Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings

The prophet Amos is known for fiery messages directed at the elites of the northern kingdom of Israel in ancient times.

In this study of the Aramaic materials at Qumran, Andrew B.

Kingship and Memory in Ancient Judah addresses the question of how a postmonarchic society would remember and imagine its monarchy, and kingship in general, as part of its past, present, and future.

In einer Zeit voller Umbrüche, politischer Instabilität und sozialer Spannungen erhebt der Prophet Habakuk seine Stimme – und ringt in einem aufrüttelnden Dialog mit Gott um Antworten.

First published in 1986, Jewish Jurisprudence is the second volume of an important series analysing and setting forth the substantive principles of Jewish jurisprudence.

Explores the aesthetic dimensions of biblical poetry, offering close readings of poems across the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

Ambra Suriano analyses the narrator's techniques, exploring the influence of the readers' understanding and playing with their interpretative freedom in recounting particular episodes in the Book of Genesis.

This workbook accompanies Gary Edward Schnittjer's Torah Story.

This third volume completes the set of a groundbreaking reception history of the Psalter, the culmination of two decades' work In Volume Threeof Psalms Through the Centuries: A Reception History Commentary on Psalms 73-151, the internationally recognized biblical scholar Professor Susan Gillingham examines the Jewish and Christian cultural and reception history of Books Three to Five of the Psalter.

Rabbi Sacks Book Prize Finalist 2024.

John J.

Reading the Proverbs as “timeless” observations and recommendations regarding human nature, valid for all cultures and places, blunts their cultural relevance, argues John J.

The father-daughter dyad features in the Hebrew Bible in all of narratives, laws, myths and metaphors.

Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra's commentary is one of the great biblical exegeses produced by medieval Jewry.

The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations invites readers to deepen their understanding of the historical, social, cultural, and political themes that impact modern-day perceptions of interfaith dialogue.

**This title was originally published in 2007.

Central to understanding the prophecy and prayer of the Hebrew Bible are the unspoken assumptions that shaped them-their genres.

This book explores the story of the Israelites' worship of the Golden Calf in its Jewish, Christian, and Muslim contexts, from ancient Israel to the emergence of Islam.

Chingboi Guite Phaipi examines how biblical texts reinforced female subjugation in Northeast Indian tribal societies after tribes had accepted Christianity in the early 20th century.

Diese fundierte Bibellese ist für alle, die tiefer graben wollen und eine gründliche Erklärung wünschen.

This is a book about a book: it is an in-depth yet reader friendly analysis of the Book of Judges, one of the most dramatic books of the Bible.

First published in 1986, Jewish Jurisprudence is the second volume of an important series analysing and setting forth the substantive principles of Jewish jurisprudence.

Self-restraint or self-mastery may appear to be the opposite of erotic desire.

In der Erforschung der alttestamentlichen Apokalyptik werden vor allem folgende Fragen diskutiert: Wie kann das Phänomen "Apokalyptik" definiert werden?

Swimming against the Current comprises a collection of essays celebrating the career and achievements of Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, who served as Executive Director of Hillel at UCLA for forty years and continues to be an influential leader in the Los Angeles and wider American Jewish community.

Should Genesis rightly be identified as law--that is, as torah or legal instruction for Israel?

A new explanation of the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology, drawing on non-canonical writings and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.

Moral injury is a profound violation of a human being's core moral identity through experiences of violence or trauma.

Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the "e;autonomous value"e; of martyrdom.

A companion to the newly revised and expanded second edition of Old Testament Survey, this student workbook features all-new exercises for seminary classroom settings, including map work, fill-in-the-blanks, etc.

A systematic study of how royal illnesses in the Hebrew Bible are evaluated and integrated in literary and historiographical contexts.

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This book uses rhetorical analysis to expose the motives behind the writing of this central book of the Torah/Pentateuch.

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