This book represents the fruit of a long process of study and reflection, a powerful but subtle synthesis, by one of the most eminent scholars of Second-Temple Judaism. Far from a conventional narrative history, it is organized around themes and seeks to uncover the essence of H…
This collection aims to provide for Robert Lowth and Jean Astruc not only an account and evaluation of their life and work, but also an understanding of the wider intellectual context of their scholarship and the reception and influence of their work ever since.
Lutheran theology found its source, and so its name in Martin Luther in the 16th century. The theology that emerged identified two essential matters for the relationship between humans and God, the law and the gospel. It made a simple but extremely unusual and controversial clai…
This work is a heuristic reading strategy for a modern reader to engage with YHWH's threats against Israel in Deuteronomy. The biblical text is considered through close reading to discern the logic of YHWH's threats: what motivates the threats, what form the threats take, and wh…