Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts books

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Reading the Qur'an: The Contemporary Relevance of the Sacred Text of Islam

Reading the Qur'an: The Contemporary Relevance of the...
Author: Ziauddin Sardar ISBN: 9780199836741 Format: Hardback	$79.07
"""First published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2010""--T.p. verso." Read More >>

God's Equal: What Can We Know About Jesus' Self-Understanding?

God's Equal: What Can We Know About Jesus' Self-Understanding?...
Author: Dr Sigurd Grindheim , Mark Goodacre ISBN: 9780567431110 Format: Hardback	$320.00
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Earthly Visions: Theology and the Challenges of Art

Earthly Visions: Theology and the Challenges of Art...
Author: Timothy J. Gorringe ISBN: 9780300162806 Format: Hardback	$118.80
Argues that great art can function as a 'secular parable' - that is, like the parables of Jesus, art can lead viewers... Read More >>

The Commentators' Bible: Numbers: The Rubin JPS Miqra'ot Gedolot

The Commentators' Bible: Numbers: The Rubin JPS Miqra'ot...
Author: Michael Carasik ISBN: 9780827609211 Format: Hardback	$158.50
First published 500 years ago as the """"Rabbinic Bible"""", the biblical commentaries known as Miqra'ot Gedolot... Read More >>

The Wisdom Teachings of Harish Johari on the Mahabharata

The Wisdom Teachings of Harish Johari on the Mahabharata...
Author: Wil Geraets , Wil Geraets ISBN: 9781594773792 Format: Paperback	$26.99
"Setting the scene -- The story of ""Great India"" -- The Bhagavad Gita -- War and its aftermath." Read More >>

Reading the Qu'ran

Reading the Qu'ran
Author: Ziauddin Sardar ISBN: 9781849041072 Format: Hardback	$89.76
Ziauddin Sardar is a world-famous expert on Islam with a track record of accessible books on the subject. His latest... Read More >>

Holiness & Perfection: A Canonical Unfolding of Leviticus 19

Holiness & Perfection: A Canonical Unfolding of Leviticus...
Author: Michael Fieger , Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes ISBN: 9783034305808 Format: Paperback	$95.09
What is the most important lesson in the word of God? This book analyzes how Lev 19 is unfolded from OT times to... Read More >>

Paul as Missionary: Identity, Activity, Theology, and Practice

Paul as Missionary: Identity, Activity, Theology, and...
Author: Dr Trevor J. Burke (Cambridge Theological Federation, UK) , Dr Brian S. Rosner (Ridley College, Australia) ISBN: 9780567604750 Format: Hardback	$320.00
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Qur'anic Hermeneutics: Al-Tabrisi and the Craft of Commentary

Qur'anic Hermeneutics: Al-Tabrisi and the Craft of Commentary...
Author: Bruce Fudge ISBN: 9780415782005 Format: Hardback	$305.00
This is a study of one of the most important works of medieval commentary on the Qur’an which is still in use today,... Read More >>

Benedict XVI and the Sacred Liturgy

Benedict XVI and the Sacred Liturgy
Author: Neil J. Roy , Janet E. Rutherford ISBN: 9781846823107 Format: Paperback	$38.68
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Al-Ghazali and the Qur'an: One Book, Many Meanings

Al-Ghazali and the Qur'an: One Book, Many Meanings
Author: Martin Whittingham (Edinburgh University, UK) ISBN: 9780415663946 Format: Paperback	$114.00
This is one of the first texts to examine the influential writer al-Ghazali’s (1058-1111) interpretations of the... Read More >>

Debating the Dasam Granth

Debating the Dasam Granth
Author: Robin Rinehart (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Lafayette College [Note: as of Aug. 30, 2010, title will be Professor of Religious Studies], Lafayette College) ISBN: 9780199755066 Format: Hardback	$147.95
The Dasam Granth is a 1,428-page anthology of diverse compositions attributed to the tenth Guru of Sikhism, Guru... Read More >>

Contours in the Text: Textual Variation in the Writings of Paul, Josephus and the Yahad

Contours in the Text: Textual Variation in the Writings...
Author: Jonathan D.H. Norton (The University of London, UK) ISBN: 9780567229397 Format: Hardback	$300.00
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Retelling the Bible: Literary, Historical, and Social Contexts

Retelling the Bible: Literary, Historical, and Social...
Author: Lucie Dolezalová , Tamás Visi ISBN: 9783631612729 Format: Hardback	$168.19
Presents a collection of case studies of biblical retellings in various contexts. In this book, every section starts... Read More >>

Israel in Transition 2: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIA (c. 1250-850 BCE): The Texts

Israel in Transition 2: From Late Bronze II to Iron...
Author: Dr. Lester L. Grabbe (University of Hull, UK) ISBN: 9780567649485 Format: Hardback	$300.00
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The Buddha and his Dhamma: A Critical Edition

The Buddha and his Dhamma: A Critical Edition
Author: Aakash Singh Rathore (Dr, Dr, Luiss University of Rome) , Ajay Verma (Dr, Dr, Department of Philosophy University of Delhi) ISBN: 9780198068679 Format: Hardback	$224.40
The Buddha and his Dhamma presents B.R. Ambedkar's review and analysis of the vast Buddhist canon and literature.... Read More >>

Qur'an Translation: Discourse, Texture and Exegesis

Qur'an Translation: Discourse, Texture and Exegesis...
Author: Hussein Abdul-Raof ISBN: 9780415616379 Format: Paperback	$114.00
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The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. Grabbe

The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester...
Author: Professor Philip R. Davies (University of Sheffield, UK) , Diana Vikander Edelman (University of Oslo, Norway) ISBN: 9780567202680 Format: Hardback	$320.00
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The Bible and its Interpretation

The Bible and its Interpretation
Author: George Brooke ISBN: 9780415139953 Format: Hardback	$264.00
Explores how the texts of the scrolls themselves contribute to our understanding of the Bible. An accessible and... Read More >>

Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters Who Challenged the Status Quo

Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters Who...
Author: Nancy Calvert-Koyzis , Heather Weir ISBN: 9780567595034 Format: Hardback	$300.00
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Rashi - Linguist despite Himself: A Study of the Linguistic Dimension of Rabbi Solomon Yishaqi's Commentary on Deuteronomy

Rashi - Linguist despite Himself: A Study of the Linguistic...
Author: Dr. Jonathan Kearney (Dublin City University, Ireland) ISBN: 9780567438560 Format: Hardback	$300.00
The commentary on the Torah of the eleventh-century French rabbi, ""Solomon Yishaqi of Troyes"" (better known as... Read More >>

Understanding the Qur'an: Themes and Style

Understanding the Qur'an: Themes and Style
Author: Muhammad Abdel Haleem , Muhammad Abdel Haleem ISBN: 9781845117894 Format: Paperback	$52.99
Examines the background to the development of the surahs (chapters) and the ayahs (verses) and the construction... Read More >>

An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries: Volume 1: On the Nature of the Divine

An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries: Volume 1: On...
Author: Feras Hamza (, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, American University in Dubai) , Sajjad Rizvi (, Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Director of MA in Islamic Studies and Centre of Islamic Philosophy, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) ISBN: 9780199600595 Format: Paperback	$77.63
This anthology of Qur'anic commentaries focuses on interpretations given to six key verses of the Qur'an by scholars... Read More >>

The Fate of King David: The Past and Present of a Biblical Icon

The Fate of King David: The Past and Present of a Biblical...
Author: Dr. Tod Linafelt , Professor Timothy Beal ISBN: 9780567515469 Format: Hardback	$370.00
Celebrating the five hundredth volume, this Festschrift honors David M Gunn, one of the founders of the ""Journal... Read More >>

Rhetorics in the New Millennium: Promise and Fulfillment

Rhetorics in the New Millennium: Promise and Fulfillment...
Author: James D. Hester , J. David Hester ISBN: 9780567349910 Format: Paperback	$200.00
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