Passion, Persecution, and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature 9781000767322

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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Early Jewish Prayers in Greek (Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature) 3110205033, 9783110205039

During the past few decades a great amount of scholarly work has been done on the various prayer cultures of antiquity,

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Persecution, Polemic, and Dialogue: Essays in Jewish-Christian Relations 9781618110619

Persecution, Polemic, and Dialogue follows the interaction between Jews and Christians through the ages in all its richn

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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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Prophets and Prophecy in Jewish and Early Christian Literature 978-3-16-150338-2, 0340-9570

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Prophets and Prophecy in Jewish and Early Christian Literature 3161503384, 9783161503382

This volume grew out of an international conference on Prophetism in the Old and New Testament (October 2006), organised

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2 Maccabees (Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature) 3110191180, 9783110191189

2 Maccabees is a Jewish work composed during the 2nd century BCE and preserved by the Church. Written in Hellenistic Gre

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Judith (Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature) 3110323044, 9783110323047

The Book of Judith has aroused a great deal of scholarly interest in the last few decades.This volume, the first full le

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Parody in Jewish Literature 9780231887755

Follows the development of the parody in Jewish literature from its rudiments in the Talmudic literature through its var

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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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