Table Of Content

The Listeners and the Homiletical Endeavor Index to Volume 51 Articles January 1997: Essays on Bible and Theology The Strange Silence of the Bible, Donald Juel, 5-19. Balancing the Old and the New: The Law of Moses in Matthew and Paul, Donald Hagner, 20-30. The Salt of the Earth, Paul S. Minear, 31-41. He Will Come Again, James D. G. Dunn, 42-56. April 1997: The Church at the Center Confessing Christ: A Quest for Renewal in Contemporary Christianity, William J. Abraham, 117-29. The Church of the Center, Gabriel Fackre, 130-42. To Ask a Better Question: The Heterosexuality-Homosexuality Debate Revisited, Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, 143-58. Re-Forming a Sloppy Center by and with Grace, Douglas Jacobsen, 159-74. July 1997: The Book of Numbers Negotiating Boundaries: The Old and New Generations and the Theology of Num- bers, Dennis T. Olson, 229-40. Encroaching on the Sacred: Purity and Polity in Numbers 1-10, Jacob Milgrom, 241-53. The Portrait of Balaam in Numbers 22-24, Michael L. Barré, 254-66. Life After Grace: Preaching from the Book of Numbers, Carol Bechtel Reynolds, 267-79. October 1997: Preaching into the 20th Century “The Word Purely Preached and Heard”: The Listeners and the Homiletical En- deavor, Beverly Zink-Sawyer, 342-57. Limping Away with a Blessing: Biblical Studies and Preaching at the End of the Sec- ond Millennium, Stephen Farris, 358-70. African-American Preaching: The Future of a Rich Tradition, Henry H. Mitchell, 371-83. Principalities, Powers, and Preaching: Learning from William Stringfellow, Charles L. Campbell, 384-401. Between Text and Sermon Ruth 1:1-18, James Howell, 281-84. 1 Sam 3:1-20, Michael L. Ruffin, 175-78. 2 Sam 23:1J-. J7er,em y M. Grant, 415-18. Ps 24, Richard Reifsnyder, 284-88. Ps 84, Robert Benedetto, 57-61. Isa 2:1-5, Fredrick C. Holmgren, 61-64. Mark 3:20-35, James Ayers, 178-82. Mark 6:30-34, Beverly Zink-Sawyer, 288-91. Mark 12:28-34, Agnes W. Norfleet, 403-06. John 10:11-18, Philip E. Thompson, 182-86. John 21:15-17, Caleb O. Oladipo, 65-66. 2 Cor 6:1-13, Brian K. Peterson, 409-12. Eph 4:1-16, Isam Ballenger, 292-95. Heb 9:11-15, Frank Reding, 67-70. Interpretation Annual Index Authors Abraham, William J., Confessing Christ: A Quest for Renewal in Contemporary Chris- tianity, 117-29. Ayers, James, Mark 3:20-35 (Between Text and Sermon) 178-82. Ballenger, Isam, Eph 4:1—-16 (Between Text and Sermon) 292-95. Barré, Michael L., The Portrait of Balaam in Numbers 22-24, pp. 254-66. Benedetto, Robert, Ps 84 (Between Text and Sermon) 57-61. Campbell, Charles L., Principalities, Powers, and Preaching: Learning from William Stringtellow, 384-401. Dunn, James D. G., He Will Come Again, 42-56. Fackre, Gabriel, The Church of the Center, 130-42. Farris, Stephen, Limping Away with a Blessing: Biblical Studies and Preaching at the End of the Second Millennium, 358-70. Grant,J .J eremy M., 2 Sam 23:1-7 (Between Text and Sermon) 415-18. Hagner, Donald, Balancing the Old and the New: The Law of Moses in Matthew and Paul, 20-30. Holmgren, Fredrick C., Isa 2:1-5 (Between Text and Sermon) 61-64. Howell, James, Ruth 1:1-18 (Between Text and Sermon) 281-84. Jacobsen, Douglas, Re-Forming a Sloppy Center by and with Grace, 159-74. Juel, Donald, The Strange Silence of the Bible, 5-19. Milgrom, Jacob, Encroaching on the Sacred: Purity and Polity in Numbers 1-10, 241-53. Minear, Paul S., The Salt of the Earth, 31-41. Mitchell, Henry H., African-American Preaching: The Future of a Rich Tradition, 371-83. Norfleet, Agnes W., Mark 12:28-34 (Between Text and Sermon) 403-06. Oladipo, Caleb O., John 21:15-17 (Between ‘ext and Sermon) 65-66. Olson, Dennis T., Negotiating Boundaries: The Old and New Generations and the Theology of Numbers, 229-40. Peterson, Brian K., 2 Cor 6:1—-13 (Between Text and Sermon) 409-12. Reding, Frank, Heb 9:11-15 (Between Text and Sermon) 67-70. Reifsnyder, Richard, Ps 24 (Between Text and Sermon) 284-88. Reynolds, Carol Bechtel, Life After Grace: Preaching from the Book of Numbers, 267-79. Ruffin, Michael L., 1 Sam 3:1-20 (Between Text and Sermon) 175-78. Thompson, Philip E., John 10:11-18 (Between Text and Sermon) 182-86. Van Leeuwen, Mary Stewart, To Ask a Better Question: The Heterosexuality-Homo- sexuality Debate Revisited, 143-58. Zink-Sawyer, Beverly, “The Word Purely Preached and Heard”: The Listeners and the Homiletical Endeavor, 342-57. Zink-Sawyer, Beverly, Mark 6:30-54 (Between Text and Sermon) 288-91. Book reviews Adam, A. K. M., Making Sense of New Testament Theology (Morgan) 204-06. Albertz, Rainer, A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period, vols. 1 and 2 (Lewis) 73-77. 