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“daniel r schwartz”

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  • The Biblical View of Man

    by Leo Adler ...
    Translated by Daniel R. Schwartz ...
    The Biblical View of Man argues cogently that the Bible is more about human beings than about God and insists that, in the biblical view, what human beings need is not so much wisdom or grace but rather their own free will to fulfill the obligations that a loving God has bestowed upon them in order to allow them to prove and improve themselves. According to Rabbi Leo Adler, the exercise of such ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1 Maccabees

    A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

    by Daniel R. Schwartz, John Collins ...
    Series series The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries
    A new translation and commentary on I Maccabees that offers a fresh interpretation of the author’s values and purposeFirst Maccabees, composed in the second century BCE, chronicles four decades of clashes between Hellenistic Syria and Judea, from Antiochus Epiphanes’s ascent to the throne in 175 BCE to the Hasmoneans’ establishment of an independent Judean state, ruled by Simon and his sons.In ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Judeans and Jews

    Four Faces of Dichotomy in Ancient Jewish History

    by Daniel R. Schwartz ...
    In writing in English about the classical era, is it more appropriate to refer to “Jews” or to “Judeans”? What difference does it make? Today, many scholars consider “Judeans” the more authentic term, and “Jews” and “Judaism” merely anachronisms.In Judeans and Jews, Daniel R. Schwartz argues that we need both terms in order to reflect the dichotomy between the tendencies of those, whether in Judea ... Read more

    $45.39 USD

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    by Bruce M. Metzger;Michael David Coogan ...
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  • Jesus in the Talmud

    by Peter Schäfer ...
    Scattered throughout the Talmud, the founding document of rabbinic Judaism in late antiquity, can be found quite a few references to Jesus--and they're not flattering. In this lucid, richly detailed, and accessible book, Peter Schäfer examines how the rabbis of the Talmud read, understood, and used the New Testament Jesus narrative to assert, ultimately, Judaism's superiority over Christianity.The ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • A Shift in Time

    How Historical Documents Reveal the Surprising Truth about Jesus

    by Lena Einhorn ...
    Did the Christian Church rewrite history?In the midst of her research on the historical Jesus, scholar Lena Einhorn stumbled upon a surprising find. While reading through narratives of the Jewish revolt by first-century historian Flavius Josephus, Einhorn encountered a number of similarities to the Bible. These parallels-all limited to a short period of time-include an unnamed and mysterious ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Exploring the Origins of the Bible

    Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective

    by Lee McDonald, Craig Evans ...
    Series series Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology
    How did the Bible we have come to be? What do biblical scholars mean when they talk about canon, the Septuagint, the Apocrypha, or the Masoretic Text? All this biblical study is interesting, but does it really matter? Leading international scholars explain that it does. This thought-provoking and cutting-edge collection will help you go deeper in your understanding of the biblical writings, how ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Other Gospels

    Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament

    by Bart D. Ehrman, Zlatko Plese ...
    Bart Ehrman--the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and a recognized authority on the early Christian Church--and Zlatko Plese--a foremost authority on Christian Gnosticism--here offer a valuable compilation of over 40 ancient gospel texts and textual fragments that do not appear in the New Testament. This comprehensive collection contains Gospels describing Jesus's infancy, ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Acts

    by Darrell Bock ...
    Series series Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
    Find academic sophistication, pastoral sensitivity, and accessibility in the award-winning BECNT seriesRespected New Testament scholar Darrell L. Bock provides a substantive yet highly accessible commentary on Acts in this latest addition to the acclaimed BECNT series.Bock leads readers through all aspects of the book of Acts--sociological, historical, and theological. The result is a guide that ... Read more

    $52.59 USD

  • Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?

    by Norman Golb ...
    Dr. Norman Golb's classic study on the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls is now available online.Since their earliest discovery in 1947, the Scrolls have been the object of fascination and extreme controversy.Challenging traditional dogma, Golb has been the leading proponent of the view that the Scrolls cannot be the work of a small, desert-dwelling fringe sect, as various earlier scholars had ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • World of the New Testament, The

    Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts

    Edited by Joel B. Green, Lee Martin McDonald ...
    This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. Contributors include renowned scholars such as Lynn H. Cohick, David A. deSilva, James D ... Read more

    $37.49 USD

  • Acts

    by Eckhard J. Schnabel, Clinton E. Arnold ...
    Series series Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
    Concentrate on the biblical author's message as it unfolds.Designed to assist the pastor and Bible teacher in conveying the significance of God's Word, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series treats the literary context and structure of every passage of the New Testament book in the original Greek.With a unique layout designed to help you comprehend the form and flow of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD