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In Jesus the Dayspring, Wenkel suggests the connection between Jesus and the sunrise may have come from any number of te......more
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Simulating Aichele pays tribute to the title of George Aichele’s 2011 book, Simulating Jesus. In contemporary biblical s......more
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"For the first time, literary source criticism and feminist biblical interpretation are here brought together systematic......more
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Readers of all persuasions have a tendency to privilege simple interpretations over complex, unsettling, readings. The m......more
Can a painting or illustration of a biblical scene help readers understand the Bible? Conversely, to what extent can kno......more
Responding to a recent upsurge of Jewish interest in Buddhism, Sasson undertakes the first serious academic effort to un......more
A story of a judge who sacrifices his virgin daughter is of course an issue both in ethics and in gender studies. Such i......more
This exciting new study of the prophet Jeremiah attributes to him a pivotal significance in the historical period of Jos......more
From his earliest anointing in 1 Samuel 16 until his deathbed discourse in 1 Kings 2, David is surrounded by a remarkabl......more
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Today’s secularists too often have very little accurate knowledge about religion, and even less desire to learn. This is......more
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Bart Ehrman--the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and a recognized authority on the early Christian......more
Tobit is the story of a righteous, devout, and charitable man who--blind and miserable--sends his son, Tobiah, to collec......more
Divine decoder is exactly what the name implies, this novel is a collection of breakdowns. My goal is to help you the re......more
"Gospel" initially referred to oral proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, but was later used to refer to four written ac......more
A general survey of the study of New Testament manuscripts that outlines for students of the New Testament the basic too......more
This work concerns the transmission of the Bible within Catholic and Orthodox tradition in rural communities from centra......more
Ruth Christa Mathieson’s unique reading of Matthew’s parable of the royal wedding feast (Matt 22:1-14), which concludes ......more
Written during the period of the emergence of Christianity and its separation from Judaism, the Gospel of John bears wit......more
How did the ancient Hebrew writers understand their emotional experiences of being in distress? Were their feelings simi......more
The KJV Compact Reference Bible offers the literary beauty of the King James Version in a hand-sized volume that feature......more
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For over 50 years students, professors, clergy, and general readers have relied on The New Oxford Annotated Bible as an ......more
An outstanding resource for high school readers and first-year college students, this book explores early Christianity f......more
First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible is a landmark, one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of ......more
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This is a new type of commentary on some of the most familiar language and imagery in the Bible, showing how Isaiah has ......more
This book sets out to review the shepherd metaphor and raise the question whether the metaphor should be the basis of th......more
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This monograph demonstrates that the book of Deuteronomy is a result of highly creative reworking of the book of Ezekiel......more
A useful work for all interested in the history of the alphabet. Hamilton shows a direct correspondence between the West......more
From ancient times to the present day, utopian social ideas have made the unity of humankind a central concern. In the f......more
Prescriptive law writings rarely mirror the ways a society practices law, a fact that raises special problems for the so......more
This third volume, like its predecessors, adds to the growing body of literature concerned with the history of biblical ......more
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One of the most perplexing and misunderstood books of the Bible, Ezekiel has left many scholars and exegetes scratching ......more
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Twenty-four scholars join their efforts to congratulate David Lee Balch for a long career of dedication to scholarship a......more
This insightful study engages the debates and interpretations of the brief and somewhat elusive writings known in the Ch......more
Published in association with the Society for Old Testament Study....more
The language of the Bible can be beautiful but profoundly elusive, possessing a strangeness that only deepens the commit......more
This volume examines the nature of interpretation, strategies within interpretation, and negotiations about the adequacy......more
This study guide introduces students to the Book of Proverbs from the Old Testament. Zoltán Schwáb examines the book’s s......more
Introducing students to the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament, Ernest Lucas examines the book’s structure and characte......more
James offers a concise and accessible introduction to a New Testament text, in this case aimed specifically at undergrad......more
At Eastertime, the most important holiday in the Christian world, religious processions in many Latin American countries......more
A handy and welcome contribution for those who want to read the key comments by the major Jewish medieval commentators.-......more
This encyclopedia is the first book to identify, explain and categorize more than 1,400 versions of the English Bible. T......more
The early French Wars (1689-1748) in North America saw provincial soldiers, or British white settlers, in Massachusetts ......more
The King James Bible was the result of an extraordinary effort over nearly a century to make many good English translati......more
The biblical commentaries known as Miqra ot Gedolot have inspired and educated generations of Hebrew readers. With The C......more
How can one escape God s wrath and gain eternal life? On this crucial theological question, Paul differs from other memb......more
In this challenging book, Craig Smith propounds the novel thesis that the famous lines in 2 Timothy 4 where Paul annou......more
Despite his special pastoral relationship with the church in Corinth, Paul confronted numerous local and cultural proble......more
This book is about the global resurgence of culture and religion in international relations, and how these social change......more
Hospitality in the ancient Mediterranean world was not a matter of entertaining one s neighbours to dinner. And among th......more
It is regarded as a truism that the King James Bible is one of the finest pieces of English prose. Yet few people are aw......more
There is a tension between classic and modern approaches to the Bible that continues to drive discussion today. For trad......more
"An American Bible is an extremely compelling piece of cultural history that succeeds in making rich rather than schemat......more
Joshua began as a collaboration between G. Ernest Wright, the distinguished biblical scholar and archaeologist, and his ......more
In the Second-Temple period non-Jews were attracted to Judaism’s communal life, religious observance and theological ima......more
The Hebrew Bible expresses the Israelite belief that the Israelites were the people of God uniquely chosen from among al......more
"Traces the New Testament idea of agape love from its roots in the Hebrew Bible, in comparison with contemporary Jewish ......more
A collaboration representing multiple nationalities, professional perspectives, and denominational traditions, this depe......more
In this fourth volume of the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity, Michael Wolter provides a detailed, vers......more