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  • Historiography and Identity (Re)formulation in Second Temple Historiographical Literatureby Louis Jonker

    Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 100.00

    It is commonly accepted in various disciplines and contexts that history writing often (if not always!) contribute to the process of identity (re)formation. Using the past in order to find a renewed identity in new (socio-political and socio-religious) circumstances, is something that we also witness in Hebrew Bible historiographies. The so-called... more...

  • After Ezekielby Paul M. Joyce; Andrew Mein

    Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 100.00

    Ezekiel has long been considered the most difficult of all the prophetic books to understand. The prophet's bizarre visions, extraordinary behaviour, and extravagant imagery have perplexed and fascinated readers for more than 2,500 years. The prophet has had an impact not only on theology and the life of Church and Synagogue, but also on culture,... more...

  • Israel in Transition 2by Lester L. Grabbe

    Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 110.00

    Israel in Transition 2 is the second in a two-volume work addressing some of the historical problems relating to the early history of Israel, from its first mention around 1200 BCE to the beginnings of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.  During this four century transition period Israel moved from a group of small settlements in the Judean and... more...

  • Judas Briefby Gary Greenberg

    Continuum International Publishing 2007; US$ 31.95

    The Judas Brief challenges the fundamental Gospel concept that at least some leading Jews played a key role in having Jesus executed. Author Gary Greenberg provides a detailed examination of all Gospel accounts of hostile interaction between Jesus and the Jews, with special attention to the Gospel accounts of the Jewish and Roman trials of Jesus. He... more...

  • 1 Peter (New Testament Guides)by David G. Horrell

    Continuum International Publishing 2008; US$ 19.95

    Like other volumes in the New Testament Guides series, 1 Peter offers a concise and accessible introduction to a New Testament text, in this case aimed specifically at undergraduate-level students. It provides information on the likely historical and social setting of this letter, on its literary form and theological content, and on issues involved... more...

  • Representing the Pastby Rachelle L. Gilmour

    BRILL 2011; US$ 166.00

    Through literary analysis and comparison with modern historical theory, this volume examines the narrative representation of familiar historical concepts such as causation, significance, evaluation and coherence of past events in the book of Samuel. more...

  • Exploring Exodusby Nahum M. Sarna

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 16.95

    Sarna examines the distinctiveness of the Exodus narrative in light of ancient Near Eastern history and contemporaneous cultures--Egyptian, Assyrian, Canaanite, and Babylonian. In a new Foreword to the 1996 edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back... more...

  • In the Beginningby Karen Armstrong

    Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.00

    BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. In this fascinating book by the author of A History of God and Jerusalem, one of the best-known and least-understood books of the Bible is clarified for modern readers. Armstrong shows readers how the ancient tales of the Creation, the Fall, Cain... more...

  • The Unauthorized Versionby Robin Lane Fox

    Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not Available

    The Bible is moving, inspirational and endlessly fascinating - but is it true? Starting with Genesis and the implicit background to the birth of Christ, Robin Lane Fox sets out to discover how far biblical descriptions of people, places and events are confirmed or contradicted by external written and archaeological evidence. He turns a sharp historian's... more...

  • How to Read the Bibleby James L. Kugel

    Free Press 2012; US$ 22.00

    Scholars from different fields have joined forces to reexamine every aspect of the Hebrew Bible. Their research, carried out in universities and seminaries in Europe and America, has revolutionized our understanding of almost every chapter and verse. But have they killed the Bible in the process? In How to Read the Bible, Harvard professor... more...