Judaism

The nine essays that make up this volume provide cutting-edge studies of how sacred tradition is given new expression through vision and interpretation.

The nine essays that make up this volume provide cutting-edge studies of how sacred tradition is given new expression through vision and interpretation.

Against the background of a reconstructed inter-state ethical code, the rise of the Hasmoneans,Judea's ruling dynasty, is given a new perspective.

Against the background of a reconstructed inter-state ethical code, the rise of the Hasmoneans,Judea's ruling dynasty, is given a new perspective.

This is the fourth and fi nal volume of Lester L.

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Katie J.

Leonard Cohen's troubled relationship with God is here mapped onto his troubled relationships with sex and politics.

Leonard Cohen's troubled relationship with God is here mapped onto his troubled relationships with sex and politics.

This is the third volume of the projected four-volume history of the Second Temple period, collecting all that is known about the Jews from the period of the Maccabaean revolt to Hasmonean rule and Herod the Great.

Contributors to this volume examine the various collections of canonical sub-units in the canon, considering the state of the question regarding each particular collection.

Contributors to this volume examine the various collections of canonical sub-units in the canon, considering the state of the question regarding each particular collection.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last century.

Food and feasting are key themes in the Hebrew Bible and the culture it represents.

Food and feasting are key themes in the Hebrew Bible and the culture it represents.

The volume discusses nudity and clothing in the Hebrew Bible, covering anthropological, theological, archaeology and religious-historical aspects.

The volume discusses nudity and clothing in the Hebrew Bible, covering anthropological, theological, archaeology and religious-historical aspects.

These critical readings explore the history of ancient Israel, from the Late Bronze Age to the Persian period, as it relates to the Bible.

Analysis of the scroll fragments of the Qumran Aramaic scrolls has been plentiful to date.

William Horbury considers the issue of messianism as it arises in Jewish and Christian tradition.

William Horbury considers the issue of messianism as it arises in Jewish and Christian tradition.

This Festschrift draws on the research interests of Christopher Rowland.

The Second Temple period is an era that marked a virtual explosion in the world of literature, with the creation, redaction, interpretation, and transmission of Jewish texts that represented diverse languages and ideologies.

Larry Hurtado's One God, One Lord has been described as 'one of the most important and provocative Christologies of all time' (Alan F.

Larry Hurtado's One God, One Lord has been described as 'one of the most important and provocative Christologies of all time' (Alan F.

The Pentateuch (or the Torah) consists of the first five books of the Bible and is a foundational scripture for millions of people, both Jews and Christians.

The Pentateuch (or the Torah) consists of the first five books of the Bible and is a foundational scripture for millions of people, both Jews and Christians.

The studies that make up this book explore in what ways Israel's sacred tradition developed into canonical scripture and in what ways this sacred tradition was interpreted in early Judaism and Christianity.

This book continues a series of volumes containing the papers read at an annual conference held in turn by Tel Aviv and Bochum in the course of a co-operation between the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities, Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, the Department of Bible of Tel Aviv University and the Faculty of Protestant Theology in the University of the Ruhr, Bochum, since 1985.

This challenging provocative book argues that there was in ancient Israel a considerable degree of overlap between the worship of the sun and of Yahweh-even that Yahweh was worshipped as the sun in some contexts.

A study of the growth of Joshua and Judges illustrates how the theme of divine anger has been used differently, according to different historical and social settings.

The biblical jubilee represents one of the most radical programmes for land reform from the ancient Near East, yet it was never practised in ancient Israel.

These studies break new ground in the exploration of early Christianity and Judaism towards the end of the Second Temple period.

Emil Sch rer's Geschichte des judischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi, originally published in German between 1874 and 1909 and in English between 1885 and 1891, is a critical presentation of Jewish history, institutions, and literature from 175 B.

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The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last century.

The Companion to the Qumran Scrolls series offers comprehensive and accessible introductions to the corpus of texts from Qumran.

Both scholars and popular writers have long been fascinated with the cult of Molek in the Old Testament.

Sirach is a book that raises a very distinctive set of problems.

This book provides a general introduction to Jewish law (Torah) for students of New Testament studies.

This volume brings together Jewish and Christian scholars with perspectives on Creation in the Bible (Tanakh, Old Testament, New Testament), in ancient Egypt and Israel, and at Qumran, as well as contemporary theological, philosophical and political issues raised by the biblical, Jewish and Christian concepts of creation.

The Damascus document is one of the most important texts from the Qumran caves.

Written by two leading Old Testament scholars with a wide range of expertise, this unique introduction describes the historical, social and cultural setting in which the Old Testament was written and a description of the major genres of literature that it contains.

A twentieth-anniversary reprint of the landmark book that launched the current explosion of social-scientific studies in the biblical field.

This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel and the Old Testament.

Abraham's Children brings together essays by leading scholars of each faith to address key issues for the faiths and to collaboratively identify common ground and pose challenges for the future.

Louis Jacobs has made a formidable contribution to Jewish scholarship over the last 40 years.

The family tomb as a physical claim to the patrimony, the attributed powers of the dead and the prospect of post-mortem veneration made the cult of the dead an integral aspect of the Judahite and Israelite society.

Israel, Servant of God is an English translation of the Second Edition of a book which first appeared in 1983.

In a methodological discussion of this issue, the contributors cover a range of topics, from ancient poltics to modern ideology.