Fortress Press suggestions

MJ. Smith
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edited November 20 in Resources Forum
  • Jewish-Christian Interpretation of the Pentateuch in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies by Donald H. Carlson

  • The Four Gospels on Sunday: The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship by Gordon Lathrop

  • Christian Music: A Global History by Tim Dowley

  • The Rise of Christian Beliefs: The Thought-World of Early Christians by Heikki Räisänen

  • Messianic Exegesis: Christological Interpretation of the Old Testament in Early Christianity by Donald Juel

The Emerging Scholars series:

  • Embedded Grace: Christ, History, and the Reign of God in Schleiermacher's Dogmatics by Kevin M. Vander Schel
  • Esther and the Politics of Negotiation: Public and Private Spaces and the Figure of the Female Royal Counselor by Rebecca S. Hancock
  • Give Me Children or I Shall Die: Children and Communal Survival in Biblical Literature by Laurel W. Koepf-Taylor
  • Judgment According to Works in Romans: The Meaning and Function of Divine Judgment in Paul's Most Important Letter by Kevin W. McFadden
  • Chosen Nations: Pursuit of the Kingdom of God and Its Influence on Democratic Values in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain and the United States by Christina L. Littlefield
  • Christ and Analogy: The Christocentric Metaphysics of Hans Urs von Balthasar by Junius Johnson
  • Christ Crucified in a Suffering World: The Unity of Atonement and Liberation by Nathan D. Hieb
  • Early Arabic Christian Contributions to Trinitarian Theology: The Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity in an Islamic Milieu by Thomas W. Ricks
  • The Interpreting Angel Motif in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature by David P. Melvin
  • Divine Eloquence and Human Transformation: Rethinking Scripture and History through Gregory of Nazianzus and Hans Frei by Ben Fulford

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    MJ. Smith said:

    The Four Gospels on Sunday: The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship by Gordon Lathrop

    That's shipping July 1st, and you should already have it on order, because I'm pretty certain I've had to inform you once before that it's on prepub.[:D]

    The Four Gospels on Sunday: The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship

    Now tell me why I want it. I still haven't made up my mind.

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • Gabe Martini (Faithlife)
    Gabe Martini (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 815

    This is timely, as I'm working on a large list for Fortress Press right now. Thank you!

    Product Department Manager
    Faithlife

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gabe, if you're working on a list for Fortress Press right now, here are some more to make sure are on the list, from my hard copy library:

    • Prayer in the New Testament by Oscar Cullman
    • The Story of Christian Music by Andrew Wilson-Dickson
    • Fortress Introduction to Contemporary Theologies edited by L. Miller & Stan Grenz
    • The Story of Christian Spirituality edited by Gordon Mursell
    • A Journey into Christian Art by Helen de Borchgrave
    • Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus by Joachim Jeremias
    • Love Your Enemies: Discipleship, Pacifism, and Just War Theory by Lisa Sowle Cahill
    • How to Believe Again by Helmut Thielicke
    • Mark as Story by David Rhoads, Joanna Dewey & Donald Michie
    • Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography by Eberhard Bethge
    • A Map of Twentieth Century Theology edited by Carl Braaten & Robert Jenson
    • Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology by Stanley J. Grenz
    • The Christology Controversy (Sources of Early Christian Thought series) by Richard Norris
    • Faith Development and Pastoral Care by James Fowler
    • Aging, Spirituality, and Religion edited by Melvin Kimble, et al.
    • Revised Common Lectionary Prayers Proposed by the Consultation on Common Texts
    • Technology and Human Becoming by Philip Hefner
    • A People's History of Christianity, Vol. 1: Christian Origins
    • A People's History of Christianity, Vol 2: Late Ancient Christianity

    • A People's History of Christianity, Vol 3: Byzantine Christianity


    • A People's History of Christianity, Vol 4: Medieval Christianity


    • A People's History of Christianity, Vol 5: Reformation Christianity

    • A People's History of Christianity, Vol 6: Modern Christianity to 1900
    • A People's History of Christianity, Vol 7: Twentieth-Century Global Christianity
    • Confessions of a Christian Humanist by John W. de Gruchy

    I have checked that none of these are currently available on Logos.com, but I haven't checked if they've been already requested by others on the Suggestions forum.

  • Philana Crouch
    Philana Crouch Member Posts: 2,151

    • Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography by Eberhard Bethge

    I would love to have Bethge's biography of Bonhoeffer, I think the fact that he was a friend of Bonhoeffer adds a valuable perspective.

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

    The Christology Controversy (Sources of Early Christian Thought series) by Richard Norris

    The whole series would be good.  Admittedly I only own the Trinitarian Controversy volume but have heard decent things about the rest of them.

    The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann

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    L7 Lutheran Gold, Anglican Bronze

  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    This is timely, as I'm working on a large list for Fortress Press right now.