450 Annual Index Barth, Karl, The Theology ofJ ohn Calvin (Farley) 210. Bartlett, David L., Romans (Peterson) 316-17. Betz, Hans Dieter, The Sermon on the Mount, including the Sermon on the Plain (Donelson) 299-302. Bible and Culture Collective, The Postmodern Bible (Schneiders) 426-28. Blount, Brian K., Cultural Interpretation: Reorienting New Testament Criticism (Shiner) 456. Brawley, Robert L., Biblical Ethics and Homosexuality: Listening to Scripture (Busey) 197- 99. Brawley, Robert L., Text to Text Pours Forth Speech: Voices of Scripture in Luke-Acts (Grangaard) 310-12. Brown, Alexandra R., The Cross and Human Transformation: Paul’s Apocalyptic Word in I Corinthians (Pickett) 318. Brown, William P., Character in Crisis: A Fresh Approach to the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament (Crenshaw) 423-26. Camery-Hoggatt, Jerry, Speaking of God: Reading and Preaching the Word of God (Farris) 332-34. Campbell, Ted A., Christian Confessions: A Historical Introduction (Murchison) 212-14. Capps, Donald, The Child’s Song: The Religious Abuse of Children (Dell) 335. Carlson, PaulaJ . and Peter S. Hawkins, Listening for God: Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith (Trotti) 224. Carter, Warren, Matthew: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist (Powell) 432-33. Clark, Henry B., Serenity, Cowrage, Wisdom: The Enduring Legacy of Reinhold Niebuhr (Johnson) 102-03. Cleaver, Richard, Know My Name: A Gay Liberation Theology (Siker) 222. Charlesworth, James H., et al., eds., The Dead Sea Scrolls, vol. 1: Rule of the Community (Alexander) 309-10. Coalter, Milton J., et al., Vital Signs: The Promise of Mainstream Protestantism (Carroll) 247. Craig, Kenneth, Reading Esther: A Case for the Literary Carnivalesque (Galambush) 83. Cullman, Oscar, Prayer in the New Testament (Sowei.” SO0-81. Elias, Jacob W., 1 and 2 Thessalonians (Richard) 42 Ellingson, Mark, A Common Sense Theology (Hall a* 218-20. English, Donald, An Evangelical Theology of Preaching (Pierce) 224. Fee, Gordon D., God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul (Jewett) 320. Fee, Gordon D., Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (Kaylor) 302-04. Fenn, Richard K., The Persistence of Purgatory (Payne) 328. Freedman, Samuel G., Upon This Rock: Miracles of a Black Church (Weeks) 110. Gaventa, Beverly Roberts, Mary: Glimpses of the Mother ofJ esus (Brawley) 314. Glaser, Chris, Uncommon Calling: A Gay Christian’s Struggle to Serve the Church (Siker) 222. Green, Joel B., Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation (Soards) 322-24. Green, Joel B., The Theology of the Gospel of Luke (Carroll) 297-99. Gudorf, Christine E., Body, Sex, and Pleasure (Arnold) 106-08. Harris, Maria, Proclaim Jubilee: A Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century (Vann) 444-46. Harrisville, Roy A., The Bible in Modern Culture (Kingsbury) 100-02. Haynes, Stephen R., Reluctant Witnesses: Jews and the Christian Imagination (Williamson) 105-06. 452 Annual Index Heaton, E. W., The School Tradition of the Old Testament (Morgan) 200. Henn, William, One Faith: Biblical and Patristic Contributions Toward Understanding Unity in Faith (Siker) 103-04. Hiebert, Theodore, The Yahwist’s Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel (Brown) 307. Hinson, E. Glenn, The Early Church: Origins to the Dawn of the Middle Ages (Weaver) 331-32. Holladay, William L., Long Ago God Spoke: How Christians May Hear the Old Testament Today (Dearman) 88-90. Johnson, Luke Timothy, The Letter ofJ ames (Cargal) 320-22. Johnson, Luke Timothy, Scripture and Discernment: Decision Making in the Church (Gorman) 208-09. Jones, Serene, Calvin and the Rhetoric of Piety (Butin) 210-12. Juel, Donald H., A Master of Surprise: Mark Interpreted (Humphrey) 91-92. Kaminsky, Joel S., Corporate Responsibility in the Hebrew Bible (Gnuse) 86. Klassen, William, Judas: Betrayer or Friend of Jesus? (Bridges) 314-16. Koester, Craig R., Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Cominunity (O’ Day) 201-02. Kortner, Ulrich