Anthology of World Scriptures (Religion) - Softcover

Robert E. Van Voorst

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9780534191764: Anthology of World Scriptures (Religion)

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ISBN 10: 0534191762 ISBN 13: 9780534191764

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 1994

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This anthology gives students a way to encounter world religions by aiming to make scriptures more accessible, without sacrificing their integrity. The text offers in one volume scriptural translations, presented with pedagogical aids that facilitate reading. The author presents the readings in the context of their usage in their respective tradition, grouping them by categories of history, teaching, ethics, organization and worship/meditation.

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Dr. Van Voorst, professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, has written frequently on theology and ministry in various noted journals. He has also authored numerous books including four with Wadsworth: READINGS IN CHRISTIANITY, Second Edition, ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES, Fifth Edition, ANTHOLOGY OF ASIAN SCRIPTURES, and his newest title, READING THE NEW TESTAMENT TODAY. Other books by Robert Van Voorst are BUILDING YOUR NEW TESTAMENT GREEK VOCABULARY, Second Edition; THE ASCENTS OF JAMES, a recovery and commentary on a second-century Jewish-Christian text; and JESUS OUTSIDE THE NEW TESTAMENT, an examination of traditions about Jesus from pagan, Jewish, and Christian documents before and after the New Testament. Dr. Van Voorst has been named in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World for his contribution to religious studies. Ordained in the RCA, Bob Van Voorst served for twelve years as the pastor of Rochester Reformed Church in Accord, New York, while he pursued doctoral study. In 1989 he became a professor of religion at Lycoming College, a United Methodist liberal arts college, and served for three years as chair of its religion department. While teaching college, he was an interim pastor in four Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations, preached widely in north central Pennsylvania, and was a visiting professor in Westminster College in Oxford, England. He has lectured widely to church and academic audiences in such different venues as the Omaha Presbyterian School for Pastors and the Theology Faculty of Oxford University.

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