Balla presents a revision of her 2008 doctoral dissertation Attitudes Toward Sexuality in the Book of Ben Sira at Murdock University, Australia. She identifies and analyzes all the passages in the lon
Scholars have shown renewed interest in the Book of Tobit since fragments of the text were found at Qumran. However, the wisdom instructions of Tobit 4 have remained largely ignored. The present study
In this sequel to his volumes on attitudes towards sexuality in ancient Judaism and early Christianity in the Hellenistic Greco-Roman era reflected in the early Enoch literature and the Dead Sea scrol
In spite of its importance for the textual history and the theological significance of the Book of Ben Sira, especially in its two different Greek versions, the 1951 doctoral thesis of Conleth Kearns
This study examines marital elements in the Book of Tobit in light of the mores and beliefs of Ancient Israel and neighboring civilizations. After surveying key Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern
Self-Restraint May Appear To Be The Opposite Of Erotic Desire; Yet Diane Lipsett Shows The surprising and complex interplay of erotic desire and self-restraint in three ancient tales of conversion. Sh
As the insider become outsider, Judas demarcates Christian boundaries, defines insider identity, and locates evil. Three Versions of Judas explores the mythic work transpiring in the Judases of the go
This is the first book-length treatment in English of the Nag Hammadi text, The Thunder: Perfect Mind – a poem of “I am” statements that has garnered a strong following in mainstrea
This festschrift will be of interest to scholars of Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical texts. After two essays on the life and work of Rachel Elior (Jewish philosophy and Jewish mystical th
This book is major critical study on the Gospel of Peter. It introduces and advances the major debates surround this text, it offers a fresh scholarly edition of the Greek text with text-critical note
"This translation of the Gospel of Thomas represents a departure from the usual literal English of previous publications. It aims at providing a reader-friendly translation of the original Coptic lang
The papers in this volume focus on various aspects of the deuterocanonical Book of Wisdom. They research the traditions and theology of the Book of Wisdom, and demonstrate its relationship with the co
This book employs Cognitive Literary Theory in an analysis of Conceptual and Intertextual Blending in the Gospel of Philip and the Exegesis on the Soul, read as Christian texts contemporary with the p
The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is a unique twenty-nine-volume series encompassing all of Scripture and offering contemporary readers the opportunity to study for themselves the key writ
The volume publishes papers presented at the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books (Papa, Hungary). This conference dealt with the deuterocanonical additionsof theOld Testament books.
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the Paraphrase of Shem, Codex VII, 1 in the Coptic Nag Hammdi Library. The translation, which sets out the text in paragraphs with headings and subhead
Chiefly based upon the historical narratives in Genesis and Exodus, this work probably originated as a Jewish apocalyptical work. Readers will discover a wealth of material not found in the Bible conc
