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David J. Neville

The Vehement Jesus composes a fresh examination and interpretation of several perplexing passages in the Gospels that, at face value, challenge the conviction that the mission and message of Jesus were peaceful. Using narrative analysis and various forms of intratextual critique in the service of a hermeneutic of shalom, the author makes the case that Gospel portrayals of the vehement Jesus are compatible with, perhaps even indispensable to, the composite canonical portrait of Jesus as the Messiah of Peace. As a result, this exploration in New Testament theology and ethics makes an invaluable contribution to the crucial conversation about the role of Jesus' life and teaching in Christian reflection on the morality of violence today.

Cascade Books

Studies in Peace and Scripture: Institute of Mennonite Studies

The Vehement Jesus: Grappling with Troubling Gospel Texts

Various authors

For many of us, the connection between the ecological crisis and humanity's detachment from the land is becoming increasingly clear. In biblical terms, adam (humanity) has severed itself from the adamah (soil), and we (creation) are reaping the consequences. This collection of essays, and the conference from which it took shape, calls the church to root itself more deeply in the agrarian biblical text and ecclesial tradition in order to remember and freshly imagine ways of living on and with the land that are restorative, reconciling, and faithful to the triune God's invitation to new life in Christ. When we listen attentively to and patiently learn from the biblical text, church history, and theology, the land itself can become a conversation partner, and we are summoned to recognize that the gospel is reserved not simply for humanity, but for the whole of creation.

Pickwick Publications

Rooted and Grounded: Essays on Land and Christian Discipleship

Struggles for Shalom is a collection of essays by biblical scholars about peace, justice, and violence in ancient Jewish and Christian texts, written to honor the life work of Mennonite scholars Perry B. Yoder and Willard M. Swartley. In this volume, twenty-three authors--colleagues, former students, friends, and others influenced by Yoder's and Swartley's scholarship--add to the honorees' work in appreciation for their shared focus on biblical texts' lessons of peace. Specific texts and topics include Eccl 3:1-9 and time for war, Ezek 14:12-23 and God's retribution, Luke 22:31-61 and Peter's sword, the temple cleansing episodes in John 2 and Mark 11, sectarianism and violence in manuscripts from the Dead Sea, violence in creation in the Hebrew Bible, Chronicles as utopian literature, peace and violence in Paul's writings, and globalization in biblical studies. This collection is diverse and ambitious. For church and academy, and for anyone curious about what Scripture has to say about peace and violence, this book delivers focused study of peace and violence across the Testaments.

Contributors:
Wilma Ann Bailey
Jo-Ann A. Brant
Laura L. Brenneman
Jacob W. Elias
Reta Halteman Finger
Michael J. Gorman
Nancy R. Heisey
Paul Keim
Christopher Marshall
Safwat Marzouk
Douglas B. Miller
Ben C. Ollenburger
Dorothy M. Peters
David Rensberger
Andrea Dalton Saner
Brad D. Schantz
Mary H. Schertz
Steven Schweitzer
Willard M. Swartley
Jackie Wyse-Rhodes
Joshua Yoder
Perry B. Yoder
Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld
Paul Yokota
Gordon Zerbe

Struggles for Shalom: Peace and Violence across the Testaments

"Studies in Peace and Scripture" is sponsored by the Institute of Mennonite Studies, the research agency of the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. The seminary and the tradition it represents have a particular interest in peace and, even more so, an abiding interest in the Bible. We hope that this ecumenical series will contribute to a deeper understanding of both.

    

Ben C. Ollenburger, Old Testament Editor

Willard M. Swartley, New Testament Editor