Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts books

1323 books were found.

Valmiki's Ramayana

Valmiki's Ramayana

Author: Arshia Sattar
ISBN: 9781538113677
Format: Hardback
$263.00

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Animals and Animality in the Babylonian Talmud

Animals and Animality in the Babylonian Talmud

Author: Beth A. Berkowitz
ISBN: 9781108423663
Format: Hardback
$232.88

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Evolution of the Early Qur’ān: From Anonymous Apocalypse to Charismatic Prophet

Evolution of the Early Qur’ān: From Anonymous Apocalypse...

Author: Carlos A. Segovia ,  Anders K. Petersen
ISBN: 9781433146909
Format: Hardback
$385.44

This book fills a gap left by much critical scholarship on the Qur’ān, arguing that the earliest surahs are logical,...  Read More >>

We Find Ourselves Put to the Test: A Reading of the Book of Job

We Find Ourselves Put to the Test: A Reading of the...

Author: James Crooks ,  James Crooks
ISBN: 9780773553156
Format: Hardback
$72.42

A philosophical exploration of the question of whether the world we inhabit offers us hospitality or indifference....  Read More >>

Jewish Feminism: Framed and Reframed

Jewish Feminism: Framed and Reframed

Author: Esther Fuchs
ISBN: 9781498566490
Format: Hardback
$240.00

This book argues that Jewish feminist theory is currently limited by several frames of reference that are usually...  Read More >>

Path of the Prophets: The Ethics-Driven Life

Path of the Prophets: The Ethics-Driven Life

Author: Barry L. Schwartz
ISBN: 9780827613096
Format: Paperback
$39.25

Illuminating the ethical legacy of the biblical prophets, Path of the Prophets identifies the prophetic moment in...  Read More >>

Arab Christians and the Qurʾan from the Origins of Islam to the Medieval Period

Arab Christians and the Qurʾan from the Origins of Islam...

Author: Mark Beaumont
ISBN: 9789004360693
Format: Hardback
$345.84

Arab Christians and the Qurʾan from the Origins of Islam to the Medieval Period is a collection of essays edited...  Read More >>

Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information

Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of...

Author: John D. Caputo
ISBN: 9780241257852
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Renowned thinker John D. Caputo has spent his career recasting theology and philosophy for a new world. In Facts...  Read More >>

Rabbinic Tales of Destruction: Gender, Sex, and Disability in the Ruins of Jerusalem

Rabbinic Tales of Destruction: Gender, Sex, and Disability...

Author: Julia Watts Belser (Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Georgetown University)
ISBN: 9780190600471
Format: Hardback
$244.00

Analyzing early Jewish accounts of the destruction of the Second Temple, Julia Watts Belser illuminates the brutal...  Read More >>

Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World

Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern...

Author: Jonathan A.C. Brown
ISBN: 9781786073075
Format: Paperback
$49.99

An updated edition of the leading introduction to hadith  Read More >>

Etudes Syriaques 14: Le Nouveau Testament En Syriaque

Etudes Syriaques 14: Le Nouveau Testament En Syriaque...

Author: Jean-Claude Haelewyck
ISBN: 9782705339838
Format: Paperback
$166.32

Le Nouveau Testament a ete traduit du grec en syriaque des le IIe siecle puis a de multiples reprises. La tradition...  Read More >>

La Figure de l'Homme de Dieu Dans La Bible Hebraique

La Figure de l'Homme de Dieu Dans La Bible Hebraique...

Author: Raymond Sobakin
ISBN: 9782705339708
Format: Paperback
$108.24

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Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insight

Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insight...

Author: Frits Staal
ISBN: 9780143099864
Format: Paperback
$42.24

A guide to the Vedas, examining various aspects of these ancient sources of Indic civilisation.  Read More >>

Scripturalectics: The Management of Meaning

Scripturalectics: The Management of Meaning

Author: Vincent L. Wimbush (Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures, Claremont Graduate University)
ISBN: 9780190664701
Format: Hardback
$155.95

In this book ,Vincent Wimbush seeks to problematize what we call scriptures, a word first used to refer simply...  Read More >>

The Quran, Epic and Apocalypse

The Quran, Epic and Apocalypse

Author: Todd Lawson
ISBN: 9781786072276
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A fascinating exploration, through the literary genres of epic and apocalypse, of the most widely read and recited...  Read More >>

Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby

Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby

Author: Candida R. Moss ,  Joel S. Baden
ISBN: 9780691177359
Format: Hardback
$54.99

"How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a ""Bible...  Read More >>

Sacred Texts Interpreted [2 volumes]: Religious Documents Explained

Sacred Texts Interpreted [2 volumes]: Religious Documents...

Author: Carl Olson
ISBN: 9781440841873
Format: Hardback
$604.56

Covering the major monotheistic religions—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—as well as selected Eastern religions...  Read More >>

Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies

Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies

Author: Ken Stone
ISBN: 9781503603752
Format: Paperback
$47.95

This book explores the significance of contemporary ""animal studies"" for the interpretation of animals and animal...  Read More >>

Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies

Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies

Author: Ken Stone
ISBN: 9780804799751
Format: Hardback
$170.95

This book explores the significance of contemporary ""animal studies"" for the interpretation of animals and animal...  Read More >>

Sufi Hermeneutics: The Qur'an Commentary of Rashīd Al-Dīn Maybudī

Sufi Hermeneutics: The Qur'an Commentary of Rashīd Al-Dīn...

Author: Annabel Keeler (Affiliated Researcher, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Affiliated Researcher, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780198814702
Format: Paperback
$59.49

The author explores the interplay between scriptural exegesis and mystical doctrine in a twelfth-century Sufi commentary...  Read More >>

Medieval Anchorites in their Communities

Medieval Anchorites in their Communities

Author: Cate Gunn ,  Liz Herbert McAvoy
ISBN: 9781843844624
Format: Hardback
$207.00

Essays challenging the orthodox opinion of anchorites as entirely divorced from the world around them.  Read More >>

Mohammed's Koran: Why Muslims Kill For Islam

Mohammed's Koran: Why Muslims Kill For Islam

Author: Peter McLoughlin ,  Tommy Robinson
ISBN: 9780995584907
Format: Paperback
$52.01

The Koran presented in chronological order, showing that in the latter part of his life Mohammed was commanding...  Read More >>

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