Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts books

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The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation

The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological...
Author: Rolf Rendtorff ISBN: 9780567086051 Format: Hardback	$260.00
God's covenant with Israel is one of the most important themes of Old Testament scholarship: 'I will be your God,... Read More >>

Representation in Old Testament Narrative Texts

Representation in Old Testament Narrative Texts
Author: Jacobus Marais ISBN: 9789004112346 Format: Leather / fine binding	$422.40
This work focuses on the literary conventions of narrative texts in the Hebrew Bible, in particular the mode of... Read More >>

When Aseneth Met Joseph: A Late Antique Tale of the Biblical Patriarch and His Egyptian Wife, Reconsidered

When Aseneth Met Joseph: A Late Antique Tale of the...
Author: Ross Shepard Kraemer (Professor Emerita of Religious Studies and Judaica Studies, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies and Judaica Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI) ISBN: 9780195114751 Format: Hardback	$196.95
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Journey Through the Quran: The Content and Context of the Suras

Journey Through the Quran: The Content and Context of...
Author: Muhammad Al Ghazzali , Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley ISBN: 9781870582902 Format: Hardback	$64.69
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The Theocratic Ideology of the Chronicler

The Theocratic Ideology of the Chronicler
Author: Jonathan ok Dyck ISBN: 9789004111462 Format: Leather / fine binding	$422.40
This volume is a study of the ideology of the Chronicler in the context of the emerging theocratic community of... Read More >>

Revelation Restored: Divine Writ And Critical Responses

Revelation Restored: Divine Writ And Critical Responses...
Author: David W Halivni ISBN: 9780813333472 Format: Paperback	$98.99
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Leading Captivity Captive: 'The Exile' as History and Ideology

Leading Captivity Captive: 'The Exile' as History and...
Author: Dr. Lester L. Grabbe (University of Hull, UK) ISBN: 9781850759072 Format: Hardback	$370.00
In a methodological discussion of this issue, the contributors cover a range of topics, from ancient poltics to... Read More >>

World Scripture: Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts

World Scripture: Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts...
Author: Andrew Wilson ISBN: 9781557787231 Format: Paperback	$65.87
Demonstrating the commonality of the world's religions and our common humanity, this rich and varied anthology of... Read More >>

Prolegomena to the Qur'an

Prolegomena to the Qur'an
Author: Al-Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khu'i , Abdulaziz A. Sachedina (Department of Religious Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville) ISBN: 9780195116755 Format: Hardback	$215.95
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The Text of Genesis 1-11: Textual Studies and Critical Edition

The Text of Genesis 1-11: Textual Studies and Critical...
Author: Ronald S. Hendel (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University) ISBN: 9780195119619 Format: Hardback	$335.00
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The Devī Gītā: The Song of the Goddess: A Translation, Annotation, and Commentary

The Devī Gītā: The Song of the Goddess: A Translation,...
Author: C. Mackenzie Brown ISBN: 9780791439401 Format: Paperback	$84.35
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The Devī Gītā: The Song of the Goddess: A Translation, Annotation, and Commentary

The Devī Gītā: The Song of the Goddess: A Translation,...
Author: C. Mackenzie Brown ISBN: 9780791439395 Format: Hardback	$261.36
This translation and commentary on an important Hindu text on the Great Goddess envisions a universe created and... Read More >>

Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds

Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the...
Author: Donald Harman Akenson , Donald Harman Akenson ISBN: 9780773517813 Format: Hardback	$250.80
This text provides a reinterpretation of the great religious texts in the history of Western civilization, illuminating... Read More >>

Micah: Introduction and Commentary

Micah: Introduction and Commentary
Author: William McKane ISBN: 9780567086150 Format: Hardback	$211.20
A comprehensive new translation and commentary by one of today's most widely acclaimed scholars in the field.Professor... Read More >>

Word Order and Time in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

Word Order and Time in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
Author: Tal Goldfajn (Lecturer at the School of Culture Studies, Lecturer at the School of Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University) ISBN: 9780198269533 Format: Hardback	$258.95
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The Samuel Manuscript of Jacob of Edessa: A Study in Its Underlying Textual Traditions

The Samuel Manuscript of Jacob of Edessa: A Study in...
Author: Richard Saley ISBN: 9789004112148 Format: Leather / fine binding	$340.56
This volume strives to uncover the sources utilized by Jacob of Edessa in his Syriac revision of the biblical books... Read More >>

The Implied Reader in Isaiah 6-12

The Implied Reader in Isaiah 6-12
Author: Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen ISBN: 9789004112223 Format: Leather / fine binding	$509.52
This monograph contains an analysis of the text-internal reader in Isaiah 6-12. For that purpose, two modern literary... Read More >>

Ezra-Nehemiah

Ezra-Nehemiah
Author: Lester L. Grabbe ISBN: 9780415141543 Format: Paperback	$83.99
This book presents a unique approach to Ezra-Nehemiah in the combination of two approaches - the literary and the... Read More >>

The Faces of God

The Faces of God
Author: Jacob Rabinowitz ISBN: 9780882141176 Format: Paperback	$46.20
This text acknowledges the full extent of Canaanite influence on the Hebrew religion and notes the systematic abstraction... Read More >>

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel
Author: Marc Zvi Brettler ISBN: 9780415194075 Format: Paperback	$105.00
Argues that the biblical historians were influenced by typology, interpretation of earlier texts, satire and ideology;... Read More >>

Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible

Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible
Author: Louis H. Feldman ISBN: 9789004108394 Format: Leather / fine binding	$842.16
The present volume considers how Josephus resolves apparent contradictions, obscurities, and theological and other... Read More >>

Violence, Utopia and the Kingdom of God: Fantasy and Ideology in the Bible

Violence, Utopia and the Kingdom of God: Fantasy and...
Author: George Aichele , Tina Pippin ISBN: 9780415156684 Format: Paperback	$83.99
This text explores the presence of the fantastic in Biblical and related texts, and the influence of Biblical traditions... Read More >>

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets, Volume 12 Jeremiah (I)

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets,...
Author: Sepmeijer , Floris Sepmeijer ISBN: 9789004110120 Format: Leather / fine binding	$641.52
The bilingual (Aramaic-Hebrew) concordance to the Targum of the Prophets is the product of an international project... Read More >>

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets, Volume 14 Jeremiah (III)

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets,...
Author: Sepmeijer , Johannes C. de Moor ISBN: 9789004110144 Format: Leather / fine binding	$641.52
This Aramaic-Hebrew concordance to the Targum of the Prophets sets out quotations from the Targum and the Masoretic... Read More >>

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets, Volume 13 Jeremiah (II)

Bilingual Concordance to the Targum of the Prophets,...
Author: Sepmeijer , Floris Sepmeijer ISBN: 9789004110137 Format: Leather / fine binding	$641.52
This Aramaic-Hebrew concordance to the Targum of the Prophets sets out quotations from the Targum and the Masoretic... Read More >>

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