    In that case, and since Fortress is a Lutheran press, will you take any suggestions?[:D] They publish some of rabbi Neusner's, and they use horribly bad glue in their paperbacks. If the books are a couple of years old, they fall to pieces as soon as you open them.[:(]

    The most asked for are the Tosefta and A Rabbi Talks with Jesus, but I doubt either of those are Fortress. In fact, I can't figure out which ones are. Fortress themselves only list the five that are in print, and Amazon... well, the the guy seems to publish about a book a month, so there are a few to check out... And the Fortress title I have by him doesn't show up at all. Perhaps you could get a complete list from Fortress, and we could tell you what we want?

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • Dan Francis
    Dan Francis Member Posts: 5,339 ✭✭✭

    fgh said:

    That's shipping July 1st,

    Thanks fgh, I missed that one in pre pub.

    -Dan

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    fgh said:

    In that case, and since Fortress is a Lutheran press, will you take any suggestions?Big Smile They publish some of rabbi Neusner's, and they use horribly bad glue in their paperbacks. If the books are a couple of years old, they fall to pieces as soon as you open them.Sad

    Fortunately that won't be a problem with the Logos editions. [;)]

    fgh said:

    The most asked for are the Tosefta and A Rabbi Talks with Jesus, but I doubt either of those are Fortress. In fact, I can't figure out which ones are. Fortress themselves only list the five that are in print, and Amazon... well, the the guy seems to publish about a book a month, so there are a few to check out... And the Fortress title I have by him doesn't show up at all. Perhaps you could get a complete list from Fortress, and we could tell you what we want?

    You can do an Advanced Search on Amazon and search for books by Jacob Neusner that are published by Fortress. Here's the list I came up with (asterisk marks those books available in Kindle):

    • *Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity
    • *A Short History of Judaism
    • Messiah in Context: Israel's History and Destiny in Formative Judaism
    • Torah: From Scroll to Symbol in Formative Judaism
    • Recovering Judaism
    • Rabbinic Judaism: Structure and System
    • Fortress Introduction to American Judaism: What the Books Say, What the Pople Do
    • Symbol and Theology in Early Judaism
    • Midrash in Context: Exegesis in Formative Judaism
    • What Is Midrash?
    • The Incarnation of God: The Character of Divinity in Formative Judaism
    • Judaism in the Matrix of Christianity
    • A Midrash Reader
    • The Talmud: A Close Encounter
    • Writing With Scripture: The Authority and Uses of the Hebrew Bible in the Torah of Formative Judaism
    • *Jewish-Christian Debates (with Bruce Chilton)
    • *Soundings in the Religion of Jesus: Perspectives and Methods in Jewish and Christian Scholarship (edited by Neuser, Anthony Le Donne and Bruce Chilton) -- [an aside: cool! Anthony Le Donne was a fellow student with me at Regent College; I didn't know he'd gone on to publish books with the likes of Neusner, and several of his own]
    • The Social World of Formative Christianity and Judaism: Essays in Tribute to Howard Clarke Kee (edited by Neusner and others)
    • Judaic Perspectives on Ancient Israel (edited by Neusner, Baruch A. Levine and Ernest S. Frerichs)
  • Gabe Martini (Faithlife)
    Gabe Martini (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 815

    fgh said:

    This is timely, as I'm working on a large list for Fortress Press right now.

    In that case, and since Fortress is a Lutheran press, will you take any suggestions?Big Smile They publish some of rabbi Neusner's, and they use horribly bad glue in their paperbacks. If the books are a couple of years old, they fall to pieces as soon as you open them.Sad

    I'll add Neusner's works to my list.

    Product Department Manager
    Faithlife

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll add Neusner's works to my list.

    Thanks, Gabe. What about my list by other authors from my post above? I know some of those are probably out of print and maybe Fortress doesn't even own the rights to them anymore, but they'd all be books I would like to see in Logos if possible. Whatever ones you're able to secure the rights to. Thanks!

  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 8,979

    Gentle people, please stop it. It is wrong to tempt someone. Now stop tempting me. Look at all the good stuff on the background to the Judeo-Christian faith. Siggghhhhh. If only my wallet would cooperate. 

    Mission: To serve God as He desires.

  • Gabe Martini (Faithlife)
    Gabe Martini (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 815

    I'll add Neusner's works to my list.

    Thanks, Gabe. What about my list by other authors from my post above? I know some of those are probably out of print and maybe Fortress doesn't even own the rights to them anymore, but they'd all be books I would like to see in Logos if possible. Whatever ones you're able to secure the rights to. Thanks!

    I'm going through a massive list so I don't target works we already have in collections, but I don't think there'll be a problem getting any of those, so long as there aren't rights issues.

    Product Department Manager
    Faithlife

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm going through a massive list so I don't target works we already have in collections, but I don't think there'll be a problem getting any of those, so long as there aren't rights issues.

