In dieser kritischen Geschichte wissenschaftlicher Bibelauslegung von der Aufklärung bis zur Gegenwart wird dargelegt: Von Anfang an war man davon überzeugt, dass die Vernunft die Existenz des lebendigen Gottes, der wunderbar an den Menschen handelt, ausschließe.
Ps 45 entfaltet Grundlagen der judäischen Herrschaftstheologie und spiegelt in besonderer Weise die Verhältnisse am Königshof mit den dort üblichen Kommunikationsstrukturen und Zeremonien.
Magic in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean: Cognitive, Historical, and Material Perspectives brings together articles with the shared conviction that the category of magic remains useful in religious studies and provides new insights to biblical and related texts and artifacts.
Der Sammelband enthält knapp dreißig substantielle Artikel namhafter zumeist alttestamentlicher Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler beider Konfessionen und unterschiedlicher Generationen zu den für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft grundlegenden Themen Theologie, Philologie, Recht und Geschichte des antiken Israel.
Recognizing the absence of a God named Yahweh outside of ancient Israel, this study addresses the related questions of Yahweh's origins and the biblical claim that there were Yahweh-worshipers other than the Israelite people.
Die ethische Relevanz biblischer Texte liegt in ihrer Literarizität begründet, die fremde Textwelten entstehen lässt und dem Lesenden Möglichkeitsräume des Denkens und Handelns eröffnet.
In Rudolf Steiners Buch 'Die Pforte der Einweihung & Die Prüfung der Seele: Zwei Mysteriendramen' werden zwei faszinierende Mysteriendramen präsentiert, die den Leser in eine Welt geheimnisvoller spiritueller Erlebnisse entführen.
Der Apostel Paulus war der Missionar, der die im Urchristentum neuentstandenen Traditionen am stärksten für die jeweilige Situation adaptiert und variiert hat.
Based on modern methods on social memory taken from cultural studies the author of this volume presents a model for reading Biblical texts as collective memories, the example here being the Gospel of Mark.
Children's bibles are one of the main media in the past and present Protestant religious education, but only recently, in the last three decades, scholarship focused on this topic.
Jonah is one of the better known prophets of the Old Testament, but he is not generally well known for his prayers; he is well known, however, for his disobedience to the calling of God and the resulting three days and nights in the belly of a great fish.
Isis Unveiled is a two-volume classic of esoteric philosophy which discusses occult science and the hidden and unknown forces of nature as well as the similarity of Christian scripture to Eastern religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, the Vedas, and Zoroastrianism.
An inside account of the Chinese invasion of Tibet told through the voices of three persecuted monks*; 2024 International Book Award Nonfiction - Creative Category*; Shares the true story of three monks' heroic escape from occupied Tibet and the subsequent rebirth of the Bn religion in exile*; Introduces Bn, Tibet's oldest religion, and a traditional way of life extinguished by foreign occupation*; Reveals details of the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet and the exodus of thousands of Tibetans to neighboring countriesProviding an inside view into the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the tenets of Bn, one of the world's oldest but least known religions, this book chronicles the true story of three Bn monks who heroically escaped occupied Tibet and went on to rebuild their culture through incredible resilience, determination, and passion.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;SELF MASTERY THROUGH CONSCIOUS AUTOSUGGESTION (Unabridged)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
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.
Autorschaft und Autorität sind nicht nur etymologisch verwandt; ihr Wechselverhältnis spielt auch und gerade in der Auseinandersetzung mit religiösen und kanonischen Texten eine zentrale Rolle.
This book offers a historical-materialist reading of the opening chapters of the book of Genesis in an attempt to revive their potential to engage people in truthful discussions about power and pleasure.
A 52-week devotional based on Holy Scripture, including:AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUSADDICTIONS AND THE STRUGGLE WITHINTHAT I MAY KNOW HIMLOVING THE WOUNDED AMONG USCHRIST, THE HOPE OF GLORYYou will be inspired, encouraged, and challenged!
Based on the Old Testament wisdom and its many human experiences, Self-Examination and the Old Testament recreates the mindset of the main personalities dealing with self-examination.
