Böcker av Mary Ann Beavis

This book fills the very real need for an affordable, accessible, academic textbook featuring Goddesses from a wide range of world religious, cultural and mythological traditions. As a textbook, its primary audience is professors and students in university and college courses in Goddess Studies, Religious Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies. It will also be of interest to students and instructors in the many Goddess-themed courses outside the academy. The contributors to the textbook were selected for their scholarly expertise and qualifications in their respective areas of study, both established and emerging scholars from Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Scandinavia, and Australia. The Goddess traditions surveyed in the 23 chapters include the Female Divine in the major world religions-not only Hinduism and Buddhism, but also in the "Western Religions" of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, popularly regarded as impervious to the Goddess. The coverage ranges from ancient to contemporary, Mago to Mary Magdalene. As such, it is a unique and much-needed resource for students and faculty, as well as a treasury of Goddess scholarship.

Articles: 3 Editorial: Gospels Across Worlds 7 Mary Ann Beavis The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30): Imagining a Slave's Perspective 22 Louise Gosbell The woman with the 'flow of blood' (Mark 5:25-34) and disability in the ancient world 44 Francis J. Moloney A Study of Mark 16:6-8 Hope in the Midst of Failure 55 James R. Harrison The Historical Jesus as 'Social Critic': An Investigation of Luke 6:27-36 77 Chris Spark Digging, Going Deep, Laying a Foundation: Luke 6:48, Ancient Building and Cultural Communication 86 Peter G. Bolt What Actually Happened on Resurrection Morning? A Clear and Simple Account 101 David Evans A Jerusalemite Source for the List of Nations in Acts 2?Reviews: 115 Wim J.C. Weren, Studies in Matthew's Gospel: Literary Design, Intertextuality and Social Setting 117 Jonathan T. Pennington. The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary 119 Bradley T. Johnson. The Form and Function of Mark 1:1-15: A Multi Disciplinary Approach to the Markan Prologue 121 Armin D. Baum, Detlef Häusser, Emmanuel L. Rehfeld (eds.), Der jüdische. Messias Jesus und sein jüdischer Apostel Paulus 124 Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch (ed.). The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film Part I + II 128 Samuel Byrskog, Tom Holmén, Matti Kankaanniemi (eds.), The Identity of Jesus: Nordic Voices 131 Stephen S. Liggins, Many Convincing Proofs: Persuasive Phenomena Associated with Gospel Proclamation in Acts. 135 Brian J. Wright, Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus: A Window into Early Christian Reading Practices

The Paideia series offers critically acclaimed commentaries from today's top scholars. This volume exposes theological meaning in Mark by tracing its use of rhetorical strategies.