H. J., The End of the World: A Theological Interpretation (Schuurman) 438-40. Kreitzer, Larry J., The Old Testament in Fiction and Film (Mabee) 88. Lischer, Richard, The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America (Jones) 421-23. Lidemann, Gerd, What Really Happened to Jesus (Hearon) 433. Luz, Ulrich, The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew (Carroll) 297-99. McCormack, Bruce L., Karl Barth’s Critically Realistic Dialectical Theology (McKelway) 191-93. McCormick, Scott, Behold the Man: Re-reading Gospels, Re-humaniziJnegsu s (Gench) 90- 91. McDaniel, Jay B., With Roots and Wings: Christianity in an Age ofE cology and Dia- logue (Hessel) 440-42. Miller, Patrick D., They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer (Balentine) 77-79. Morgan, Robert, Romans (Pickett) 433-34. Nanos, Mark D., The Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Paul’s Letter (Orr) 317-18. Noffke, Suzanne, Catherine of Sienna: Vision Through a Distant Eye (Babinsky) 332. Oates, Wayne E., Luck: A Secular Faith (Whittaker) 106. Osmer, Richard Robert, Confirmation: Presbyterian Practice in Ecumenical Perspective (Hess) 334. Ottati, Douglas F., Reforming Protestantism: Christian Commitment in Today’s World (Beckley) 193-97. Page, Sydney H. T., Powers of Evil: A Biblical Study of Satan and Demons (Garrett) 206. Parker, T. H. L., Calvin: An Introduction to His Thought (Pitkin) 209-10. Parsons, Susan Frank, Feminism and Christian Ethics (Cahill) 220. Perkins, Pheme, First and Second Peter, James, and Jude (Johnson) 202. Petersen, David L., Zechariah 9-14 and Malachi: A Commentary (Meyers) 85-86. Placher, William C., The Domestication of Transcendence: How Modern Thinking about God Went Wrong (Gockel) 216. 454 Annual Index Powell, Mark Allan, God With Us: A Pastoral Theology of Matthew’s Gospel (Meier) 91. Preuss, Hans Dietrich, Old Testament Theology (Ollenburger) 307-08. Purvis, Sally B., The Stained Glass Ceiling: Churches and Their Women Pastors (Fox) 108- 110. Riley, GregoryJ. , Resurrection Reconsidered: Thomas and John in Controversy (Hearon) 98. Saussy, Carroll, The Gift of Anger (Dickey) 444. Schnackenburg, Rudolph, Jesus in the Gospels: A Biblical Christology (Brown) 431-32. Schroven, Brigitte, Theologie des Alten Testaments zwischen Anpassung und Widerspruch (Childs) 308-09. Schwarz, Hans, Evil: A Historical and Theological Perspective (Griffin) 326-28. Schweiker, William, Responsibility and Chnistian Ethics (Sedgwick) 330-31. Scott, Bernard Brandon, Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories (Jewett) 102. Seow, Choon-Leong, Homosexuality and the Christian Community (Busey) 197-99. Simmons, Henry C., and Mark A. Peters, With God’s Oldest Friends (Smylie) 336. Sloyan, Gerard S., The Crucifixion ofJ esus: History, Myth, Faith (Carroll) 96-97. Smith, D. Moody, The Theology of the Gospel ofJ ohn (Bassler) 94-95. Steinmetz, David C., Calvin in Context (Zachman) 189-91. Stuhlmacher, Peter, How To Do Biblical Theology (Shiner) 99-100. Thiselton, Anthony C., /nterpreting God and the Postmodern Self: On Meaning, Manipula- tion, and Promise (Adam) 436-38. Trible, Phyllis, Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book ofJ onah (Patrick) 84— 85. van Wijk-Bos, Johanna W. H., Reimagining Gud: The Case for Scriptural Diversity (Pippin) 325-26. Vogel, Arthur A., Radical Christianity and the Flesh ofJ esus: The Roots of Eucharistic Living (Wilson) 218. Weems, RenitaJ. , Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets (Wash- ington) 200-01. Wegener, Mark I., Cruciformed: The Literary Impact of Mark’s Story ofJ esus and His Dis- ciples (Powell) 92-94. Westermann, Claus, Roots of Wisdom: The Oldest Proverbs of Israel and Other Peoples (Boyd) 83-84. Wheeler, Sondra Ely, Wealth as Perl and Obligation: The New Testament on Posses- sions (Matera) 206-08. Wheeler, Sondra Ely, Stewards of Life: Bioethics and Pastoral Care (Howie) 442. Wilson, Stephen G., Related Strangers: Jews and Christians 70-170 c.z. (Setzer) 324-25. Witherington, Ben, III, Conflict and Community in Corinth (Sieber) 95-96. Witherington, Ben, III, John’s Wisdom: A Commentary on the Fourth Gospel (Koester) 312-14. Witherup, Ronald D., Conversion in the New Testament (Johnson) 98-99. Zenger, Erich, A God of Vengeance? Understanding the Psalms of Divine Wrath (Parker) 431.