Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

The extent of the so-called History of David's Rise has been indecisive, and as a result, various issues around the document have been left extremely flexible.

Writing, reading, and interpretation are acts of human minds, requiring complex cognition at every point.

This study proposes that both constitutively and rhetorically (through ironic, inferential, and indirect application), Ps 106(105) serves as the substructure for Paul's argumentation in Rom 1:18-2:11.

Although Roman centurions appear at crucial stages in the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the significance of the centurion's office for the development of Luke's story has not been adequately researched.

Long neglected by scholars, the Dead Sea scrolls rewriting Samuel-Kings shed precious light on the ancient Jewish interpretation of these books.

This textual study of the Gospel of John in seventeen Greek manuscripts offers a fresh investigation into the textual group known as Family 1.

Even a brief comparison with its canonical counterparts demonstrates that the Gospel of Luke is preoccupied with the power of spoken words; still, words alone do not make a language.

Gender in the Book of Ben Sira is a semantic analysis and, also, an investigation of hermeneutical pathways for performing such an analysis.

The Book of Judith has aroused a great deal of scholarly interest in the last few decades.

This volume addresses two pivotal questions surrounding the composition of 1Maccabees.

Lexicography, together with grammatical studies and textual criticism, forms the basis of biblical exegesis.

This volume discusses various conceptions of family and kinship in the context of deuterocanonical literature.

The phrase "e;Daughter of Zion"e; is in recent Bible translations often rendered "e;Daughter Zion"e;.

This monograph examines the place of chapters 3 and 4 in the larger argument of Hebrews, particularly the relationship of the people of God in Heb 3:7-4:13 to the surrounding discussion of the high priest.

Why are so many speakers interrupted in Luke and in Acts?

Since David Hume, the interpretation of miracle stories has been dominated in the West by the binary distinction of fact vs.

As the first comparative study of Colossians and 1 Peter, the book fills a lacuna by exploring each author's understanding of the new existence and the means to righteous living.

Professor Maurice Gilbert SJ is widely acknowledged as one of the leading authorities on biblical wisdom literature, in particular the Book of Ben Sira and the Wisdom of Solomon, on which he has produced many publications.

The monograph is devoted to a crucial point of Christian theology: its development from the short formulae of the 'gospel' (euangelion) - as the first reflected expressions of Christian faith - to the theology of literary Gospels as texts that evoked the idea of Christian canon as a counterpart of the "e;Law and Prophets"e;.

Drawing inspiration from the widely recognized parody of Ps 8:5 in Job 7:17-18, this study inquires whether other allusions to the Psalms might likewise contribute to the dialogue between Job, his friends, and God.

The 'Euthalian apparatus' is a corpus of auxiliary texts that summarize Acts and the New Testament Letters.

Sworn Enemies explains how the book of Ezekiel uses formulaic language from the exodus origin tradition - especially YHWH's oath - to craft an identity for the Judahite exiles.

The formation of the Book of the Twelve is one of the most vigorously debated subjects in Old Testament studies today.

The Jehuite Dynasty ruled more than ninety years (841-747 BCE) in the Kingdom of Israel, the longest dynasty in the history of the Northern Kingdom.

Can Pauline soteriology be categorized as a form of deification?

This monograph explores the history of the Coptic tradition of John's gospel, considering when these ancient Egyptian witnesses are profitable for determining the earliest readings of their Greek source text.

The present volume contains papers delivered at the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, held at the Sapientia College of Theology, Budapest, Hungary, 14-16 May, 2009.

It has often been observed that Jesus' filial obedience is an important Matthean theme.