    That's encouraging. None of those ones I listed are already available in Logos collections.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,405

    It is wrong to tempt someone. Now stop tempting me

    I was just trying to get the Lutheran side discussing potential resources ... I had to be fair having helped Anglicans and Orthodox.[:(]

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gentle people, please stop it. It is wrong to tempt someone. Now stop tempting me. Look at all the good stuff on the background to the Judeo-Christian faith. Siggghhhhh. If only my wallet would cooperate. 

    If your eye causes you to sin, cut it out! Not the eye, I mean, but the looking. Just unsubscribe from this forum and don't look at it again. [:)]
    Or be like Job and make a covenant with your eyes not to look lustfully upon a virgin list of potential Logos resources. (Job 31:1)

    Sorry.

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are some more for your list, Gabe. I'd forgotten to include titles that were published by Augsburg before it became part of Augsburg Fortress (and which are now mostly listed on Amazon as coming from Augsburg Fortress Press):

    • Thirsty for God by Bradley P. Holt (a classic on spirituality that was recommended reading for incoming students when I started at Regent College)
    • Christian Caregiving: A Way of Life by Kenneth C. Haugk (was used as part of the training for a lay counseling ministry I was part of at my church)
    • Diary of an Old Soul by George MacDonald (a devotional book of poems, one for each day of the year) - now published by a variety of POD publishers so it's probably out of copyright
    • How to Keep a Spiritual Journal by Ronald Klug
    • A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends by Madeleine L'Engle and Luci Shaw
    • The Joy of Discovery in Bible Study by Oletta Wald
    • Prayer by O. Hallesby (a wonderful little classic on deepening your prayer life)
    • Being Well When We're Ill: Wholeness and Hope in Spite of Infirmity by Marva Dawn (Marva Dawn can speak with authority on this subject, as she's lived with a number serious illnesses and disabilities for many years)
    • Grieving the Death of a Pet by Betty Carmack
    • 40-Day Journey with Gerard Manley Hopkins edited by Francis X. McAloon
    • Spirited Women: Encountering the First Women Believers by Mary Ellen Ashcroft
  • Is Mebin
    Is Mebin Member Posts: 453

    If an Aussie can make a humble suggestion, well, two...two of my favourite books are published by Fortress Press, and both are edited by James H. Charlesworth...they are "Hillel and Jesus" and "The Messiah".

  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 8,979

    If your eye causes you to sin, cut it out! Not the eye, I mean, but the looking. Just unsubscribe from this forum and don't look at it again. Smile
    Or be like Job and make a covenant with your eyes not to look lustfully upon a virgin list of potential Logos resources. (Job 31:1)

    But they are so attractive. The silver lining is that Logos is on a fast track to fulfilling my dream of "Having Every Thing Ever Written or Spoken in Religion, Formatted for Logos Bible Software". 

    Mission: To serve God as He desires.

  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    Fortunately that won't be a problem with the Logos editions. Wink

    Exactly.

    You can do an Advanced Search on Amazon and search for books by Jacob Neusner that are published by Fortress.

    I should have known there was an advanced search somewhere, though I can't say I can find it even now.

    Here's the list I came up with

    Thanks, Rosie.

    What most interests me is:

    • Translations (Tosefta, Midrash Rabbah...) -- but those are from other publishers.
    • Introductions to Jewish literature -- some on that list.
    • Christianity related titles -- some on that list.

    Is Mebin said:

    If an Aussie can make a humble suggestion, well, two...two of my favourite books are published by Fortress Press, and both are edited by James H. Charlesworth...they are "Hillel and Jesus" and "The Messiah".

    Now, that also looks very tempting. And Charlesworth will sell, little doubt about that.

    In general: if it deals with both Judaism and Christianity at the same time, I'm probably [more or less] interested.

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    fgh said:

    You can do an Advanced Search on Amazon and search for books by Jacob Neusner that are published by Fortress.

    I should have known there was an advanced search somewhere, though I can't say I can find it even now.

    They hide it pretty well, but I've bookmarked it because it's the only way I ever search for books on Amazon anymore. To find it, hover over Books (1) on the left menu on the Amazon home page, then click Books (2) on the side menu that comes up.

    Once you're on the main Books page, you'll find Advanced Search in tiny font among the links below the search box:

  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    They hide it pretty well

    You could say that again! There's no way I would have found that except by mere chance. I don't think I've ever been to the main 'Books' page. Thanks.

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    • Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography by Eberhard Bethge

    I would love to have Bethge's biography of Bonhoeffer, I think the fact that he was a friend of Bonhoeffer adds a valuable perspective.

    This is now available for pre-order as part of the Bonhoeffer Studies Collection. Yay!

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus by Joachim Jeremias

    Good to see this is now on pre-pub along with other Fortress titles.

    https://www.logos.com/product/35913/fortress-press-new-testament-backgrounds