Sacred texts books

Traces the development of the Moses nativity story from pre-Biblical sources through its Biblical formulation, and...  Read More >>

This book offers a new critical edition of the Jewish pseudepigraphon ''The Assumption of Moses'' (1st century A.D.)....  Read More >>

"The ""Nasser D Khalili Collection"" contains the largest range of Qur'anic material in private hands and includes...  Read More >>

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The Nasser D Khalili Collection contains the largest range of Qur'anic material in private hands and includes examples...  Read More >>

A study in comparative literature, provides some fascinating parallels between the birth stories of Jesus and of...  Read More >>

This book describes the transformation of a relatively egalitarian society into a class society in ancient Judah,...  Read More >>

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Translations and analyses of three Persian Sufi texts, offering a perspective on Islam that is rarely met in modern...  Read More >>

Explores the question of the kind of canon, privileged status, or Logos, the Torah actually has for the post-modern...  Read More >>

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Most of the women described in this study were atypical biblical women. Israelite women, like women in most cultures...  Read More >>

The main focus of this study is on the intricate debates, statements and principles that were forged by the Talmudic...  Read More >>

Tracing the development, current state, and future of Old Testament literary criticism, this volume gathers seminal...  Read More >>

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This study presents material from the Talmud and Midrash which have one characteristic in common: they reflect an...  Read More >>

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The prayers in this volume are characterized by a highly personal and intimate style and mark occasions in the religious...  Read More >>

Comprises such sacred books of India as the hymns of the ""Rig-Veda"", the world's first recorded poems, the stirring...  Read More >>

The essays in this collection fall into three groups. The first group deals with philosophical accounts of interpretation....  Read More >>

Among the sacred books of India are the hymns of the Rig-Veda, the world’s first recorded poems; the “magical texts”...  Read More >>

Was Jesus of Nazareth a real historical person or a fictional character in a religious legend? What do the Dead...  Read More >>

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"A 9th-century collection of rabbinical commentary on the Book of Proverbs. Visotzky provides a translation of the...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study of the perspectives on angels of Qumran sectarian authors and of the authors of those sections...  Read More >>