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A New English Translation of the Septuagintby Albert Pietersma; Benjamin G. Wright
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 16.95Translated from the Hebrew between the third and first centuries B.C., the Septuagint became the Bible for Greek-speaking Jews and was widely cited by early Christians. Now, at long last, it has been made available in an accurate modern translation for English readers.- more...
Our Lives As Torahby Carol Ochs
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 31.95In this powerful book, Carol Ochs shows us how to develop a personal theology by examining our life stories, learning to recognize God at work in them, and bringing them into conversation with Torah. Using timeless biblical texts as lenses to see the present, she helps us understand who we are and who God is for us by exploring the tightly interwoven basic elements of our lives--our love, suffering, work, bodies, prayer, community, and experiences of death. Through the process of seeing our experiences in relation to Biblical stories, we begin to recognize our lives as part of the ongoing story of the Jewish people--as Torah. This insight allows us to see these experiences as meaningful, not accidental, and opens us to recognizing God's power... more...
Wisdom Texts from Qumranby Daniel S. J. Harrington
Routledge 2003; US$ 35.95This study is the first full analysis of the Qumran wisdom texts. New translations and a full explanation of the background and context of wisdom literature introduce the reader to an important and hitherto little discussed part of the Dead Sea Scrolls. more...
Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrollsby John J. Collins
Routledge 1997; US$ 39.95This volume explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls; how the notions of the 'end', Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect, influenced Judaism and filtered into Christianity. more...
Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrollsby James C. VanderKam
Routledge 1998; US$ 36.95Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls explores the evidence about calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Jewish texts. more...
Hebrew Language and Jewish Thoughtby David Patterson
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 44.95This important book examines the relationship between the actual words of the Hebrew language and the thoughts and values contained therein. more...
The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bibleby Leo G. Perdue
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008; US$ 55.00This comprehensive Companion to the Hebrew Bible offers a broad overview and survey of Old Testament study. It consists of newly commissioned articles from an impressive range of top international Old Testament scholars, from the UK, Europe, Canada and the US. The history, archaeology, theology, sociology and ancient Near Eastern context of the Hebrew Bible are all given considerable attention, and by addressing questions of methodology and interpretation the Companion also introduces readers to important issues in the academic study of the Old Testament. The articles are written so as to be accessible to non-specialists whilst also of interest to scholars, since the contributors articulate their own position on their subject. The volume as... more...
Sapiential, liturgical, and poetical texts from Qumranby D.K. Falk; F. Garcia Martinez; E.M. Schuller
BRILL 2000; US$ 211.00This collection of Qumran papers will provide study material for researchers and students in ancient Judaism and Christian origins and Biblical studies. more...
The theology of the halakhahby J. Neusner
BRILL 2001; US$ 177.00In this work Neusner argues that the law of normative Judaism, the Halakhah, viewed whole, with its category-formations read in logical sequence, tells a coherent story. He demonstrates that details of the law contribute to making a single statement. more...
The halakhahby J. Neusner
BRILL 2002; US$ 141.00The essays gathered here systematically investigate the religious meaning of the normative law of Judaism, with reference to the concept of time and history that is embodied by the law. more...









