Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings

The prophets remain figures of enduring interest and importance in contemporary Judaism, Christianity, and even secular society.

The foundation of the modern State of Israel in 1948 is commemorated by many Palestinians as a day of catastrophe.

"e;The Talmud Unmasked"e; is an 1892 work by Justinas Pranaitus.

The testimony of Jesus' contemporaries, including Herod, Pontius Pilate, and Joseph and Mary, holds a timeless fascination for anyone interested in New Testament literature.

Tales of Elijah the Prophet is a brilliant and multicolored portrait of Elijah and his role in Jewish life and tradition throughout the ages.

The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the Book of Genesis lies in its stories - Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph.

The first book-length study of the biblical villain Haman, examining his depiction across Judaism, Christianity, and IslamHaman, infamous as the antagonist in the book of Esther, appears as a villainous figure in virtually all varieties of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

This comprehensive, introductory textbook is unique in exploring the emergence of the Hebrew Bible in the broader context of world history.

Six Minor Prophets Through the Centuries is the work of highly respected biblical scholars, Richard Coggins and Jin H.

Six Minor Prophets Through the Centuries is the work of highly respected biblical scholars, Richard Coggins and Jin H.

This comprehensive, introductory textbook is unique in exploring the emergence of the Hebrew Bible in the broader context of world history.

An entirely fresh approach to the Our Father, Jesus's own prayer, through the eyes of one of the greatest saints, Thomas Aquinas.

The Temple Scroll and Related Texts, one of the series Companion to the Qumran Scrolls, is a comprehensive roadmap to the Temple Scroll, the longest and one of the most complex of the manuscripts from Qumran.

'I want to connect what concerns people today with what it was about Jesus that fascinated Luke, as a man of his lifetime.

Disempowered King studies the conception of kingship, and its status, powers and authority in Talmudic literature.

THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures.

THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures.

THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures.

One in a series of twenty Old Testament verse-by-verse commentary books edited by Max Anders.

For the word of God is living and active.

The Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries provide compact, critical commentaries on the books of the Old Testament for the use of theological students and pastors.

The Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries provide compact, critical commentaries on the books of the Old Testament for the use of theological students and pastors.

The Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries provide compact, critical commentaries on the books of the Old Testament for the use of theological students and pastors.

Proverbs shape our moral imagination.

Do you know someone who is incensed by compulsory tipping?

We all know what it means these days to be a grumpy old man, because part of that role is to be outspoken.

Scattered throughout the Talmud, the founding document of rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, can be found quite a few references to Jesus--and they're not flattering.

Rife with incest, adultery, rape, and murder, the biblical story of Jacob and his children must have troubled ancient readers.

The life and times of an enduring work of Jewish spiritualityThe Babylonian Talmud, a postbiblical Jewish text that is part scripture and part commentary, is an unlikely bestseller.

This pioneering commentary embraces the full scope and themes raised in John's Gospel, offering an engaging and perceptive reading.

Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud offers a new perspective on perhaps the most important religious text of the Jewish tradition.

Considered one of Jung's most controversial works, Answer to Job also stands as Jung's most extensive commentary on a biblical text.

In Out of Eden, Paul W.

THE ALIENS OF THE REDEMPTION - The Mysterious Role of Extraterrestrials in Salvation History and Ancient Sacred Texts: Look into the face of Nefertiti, as she beckons .

The oracles about the nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel originate in the ancient Laments.

Reading Ecclesiastes explores the literary style and themes of the Book of Ecclesiastes, investigating its overall theological messages and the cultural perspectives which readers bring to bear on their act of reading.

Reading Ecclesiastes explores the literary style and themes of the Book of Ecclesiastes, investigating its overall theological messages and the cultural perspectives which readers bring to bear on their act of reading.

In this book, Graeme Auld brings together his work relating to Samuel and the Former Prophets in an invaluable single volume.

In this book, Graeme Auld brings together his work relating to Samuel and the Former Prophets in an invaluable single volume.

This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch.

This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch.

This collection of articles confirms Norman Whybray's place as one of the foremost contributors to scholarship on wisdom literature in the last three decades of the twentieth century.

How ancient thinkers grappled with competing conceptions of divine lawIn the thousand years before the rise of Islam, two radically diverse conceptions of what it means to say that a law is divine confronted one another with a force that reverberates to the present.

Throughout the Hebrew Bible, strangers are indispensable to the formation of a collective Israelite identity.

Throughout the Hebrew Bible, strangers are indispensable to the formation of a collective Israelite identity.

This title was first published in 2003.