“Dr. Natalie Weaver’’s Marriage and Family establishes a solid theological foundation that surely will inspire and challenge students and married couples to think deeply about the meaning of marriage as a holy union and a sacrament. She develops the virtues essential to marriage and family—love, justice, and forgiveness—which mutually enrich the spouses, their children, the church, and society. In order to discover deeper dimensions of marriage and family, she first gives the reader tools to interpret Scripture, history, ethics, and personal experience, then offers a discerning application. Not deterred by the pitfalls of marriage (physical and sexual abuse and high divorce rates), Dr. Weaver emphasizes marriage’’s prophetic stance against society’s evils and strongly affirms its creative possibilities.”

“The introductory nature of this book would be espeically useful where its combination of foundational theology and theology of marriage could be the course focus. It is a foil for doing fundamental theology with strong material on marriage.”

“Primer on Biblical Methods is the work of a master teacher. Corrine Carvalho’’s book is not only thorough, moving all the way from source to postmodern criticism, but blessedly clear. Examples, questions, and exercises ensure that the reader understands each section. This work will be helpful for students approaching the complexity of biblical interpretation for the first time and also for professors who have been searching for ways to explain the intricacies of our task with clarity and simplicity.”

““I have been looking for something like this book for years. In the past it has been necessary to cobble together a packet of articles so that students would have access to information about various approaches to reading and interpreting the Bible. This book puts all these things into one book that will be read and reread, consulted and cross-referenced. “Carvalho’’s familiarity with questions asked by today’’s students enhances the Primer on Biblical Methods.  .  .  .  .  She incorporates examples from a contemporary perspective in a lively and engaging manner. Students don’’t have to pick up a heavy tome and plow through unnecessary technical terminology. Carvalho turns exotic terminology into interesting stuff! It is a model of engaging erudition.””

“Corrine Carvalho’’s Primer on Biblical Methods is just what I’’ve been seeking, a book that will get students to read their Bible and not read it for them. Primer on Biblical Methods doesn’’t presume too much of students as it provides focused discussion on various methodological viewpoints. I like the questions and exercises the text provides. I can also supplement the Primer with other material without overburdening my students, most of whom are not religion majors.”