Theology / T&T Clark

Gnosis and the Theocrats from Mars

Francesca Aran Murphy, University of Notre Dame, USA Gnosis and the Theocrats from Mars is a Christian homage to Persig's allegorical novel. Francesca Murphy provides a creative and highly imaginative critical theological genealogy of modern secular reason and the nature of modernity more generally. Murphy’s method is unique: she uses artificial intelligence as her framing parable, analyzing the nature and limits of the robotic ‘reasoning’ of several AI characters (Pistis, Gnosis and Cultus). This enables her to develop several interrelated themes, with further didactic chapters offering a mytho-poetic retelling of human history. Her reflections on the absence of creativity and any meaningful relation to ‘time’ further renders an acute critique of the limits of technological rationality. The end result is an unusual and compelling exploration of rationality and fundamental theological anthropology.

UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 136 pages HB 9780567680518 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780567680556 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780567680525 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: Illuminating Modernity • T&T Clark

A Poetic Christ

Thomist Reflections on Scripture, Language and Reality Olivier-Thomas Venard, Olivier-Thomas VenarÉcole Biblique et Archéologique, Israel. Translated by Kenneth Oakes, University of Notre Dame, USA & Francesca Aran Murphy, University of Notre Dame, USA Olivier-Thomas Venard's Thomas d’Aquin poète théologien trilogy, is an in depth analysis of the scripture of St. Thomas Aquinas. Featuring selections from all three books in the trilogy, chosen in accordance with Venard's direction and discernment, this volume sets scholars on the path to a deeper understanding of Aquinas' theology.

UK August 2020 • US August 2020 • 496 pages PB 9780567695932 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780567684691 ePub 9780567684721 • £26.09 / $33.25 ePdf 9780567684707 • £26.09 / $33.25 Series: Illuminating Modernity • T&T Clark World English

What is Constructive Theology?

Histories, Methodologies, and Perspectives Edited by Marion Grau, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway & Jason Wyman, Manhattan College, USA This volume is an essential introduction to contemporary constructive theology. It gives a historical overview of the field and discusses key hermeneutical and methodological concerns. The contributors apply a constructive perspective to a wide range of approaches, such as biblical hermeneutics, comparative theology, black theology, and political theology – charting the most important disciplinary trends of the moment. These essays are written by constructive theologians across the globe and it will help the reader rethink theologies and find constructive alternatives.

UK October 2020 • US October 2020 • 248 pages HB 9780567695154 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780567695185 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780567695161 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: Rethinking Theologies: Constructing Alternatives in History and Doctrine • T&T Clark

God's Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Other Poets of Vision

Paul Murray OP, Angelicum University, Italy Written with both passion and precision, God's Spies is a work that will be welcomed by anyone interested in the vital interplay between poetry and religion. The poets represented, Michelangelo, St Francis of Assisi, Charles Peguy, Dante and Shakespeare, all possess one great and surprising quality in common: audacity. All of them in their work offer fresh and unforeseen perspectives on life and literature, as well as on the interplay between poetry and religion.

UK August 2020 • US August 2020 • 192 pages PB 9780567695949 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780567685803 ePub 9780567685827 • £26.09 / $33.25 ePdf 9780567685810 • £26.09 / $33.25 T&T Clark

Anonymous Prophets and Archetypal Kings

Reading 1 Kings 13 Paul Hedley Jones, Trinity College Queensland, Australia Paul Hedley Jones provides an analysis of 1 Kings 13 that is attentive to literary, historical and theological concerns. He presents readers with a summary and evaluation of Karl Barth’s overtly theological exposition of the chapter—as set out in his Church Dogmatics—and explores how this analysis was received and critiqued by Barth's academic peers, who focused on very different questions, priorities and methods. He also considers how his readings may be brought into discussion with contemporary biblical scholarship.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 224 pages • 1 bw illus HB 9780567695260 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567695277 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Ezekiel and the World of Deuteronomy

