Sacred texts books

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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 >>

An Enquiry into the Talmud Jesus Stories, the Toldoth Jeschu, and Some Curious Statements of Epiphanius-Being a...  Read More >>

Partial Contents: Quest of the Soul; Concentration in Purpose Leads to Attainment; Higher Progress Without Psychic...  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 >>

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This is the first full analysis of the Qumran wisdom texts. New translations and a full explanation of the background...  Read More >>

A modern lexicon of the Old Testament in Hebrew.  Read More >>

"The ""Bhagavad Gita"", the Lord's song, is one of the most widely read Hindu scriptures in the Western world. Taking...  Read More >>

This work brings together a collection of commentaries, translated from the original Arabic, on some of the key...  Read More >>

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The topics covered in this volume of conference papers range from scribal markings to the messiah texts, multiple...  Read More >>

This study is an important contribution to the scholarly reassessment of the roles played by Second Temple Judaism,...  Read More >>

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No detailed description available for ""Myth as Argument"".  Read More >>

Atharva-veda means 'the Veda of the Atharvan' or 'the knowledge of magic formulas'. The great importance of the...  Read More >>

This volume examines the Hebrew Bible and its history, challenging the established understanding and views of the...  Read More >>

This study examines the uses of the names Jew , Hebrew and Israel in the surviving literature - especially...  Read More >>

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Challenges the compartmentalization to which we seem all too easily resigned, to discover whether, and to what extent,...  Read More >>

Starting from David's response to Nathan in 2 Sam 12 as a model of the character as reader, this book employs an...  Read More >>