Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings

John J.

The Invention of Monotheist Ethics, Volume II presents a comprehensive analysis of the Biblical Book of Samuel.

Die Bibel ist mehr als ein religiöser Text – sie ist ein Fenster in die Vergangenheit, durch das wir die Geschichte der Menschheit und ihre kulturellen Wurzeln betrachten können.

This book surveys the Jewish Law of testimony as presented in the Talmud and its boundaries on loyalty in non-Jewish courts.

Jeremiah in History and Tradition examines aspects of the Book of Jeremiah from a variety of perspectives including historical, textual, redaction, and feminist criticism, as well as the history of its reception.

This book offers a new way for biblical scholars and archaeologists to envision how the Bible''s story relates to history.

Just as in his previous volume, The Secrets of Hebrew Words, Rabbi Blech brings readers into the fascinating world of gematria (the reckoning of numbers) and acronyms to uncover the vast profundity hidden in everyday Hebrew language.

Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity.

Who was Paul; what did he do, what did he write?

Endlessly cunning, elusive, and playful--the Bible consistently unsettles even as it assures.

When scholars have set Jesus against various conceptions of the messiah and other redemptive figures in early Jewish expectation, those questions have been bound up with the problem of violence, whether the political violence of a militant messiah or the divine violence carried out by a heavenly or angelic figure.

Walter Moberly is a top Old Testament theologian known for his creative, accessible, and provocative writing.

This volume examines biblical wisdom literature both in its historical context and as it relates to a host of contemporary themes, including overcoming social divisions, reading from a place of inclusion, healing from trauma, and challenging religious attitudes toward climate change and animals.

"e;Justice, only justice"e; is Deuteronomy's terse summary of what Yahweh requires of the people of God.

Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives introduces readers to narrative traditions of the Old Testament and to methods of interpreting them.

Southwestern Journal of Theology 2022 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Biblical Studies)This survey textbook is grounded in the view that the prophetic books of the Old Testament should be read as Christian Scripture.

A companion series to the acclaimed Word Biblical CommentaryFinding the great themes of the books of the Bible is essential to the study of God's Word and to the preaching and teaching of its truths.

Die Heilige Schrift Israels - in christlicher Leseweise das Alte Testament - ist der Horizont der neutestamentlichen Christusverkündigung.

A companion series to the acclaimed Word Biblical CommentaryFinding the great themes of the books of the Bible is essential to the study of God's Word and to the preaching and teaching of its truths.

Pleasing God is a practical resource for Christian living that inspires believers to seek the greatest honor of anyone's lifetime--to have the privilege of pleasing God.

Peterson engages one of the most enduring controversies in current critical scholarship on the Hebrew Bible, the identities and provenances of the authors of the various "e;editions"e; of the Deuteronomistic History.

This book offers a novel approach for the study of law in the Judean Desert Scrolls, using the prism of legal theory.

2 Maccabees is a Jewish work composed during the 2nd century BCE and preserved by the Church.

Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.

This innovative book applies findings from the field of cognitive linguistics to the study of emotions in the Hebrew Bible.

In this groundbreaking work, Joseph Fitzpatrick challenges the traditional interpretation of chapter three of Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve in Eden.

The official prayer book for Orthodox Jews in the UK, with supporting commentary by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

Narrative critics of the Hebrew Bible often describe the biblical narrators as “laconic,” “terse,” or “economical.

Beneath the commonplace affirmation that Jesus “paid for our sins” lie depths of implication: did God demand a blood sacrifice to assuage divine anger?

Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.

For the first time, the present commentary brings together all relevant aspects necessary to understand and appreciate this late portion of Old Testament Scripture: textual criticism; detailed philological and literary analysis; the text's two-fold historical context in its Hellenistic environment, on the one hand, and in the biblical tradition on the other; and ultimately the very innovative theology of the book of Wisdom.

A fascinating-and stimulating-look at "e;the other Talmud"e; and the possibilities for Jewish life reflected there.

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The notion of a distinct “wisdom tradition” in ancient Israel has a long history—but does it have a basis in the evidence?

This collection of essays and thoughts covers such areas as basic Christian thought, which includes traditional family morality and a great concern for alleviating poverty and promoting social justice, political thought comparing the need for a system which includes both socialist and capitalist elements, and the need for values in our society, which has come to emphasize money, power, and greed as philosophical goals and values, though they are not.

Sometimes it is easy to view the Old Testament as difficult to apply to our day-to-day lives.

An essential biography of one of the Bible's most influential booksDuring its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to almost every important claim about reality, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity.

Judaic Spiritual Psychotherapy is in the contemporary mode of utilizing the profound insights present in spiritual literature for psychotherapeutic use.