The search for the historical Jesus has had a long and complicated history. Nineteenth-century scholars, employing the tools of the historical-critical method, supplied a host of novel and contradictory interpretations of the Gospel materials. With the publication of Albert Schw…
"In The Bible Unearthed two leading scholars, an archaeologist and a historian, combine a tour of the field of biblical archaeology with a explanation of how and why the Bible's historical saga differs so dramatically from the archaeological finds. They explain what the Bible sa…
Alexander Murray has long had an intellectual interest in the history of religion - struggling between his inbuilt anti-clericism and his pronounced monastic leanings. The five essays in this book take on this dialectic, addressing the difficult relationship between private cons…
Alexander Murray has long had an intellectual interest in the history of religion -- struggling between his inbuilt anti-clericism and his pronounced monastic leanings. The five essays in 'Conscience and authority in the medieval church' take on this dialectic, addressing the di…
Alexander Murray has long had an intellectual interest in the history of religion - struggling between his inbuilt anti-clericism and his pronounced monastic leanings. The five essays in this book take on this dialectic, addressing the difficult relationship between private cons…
Alexander Murray has long had an intellectual interest in the history of religion - struggling between his inbuilt anti-clericism and his pronounced monastic leanings. The five essays in this book take on this dialectic, addressing the difficult relationship between private cons…
What do evangelicals believe when they 'believe in the Bible'? Despite hundreds of English versions that differ in their texts, evangelicals continue to believe that there is a stable text-'the Bible'-which is the authoritative word of God and an essential guide to their everyda…
"What do evangelicals believe when they "believe in the Bible"? Despite hundreds of English versions that differ in their texts, evangelicals continue to believe that there is a stable text - "the Bible"--Which is the authoritative word of God and an essential guide to their eve…
Non-Muslims point to the subjugation of women that occurs in Muslim countries, while many Muslims read the Qur'an in ways that seem to justify sexual oppression, inequality, and patriarchy. This text develops a reading that demonstrates the egalitarian and anti-patriarchal natur…
"Many books have been written about the Bible, but few explain its origins. This volume provides a fascinating overview of how the Bible was first inspired, canonized, read as sacred literature, copied in ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, and eventually translated into the l…