Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts books

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This is a publication of papers presented and discussed at the first international congress on the Hebrew language...  Read More >>

A study of how, by what means, and to what extent, human love, desire and sex, and possibly even sexuality , are...  Read More >>

Ray Beeley's guide to the Prophecy of Amos is an expression both of his personal love for Scripture and of the gifts...  Read More >>

This book examines a central issue in talmudic studies that concerns the genesis of halakhic (legal) divergence...  Read More >>

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The main thrust of this volume is that the sin of Moses recorded in Numbers 20:1-13 is linked to the unlawful and...  Read More >>

In this text Leo Strauss articulates the conflict between reason and revelation as he explores Spinoza's scientific,...  Read More >>

Sirach is a book that raises a very distinctive set of problems. What should we call it (Sirach, Ecclesiasticus,...  Read More >>

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'Akka The Early Years: 1868-77 Volume 3 in the four volume series about the Writings of Baha'u'llah.  Read More >>

This manuscript-based comprehensive study of the Karaite methodology of Arabic Bible translation provides new information...  Read More >>

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Through detailed exegesis of such notions as the sons of Israel, the resident alien, the call to holiness, the camp...  Read More >>

Accessible, engaging and moving easily between theory and the reading of specific texts, this volume is an exciting...  Read More >>

Accessible, engaging and moving easily between theory and the reading of specific texts, this volume is an exciting...  Read More >>

Kraemer builds upon various recent studies to illustrate what it means to read the Talmud as literature.  Read More >>

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Assesses the religious and intellectual significance of the Hebrew Bible both as a document of its time and as an...  Read More >>

This work develops significant insights into the role of biography in the Buddhist traditions.  Read More >>

This study provides an extensive literary analysis of the texts dealing with king Manasseh in 2 Kgs. The implications...  Read More >>

Translated by Allan W. Mahnke A pioneering history of Old Testament law from its scarcely discernable origins in...  Read More >>

The simplicity, beauty, and intricacies found in nature have captured the minds and hearts of the greatest philosophers...  Read More >>

In Midrash and Theory, David Stern presents an approach to midrashic literature through the prism of contemporary...  Read More >>