This volume explores the rhetorical role that miracle discourse plays in the argumentation of the New Testament and early Christianity. The investigation includes both the rhetoric within miracle disc
A German specialist in ancient Anatolian languages, Payne transliterates and translates inscriptions in the regional hieroglyphic script used by several neo-Hittite states in what is now Syria about 1
This volume showcases recent exploration of the portrait of Daughter Zion as “she” appears in biblical Hebrew poetry. Using Carleen Mandolfo's Daughter Zion Talks Back to the Prophets (Society of Bibl
This study pioneers the use of philosophy of religion in the study of the Hebrew Bible. After identifying the need for a legitimate philosophical approach to Israelite religion, the volume traces the
Noegel (Biblical and ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Washington) and Rendsburg (Jewish history, Rutgers University) put forth the proposal that the Bible book, "The Song of Songs" was writ
In this third collection of exegesis on the biblical book of Isaiah, Everson (religion, California Lutheran College, CA) and Kim (biblical studies, Methodist Theological School, Ohio) and their contri
Editors Kirk-Duggan (Theology and Women's Studies, Shaw University Divinity School) and Pippin (Religious Studies, Agnes Scott College) have assembled essays that deconstruct motherhood in the Bible,
As the field of biblical studies expands to accommodate new modes of inquiry, scholars are increasingly aware of the need for methodological clarity. David L. Petersen's teaching, research, and servi
The Apocalypse of Abraham is one of the most significant ancient documents to have been preserved solely in translation into Slavonic, says Kulik (Hebrew U. of Jerusalem), and its lost Hebrew, or perh
Gregory of Nyssa's fifteen homilies on the Song of Songs offer an important resource for the history of Christian biblical exegesis, as well as for the history of Christian ascetical and spiritual te
Rollston (Old Testament and Semitic studies, Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, TN) presents an introduction to Semitic epigraphy focusing on northwest Semitic. With many examples and pictures
As in the first three volumes of History of Biblical Interpretation, From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century surveys the lives and works of significant theologians and lay people, politicians
How did the ancient Israelites view and measure time? The Hebrew Bible, the chief source of information for Israelite time-reckoning during the monarchic period (ca. 1000-586 B.C.E.), contains chrono
In popular culture, the Bible is generally associated with films: The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, Jesus of Montreal, and many others. Less attention has been given to the relationshi
Sets out to characterize different types of Jewish women in Eretz-Israel over a period of more than a thousand years, from the biblical period to the time of the Mishna and Talmud, drawing on various
"Growing Up in Ancient Israel uses a child-centered methodology to investigate the world of children in ancient Israel. Where sources from ancient Israel are lacking, the book turns to cross-cultural
