Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts books

1323 books were found.

Web of Life: Folklore and Midrash in Rabbinic Literature

Web of Life: Folklore and Midrash in Rabbinic Literature...

Author: Galit Hasan-Rokem ,  Batya Stein
ISBN: 9780804732277
Format: Paperback
$45.95

This work weaves its interpretation of Jewish culture in the Palestine of late antiquity on the warp of a singular...  Read More >>

Web of Life: Folklore and Midrash in Rabbinic Literature

Web of Life: Folklore and Midrash in Rabbinic Literature...

Author: Galit Hasan-Rokem ,  Batya Stein
ISBN: 9780804732260
Format: Hardback
$104.95

This work weaves its interpretation of Jewish culture in the Palestine of late antiquity on the warp of a singular...  Read More >>

Diggers at the Well: Proceedings of a Third International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira

Diggers at the Well: Proceedings of a Third International...

Author: Muraoka ,  Elwolde
ISBN: 9789004120020
Format: Hardback
$528.00

This volume presents results of investigations in the field of Quarum Hebrew and Aramaic, presented at a four day...  Read More >>

Essential Papers on Israel and the Ancient Near East

Essential Papers on Israel and the Ancient Near East...

Author: Frederick E. Greenspahn
ISBN: 9780814730386
Format: Paperback
$75.99

Archaeological discovery of documents from the Near East has fuelled the debate as to the Hebrew Bible's relationship...  Read More >>

Damascus Texts

Damascus Texts

Author: Charlotte Hempel (University of Birmingham, UK)
ISBN: 9781841270555
Format: Paperback
$110.00

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Islam and the Living Law

Islam and the Living Law

Author: Eric Winkel
ISBN: 9780195776904
Format: Hardback
$42.95

Ibn Al Arabi, the mystic scholar of the 13th century, highlights the ambiguities of language and the polysemantic,...  Read More >>

Scripture in the World Religions: A Short Introduction

Scripture in the World Religions: A Short Introduction...

Author: Harold G. Coward
ISBN: 9781851682447
Format: Paperback
$31.00

A concise introduction to scripture in the world religions that offers an evaluation of the sacred word and covers...  Read More >>

The Development of Exegesis in Early Islam: The Authenticity of Muslim Literature from the Formative Period

The Development of Exegesis in Early Islam: The Authenticity...

Author: Herbert Berg
ISBN: 9780700712243
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This text summarises and critiques the major positions on the issue of the authenticity of traditions (hadiths)...  Read More >>

Genesis: Procreation and the Politics of Identity

Genesis: Procreation and the Politics of Identity

Author: Mark G. Brett
ISBN: 9780415141499
Format: Hardback
$182.00

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Tractates Peah and Demay

Tractates Peah and Demay

Author: Heinrich W. Guggenheimer
ISBN: 9783110166910
Format: Hardback
$847.44

This text is the original text of the ""Jersualam Talmud"", established here on the basis of the editio princeps...  Read More >>

Colossians and Philemon

Colossians and Philemon

Author: Martha Reapsome
ISBN: 9780830830145
Format: Paperback
$34.29

We all long for more—more wisdom, more maturity, more power, more faith. To satisfy our longings we attend seminars,...  Read More >>

The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 2: Between Israel and God. Part B. Transcendent Transactions: Where Heaven and Earth Intersect

The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 2: Between Israel and God....

Author: Jacob Neusner
ISBN: 9789004116122
Format: Hardback
$501.60

In the normative law, the Halakhah embodies the theology of Judaism in the norms of concrete conduct. This encyclopaedia...  Read More >>

The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 3: Within Israel's Social Order

The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 3: Within Israel's Social...

Author: Jacob Neusner
ISBN: 9789004116139
Format: Hardback
$501.60

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The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 4: Inside the Walls of the Israelite Household. Part A. At the Meeting of Time and Space

The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 4: Inside the Walls of the...

Author: Jacob Neusner
ISBN: 9789004116146
Format: Hardback
$501.60

In the normative law, the Halakhah embodies the theology of Judaism in the norms of concrete conduct. This encyclopaedia...  Read More >>

The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 5: Inside the Walls of the Israelite Household. Part B. The Desacralization of the Household

The Halakhah, Volume 1 Part 5: Inside the Walls of the...

Author: Jacob Neusner
ISBN: 9789004116160
Format: Hardback
$501.60

In the normative law, the Halakhah embodies the theology of Judaism in the norms of concrete conduct. This encyclopaedia...  Read More >>

Joseph and Aseneth

Joseph and Aseneth

Author: Edith M. Humphrey (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA)
ISBN: 9781841270838
Format: Paperback
$41.95

This volume is a comprehensive but accessible guide to the major questions raised by the Hellenistic Jewish work,...  Read More >>

Death and Closure in Biblical Narrative

Death and Closure in Biblical Narrative

Author: Walter B. Crouch
ISBN: 9780820439501
Format: Hardback
$271.00

"To examine the view of death and the closing strategies employed within a narrative, this study proposes a literary...  Read More >>

Temple Scroll and Related Texts

Temple Scroll and Related Texts

Author: Sidnie White Crawford
ISBN: 9781841270562
Format: Paperback
$41.95

A roadmap to the Temple Scroll, one of the manuscripts from Qumran.  Read More >>

Reader's Guide to Judaism

Reader's Guide to Judaism

Author: Michael Terry
ISBN: 9781579581398
Format: Hardback
$360.00

The essays in this book analyse the scholarly literature on Judaism and provide informed recommendations for further...  Read More >>

On the Bible: Eighteen Studies

On the Bible: Eighteen Studies

Author: Martin Buber ,  Nahum N. Glatzer
ISBN: 9780815628408
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Acquaints the reader with Martin Buber's works on Scripture and with his endeavor to elucidate the meanings of biblical...  Read More >>

The Shape of Qumran Theology

The Shape of Qumran Theology

Author: Alex Deasley
ISBN: 9780853647867
Format: Hardback
$73.89

Using the evidence of the sea scrolls, the site where they were found, and other historical sources, as well as...  Read More >>

Hidden Polemics in Biblical Narrative

Hidden Polemics in Biblical Narrative

Author: Amit ,  Jonathan Chipman
ISBN: 9789004101531
Format: Hardback
$509.52

In a fascinating expose of the sub-text of the Bible, this book shows that covert polemics is a significant feature...  Read More >>

Poetry in the Hebrew Bible: Selected Studies from Vetus Testamentum

Poetry in the Hebrew Bible: Selected Studies from Vetus...

Author: David Orton
ISBN: 9789004111615
Format: Paperback
$161.04

This collection presents research by many of the world's leading Hebrew Bible scholars who have published their...  Read More >>

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