the later legislation of Leviticus 20.15–16 raises a number of difficulties as to how the former text should be interpreted. It is suggested that this sole sexual crime in the… read more here.
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Difficult texts: 2 Samuel 24.1 – Why did God incite David?
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x231160506
Abstract: An implausible sentence begins the narrative of David’s census in 2 Samuel 24.1–17. There is no information that indicates that David and Israel had made a fatal mistake, but God suddenly became angry with them.… read more here.
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Difficult texts: using dishonesty to enter heaven in Luke 16.9
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x231171283
Abstract: In Luke 16.9, Jesus instructs his followers to make use of ‘dishonest’ or ‘unrighteous’ wealth. The problem for biblical interpreters is that Jesus appears to order his followers to be unrighteous in this regard. However,… read more here.
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