"Presents the first complete survey of what the Bible has to say about women, exposing the Bible as deeply sexist and condescending toward women." --from Publisher.
"The first book to analyze the life of the Virgin Mary on screen from the silent era through to the present. For decades, Mary has caught the imagination of filmmakers from a range of religious backgrounds, whether Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Marxist, or atheist, and film's in…
Points out the concentration of economic, political, and military power that flows from the oil wells of the Middle East. That is the reason why the Bible points to that area as the stage for final battle.
This volume examines reflexes of a West Semitic myth describing an attempted coup against the high god of the pantheon. In 1939, J. Morgenstern theorized that this myth was the precursor of the Satan traditions found in Jewish and Christian sources. This treatment reconsiders Mo…