Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

This atlas provides students and scholars with a broad range of information on the development of the Ancient Near East from prehistoric times through the beginning of written records in the Near East (c.

The history of David's Jerusalem remains one of the most contentious topics of the ancient world.

The history of David's Jerusalem remains one of the most contentious topics of the ancient world.

"e;Rethinking Biblical Scholarship"e; brings together seminal essays to provide readers with an assessment of the archaeological and exegetical research which has transformed the discipline of biblical studies over the last two decades.

"e;Rethinking Biblical Scholarship"e; brings together seminal essays to provide readers with an assessment of the archaeological and exegetical research which has transformed the discipline of biblical studies over the last two decades.

Did the Bible only take its definitive form after Alexander conquered the Near East, after the Hellenisation of the Samaritans and Jews, and after the founding of the great library of Alexandria?

Did the Bible only take its definitive form after Alexander conquered the Near East, after the Hellenisation of the Samaritans and Jews, and after the founding of the great library of Alexandria?

The Bible and Literature: The Basics provides an interpretive framework for understanding the significance of biblical allusions in literature-even for readers who have little prior knowledge of the Bible.

The Bible and Literature: The Basics provides an interpretive framework for understanding the significance of biblical allusions in literature-even for readers who have little prior knowledge of the Bible.

Translating Religion advances thinking about translation as a critical category in religious studies, combining theoretical reflection about processes of translation in religion with focused case studies that are international, interdisciplinary, and interreligious.

Translating Religion advances thinking about translation as a critical category in religious studies, combining theoretical reflection about processes of translation in religion with focused case studies that are international, interdisciplinary, and interreligious.

You Shall Love the Stranger as Yourself addresses the complex political, legal, and humanitarian challenges raised by asylum-seekers and refugees from a Biblical perspective.

You Shall Love the Stranger as Yourself addresses the complex political, legal, and humanitarian challenges raised by asylum-seekers and refugees from a Biblical perspective.

Is it possible to apply teachings from the Bible to our world today, given the vast differences between biblical times and ours?

Is it possible to apply teachings from the Bible to our world today, given the vast differences between biblical times and ours?

The city is an ambiguous symbol in the Bible.

The city is an ambiguous symbol in the Bible.

Was the New Testament written in the early first century CE or at a much later date?

Was the New Testament written in the early first century CE or at a much later date?

According to Kelso, the Book of Chronicles silences women in specific ways, most radically through their association with maternity.

According to Kelso, the Book of Chronicles silences women in specific ways, most radically through their association with maternity.

This book offers a fresh appraisal of the identity and involvement of the subalterns in Mark, arguing that the presence of the subalterns in Mark is a possible hermeneutical tool for re-reading the Bible in a postcolonial context like India.

This book offers a fresh appraisal of the identity and involvement of the subalterns in Mark, arguing that the presence of the subalterns in Mark is a possible hermeneutical tool for re-reading the Bible in a postcolonial context like India.

The Bible contains many stories of prostitution.

The Bible contains many stories of prostitution.

The Persian and Hellenistic periods saw the production and use of a variety of authoritative texts in Israel.

The Persian and Hellenistic periods saw the production and use of a variety of authoritative texts in Israel.

'Yours Faithfully' presents an anthology of virtual letters from the Bible, in which leading scholars imagine correspondence between biblical characters.

'Yours Faithfully' presents an anthology of virtual letters from the Bible, in which leading scholars imagine correspondence between biblical characters.

The story of Jonah, often read as a simple children's story, is a multifaceted and elaborate narrative with serious intent.

The story of Jonah, often read as a simple children's story, is a multifaceted and elaborate narrative with serious intent.

'Symposia' illuminates the central issues and concerns of biblical studies by presenting a series of stories.

'Symposia' illuminates the central issues and concerns of biblical studies by presenting a series of stories.

History, Literature and Theology in the Book of Chronicles presents a new way of approaching this key biblical text, arguing that the Book employs both multiple viewpoints and the knowledge of the past held by its intended readership to reshape social memory and reinforce the authority of God.

History, Literature and Theology in the Book of Chronicles presents a new way of approaching this key biblical text, arguing that the Book employs both multiple viewpoints and the knowledge of the past held by its intended readership to reshape social memory and reinforce the authority of God.

The Saviour of the World covers each incident and each saying in the Bible and converts them to either a single poem, blank verse or rhymed stanza, according to the subject.

The Saviour of the World covers each incident and each saying in the Bible and converts them to either a single poem, blank verse or rhymed stanza, according to the subject.

The Saviour of the World covers each incident and each saying in the Bible and converts them to either a single poem, blank verse or rhymed stanza, according to the subject.

The Saviour of the World covers each incident and each saying in the Bible and converts them to either a single poem, blank verse or rhymed stanza, according to the subject.

The Saviour of the World covers each incident and each saying in the Bible and converts them to either a single poem, blank verse or rhymed stanza, according to the subject.

The Saviour of the World covers each incident and each saying in the Bible and converts them to either a single poem, blank verse or rhymed stanza, according to the subject.

This book compares our contemporary preoccupation with ownership and consumption with the role of property and possessions in the biblical world, contending that Christian theology provides a valuable entry point to discussing the issue of private property-a neoliberal tool with the capacity to shape the world in which we live by exercising control over the planet's resources.

Reconsidering Johannine Christianity presents a full-scale application of social identity approach to the Johannine writings.

Reconsidering Johannine Christianity presents a full-scale application of social identity approach to the Johannine writings.

This book, first published in 1926, is a collection of the original thoughts of Samuel George Shattock on religious matters.

This book, first published in 1926, is a collection of the original thoughts of Samuel George Shattock on religious matters.

First published in 1940, this book provides a literary dictionary to the New Testament.

First published in 1940, this book provides a literary dictionary to the New Testament.

The religious associations surrounding the Bible make it difficult for the general reader to appreciate, in its full purity, the value which the Scriptures bear as literature, and as an epic in no way inferior, in cultural worth, to the greatest works of Greece and Rome.

The religious associations surrounding the Bible make it difficult for the general reader to appreciate, in its full purity, the value which the Scriptures bear as literature, and as an epic in no way inferior, in cultural worth, to the greatest works of Greece and Rome.