Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

The Christian confession that Jesus Christ descended into hell has been variously misunderstood or simply neglected by the Church and dogmatic theology.

Humor has had a profound effect on the way the Jewish people see the world, and has sustained them through millennia of hardships and suffering.

Humor has had a profound effect on the way the Jewish people see the world, and has sustained them through millennia of hardships and suffering.

Why do people accept ideas that are contradicted by science or logic?

Why do people accept ideas that are contradicted by science or logic?

This is the first volume of Goldziher's Muslim Studies, which ranks highly among the classics of the scholarly literature on Islam.

This is the first volume of Goldziher's Muslim Studies, which ranks highly among the classics of the scholarly literature on Islam.

The Bible is fundamental to Western culture.

The Bible is fundamental to Western culture.

Biblical stories are metaphorical.

Biblical stories are metaphorical.

Good Book interrogates how white evangelical Christians in the US make the Bible the "e;Good Book.

Many scholars in Biblical and Revelation studies have written at length about the imperial and patriarchal implications of the figure of the Whore of Babylon.

Many scholars in Biblical and Revelation studies have written at length about the imperial and patriarchal implications of the figure of the Whore of Babylon.

The Hebrew Bible is the main legislative and literary influence on European Poor Law and on literature on poverty and the poor.

The Hebrew Bible is the main legislative and literary influence on European Poor Law and on literature on poverty and the poor.

Originally published in 1986, this book is based on research carried out in 102 County secondary and Church of England secondary and primary schools in London, the North West Region and the West Midlands.

Originally published in 1986, this book is based on research carried out in 102 County secondary and Church of England secondary and primary schools in London, the North West Region and the West Midlands.

This book has text and analysis of a key Egyptian ritual which was performed when preparing the corpse of a pharaoh for mummification.

This book has text and analysis of a key Egyptian ritual which was performed when preparing the corpse of a pharaoh for mummification.

This book is a revival of The Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England, explained with an introduction by Edgar C.

This book is a revival of The Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England, explained with an introduction by Edgar C.

This volume explores the relationship between the Qur'an and the Jewish and Christian traditions, considering aspects of continuity and reform.

This volume explores the relationship between the Qur'an and the Jewish and Christian traditions, considering aspects of continuity and reform.

The Future of Publicly Funded Faith Schools addresses and critically examines the arguments both for and against the continued maintenance of faith-based schools within a publicly funded state system.

The Future of Publicly Funded Faith Schools addresses and critically examines the arguments both for and against the continued maintenance of faith-based schools within a publicly funded state system.

Ritual in Deuteronomy explores the symbolic world of Deuteronomy's ritual covenant and curses through a lens of religious studies and anthropology, drawing on previously unexamined Mesopotamian material.

Ritual in Deuteronomy explores the symbolic world of Deuteronomy's ritual covenant and curses through a lens of religious studies and anthropology, drawing on previously unexamined Mesopotamian material.

How to behave in the diaspora has been a central problem for Jews over the ages.

How to behave in the diaspora has been a central problem for Jews over the ages.

Areligion or a culture like Judaism, at least three thousand years old, cannot be expected to be all of one piece, homogeneous, self-contained, consistent, a neatly constructed system of ideas.

Areligion or a culture like Judaism, at least three thousand years old, cannot be expected to be all of one piece, homogeneous, self-contained, consistent, a neatly constructed system of ideas.

Jewish Scriptural interpretation entails a potential therapeutic bridge between the rational-material and the irrational-mystic in the world of psychotherapy.

Jewish Scriptural interpretation entails a potential therapeutic bridge between the rational-material and the irrational-mystic in the world of psychotherapy.

The term Ethical Monotheism is an important marker in Judaism's tumultuous transition into the modern era.

The term Ethical Monotheism is an important marker in Judaism's tumultuous transition into the modern era.

Religion, Ethnicity and Xenophobia in the Bible looks at some of the Bible's most hostile and violent anti-foreigner texts and raises critical questions about how students of the Bible and ancient Near East should grapple with "e;ethnicity"e; and "e;foreignness"e; conceptually, hermeneutically and theologically.

Religion, Ethnicity and Xenophobia in the Bible looks at some of the Bible's most hostile and violent anti-foreigner texts and raises critical questions about how students of the Bible and ancient Near East should grapple with "e;ethnicity"e; and "e;foreignness"e; conceptually, hermeneutically and theologically.

The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse adds new knowledge to the ongoing discussion of slavery in early Christian discourse.

The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse adds new knowledge to the ongoing discussion of slavery in early Christian discourse.

'Women Healing/ Healing Women' begins with a search for women who were healers in the Graeco-Roman world of the late Hellenistic and early Roman period.

'Women Healing/ Healing Women' begins with a search for women who were healers in the Graeco-Roman world of the late Hellenistic and early Roman period.

This collection of articles first brings together a number of working papers which were significant in the development of Frances Young's understanding of patristic exegesis, studies not included in her ground-breaking book, Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture (1997), though paving the way for that work.

This collection of articles first brings together a number of working papers which were significant in the development of Frances Young's understanding of patristic exegesis, studies not included in her ground-breaking book, Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture (1997), though paving the way for that work.

"e;William Blake never travelled to the continent, yet his creation myth is far more European than has ever been acknowledged.

"e;William Blake never travelled to the continent, yet his creation myth is far more European than has ever been acknowledged.

Said to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the book of Amos is reinterpreted by the author in light of new and sometimes controversial historical approaches to the Bible.

Said to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the book of Amos is reinterpreted by the author in light of new and sometimes controversial historical approaches to the Bible.

Judaism and the Economy is an edited collection of sixty-nine Jewish texts relating to economic issues such as wealth, poverty, inequality, charity, and the charging of interest.

Judaism and the Economy is an edited collection of sixty-nine Jewish texts relating to economic issues such as wealth, poverty, inequality, charity, and the charging of interest.