Jason Gile, Northern Seminary, USA Jason Gile argues that the ideas of Deuteronomy influenced Ezekiel’s response to the crisis surrounding the fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile in significant ways, shaping how he saw Israel’s past history of rebellion against Yahweh, present situation of divine judgment, and future hope of restoration. The book aids understanding of the book of Ezekiel in its literaryhistorical context and supplies a new methodological framework for allusion and influence in the Hebrew Bible. It also breaks new ground in the study of what allusion means in an oral culture like ancient Israel’s. ePdf 9780567694317 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

The End of History and the Last King

Achaemenid Ideology and Community Identity in Ezra-Nehemiah David Janzen, Durham University, UK This book examines community identity in the post-exilic temple community in Ezra-Nehemiah, and explores the possible influences that the Achaemenids, the ruling Persian dynasty, might have had on its construction. David Janzen reads Ezra-Nehemiah in dialogue with the Achaemenids’ Old Persian inscriptions, and also provides a new perspective on Ezra-Nehemiah by looking at the impact of Achaemenid iconography, examining reliefs, seals, coins, and architecture. In addition, he discusses the cultural and religious background of Achaemenid thought, especially its intersections with Zoroastrian beliefs.

The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity

1 and 2 Kings as a Work of Political Historiography Nathan Lovell, George Whitefield College, South Africa Provides a new literary reading of the Book of Kings, including a new proposal for the literary structure of the book that overcomes some of the issues widely discussed in scholarship on the Deuteronomistic History. It interacts with a wide range of critical scholarship and offers fresh readings of passages that contribute to some of the ongoing debates. It also considers several novel ideas concerning the theology of the book of Kings—including developing a remnant theme which has not been widely utilised in scholarship— and new thoughts on the issue of centralisation of worship and kingship.

UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 240 pages HB 9780567695321 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567695338 • £76.50 / $94.85

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 272 pages HB 9780567694300 • £85.00 / $115.00 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Social Identity and the Book of Amos

Andrew M. King, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA This book explores the identity-forming strategies embedded in the book of Amos. It provides a fresh insight to the interpretation of Amos, being the first to use the social identity approach in relation to the text. Additionally, it addresses several long-standing problems in Amos interpretation, and offers a new perspective with ethical applications. Central to King’s investigation is the question of what,

UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 192 pages HB 9780567695291 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567695307 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

according to Amos, it means to be the people of God.

UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 288 pages HB 9780567698018 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567698025 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible

Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme, University Of Oslo, Norway Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme applies an anthropological approach and carries out a systematic study of the role, function and literary use of hospitality in the Hebrew Bible. Gudme's starting point is a contextualization of classical anthropological themes such as reciprocity, guest friendship and kinship structures, which is supplemented by insights from more recent studies on gender, materiality and space. She moves on to provide a much needed critical and systematic analysis and overview of the key hospitality texts in the Hebrew Bible, including discussions of the ‘dark sides’ of hospitality such as deceit, rape and violence.

What is it with Esther?

Narrative, Historical, and Theological Readings in the Book of Esther Else K. Holt, University of Aarhus, Denmark This collection of essays considers the Book of Esther from a literary and sociological perspective. Else Holt outlines the main questions of historicalcritical research, and offers a deconstructive reading of themes hidden under the surface-levels of the book. Chapters include discussions of intertextual conversation with two much later the sociological concept of ethnicity-construction as the backdrop for perceiving the instigation of the Jewish festival Purim and the violence connected to it, and also looks at the Book of Esther as an example of trauma literature.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 224 pages HB 9780567681843 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780567681881 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780567681850 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Other Gods and Idols

The Relationship Between the Worship of Other Gods and the Worship of Idols Within the Old Testament Thomas A. Judge, Durham University, UK This study questions why the relationship between the worship of other gods and idols within the Old Testament is difficult to define, acknowledging how some traditions have seen these issues as synonymous while others see them as separate commandments. Judge provides a framework for dealing with 'idolatry', and goes on to argue that there are four factors at play in this diversity. To show these factors, he examines the relationship between the prohibitions listed in the biblical text, and analyzes the biblical depiction of the war against idols before and after the fall of the Northern Kingdom.

