Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Many ways of thinking about and living with 'the environment' have their roots in the Bible and the Christian cultural tradition.

Many ways of thinking about and living with 'the environment' have their roots in the Bible and the Christian cultural tradition.

This book uniquely explores how the notion of vision is presented in modern science and the Bible, and how it can be applied to contemporary Christian contexts.

This book uniquely explores how the notion of vision is presented in modern science and the Bible, and how it can be applied to contemporary Christian contexts.

The historian's task involves unmasking the systems of power that underlie our sources.

The historian's task involves unmasking the systems of power that underlie our sources.

This book uncovers the Jesuits' mystic theological interpretation in the translation of the Book of Changes (the Yijing) in their mission in China.

This book uncovers the Jesuits' mystic theological interpretation in the translation of the Book of Changes (the Yijing) in their mission in China.

Charging Steeds or Maidens Performing Good Deeds: In Search of the Original Qur'an brings an important contribution to understanding the development of the Qur'anic corpus.

Charging Steeds or Maidens Performing Good Deeds: In Search of the Original Qur'an brings an important contribution to understanding the development of the Qur'anic corpus.

In the public sphere, it is often assumed that acts of violence carried out by Muslims are inspired by their religious commitment and encouraged by the Qur'an.

In the public sphere, it is often assumed that acts of violence carried out by Muslims are inspired by their religious commitment and encouraged by the Qur'an.

The topic of children in the Bible has long been under-represented, but this has recently changed with the development of childhood studies in broader fields, and the work of several dedicated scholars.

The topic of children in the Bible has long been under-represented, but this has recently changed with the development of childhood studies in broader fields, and the work of several dedicated scholars.

With extraordinary range and literary energy, the story of Absalom's rebellion in 2 Samuel ranks as the most elaborate and extensively narrated internal political event in the Hebrew Bible, complete with a host of scandalous and sordid events: illicit sex, murder, cover-up, petty crime, to name a few.

With extraordinary range and literary energy, the story of Absalom's rebellion in 2 Samuel ranks as the most elaborate and extensively narrated internal political event in the Hebrew Bible, complete with a host of scandalous and sordid events: illicit sex, murder, cover-up, petty crime, to name a few.

First published in 2007.

First published in 2007.

Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag, a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities, this book explores the spiritual principles and physical realities associated with them.

Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the Sih-rozag, a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities, this book explores the spiritual principles and physical realities associated with them.

This book presents the first comprehensive comparison of how moral agency is constructed in Sirach, 4QInstruction, and the Hodayot.

Without an understanding of Biblical stories, readers lose out on much of the richness of English literature, as authors from Milton through T.

Without an understanding of Biblical stories, readers lose out on much of the richness of English literature, as authors from Milton through T.

Exploring the subjectivity of the Qur?

Exploring the subjectivity of the Qur?

Sacred Enigmas assesses the religious and intellectual significance of the Hebrew Bible both as a document of its time and as an important step in the development of thought.

Sacred Enigmas assesses the religious and intellectual significance of the Hebrew Bible both as a document of its time and as an important step in the development of thought.

In a sense, Oceania can be considered a microcosm of World Christianity.

The Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the true history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel.

The Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the true history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel.

The Christian canon of scripture, known as the New Testament, excluded many of the Church's traditional stories about its origins.

The Christian canon of scripture, known as the New Testament, excluded many of the Church's traditional stories about its origins.

The Western tradition has long held the view that while it is possible to know that God exists, it nevertheless remains impossible to know what God is.

This Encyclopedia brings together the vast array of historical research into the reality of the man, the teachings, the acts, and the events ascribed to him that have served as the foundational story of one of the world's central religions.

This Encyclopedia brings together the vast array of historical research into the reality of the man, the teachings, the acts, and the events ascribed to him that have served as the foundational story of one of the world's central religions.

First published in 1938, this title presents the greater part of the 1933 Gifford Lectures in natural theology, given by Edwyn Bevan.

First published in 1938, this title presents the greater part of the 1933 Gifford Lectures in natural theology, given by Edwyn Bevan.

This book discusses 20th- and 21st-centuries' literary retellings of biblical texts, focusing on how fiction and poetry fill the extant narrative gaps present in the often-sparse biblical accounts and align the narratives with theological and/or cultural expectations of modern interpreting communities.

This is the second of three volumes, first published in 1906, which explore the Egyptian theology of the afterlife.

This is the second of three volumes, first published in 1906, which explore the Egyptian theology of the afterlife.

This is the third of three volumes, first published in 1906, which treat the Egyptian theology of the afterlife.

This is the third of three volumes, first published in 1906, which treat the Egyptian theology of the afterlife.

The importance of typology in the study of early modern literature has long been accepted, yet students of Victorian culture have paid little attention to it.

The importance of typology in the study of early modern literature has long been accepted, yet students of Victorian culture have paid little attention to it.

Islam, Context, Pluralism and Democracy aspires to clarify the tensions and congruences between the revelational and the rational, the text and the context, the limits and the horizons of contextualization in Islam, as these emanate from the Islamic interpretative tradition.

Islam, Context, Pluralism and Democracy aspires to clarify the tensions and congruences between the revelational and the rational, the text and the context, the limits and the horizons of contextualization in Islam, as these emanate from the Islamic interpretative tradition.

The prophetic books of the Old Testament offer a fascinating collection of oracles, poetic images, and theological ideas.

The prophetic books of the Old Testament offer a fascinating collection of oracles, poetic images, and theological ideas.

First published in 1880, this is a fascinating collection of essays by the nineteenth-century theologian and historian George P.

First published in 1880, this is a fascinating collection of essays by the nineteenth-century theologian and historian George P.