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  • The Bible Now

    by Richard Elliott Friedman, Shawna Dolansky ...
    For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible Now, two respected biblical scholars, Richard Elliott Friedman and Shawna Dolansky, tell us ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in the Ancient Near East

    Edited by Shawna Dolansky, Sarah Shectman ...
    Cutting across disciplinary boundaries and challenging traditional understandings of historical cultures, this handbook examines the ways in which gender, sexuality, and religion were mutually constructed and negotiated in ancient Near Eastern societies. Chapters look at ritual and ceremonial practices, iconographic representations, mythological and divinatory texts, personal beliefs, and piety. ... Read more

    $153.89 USD

  • The Bible Now

    by Richard Elliott Friedman, Shawna Dolansky ...
    For millennia, people have used the Bible as a touchstone on important social and political questions, and rightly so. But many use the Bible simply as a weapon to wield against opponents in a variety of debates--without knowing what the Bible actually says about the issue in question. In The Bible Now, two respected biblical scholars, Richard Elliott Friedman and Shawna Dolansky, tell us ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    A New View into the Five Books of Moses

    by Richard Elliott Friedman ...
    This groundbreaking volume of the Five Books of Moses shows and explains how the source texts were compiled: "A fundamental resource" (Peter Machinist, Harvard University).For centuries, biblical scholars have worked on discovering how the Bible came to be. The consensus among a broad range of experts is known as The Documentary Hypothesis: the idea that ancient writers produced documents of ... Read more

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  • Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament

    Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible

    by John Walton ...
    Understand how ancient people viewed the world to better understand the Old TestamentLeading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages.This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of a mature scholar. ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • The Origins of Biblical Monotheism

    Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts

    by Mark S. Smith ...
    According to the Bible, ancient Israel's neighbors worshipped a wide variety of gods. In recent years, scholars have sought a better understanding of this early polytheistic milieu and its relation to Yahweh, the God of Israel. Drawing on ancient Ugaritic texts and looking closely at Ugaritic deities, Mark Smith examines the meaning of "divinity" in the ancient near East and considers how this ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • The Hebrew Bible

    New Insights and Scholarship

    Edited by Frederick E. Greenspahn ...
    Series Book 4 - Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century
    In April of 2001, the headline in the Los Angeles Times read, “Doubting the Story of the Exodus.” It covered a sermon that had been delivered by the rabbi of a prominent local congregation over the holiday of Passover. In it, he said, “The truth is that virtually every modern archeologist who has investigated the story of the exodus, with very few exceptions, agrees that the way the Bible ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls

    Edited by Timothy H. Lim, John J. Collins ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology
    In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the first discovery. That occasion was marked by a spate of major publications that attempted to sum up ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • The Liberating Image

    The Imago Dei in Genesis 1

    by J. Richard Middleton ...
    For two thousand years, Christians have been intrigued by the somewhat enigmatic Imago Dei references in the book of Genesis. Much theological ink has been spilled mulling over the significance and meaning of these words: "Let us make humanity in our image, according to our likeness . . . "In The Liberating Image, J. Richard Middleton takes on anew the challenge of interpreting the Imago Dei. ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Hebrew Bible

    A Critical Companion

    Edited by John Barton ...
    A comprehensive and accessible guide to the Hebrew BibleThis book brings together some of the world's most exciting scholars from across a variety of disciplines to provide a concise and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible. It covers every major genre of book in the Old Testament together with in-depth discussions of major themes such as human nature, covenant, creation, ethics, ritual and purity ... Read more

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  • The Queer Bible Commentary, Second Edition

    Edited by West, Shore-Goss ...
    First published over ten years ago, The Queer Bible Commentary brings together the work of several scholars and pastors known for their interest in the areas of gender, sexuality and Biblical studies. Contributors draw on feminist, queer, deconstructionist, utopian theories, the social sciences and historical-critical discourses. The focus is both how reading from lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Women in the Hebrew Bible

    A Reader

    Edited by Alice Bach ...
    Women in the Hebrew Bible presents the first one-volume overview covering the interpretation of women's place in man's world within the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Written by the major scholars in the field of biblical studies and literary theory, these essays examine attitudes toward women and their status in ancient Near Eastern societies, focusing on the Israelite society portrayed by the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD