Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings

'Dreams are products of the mind, and do not come from any external source'Artemidorus' The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica) is the richest and most vivid pre-Freudian account of dream interpretation, and the only dream-book to have survived complete from Graeco-Roman times.

Setting out from the observation made in the social sciences that maternal grief can at times be a motor of societal change, Ekaterina E.

Setting out from the observation made in the social sciences that maternal grief can at times be a motor of societal change, Ekaterina E.

This study analyses the commentaries of four Muslim intellectuals who have turned to scripture as a liberating text to confront an array of problems, from patriarchy, racism, and empire to poverty and interreligious communal violence.

This study analyses the commentaries of four Muslim intellectuals who have turned to scripture as a liberating text to confront an array of problems, from patriarchy, racism, and empire to poverty and interreligious communal violence.

This book is about the emergence of a new activist Sufism in the Muslim world from the sixteenth century onwards, which emphasized personal responsibility for putting Godas guidance into practice.

This book is about the emergence of a new activist Sufism in the Muslim world from the sixteenth century onwards, which emphasized personal responsibility for putting Godas guidance into practice.

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

'All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well'Julian of Norwich is one of the most celebrated figures of the English Middle Ages.

'All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well'Julian of Norwich is one of the most celebrated figures of the English Middle Ages.

The Psalms have resulted in controversies between Jews and Christians over the centuries and it is only from the mid twentieth century onwards that the two traditions have worked side by side in the academy at least.

The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures.

The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures.

The call to repentance is central to the message of early Christianity.

'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it's your last breath.

'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it's your last breath.

Social memory studies offer an under-utilised lens through which to approach the texts of the Hebrew Bible.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

Muhyi l-Din Ibn `Arabi (1165-1240) was a hugely influential figure in the development of Sufism, yet although interest in his work continues to grow, his poetry has received very little attention.

Samuel stands out in many important biblical texts as the figure who facilitated ancient Israel's transition from a tribal league to a monarchic state.

Comedy is both relative, linked to a time and culture, and universal, found pervasively across time and culture.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not.

Although disability imagery is ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, characters with disabilities are not.

Before etching Jerusalem William Blake wrote about creating 'the grandest poem that this world contains.

Judaic Sources and Western Thought: Jerusalem's Enduring Presence explores the significance and enduring relevance of Judaic roots and sources of important European and Western moral and political ideas and ideals.

'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.

Among the most challenging biblical figures to understand is Jeroboam son of Nebat, the first monarch of northern Israel whose story is told in 1 Kings 11-14.

This book aims to bring a new way of understanding Ezra 9-10, which has become known as an intermarriage 'crisis', to the table.

Ever since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in caves near the site of Qumran in 1947, this mysterious cache of manuscripts has been associated with the Essenes, a 'sect' configured as marginal and isolated.

In ancient Israel the production of food was a basic concern of almost every Israelite.

Scholars of the patristic era have paid more attention to the dogmatic tradition in their period than to the development of Christian mystical theology.

'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men, So why insist they mend their rags again?

'The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible.

In the decades leading up to the Second Vatican Council, the movement of nouvelle theologie caused great controversy in the Catholic Church and remains a subject of vigorous scholarly debate today.

This volume (in French) contains the editio princeps of the second part (4Q550-583) of the Aramaic texts from Cave 4 at Qumran which were originally assigned to Pere Jean Starcky (4Q521-578).

St Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) is regarded as one of the most significant figures in Byzantine mysticism.

In ancient Israel the production of food was a basic concern of almost every Israelite.

'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.

Scriptural Exegesis gathers voices from an international community of scholars to consider the many facets of the history of biblical interpretation and to question how exegesis shapes spiritual and cultural creativity.

Scholars of the patristic era have paid more attention to the dogmatic tradition in their period than to the development of Christian mystical theology.

Some experiences of the natural world bring a sense of unity, knowledge, self-transcendence, eternity, light, and love.

Are mysticism and morality compatible or at odds with one another?

David Brown argues for the importance of experience of God as mediated through place in all its variety.

Scholars of Gregory of Nyssa have long acknowledged the centrality of faith in his theory of divine union.

'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men, So why insist they mend their rags again?

'The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.

For two-and-a-half millennia these two psalms have been commented on, translated, painted, set to music, employed in worship, and adapted in literature, often being used disputatiously by Jews and Christians alike.