Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures.

The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures.

Social memory studies offer an under-utilised lens through which to approach the texts of the Hebrew Bible.

This book is at the interface between Visual Studies and Biblical Studies.

Ethics in Ancient Israel is a study of ethical thinking in ancient Israel from around the eighth to the second century BC.

The theology of creation interconnected with virtually every aspect of early Christian thought, from Trinitarian doctrine to salvation to ethics.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

Samuel stands out in many important biblical texts as the figure who facilitated ancient Israel's transition from a tribal league to a monarchic state.

The book is going through its biggest revolution since Gutenberg.

Comedy is both relative, linked to a time and culture, and universal, found pervasively across time and culture.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

The Bible contains four Gospels which tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth.

This new edition of the Oxford Bible Atlas, now with full-colour maps and illustrations, has been thoroughly revised to bring it up to date with regard both to biblical scholarship and to archaeology and topography.

This book identifies the distinguishing features of fundamental theology, as distinct from philosophical theology, natural theology, apologetics, and other similar disciplines.

Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not.

Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not.

This book identifies the distinguishing features of fundamental theology, as distinct from philosophical theology, natural theology, apologetics, and other similar disciplines.

Predestination has been the subject of perennial controversy among Christians, although in recent years theologians have shied away from it as a divisive and unedifying topic.

Although the Victorians were awash in texts, the Bible was such a pervasive and dominant presence that they may fittingly be thought of as 'a people of one book'.

Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul challenges the traditional reading of Paul.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

In recent years many books have been published in the area of Christology (who is Jesus in himself?

Although the Victorians were awash in texts, the Bible was such a pervasive and dominant presence that they may fittingly be thought of as 'a people of one book'.

Among the most challenging biblical figures to understand is Jeroboam son of Nebat, the first monarch of northern Israel whose story is told in 1 Kings 11-14.

This book aims to bring a new way of understanding Ezra 9-10, which has become known as an intermarriage 'crisis', to the table.

Jerome Murphy-O'Connor has lived in Jerusalem for 48 years, during which time he has taught graduate students its history and archaeology, and also compiled a bestselling archaeological guidebook for visitors.

Handel's Israelite oratorios are today little known among non-specialists, but in their own day they were unique, pioneering and extremely popular.

On the margins of the biblical canon and on the boundaries of what are traditionally called 'mainstream' Christian communities there have been throughout history writings and movements which have been at odds with the received wisdom and the consensus of establishment opinion.

Scriptural interpretation was an important form of scholarship for Christians in late antiquity.

The Bible contains four Gospels which tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth.

'Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Joseph of Arimathea: A Study in Reception History examines the extensive and convoluted afterlives of a minor biblical character who nevertheless plays a major role in three pivotal scenes in the passion of Jesus Christ as presented by the four canonical Gospels: the request to Pilate for the body, the descent from the cross, and the burial of Jesus' corpse.

The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology provides a one-volume introduction to all the major aspects of Catholic theology.

The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology provides a one-volume introduction to all the major aspects of Catholic theology.

The orthodox doctrine of the incarnation affirms that Christ is both truly divine and truly human.

Ever since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in caves near the site of Qumran in 1947, this mysterious cache of manuscripts has been associated with the Essenes, a 'sect' configured as marginal and isolated.

The Early Text of the New Testament aims to examine and assess from our earliest extant sources the most primitive state of the New Testament text now known.

This book examines the New Testament teaching that Christ was the one through whom God made the world.

Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation offers a bold new presentation of universal salvation.

The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture.

In ancient Israel the production of food was a basic concern of almost every Israelite.

What sort of Bible did Augustine have?

Natural law theory is controversial today because it presumes that there is a stable 'human nature' that is subject to a 'law.

The posthumous publication of previously unavailable academic lectures by Karl Barth allows unprecedented access to the crucial formative years between the production of his two major masterpieces, the Commentary on Romans and the Church Dogmatics.

A Dictionary of the Bible is the most acclaimed, accessible, and up-to-date dictionary of its kind.

The Koran has constituted a remarkably strong core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century.

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The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.