Eryl W. Davies enhances understanding of the ethical issues embedded in the stories concerning Abraham in Genesis 12-25. He focuses on the ethics of deception in Gen. 12:10-20 and 20:1-18 and the dark side of the character of God,...Loe edasi...
This volume examines the theory, evidence, and trail of scholarly work on god-fearers, for substantial revisions in the depiction of the god-fearer phenomenon and in the story of early Christianity. This volume examines in depth the the...Loe edasi...
With his trademark straightforward teaching style, Andrew Ollerton leads us through Romans - one of the most theologically complex books of the Bible - to discover how an understanding of Pauls longest letter unlocks the whole story of Scripture....Loe edasi...
The book explores the beauty and richness of Elishas stories, including short legends, through literary analysis, highlighting their place within the genre of prophetic hagiography....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111329307)
This volume presents a selection of the works of Professor Robert G. Goldenberg, a leading scholar of Rabbinic Judaism. From the rabbinic interpretation of Hebrew Scriptures to the formation of the Babylonian Talmud, Goldenberg explores core them...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197623541)
Embracing Exile is a comprehensive history of Jewish responses to and conceptions of their exiles/diasporas. Jews have, since their beginnings, been a wandering people. According to their origin story, they wandered from Ur of Chaldees to Canaan to...Loe edasi...
Sari: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Tension, Transmission, Transformation
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783112215425)
The concept of inspiration is part and parcel of the theological tradition in several religious confessions, but it has largely receded to the background, if not vanished altogether, in the discussions of biblical scholars. The question Do we sti...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783110336931)
This book is a study of the life and thought of the Polish Jew Solomon Yom Tov Bennett (1767-1838), who immigrated to London where he spent the last forty years of his life. In focusing on Bennett’s learned life, it underscores the sign...Loe edasi...
Explores theological parallels between the ancient Egyptian story of Wenamun and the texts of the Hebrew prophets. It examines how Amun worshipers theocratic claims influenced the southern Levant, encouraging scholars to reconsider the cultural con...Loe edasi...
In the Hebrew Bible, esed (steadfast love, loyalty, devotion) denotes an important concept that is relevant to interpersonal relationships in every generation. In this book, Karen Nelson investigates New Testament engagement with that concept and th...Loe edasi...
This book presents the first comprehensive comparison of how moral agency is constructed in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot. World Kim argues that recent scholastic studies have overemphasized differences amongst various Second Templ...Loe edasi...
The Environment of Compassion explores questions of what it means to be in relationship to nature, if and how it is a religious experience, and how understanding humans as part of nature alters theology. The Environment o...Loe edasi...
The first full English translation of one of the most important sources on Thomas Becket.Benedict of Peterboroughs Passion and Miracles of St Thomas Becket puts the reader in Canterbury on the day of one of the most famous murders of all...Loe edasi...
The first full English translation of one of the most important sources on Thomas Becket.Benedict of Peterboroughs Passion and Miracles of St Thomas Becket puts the reader in Canterbury on the day of one of the most famous murders of all...Loe edasi...
Ambra Suriano analyses the narrators techniques, exploring the influence of the readers understanding and playing with their interpretative freedom in recounting particular episodes in the Book of Genesis. She argues that a synchronic an...Loe edasi...
Through codicological analysis, paleographical examination, as well as the study of its texts, the volume argues that the Afghan Liturgical Quire (ALQ) can be regarded as the oldest intact Jewish codex....Loe edasi...
