Books and writing, according to Jacques Derrida, are always concerned with questions of life and death. Nowhere is this more true than regarding the heavenly book motif, which plays an important role in early Judeo-Christian literature, and particularly in apocalypses. This book…
In spite of its importance for the textual history and the theological significance of the Book of Ben Sira, especially in its two different Greek versions, the 1951 doctoral thesis of Conleth Kearns has never been published and is only in circulation in photocopies. Kearns brou…
Ch. 1 (p. 15-40) discusses Christian pneumatologies and anti-Judaism in Christian theology from ancient times to the present. The rest of the book develops the argument that, contrary to Christian supersessionist theology, the Jews do not reject God as Spirit; he dwells in Israe…
Ch. 1 (p. 15-40) discusses Christian pneumatologies and anti-Judaism in Christian theology from ancient times to the present. The rest of the book develops the argument that, contrary to Christian supersessionist theology, the Jews do not reject God as Spirit; he dwells in Israe…
