Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings

This book offers a new, theoretically informed framework for the interpretation of ancient visual culture.

This book offers a new, theoretically informed framework for the interpretation of ancient visual culture.

This comparative study examines how scriptures - the Bible and the Qur''an - were interpreted in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam throughout history.

This comparative study examines how scriptures - the Bible and the Qur''an - were interpreted in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam throughout history.

This book explores the political crisis that erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics and a Jewish insider goes rogue.

A broad history of ancient Jewish magic from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period.

This is the first full-length study of Ecclesiastes using methods of philosophical exegesis.

This is the first full-length study of Ecclesiastes using methods of philosophical exegesis.

This richly illustrated and groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical.

A fascinating study of natural and demonic magic within the broad context of medieval culture.

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

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

Thanks to an excessive reliance on long-standing Western interpretations, American Christians rarely preach and teach Daniel.

This thematic introduction to classical Islamic philosophy focuses on the most prevalent philosophical debates of the medieval Islamic world and their importance within the history of philosophy.

This thematic introduction to classical Islamic philosophy focuses on the most prevalent philosophical debates of the medieval Islamic world and their importance within the history of philosophy.

This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law.

This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law.

This book examines a wide range of theologians, philosophers, and exegetes who share a passionate engagement with Maimonides.

This book examines the interpretation of biblical law in the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Judaism.

This book examines a wide range of theologians, philosophers, and exegetes who share a passionate engagement with Maimonides.

This book explores the Jewish community''s response to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

This book examines the interpretation of biblical law in the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Judaism.

This book uses the example of a famous sea-monster from Greek myth to offer a new way of understanding mythical symbols.

This book examines the figure of the returning warrior as depicted in the myths of several ancient and medieval Indo-European cultures.

Explores ''polis religion'' – a leading paradigm in current studies on ancient Greek religion – and shows ways of moving beyond it.

The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, providing an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text.

This book traces the image of the pregnant male in Greek literature as it evolved during the classical period.

The first general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.

The neglected history of how intellectuals since the Renaissance have approached ideas of the occult which challenged biblical religion.

This book provides a systematic analysis of how Alexandrian Jews interpreted the Bible in light of contemporary Homeric scholarship.

This book provides a systematic analysis of how Alexandrian Jews interpreted the Bible in light of contemporary Homeric scholarship.

Sufism is often understood to be the mystical dimension of Islam, and many works have focused on the nature of "e;mystical experiences"e; and the relationship between man and God.

Sufism is often understood to be the mystical dimension of Islam, and many works have focused on the nature of "e;mystical experiences"e; and the relationship between man and God.

Martin Buber was one of the most significant religious thinkers of the twentieth century.

Martin Buber was one of the most significant religious thinkers of the twentieth century.

Purification of the soul is a principle that is central to understanding Islamic spirituality but despite this, relatively little has been written explicitly in the Islamic tradition regarding this discrete method of spiritual purification.

Purification of the soul is a principle that is central to understanding Islamic spirituality but despite this, relatively little has been written explicitly in the Islamic tradition regarding this discrete method of spiritual purification.

Reading Jewish Religious Texts introduces students to a range of significant post-biblical Jewish writing.

Reading Jewish Religious Texts introduces students to a range of significant post-biblical Jewish writing.

Meetings sets forth the life of one of the twentieth-century's greatest spiritual philosophers in his own words.

Meetings sets forth the life of one of the twentieth-century's greatest spiritual philosophers in his own words.

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

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

This is the most vital manuscript of conventional Judaism, and the basic tool for learning the ethics behind its customs and regulations.

Both in everyday language and religious metaphor, the heart often embodies the true self and is considered to be the seat of emotion in many cultures.

Both in everyday language and religious metaphor, the heart often embodies the true self and is considered to be the seat of emotion in many cultures.

The "e;Scholastic Problem"e; was the focus of much debate in Islam for some centuries before it became the chief crux of learned discussion in medieval Christianity.

The "e;Scholastic Problem"e; was the focus of much debate in Islam for some centuries before it became the chief crux of learned discussion in medieval Christianity.

This book presents an intellectual history of today's Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims.

This book presents an intellectual history of today's Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims.