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Adoption in the Hebrew Bible

To remedy a scholarly lacuna on the study of adoption in the Hebrew Bible, chapters in this volume examine this topic from a variety of perspectives, including trauma, transfers of children, motives for a…

lieferbar ab 25.6.2026.

Buch

Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Bible

Examines the dilemma of whether ancient Near Eastern images - while providing unique aspects of the world-views of the cultures from which the Bible arose - can be interpreted in a way that traceably rela…

lieferbar ab 25.6.2026.

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Yitzhak Berger,
Allusion and Meaning in Judges and Ruth

Yitzhak Berger analyses the stories of the six major Israelite chieftains, exploring narratives that comprise the heart of the biblical book of Judges. Berger presents an original set of interpretations, …

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Donald C Polaski,
Envisioning Writing

This work traces the development of Judaism as a Scriptural religion, claiming that this did not arise from discrete moments of "political" authority (e.g., Sinai, Josiah, Ezra), but was part of…

lieferbar ab 20.8.2027.

Buch

Christie Gilfeather,
The Figure of the Widow in the Hebrew Bible

Christie Gilfeather explores the role of the widow in the Hebrew Bible, examining the appearance and significance of widowhood in numerous biblical texts, from Job and Deuteronomy to Leviticus and Lamenta…

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Michael Floyd,
Woe-Speeches Within the Context of an Oracular Inquiry

Michael H. Floyd explores how the woe-speeches in Habakkuk 2:6-20 are related in form and content to the message revealed to the prophet in Hab 2:1-5, defending his reading through spirited debate with ot…

lieferbar ab 23.7.2026.

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Archaeology, History and Heritage of the Southern Levant

In this volume Emanuel Pfoh and Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò present a survey of critical approaches to biblical scholarship and the archaeology of Israel/Palestine.Divided into three main thematic parts of …

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Ambra Suriano,
Narrative Paths Through Mamre and Sodom

Ambra Suriano analyses the narrator's techniques, exploring the influence of the readers' understanding and playing with their interpretative freedom in recounting particular episodes in the Book of Genes…

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Katerina Koci,
Jephthah's Daughter in the Bible and Reception

In this volume, Katerina Koci redefines our understanding of gender-related sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible. Through an exploration of the figures of Jephthah's unnamed daughter, Isaac, and the classical pr…

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Barbara Thiede,
Divine Masculinity in the Books of Samuel

Presents an exploration of Yhwh in the Books of Samuel as offering a gender-bending presentation of masculinity, exposing the deity's emotional and sexual needs versus his chosen men and the triangular ma…

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Ian Young,
Daniel: A Textual Commentary

Ian Young provides a commentary on the Masoretic Text of the book of Daniel, focusing on issues of language and text and presenting an investigation of the Masoretic Text as a product of scribal art.Young…

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History in Disguise

This volume seeks to illuminate that the metaphors featured in Ezekiel's prophetic writing are closely connected to interpretations of historical events . The authors highlight how this use of metaphor is…

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Song, Prayer, Scripture

Experts from the field of biblical studies shed light on the many ways in which the Psalter psalms have been used through the ages.The focus across the volume is on the role that these psalms play in scri…

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Lydie Kucová,
Synoptic Perspectives

This book compares and contrasts several parallel passages in the Hebrew Bible that relate to the David narratives. Lydie Kucová examines various ancient versions of the books of Samuel-Kings and Chronicl…

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Anne Katrine De Hemmer Gudme,
Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible

Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible is an investigation of the key hospitality texts and narratives in the Hebrew Bible, such as Abraham's visitors in Mamre in Genesis 18, Lot's visitors in Sodom in Genesis 1…

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Bibles in Popular Cultures

Supporting the theory that there is no singular 'Bible', and the idea that biblical literacy is demonstrated in a multitude of ways beyond confessional interpretations of biblical texts, the contributors …

lieferbar ab 25.6.2026.

Buch

Tracing the Ritual Body

This volume utilizes Catherine Bell's ritual theory to shed new light on the many rituals reflected in ancient Mediterranean texts . In recent decades scholars of religion have come to realize that ritual…

lieferbar ab 30.4.2026.

Buch

Violence Against Women and Children in the Hebrew Bible

What did violence against women and children mean for ancient audiences and how do modern audiences hear and process the meaning of violence in the texts of the Hebrew Bible? The rape of Tamar, the sacrif…

lieferbar ab 30.4.2026.

Buch

Sheona Beaumont,
The Bible in Photography

This volume presents a hermeneutical study of biblical subjects in photography, past and present.

lieferbar in mind. 4 Wochen

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Rannfrid I Thelle,
Babel and Bible

A groundbreaking study of how Assyriology transformed biblical scholarship and how the Bible shaped the reception of Mesopotamia. Between George Smith's sensational flood lecture in 1872 and the publicati…

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