In this work Eryl W. Davies sums up a career's worth of in-depth reflection on the thorny issue of biblical ethics examining the bible's, at times problematic, stance upon slavery, polygamy and perhaps its most troublesome aspect, the sanctioning of violence and warfare. This is…
This unique volume focuses on the subjects of time in the area of theology known as "eschatology," the consideration of the fullness, the limit, and the goal of time. Westhelle's novel approachincludes the role of place/space in eschatology alongside time. Considering one's spat…
Historical Critical Analysis is the main way in which the Bible (both the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the New Testament) has been examined and read by scholars in the last century. The term refers to a range of methodologies which examine the origins of biblical texts, in rel…
List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Foreword / Robert P. Gordon -- Lists of Abbreviations and Sigla -- Introduction / William A. Ross -- I. ORIGINS The Origins and Social Context of the Septuagint / James K. Aitken -- Septuagint Translation Technique and Jewish Helle…
"A topical handbook to Septuagint scholarship and comprehensive guide for research in the discipline"--
Students and scholars now widely recognize the importance of the Septuagint to the history of the Greek language, the textual development of the Bible, and to Jewish and Christian religious life in both the ancient and modern worlds. This handbook is designed for those who wish …
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations -- 1. Defining Spaces: Religion, Politics, and Luke-Acts -- 2. An Inbreaking Salvation (Luke 1:68-79) -- 3. Jesus, Herald of God's Kingdom (Luke 4:18-19) -- 4. Heaven Invading: The Holy Spirit, Church, and Salvific Space (Acts 1-2) -- 5. Th…
"Timothy W. Reardon uncovers the Lukan salvation narrative developed within Acts, and its key themes that include its presentation of time and space, while also being attentive to overcoming a facile compartmentalization of religion and politics"--
"This volume presents a collection of articles centring on the language of the Mishnah and the Talmud - the most important Jewish texts (after the Bible), which were compiled in Palestine and Babylonia in the latter centuries of Late Antiquity. Despite the fact that Rabbinic Heb…
"Philip A. Harland and Richard Last consider the economics of early Christian group life within its social, cultural and economic contexts, by drawing on extensive epigraphic and archaeological evidence. In exploring the informal associations, immigrant groups, and guilds that d…
In Pesher and Hypomnema Pieter B. Hartog compares ancient Jewish commentaries on the Hebrew Bible with papyrus commentaries on the Iliad. Hartog shows that members of the Qumran movement adopted classical commentary writing and adapted it to their own needs.; Readership: All int…
Introduction -- 1. Against All Heresies: Gnosticism before Modern Scholarship -- 2. The Era of Gnosis Restored: Nineteenth-century Gnostics -- 3. The Alien God: Gnosticism as Existentialism -- 4. Elite Knowledge: Jung and the Eranos Circle -- 5. No Texts, No History: Nag Hammadi…
"Gnosticism, as a category in religious studies - and public discourse - is inexorably entangled with the phenomenological "History of Religions" school. Building on critical work in biblical studies, which shows how a historically-bounded heretical tradition called Gnosticism w…
"This volume collects the most important and cutting-edge readings related to gender, sex, sexuality and the bible. Engaging the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and surrounding texts and worlds, the selected readings reflect a wide-range of perspectives and approaches. The volume i…
"On the bicentenary of the publication of Raja Rammohun Roy's Precepts of Jesus, R. S. Sugirtharajah situates Roy's compilation of the moral teachings of Jesus in its social, cultural and political context and analyses the hermeneutical issues it generated. In doing so, he docum…
The Book of Revelation is the last book in the canon of the New Testament, and its only apocalyptic document, though there are short apocalyptic passages in various places in the gospels and the epistles. This second of two volumes on Revelation offers a systematic and thorough …
