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The Joseph of Genesis as Hellenistic Scientist

To today's confrontations between religion and science Jovanovic contrasts the vibrant collaborat...

Paradoxes of Paradise

Rabbi Akiba is famously reported to have said, 'Heaven forbid that any one in Israel ever dispute...

Sin, Impurity, Sacrifice, Atonement

The goal of this closely reasoned study is to explain why, in Priestly texts of the Hebrew Bible,...

James Rendel Harris

James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) was one of the most prolific and influential New Testament schola...

The Lost Prophet

Works of the Law at Qumran and in Paul

The phrase 'works of the law' occurs only in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in Paul, but it has a diffe...

With Eyes of Flesh

Carole Fontaine, well known among biblical scholars for her feminist studies in the biblical wisd...

The Book of Job

John Gray, who was Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages in the University of Aberdeen, left ...

Isaiah

Peter Miscall's commentary on Isaiah was among the first volumes in the series Readings published...

Hosea, Second Edition

This reading of Hosea explores the book from a feminist, psychoanalytical and poetic perspective....

1 Samuel

This substantial commentary presents 1 Samuel as a sophisticated work of literature, where the re...

The Way the World Ends? the Apocalypse of John in Culture and Ideology

The richly varied collection of 15 essays in this volume showcase the afterlife of the Book of Re...