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The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran
BRILL 2007; US$ 182.00Beginning with the historical origins of the jubilee in ancient Israel, this book traces the reinterpretation of the jubilee through the "Old Testament", "Second Temple" literature", and "Qumran" documents, demonstrating a tendency toward eschatological re-readings with the passage of time. more...
Mediating the Divine
BRILL 2007; US$ 212.00A comprehensive treatment of prophecy and revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls. This book examines the reconfiguration of biblical prophecy and revelation, the portrait of prophecy at the end of days, and the evidence for ongoing prophetic activity. more...
Everlasting Dominion
B&H Publishing Group 2006; US$ 39.99Taking a high view of Scripture as the inspired, authoritative Word of God, esteemed seminary professor Merrill offers this thoroughly in-depth theology of the Old Testament after decades of study. more...
L'énigme du bonheur
BRILL 2008; US$ 144.00This study deals with the question of happiness in the book of Qoheleth, starting with the contemporary debate among modern writers concerning the status of various encouraging statements that emerge out of a general context in which "all is vanity." The first part of this study describes the current position of research, examining the debated... more...
An Introduction to the Old Testament
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2010; US$ 99.95This comprehensive, introductory textbook is unique in exploring the emergence of the Hebrew Bible in the broader context of world history. It particularly focuses on the influence of pre-Roman empires, empowering students with a richer understanding of Old Testament historiography. Provides a historical context for students learning about the development... more...
The Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 119.00This volume presents selected papers read at the first meeting of the Society for Jewish and Biblical Studies in Central Europe, in Piliscsaba, Hungary, 1?2 February, 2009, but does not publish the proceedings of this meeting (for a clarification see here). The papers investigate various aspects of the concept ?Stranger? in Jewish tradition, from the... more...
The First Book of God
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 147.00The supplementary hypothesis offered in this book suggests that the search for three or four different fragmentary documents in the Pentateuch is erroneous and that the editorial procedure was one of successive additions upon one original text, an organic procedure in a culture where the written word was respected, and revelation revered. The earliest... more...
Beginnings
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 25.00The bestselling and prize-winning Israeli author Meir Shalev describes the many "firsts" of the Bible ? the first love and the first death, to the first laugh and the first dream ? providing a fresh, secular and surprising look at the stories we think we know. The first kiss in the Bible is not a kiss of love. The first love in the Bible is not... more...
Reading the Old Testament with the Ancient Church (Evangelical Ressourcement)
Baker Publishing Group 2007; US$ 24.00Examines the role played by the Old Testament in the formation of early Christian thinking. more...
Evoking Lament
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 130.00In prayer all experiences may be brought to God in openness and trust. Yet lament seems to introduce notes of mistrust into a relationship properly characterized by confident faith in God and His will. Sustained attention to lament presents a challenge to theological reflection in reminding it of the acuteness of the experience of suffering and evil.... more...









