Sacred texts books

Scripture is at the centre of many religions. This book looks at the function, development and implications of the...  Read More >>

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This exhaustive analysis of the issue of Hellenistic colouring of LXX Proverbs concludes that the impact of Stoicism...  Read More >>

The studies in this volume investigate Isaiah's use of early sacred tradition, the editing and contextualization...  Read More >>

As with the first two volumes in this series, The Talmud for Beginners, Volume 3: Living in a Non-Jewish World,...  Read More >>

This study investigates Colossians as a form of theological education and appeal that endeavors to guide the moral...  Read More >>

The author develops a battery of scientifically based tools to aid the reconstruction of biblical Dead Sea Scrolls....  Read More >>

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'The Book of Hiding' offers an analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender,...  Read More >>

A rendering of the Holy Quran into English. It offers both a translation and exegesis in which the author ""opens...  Read More >>

This contextual study of narrative reliefs depicting Hindu epics and puranas on specific South Indian Hoysal a temples...  Read More >>

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This book examines the episode of Paul's encounter with the Hellenistic culture at Lystra as related in The Acts...  Read More >>

This collection of studies is in honor of Professor James A. Sanders, a leading scholar in the fields of canon of...  Read More >>

This volume describes the emergence of written communication in Deuteronomy, and carefully examines the poetics...  Read More >>

Internationally-recognized experts draw light on the history of the discovery of the Hebrew Sira manuscripts, as...  Read More >>

This exploration of Genesis 38 in The Testament of Judah , Targum Neofiti, and Genesis Rabbah shows how new meanings...  Read More >>

'Content analysis'-which is a computer-assisted form of textual analysis-is used to examine divine activity in six...  Read More >>

The Hindu pantheon is rich in images of the divine feminine - deities representing a wide range of symbolic, social,...  Read More >>

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English translation of the important Upanisads, with annotation and itnroduction by a German scholar. Deals with...  Read More >>

This volume contains a collection of compositions from the Second Temple period found in Cave 4 at Qumran. The specialized...  Read More >>

A scholarly edition which continues the publication of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran Cave 4. It contains...  Read More >>

This volume contains first and second century CE documents in Aramaic and Greek said to come from Nahal Se'elim...  Read More >>