Judaism

'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.

Nation and Nurture in Seventeenth-Century English Literature connects changing seventeenth-century English views of maternal nurture to the rise of the modern nation, especially between 1603 and 1675.

Trials of the Diaspora presents the long and troubling history of anti-Semitism in England, from the middle ages to the twenty-first century.

Trials of the Diaspora presents the long and troubling history of anti-Semitism in England, from the middle ages to the twenty-first century.

Ethics in Ancient Israel is a study of ethical thinking in ancient Israel from around the eighth to the second century BC.

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.

Gavin D'Costa breaks new ground in this authoritative study of the Second Vatican Council's doctrines on other religions, with particular attention to Judaism and Islam.

Irenaeus' theology of the Holy Spirit is often highly regarded amongst theologians today, but that regard is not universal, nor has an adequate volume of literature supported it.

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.

Samuel Fleischacker defends what the Enlightenment called 'revealed religion': religions that regard a certain text or oral teaching as sacred, as wholly authoritative over one's life.

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What are angels?

'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.

The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture.

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 Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the word of God, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago.

What are angels?

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.

Modern biblical scholarship interprets the Song as a collection of love lyrics.

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.

The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture.

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.

Alexander Samely surveys the corpus of rabbinic literature, which was written in Hebrew and Aramaic about 1500 years ago and which contains the foundations of Judaism, in particular the Talmud.

A detailed examination of Proverbs 1-9, an early Jewish poetic work.

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

The time of the Babylonian capitivity (c.

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?

How do science and religion interact?

In a work that illustrates how Jewish philosophy can make a genuine contribution to general philosophical debate, Daniel Rynhold attempts to formulate a model for the justification of practices by applying the methods of modern analytic philosophy to approaches to the rationalization of the commandments from the history of Jewish philosophy.

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