Judaism Books

In this volume, six historians explore new approaches to Isaac Orobio de Castro (1617-1687), an Amsterdam physician who was the most widely-read among the early modern defenders of Judaism against Christian proselytizing. He was also the major author who...

Prophecy was a wide-spread phenomenon in the ancient world - not only in ancient Israel but in the whole Eastern Mediterranean cultural sphere. This is demonstrated by documents from the ancient Near East, that have been the object of Martti Nissinen's...

Tibåt Mårqe is a collection of midrashic compositions, which, in the main, rewrites the Pentateuch, expanding its sometimes laconic presentation of events and precepts. Most of it aims at providing the reader with theological, didactic and philosophical...

This is the first full-scale, verse-by-verse commentary on 4 Baruch. The pseudepigraphon, written in the second century, is in large measure an attempt to address the situation following the destruction of the temple in 70 CE by recounting legends about...

In diesem Buch gelingt es erstmals, die literarischen Probleme von II Sam 9 - I Reg 1f zu erklären. Statt der These einer Thronfolgeerzählung rechnet der Vf. damit, dass zeitgenössische prodynastische Quellentexte am Anfang der Überlieferung standen...

Die Arbeit von Ägyptologen, Altorientalisten und Bibelexegeten richtet sich auf Texte, die übersetzt, kommentiert und als Quellen verwendet werden. Textproduktion und Textrezeption in diesen eng verflochtenen Kulturen scheinen mit entsprechenden Mustern...

Im Unterschied zum Deuteronomisten legt der Chronist großen Wert auf die Darstellung der Hiskianischen Reform. Die vorliegende Arbeit erforscht die Gründe hierfür und versucht, das chronistische Werk unter diesem Gesichtspunkt historisch und theologisch...

Der Sammelband enthält neben zwei bisher unveröffentlichten Aufsätzen 15 Arbeiten von Rainer Albertz aus der Zeit von 1978 bis 2000. Darin spiegelt sich das Anliegen des Autors, die biblischen Überlieferungen vor dem Hintergrund der religions- und...

The collection of essays contains nineteen contributions that aim at locating the Song of Songs in its ancient context as well as addressing problems of interpretation and the reception of this biblical book in later literature. In contrast to previous...

This book presents the development of a theological reading strategy in conversation with contemporary hermeneutical theories. Using that as a model, Gen 1-11 is read as a unified text refracted through the prism of textuality from a canonical approach.

Die Autorin befasst sich mit dem jüdischen Gelehrten Ben Sira und mit der stoischen Philosophie. Sie analysiert dort jeweils die verschiedenen Vorstellungen von der Voraussicht und Fürsorge Gottes für die Welt. Diese werden in ihrem Spannungsverhältnis...

This study subjects the conventional processes of literary criticism to a critical analysis which shows up the weaknesses of arguments from literary criticism in the Old Testament. It explores new ways for literary criticism using a concept of text...

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many...

The author here presents an attempt to understand four especially puzzling chapters of late Old Testament prophets (Isaiah 24‑27). He interprets Isaiah 24‑27 as a component of the final redaction of the book of Isaiah. The so-called...

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many...

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many...

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many...

By telling the biblical story of Ruth and bringing the people of the story to life, Miguel Pozo lifts you up from a place of despair about the wider culture or your personal life and offers amazinghope for the future. You will identify with Ruth and the...

Becoming Jewish chronicles the author's lifelong search for spiritual meaning and a true religious home. Raised in a decidedly Christian yet theologically conflicted family, she never felt she fit into the churches of her childhood. Dissatisfied with pat...

Did you ever regret a decision that you made? Have you ever had to make a difficult decision? Perhaps, you responded in the wrong way when you were tempted. Life is full of choices and we need wisdom for the best results. If we don’t make the best...

The traditional texts of Judaism need a mafteach, a key, to unlock their secrets. Without them, we have little chance to find an explanation on a specific topic or verse in the Bible. The Rabbinic Reference Bible provides the reader a Chumash-style...

This work argues that ancient Israel had an adequate rubric in its Yahwistic tradition for distinguishing between true and false prophecy. Generally, in Old Testament (OT) scholarship, it has been argued that ancient Israel simply did not have the...

You are invited to make My First 40 Days with the Lord a personal, intimate record of your honeymoon with the Lord.My First 40 Days with the Lord opens the door to a life-changing relationship with the Living God. Now you can begin your study of...

Throughout modern history, the Garden of Eden narrative has been viewed through the blurred lenses of tradition and science by both sides of the apologetic debate. In this comprehensive study, Collins challenges readers to look at human origins with a...

The book of Jeremiah is often presented as one of the most difficult texts in the Bible, yet it is also a text that speaks with immediacy and power to some of the greatest challenges facing our world today.In Reading Jeremiah in Africa, Dr...

This is the Pentateuch - that is, the Five Books of Moses, being the first part of the Old Testament - from the 1537 Matthew Bible, and now gently updated for today by Ruth Magnusson Davis, editor of the New Matthew Bible Project. The cobwebs of obsolete...

If you are interested in monitoring and successfully set up a system for your own use, there comes a moment when you go from watching systems that you care about, to monitoring systems that other people care about. This is where things get especially...

Like other constructs in biblical studies, the Deuteronomistic History has come under scrutiny in the 21st century. The books beginning with Joshua and concluding with 2 Kings were thought to be, at their core, a unified explication of Israel's demise in...

Why does doing your job feel so flooded and so pointless at the same time? Nobody knows better than millennial and Gen Z professionals how rapid technological development has inundated post-pandemic work. Organizational researcher Craig Mattson listens...

Daniel is a book intended to be read thoroughly from beginning to end. The final verse (12:13) promises a restoration of what was lost in the first two verses (1:1-2). Between these bookends, with artistic flare, historical accuracy, and apocalyptic...

Original commentary on the Torah. This sefer is on Beraishis. Almost every Torah thought in this Sefer started as a question or difficulty I had when contemplating the words of the Chumash or Rashi. In most instances, these questions are stated at the...

God gave us that greatest gift, "his son," to save humankind, give us faith, encourage us, equip us, and guide us.In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent his only begotten son into the world that we might live through him. (1...

This book features abundant life experienced by a Christian family and their struggles on earth.As they address the dying process, death, bereavement/grief, grieving with hope, celebrationof legacy, and eternal life. Moreover In this book experiential,...

Do you feel stuck in your Christian walk? Are you just going through the motions and longing for something better? Kevin P. Horath talks straight about what it means to live a “double-portion life” and how to truly recognize who you are in...

This fourth volume of the Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series, originally published by Brill in hardcover, presents the first readable, modern English translation and commentary on Philo's De agricultura (On Cultivation), which gives an elaborate...