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The essays in this volume examine the relationship between ancient fiction in the Greco-Roman world and early Jewish and Christian narratives. They consider how those narratives imitated or exploited...

Animosity, the Bible, and Us: Some European, North American, and South African PerspectivesAuthor: European Association of Biblical StudiesPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date:...

Kannaday (religion and philosophy, Newberry College) asserts that apologetic interests influenced those who preserved and reproduced the early gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Working from...

Approaching Yehud: New Approaches to the Study of the Persian PeriodAuthor: Jon L. BerquistPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Oct 30, 2007Number of Pages: 260 pagesBinding:...

Aristaenetus, Erotic LettersAuthor: Peter BingPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Apr 01, 2014Number of Pages: 184 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Aristaenetus, Erotic LettersAuthor: Peter BingPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Apr 01, 2014Number of Pages: 184 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

Arius Didymus: Epitome of Stoic EthicsAuthor: Arthur J. PomeroyPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Jan 01, 1999Number of Pages: 172 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

This volume introduces a cycle of stories about Abraham as preserved in fifteen unpublished, late medieval manuscripts in Armenian, published here in English for the first time with commentaries,...

This volume introduces a cycle of stories about Abraham as preserved in fifteen unpublished, late medieval manuscripts in Armenian, published here in English for the first time with commentaries,...

As It Is Written: Studying Paul's Use of ScriptureAuthor: Stanley E. PorterPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Sep 05, 2008Number of Pages: 392 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

As Those Who Are Taught: The Interpretation of Isaiah from the LXX to the SblAuthor: Claire Mathews McGinnisPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Jun 30, 2006Number of Pages: 356...

Asherah and the Cult of Yahweh in IsraelAuthor: Saul M. OlyanPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Jan 01, 1988Number of Pages: 116 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Bakhtin and Genre Theory in Biblical StudiesAuthor: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Nov 05, 2007Number of Pages: 248 pagesBinding: Paperback...

Baptism on Account of the Dead (1 Cor 15: 29): An Act of Faith in the ResurrectionAuthor: Michael F. HullPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Aug 01, 2005Number of Pages: 344...

Beauty and the Bible: Toward a Hermeneutics of Biblical AestheticsAuthor: Richard BautchPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Nov 04, 2013Number of Pages: 136 pagesBinding:...

Beauty and the Bible: Toward a Hermeneutics of Biblical Aesthetics.Author: Richard BautchPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Nov 04, 2013Number of Pages: 136 pagesBinding:...

Because You Bear This Name: Conceptual Metaphor and the Moral Meaning of 1 PeterAuthor: Bonnie HowePublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Oct 22, 2008Number of Pages: 428...

Becoming Human Together: The Pastoral Anthropology of St. Paul, Third EditionAuthor: Jerome Murphy-O'ConnorPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Jul 20, 2009Number of Pages: 280...

Though researchers in both Biblical studies and archaeology have finally recognized the contributions they can make to each others' disciplines, the integration has been difficult to transfer to...

Beyond Babel provides a general introduction to and overview of the languages that are significant for the study of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. Included are essays on biblical and...

The Bible and the Qur'an share a common discourse based on stories and legends associated with certain paradigmatic characters like Noah, Abraham, and Moses. Yet most biblical scholars are unfamiliar...

Bible Trouble: Queer Reading at the Boundaries of Biblical ScholarshipAuthor: Teresa J. HornsbyPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Jun 27, 2011Number of Pages: 372...

Regional concerns-climate change, conquest, migration, displacement, resettlement, asylum, discipleship, and others-challenge authors currently situated in Oceania to reflect on the practices of...

Regional concerns-climate change, conquest, migration, displacement, resettlement, asylum, discipleship, and others-challenge authors currently situated in Oceania to reflect on the practices of...

More akin to science than to art, biblical interpretation eats its dead--consigning its past heroes to oblivion once new paradigms have passed them by. The history of the field has emerged as a...

In this important study, features of late second-millennium B.C.E. culture are critically examined in order to define the complex social boundaries of the early Iron Age and reconstruct the diverse...

The Ramessid period in Egypt (ca. 1290-1075 B.C.E.) corresponds to the Late Bronze Age, a time of great change both in Egypt and the Near East. This period of empire, dominated by the figure of...

This pioneering study examines the use of blood to purge the effects of sin and impurity in Hittite and biblical ritual. The idea that blood atones for sins holds a prominent place in both Jewish and...

Building Your Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary: Learning Words by Frequency and CognateAuthor: George M. LandesPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Nov 09, 2001Number of Pages: 236...

Building Your New Testament Greek Vocabulary, Third EditionAuthor: Robert E. Van VoorstPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublication Date: Jun 19, 1999Number of Pages: 136 pagesBinding:...