Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts books

«It is better one man dies than the whole nation perishes» (Jn 11: 50). Caiaphas’ sentence goes beyond ethical principles...  Read More >>

The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an is the ideal resource for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Qur'an...  Read More >>

The Dead Sea Scrolls are found in many varied publications -- often ordered only by publication date, rather than...  Read More >>

How to Read is a personal master class that brings you face-to-face with the work of some of the most influential...  Read More >>

This work explores the earliest extant discussions on the authority of the Hadith in Islam and compares them with...  Read More >>

Western interpretations of poverty proverbs in the Old Testament Book of Proverbs have tended to see a status quo...  Read More >>

Contains 16 selections written between 1990 and 2007.  Read More >>

Tracing the Evidence: Dinah in Post-Hebrew Bible Literature examines the post-biblical literary developments of...  Read More >>

The topic of this book is to scholars what Uranus was to Scientists before 1781. The ignorance of astrologers about...  Read More >>

Revelation 19:11-21 is a passage rich in symbol and allusion, much of which proves elusive for interpreters restricting...  Read More >>

The history of scholarship narrates a complicated past for the interpretation of the «Shepherd Discourse» in the...  Read More >>

Presents an analysis of medieval piyyut commentary from Ashkenaz, including a description of the genre, taxonomy...  Read More >>

Looks at various Buddhist sacred writings as literature and includes insights from literary theory.  Read More >>

This book demonstrates a number of approaches made by biblical scholars to find a theology of the Christian Scripture....  Read More >>

Offers answers to questions presented in Jewish literature, covering theological issues bearing on the meaning of...  Read More >>

Offers answers to questions presented in Jewish literature, covering theological issues bearing on the meaning of...  Read More >>

As the first monk in the desert, Antony became an early Christian superstar, eclipsing his many ascetic predecessors....  Read More >>

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A fascinating analysis of the story of Eve, using modern poetry in conversation with biblical texts and rabbinic...  Read More >>

The Narrative Effect of Book IV of the Hebrew Psalter takes seriously the canonical form to the text and suggests...  Read More >>

By tracing the imagined character of Eve from ancient times, this book opens a window on the transmission and persistence...  Read More >>

The temptations of Jesus cast a spell on readers young and old. These temptations are macabre yet triumphant, short...  Read More >>

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Comments on the first two chapters of the Qur'an, Surahs Al-Fatihah and Al-Baqarah.  Read More >>

This book shows the reader how to approach the Quran in order to develop a better understanding of it.  Read More >>