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…
This book examines the talmudic writings, politics, and ideology of Y.I. Halevy (1847-1914), one of the most influential representatives of the pre-war Eastern European Orthodox Jewish community. It analyzes Halevy's historical model of the formation of the Babylonian Talmud, wh…
Methods. Dress and anthropology / Lynne Hume -- Materials. Greek dress from the inscriptional evidence / Laura Gawlinski -- Meanings. Clothes make the Jew : was there distinctive Jewish dress in the Greco-Roman period? / Joshua Schwartz. "Explores methodological issues, materia…
"Explores methodological issues, materials, and a variety of contexts for the study of dress and religion within Mediterranean antiquity"--
Foreword Part I. Setting the Stage 1. Overture 2. Options Part II. Historical-Critical Studies 3. Formulae and Confessions 4. Appearances and Christophanies 5. The Story of the Tomb: Friday -- 6. The Story of the Tomb: Sunday -- 7. Resurrected Holy Ones? -- 8. Rudolf Pesch Rediv…
"The earliest traditions around the narrative of Jesus' resurrection are considered in this landmark work by Dale C. Allison, Jr, drawing together the fruits of his decades of research into this issue at the very core of Christian identity"--
Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. The Household Setting of Paul's Pastoral Practice and its Biblical and Jewish Roots / Brian S. Rosner -- 2. Paul as Pastor in Acts: Modelling and Teaching Perseverance in the Faith / Alan J. Thompson -- 3. Paul as Pastor in …
"Paul as Pastor demonstrates the critical nature of Paul's pastoral care to his identity and activities. Despite the fact that Paul never identifies himself as a pastor, there is much within the Pauline letters that alludes to this as a possible aspect of Paul's vocation and com…
Explores the literary and theological frameworks that lie behind the various quotations from and allusions to the Old Testament in the New. Moyise takes a series of case studies from Mark, Romans, Galatians, 1 Peter and Revelation to raise questions about the author's hermeneuti…
"The infancy narratives represent some of the most beautiful and intriguing passages in the Gospels. The stories they relate are also arguably the most well-known in the Christian tradition, from the child in the manger to the Magi paying homage to the infant Jesus. However ther…
This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the city image in the Hebrew Bible, with specific attention to stylistics. By engaging with spatial theory (Lefebvre 1974, Soja 1996), the author develops a new framework to analyse the concept of 'city, arguing that a set of concept…
Stephanie Day Powell illuminates the myriad forms of persuasion, inducement, discontent, and heartbreak experienced by readers of Ruth. Writing from a lesbian perspective, Powell draws upon biblical scholarship, contemporary film and literature, narrative studies, feminist and q…
"To understand the cult of the Virgin Mary is to understand the Christian religion. The Virgin Mary is a ubiquitous but enigmatic presence in Christian history and culture. The tradition about Mary forms a vast and multi-layered aspect of Western history, culture and spiritualit…
"Andrei Orlov examines early Christological developments in the light of rabbinic references to the "two powers" in heaven, tracing the impact of this concept through both canonical and non-canonical material. Orlov begins by looking at imagery of the "two powers" in early Jewis…
