11 must-read theology books like Origen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life (Oxford Early Christian Studies) by Peter W. Martens

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Origen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

By: Peter W. Martens

4.47

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Scriptural interpretation was an important form of scholarship for Christians in late antiquity. Fo…

If you liked the theology plot in Origen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life (Oxford Early Christian Studies) by Peter W. Martens , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

By: Elaine Pagels

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Pagels, a writer & thinker on religion & history, winner of the National Book Award for The Gnostic… read more

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  • history
  • theology
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2. Stylish Academic Writing

By: Helen Sword

3.20

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to acade… read more

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  • academic
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3. Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants

By: Stephen J. Wellum , Peter J. Gentry

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The disciplines of biblical and systematic theology join forces to investigate anew the biblical co… read more

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  • theology
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4. What Is Gnosticism?

By: None

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

A distinctive Christian heresy? A competitor of burgeoning Christianity? A pre-Christian folk relig… read more

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  • history
  • theology
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5. On Christian Doctrine

By: Augustine of Hippo , D.W. Robertson Jr.

3.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • theology

6. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian studies 59)

By: Benedicta Ward , Anthony of Sourozh

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer asce… read more

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7. On First Principles

By: Origen , Henri de Lubac , None , None , None , None

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

s/t: Being Koetschau's Text of the De Principiis Translated into English Together with an Introduct… read more

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8. On the True Doctrine

By: Celsus , R. Joseph Hoffmann

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

The works of many early critics of the Christian church were burned by ruling emperors or otherwise… read more

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9. The Nag Hammadi Library

By: Anonymous , Richard Smith , Marvin W. Meyer , James M. Robinson

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Nag Hammadi Library was discovered in 1945 buried in a large stone jar in the desert outside th… read more

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10. The Unaccommodated Calvin: Studies in the Foundation of a Theological Tradition

By: Richard A. Muller

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

This book attempts to understand Calvin in his 16th-century context, with attention to continuities… read more

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11. Christology of the Later Fathers (Library of Christian Classics, Vol 3)

By: None

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

Indexed This volume includes selections from the works of Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gre… read more

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12. Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

By: John Calvin , Ford Lewis Battles , John Thomas McNeill

0.00

Format: 24 pages, ebook

This is the definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian chu… read more

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13. On the Apostolic Preaching

By: Irenaeus of Lyons

3.88

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

St Irenaeus is the most important theologian of the second century, laying the foundation for all f… read more

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14. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more

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  • history
  • theology
"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

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15. Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World

By: Gregg R. Allison

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

We rarely give thought to our bodies until faced with a physical challenge or crisis. We have someh… read more

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  • theology
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16. Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands: Recovering Sacrament in the Baptist Tradition

By: Michael A.G. Azad Haykin

4.52

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"Amidst Us Our Belovèd Stands will help all pastors and theologians, whether Baptist or not, to con… read more

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  • history
  • church history
  • theology
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17. Works on the Spirit

By: Athanasius of Alexandria

4.15

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

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  • history
  • church history
  • theology
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18. History, Theory, Text: Historians and the Linguistic Turn

By: Elizabeth A. Clark

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this work of sweeping erudition, one of our foremost historians of early Christianity considers … read more

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  • history
  • academic
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19. Origen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

By: Peter W. Martens

4.47

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Scriptural interpretation was an important form of scholarship for Christians in late antiquity. Fo… read more

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  • church history
  • history
  • academic
  • theology
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20. The First Apology, The Second Apology, Dialogue with Trypho, Exhortation to the Greeks, Discourse to the Greeks, The Monarchy of the Rule of God (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)

By: Justin Martyr

4.33

Format: 486 pages, Paperback

St. Justin Martyr is known as the oustanding apologist of the second century. While the Apostolic F… read more

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  • theology
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21. Irenaeus on the Christian Faith: A Condensation of Against Heresies

By: James R. Payton Jr.

4.28

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130-202) was the greatest theologian of the early post-apostolic church. In h… read more

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