Evil and Death: Conceptions of the Human in Biblical, Early Jewish, Greco-Roman and Egyptian Literature 3110315513, 9783110315516

Evil and Death: Conceptions of the Human in Biblical, Early Jewish, Greco-Roman and Egyptian Literature 3110315513, 9783110315516

Jewish anthropological beliefs during the Hellenistic-Roman period are an important but previously neglected area of bib

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Passion, Persecution, and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature 9781000767322

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Abraham in Jewish and Early Christian Literature 9780567675521, 9780567675545, 9780567675538

Jewish and early Christian authors discussed Abraham in numerous and diverse ways, adapting his Old Testament narratives

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Digital Humanities in Biblical, Early Jewish and Early Christian Studies [1 ed.] 9789004264434, 9789004264328

From blogs to wikis to digitized editions of ancient texts now discoverable online, digital technology allows scholars t

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Chosen and Unchosen: Conceptions of Election in the Pentateuch and Jewish-Christian Interpretation 9781575066158

Winner of the 2011 RBY Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies/Société canadienne des études bibliques

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Women in Drag: Gender and Performance in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature 9781463207168, 1463207166

From Jael's tent peg to Judith's sword, biblical interpreters have long recognized the power of the "leth

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The Early Monarchy in Israel: The Tenth Century B.C.E. (Biblical Encyclopedia) (Society of Biblical Literature Biblical Encyclopedia) 9781589832633, 1589832639

The Hebrew narrative art achieves its highest level in the stories of Saul, David, and Solomon. But beyond that, the des

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Literature and Evil 0714503460, 9780714503462

”Literature is not innocent,” Bataille declares in the preface to this unique collection of literary profiles. “It is gu

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The World of Early Egyptian Christianity: Language, Literature, and Social Context 978-0813215792

With increasing interest in early Egyptian (Coptic) Christianity, this volume offers an important collection of essays a

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The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism: Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History 3110373025, 9783110373028

This book collects twenty two previously published essays and one new one by Erich S. Gruen who has written extensively

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