Baylor Handbooks

on the Hebrew Bible, Septuagint, and Greek New Testament provide a foundational analysis of the scriptural texts. The analyses are distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to the texts. The authors’ expositions are convenient pedagogical and reference tools that explain the form and syntax of the biblical texts, offer guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, engage important text-critical debates, and address questions relating to the original-language texts that are frequently overlooked by standard commentaries. Beyond serving as succinct and accessible analytic keys, these handbooks also reflect the most up-to-date advances in scholarship on grammar and linguistics and prove themselves indispensable tools for anyone committed to a deep reading of the biblical texts.

Romans

A Handbook on the Greek Text

BAYLOR HANDBOOK ON THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT

Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon

STANLEY E. PORTER is President and Dean, Professor of New Testament, and Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College. DAVID I. YOON is Associate to the Academic Dean and Instructor of Biblical Studies at Emmanuel Bible College and Research Fellow at McMaster Divinity College.

“This volume on Paul’s letter to the Romans by Porter and Yoon is a worthy addition to the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament series. The grammatical and syntactical comments will help students with one year of Greek to analyze and interpret Paul’s summary of his gospel preaching responsibly and with renewed enthusiasm.”

ECKHARD J. SCHNABEL, Mary F. Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

“For anyone wanting to study carefully through the Greek text of Paul’s letter to the Romans, Yoon’s and Porter’s contribution to the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament series is an essential volume.”

ROBERT L. PLUMMER, Collin and Evelyn Aikman Professor of Biblical Studies, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

ISBN 978-1-932792-61-4 / $49.99 / Paperback / 416 pages / 5.25 x 8 / September 1, 2023

Psalms 89–105

A Handbook on the Greek Text

BAYLOR HANDBOOK ON THE SEPTUAGINT

Jennifer Brown Jones

JENNIFER BROWN JONES is an Instructor in Old Testament at the Rawlings School of Divinity, Liberty University.

ISBN 978-1-4813-1691-0 / $49.99 / Paperback / 310 pages / 5.25 x 8 / April 1, 2024

ISBN 978-1-4813-1366-7

$49.99 | Paperback

ISBN 978-1-4813-1961-4

$59.99 | Hardback

525 pages

6 x 9

November 15, 2023 b&w graphs, charts, tables

“In this groundbreaking collection, renowned scholars embark on an unparalleled exploration of the profound questions at the core of spirituality. Each thought-provoking article underscores the vital role of religious institutions in guiding us through life’s most critical choices. Addressing questions such as, ’How will I act?’ ’What will I do and refrain from doing?’ and ’How will I navigate my brief existence on Earth?’ these experts deliver remarkable insights through exceptional writing and profound thinking. Delve into the depths of spirituality with this extraordinary and transformative work.”

JON CLIFTON, Chief Executive Officer, Gallup

Objective Religion (Volume 3)

Freedom, Politics, Secularization

edited by Byron R. Johnson

Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied phenomenon. With Objective Religion, Baylor University Press and Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion have combined forces to gather select articles from the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion that not only highlight the journal’s wide-ranging and diverse scope, but also advance the field through a careful arrangement of topics with ongoing relevance, all treated with scientific objectivity and the respect warranted by matters of faith. This multivolume project seeks to advance our understanding of religion and spirituality in general as well as particular religious beliefs and practices. These volumes thereby serve as a catalyst for future studies of religion from diverse disciplines and fields of inquiry including sociology, psychology, political science, demography, economics, philosophy, ethics, history, medicine, population health, epidemiology, and theology. The articles in this volume, Freedom, Politics, Secularization, use rigorous methodologies to scrutinize profoundly important topics that are so often misunderstood. In this way Objective Religion helps us rethink the conventional beliefs and stereotypes that occupy so much of popular discourse on religion.

BYRON R. JOHNSON is Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University and the founding director of the Institute for Studies of Religion.

Contributors

Elyse Bailey

Jeri M. Beggs

Hulda G. Black

Feler Bose

Matt Bradshaw

Ryan P. Burge

Greg Clark

James E. Cox, Jr.

Jesus Crespo Cuaresma

Marie A. Eisenstein

Hannah Embler

Roger Finke

Jonathan Fox

Brian J. Grim

Benjamin Thomas Gurrentz

Emily Harvey

Byron R. Johnson

Eric Kaufmann

Timothy M. Komarek

“While it has become conventional wisdom to note that ’politics is downstream from culture,’ the influence on both by religion has received relatively little attention from the social sciences...until now. In this remarkably wide-ranging and readable compendium of research studies, Byron Johnson has provided a primer on the best quantitative analysis on the impact of religion on society in America and around the world. In reading this creatively assembled book naturally one will be prompted to consider further topics to research. Objective Religion, then, not only sets a foundation to better understand current social science research on religion, it also builds a launchpad for future study.”

PETE PETERSON, Braun Family Dean’s Chair, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

Jeff Levin

Dane R. Mataic

Darin M. Mather

Jennifer M. McClure

Kevin Neuhouser

Tia Noelle Pratt

Robert J. Priest

Cortney Hughes Rinker

Jesse Roof

Linda S. Showers

Vince E. Showers

Vegard Skirbekk

Robert Edward Snyder

George Yancey

TODD C. REAM is Professor of Humanities in the John Wesley Honors College and Executive Director of Faculty Research and Scholarship at Indiana Wesleyan University, and is Senior Fellow for Programming for the Lumen Research Institute. He also serves as the Senior Fellow for Public Engagement for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and as the Publisher for Christian Scholar’s Review.

JERRY PATTENGALE is University Professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, cofounder of the Lumen Research Institute, and founding scholar of the Museum of the Bible (DC). He has dozens of books, an award-winning TV series, distinguished fellowships, and board appointments, including Christianity Today, the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University, and the National Press Club’s membership committee.