Fortress Press Jesus Studies Collection (19 volumes)

Michael Kinch
Michael Kinch Member Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Can anyone give me some info on Fortress Press?  How would you rate their products?  Would you recommend their Jesus Studies Collection?

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  • David Paul
    David Paul Member Posts: 6,073 ✭✭✭

    You might try looking up reviews of individual titles on amazon.

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  • Ken McGuire
    Ken McGuire Member Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭

    Fortress Press is the "academic" arm of Augsburg-Fortress, the publisher of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.  This is the "liberal" (really more main-line) branch of Lutherans in the USA.  They are known for publishing many quality academic works - many translations from German, but also works written in English, including many of NT Wright's works.

    Looking at the actual collection, I wish I had the money...  Hegel's and Lohfink's works are classics in their field.  Some of the other works are by significant authors as well, from a wide variety of perspectives.

    On the other hand, some others look like things I would not be interested in.

    If at all interested, I would go to www.bookreviews.org to search out reviews.

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  • JPH
    JPH Member Posts: 304 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/471337#Comment_471337

    link: http://www.logos.com/product/28441/augsburg-fortress-jesus-studies-collection

    Fortress has an academic history and generally publishes authors of a more liberal persuasion (not always of course). Hengel, Jeremias and Witherington, for example, are fairly conservative. Hengel's Crucifixion is an absolute classic in conservative scholarship, while Vermes', The Real Jesus I find to be heinous in its conclusions. Just my opinion-- but I think Paul would probably agree [;)]

    EDIT: Ken and I seem to have been writing at the same time [:)]

  • Greg Carey
    Greg Carey Member Posts: 1 ✭✭

    I'm a seminary professor and a Fortress writer (actually, co-editor and contributor). Among the church-related presses, Fortress is the most respected academic publisher, especially in biblical studies. You'll have to decide whether or not the particular volumes in this series interest you. They cover a wide range of topics and publication dates -- I can say that I recognize all of the authors and titles but one. Does this help?

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