UK August 2020 • US August 2020 • 192 pages PB 9780567696120 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780567684288 ePub 9780567689337 • £26.09 / $33.25 ePdf 9780567684295 • £26.09 / $33.25

texts, The Arabian Nights and The Story of O. The study introduces Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 224 pages • 4 bw illus PB 9780567697646 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9780567697615 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9780567697622 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Graded Holiness

A Key to the Priestly Conception of the World Philip Peter Jenson, Cambridge University, UK This wide-ranging investigation of the priestly cultic texts from Exodus 25 onwards explores the coherence and theology of the priestly writing, utilizing insights from anthropology and recent biblical scholarship. This is a valuable contribution to the growing number of studies concerned to understand and recover this neglected part of the Bible.

UK October 2020 • US October 2020 • 290 pages PB 9780567697547 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781850753605 ePdf 9780567181121 • £117.00 / $145.36 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark

Life and Death

Social Perspectives on Biblical Bodies Edited by Francesca Stavrakopoulou, University of Exeter, UK This volume explores some of the social, material, and ideological dynamics shaping life and death in both the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel and Judah. Analysing topics ranging from the bodily realities of gestations, subsistence, and death, and embodied performances of gender, power, and status, to the imagined realities of post-mortem and divine existence, the essays in this volume offer exciting new trajectories in our understanding of the ways in which embodiment played out in the societies in which the texts of the Hebrew Bible emerged.

UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 240 pages • 11 bw illustrations HB 9780567656728 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780567699312 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780567699336 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: The Hebrew Bible in Social Perspective • T&T Clark

Ruth: An Earth Bible Commentary

Alice M. Sinnott, University of Auckland, New Zealand Alice Sinnott highlights ecological dimensions of the book of Ruth and brings together aspects of ecology and environmental science with theology and exegesis to examine how the natural world functions within the text. Sinnott shows how the narrator gives voice to the way in which the Earth functions throughout the story and considers non-human characters as legitimate determining factors in the structuring of the narrative. Integral to Sinnott’s reading of the text is a concern for Earth and matters such as food, famine, death, harvests, grain, day and night and members of the Earth community.

UK March 2021 • US March 2021 • 120 pages PB 9780567696960 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780567676221 ePub 9780567695468 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780567676238 • £76.50 / $94.85 M. Sydney Park, Beeson Divinity School, USA This major new work provides a key contribution to our understanding of the role of women in salvation history, within the framework of evangelical theology. Park begins with the Pauline writings, examining them within the context of the rest of the canon and together with key female figures in both the Old and New Testaments. Park shows that Paul's perspective on women cannot be given exclusive authority over nor excluded from productive dialogue with further canonical writings, showing that the biblical chronicle of women discloses a critical theological role, distinct from but compatible with their male counterparts. Series: Earth Bible Commentary • T&T Clark

Conversations with a Suffering Servant

David Wyn Williams, Independent Scholar A literary reimagining of the Suffering Servant through the lens of the work of Mikhail Bakhtin offers insight into how the prophetic characterisation influenced Paul’s construction of faith, hope and love as epistemologies (in Corinthians). This book provides new insight into how faith, hope and love act as a dynamic equilibrium of knowing that opens us up to lives of story, encounter, and innovation—lives that resonate with the suffering servant, and which challenge contemporary ideas of power, wisdom and prosperity.

UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 208 pages HB 9780567676108 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780567696878 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780567676115 • £76.50 / $94.85 T&T Clark

T&T Clark Handbook of Septuagint Research

Edited by William A. Ross, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA & W. Edward Glenny, University of Northwestern at St. Paul, USA This handbook breaks down the barriers postgraduates and scholars can face when entering Septuagint scholarship by introducing key theories and topics, and surveying secondary literature in a single volume. 25 chapters are organized topically around major issues in Septuagint research. Each chapter is written by a leading Septuagint scholar and provides a detailed overview of the topic along with its major debates and views, a survey of the methodologies involved, and ongoing

UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 480 pages HB 9780567680259 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePub 9780567680266 • £117.00 / $145.36 ePdf 9780567680273 • £117.00 / $145.36 Series: T&T Clark Handbooks • T&T Clark

A Biblical Theology of Women

research questions.

UK August 2021 • US August 2021 • 464 pages HB 9780567423788 • £130.00 / $176.00 ePub 9780567322487 • £117.00 / $145.36 ePdf 9780567107237 • £117.00 / $145.36 T&T Clark