Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts books

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Day in Mamre, Night in Sodom: Abraham and Lot in Genesis 18 and 19

Day in Mamre, Night in Sodom: Abraham and Lot in Genesis...

Author: Letellier
ISBN: 9789004102507
Format: Hardback
$509.52

This work surveys the field of Pentateuchal studies, and using both diachronic and synchronic approaches, investigates...  Read More >>

The Peshit ta as a Translation: Papers Read at the II Peshit ta Symposium Held at Leiden 19-21 August 1993

The Peshit ta as a Translation: Papers Read at the II...

Author: Dirksen ,  A. van der Kooij
ISBN: 9789004103511
Format: Hardback
$512.16

The eleven papers in this volume deal with various aspects of the Peshit ta: translation technique, language, and...  Read More >>

Jesus in the Qur'an

Jesus in the Qur'an

Author: Geoffrey Parrinder
ISBN: 9781851680948
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Written for both Christians and Muslims, for specialists as well as general readers, this book offers a study of...  Read More >>

Laubhutte Davids und Wolkensohn: Eine auslegungsgeschichtliche Studie zu Amos 9,11 in der judischen und christlichen Exegese

Laubhutte Davids und Wolkensohn: Eine auslegungsgeschichtliche...

Author: Nagele
ISBN: 9789004101630
Format: Hardback
$720.72

Deals with the history of interpretation of Amos 9:11, a passage which is regarded in both Jewish and Christian...  Read More >>

The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary

The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological...

Author: John H. Sailhamer
ISBN: 9780310574217
Format: Paperback
$54.99

This unique commentary on the Pentateuch focuses on the narrative as it stands, rather than on the historical backgrounds....  Read More >>

Introduction to the Qur'an

Introduction to the Qur'an

Author: William Montgomery Watt ,  Richard Bell
ISBN: 9780748605972
Format: Paperback
$72.42

Surveying the life, aims, character and inspiration of Muhammad, this classic introduction explains the history,...  Read More >>

Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages

Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic...

Author: Abraham Cohen
ISBN: 9780805210323
Format: Paperback
$45.00

Summarizes the teachings found in the Talmud on ethics, religion, law, and folklore.  Read More >>

Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah

Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the...

Author: Gershom Scholem
ISBN: 9780805210347
Format: Paperback
$26.99

One of the great masterpieces of Western religious thought-culled by the greatest authority on Jewish mysticism....  Read More >>

An Introduction to the Hadith

An Introduction to the Hadith

Author: John Burton
ISBN: 9780748604357
Format: Paperback
$75.01

This is a clear introduction to the arguments surrounding both the Hadith and the documents themselves. Comparing...  Read More >>

Companion Volume to the Dead Sea Scrolls on Microfiche Edition: Published under the Auspices of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Companion Volume to the Dead Sea Scrolls on Microfiche...

Author: Stephen Pfann ,  Emanuel Tov
ISBN: 9789004102880
Format: Hardback
$438.24

This volume is a remarkably valuable reference tool for research on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Published originally as...  Read More >>

The Twilight Language

The Twilight Language

Author: Roderick Bucknell ,  Martin Stuart-Fox
ISBN: 9780700702343
Format: Paperback
$95.00

"Explores the nature of Buddha's enlightenment and the meaning of Buddhist symbolism, discussing the relationship...  Read More >>

Lotus Of The Wonderful Law

Lotus Of The Wonderful Law

Author: W. E. Soothill
ISBN: 9780700701988
Format: Paperback
$61.00

The Lotus of the Wonderful, or Mystic, Law is one of the most important religious books of the Far East and is also...  Read More >>

Jesus in India: A Reexamination of Jesus' Asian Traditions in the Light of Evidence Supporting Reincarnation

Jesus in India: A Reexamination of Jesus' Asian Traditions...

Author: James W. Deardorff
ISBN: 9781883255367
Format: Paperback
$128.04

"This work examines Gospel evidence that Jesus actually taught reincarnation and karma rather than resurrection....  Read More >>

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets, Volume 1 Joshua

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets,...

Author: Johannes de Moor
ISBN: 9789004102774
Format: Hardback
$681.12

This concordance aligns the Targum and the Masoretic text in a convenient way, disclosing for the first time the...  Read More >>

How Master Mou Removes Our Doubts: A Reader-Response Study and Translation of the Mou-tzu Li-huo lun

How Master Mou Removes Our Doubts: A Reader-Response...

Author: John P. Keenan
ISBN: 9780791422038
Format: Hardback
$261.36

This is the first English translation of the earliest Chinese Buddhist text, but it is more than a translation....  Read More >>

Biblical Prophets in Byzantine Palestine: Reassessing the Lives of the Prophets

Biblical Prophets in Byzantine Palestine: Reassessing...

Author: David Satran
ISBN: 9789004102347
Format: Hardback
$372.24

"The ""Lives of the Prophets"" is a series of biographical sketches of the prophets of the Hebrew Bible. This analysis...  Read More >>

The Temple Scroll and the Bible: The Methodology of 11QT

The Temple Scroll and the Bible: The Methodology of...

Author: Swanson
ISBN: 9789004098497
Format: Hardback
$557.04

This volume seeks to identify the biblical sources of the Temple Scroll, then to define the ways in which those...  Read More >>

How Master Mou Removes Our Doubts: A Reader-Response Study and Translation of the Mou-tzu Li-huo lun

How Master Mou Removes Our Doubts: A Reader-Response...

Author: John P. Keenan
ISBN: 9780791422045
Format: Paperback
$84.35

This is the first English translation of the earliest Chinese Buddhist text, but it is more than a translation....  Read More >>

Josua und Salomo: Eine Studie zu Autoritat und Legitimitat des Nachfolgers im Alten Testament

Josua und Salomo: Eine Studie zu Autoritat und Legitimitat...

Author: Christa Schafer-Lichtenberger
ISBN: 9789004100640
Format: Hardback
$821.04

The literary figure of Joshua is one of the answers provided by deuteronomistic theologians of the exile when they...  Read More >>

The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Volume I. Introduction with Text, Translation and Commentary of KTU 1.1-1.2

The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Volume I. Introduction with...

Author: Mark Smith
ISBN: 9789004099951
Format: Hardback
$770.88

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Essential Papers on the Talmud

Essential Papers on the Talmud

Author: Michael Chernick
ISBN: 9780814715055
Format: Paperback
$75.99

A collection of teachings and traditions that contains within it the intellectual output of hundreds of Jewish sages...  Read More >>

The Midrash: An Introduction

The Midrash: An Introduction

Author: Jacob Neusner
ISBN: 9781568213576
Format: Paperback
$66.95

To learn more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.  Read More >>

The Mishnah: An Introduction

The Mishnah: An Introduction

Author: Jacob Neusner
ISBN: 9781568213583
Format: Paperback
$66.95

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Time to Prepare the Way in the Wilderness: Papers on the Qumran Scrolls by Fellows of the Institute for Advanced Studies of The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1989-1990

Time to Prepare the Way in the Wilderness: Papers on...

Author: Lawrence Schiffman ,  Devorah Dimant
ISBN: 9789004102255
Format: Hardback
$388.08

This volume is a collection of articles by some of the most important scholars in the field of Dead Seas Scrolls...  Read More >>

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