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Behind the Gospels: Understanding the Oral Tradition
Behind the Gospels offers a general theoretical discussion of the nature of oral tradition and the formation of ancient texts and provides a critical survey of the field, from classical form-criticism down to the present day.
$34.00
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Narrative Obtrusion in the Hebrew Bible
The author argues that attention to narrative obtrusion in the Hebrew Bible offers an entry point into the world of the narrator and thus promises to redefine aspects of narrative criticism.
$49.00
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Jesus and Temple: Textual and Archaeological Explorations
James H. Charlesworth gathers essays from world-renowned archaeologists and biblical scholars to address the current state of knowledge and to consider anew vital questions about the temple's significance for Jesus, for his followers, and for New Testament readers today.
$39.00
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Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God
What does it mean for Jesus to be "deified" in early Christian literature? M. David Litwa shows that at each stage in their depiction of Jesus' life and ministry, early Christian writings from the beginning relied on categories drawn not from Judaism alone, but on a wide, pan-Mediterranean understanding of deity.
$39.00
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Interpreting Abraham: Journeys to Moriah
The text presents a collection of essays that reflect upon the narrative of God's command to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac in Genesis 22.
$49.00
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The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions
At the origin of the Watchers tradition is the single enigmatic reference in Genesis 6 to the “sons of God” who had intercourse with human...
$34.00
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The Vine and the Son of Man: Eschatological Interpretation of Psalm 80 in Early Judaism
This study traces interpretations of Psalm 80 through many texts and argues that the psalm was an important biblical text through which early Christians understood the Christ event.
$59.00
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Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible
Fathers, sons, and mothers take center stage in the Bible's grand narratives, Amy Kalmanofsky observes. Sisters and sisterhood receive less attention in scholarship but, she argues, play an important role in narratives, revealing anxieties related to desire, agency, and solidarity among women playing out (and playing against) their roles in a patrilineal society.
$26.00
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Paul Collection from N. T. Wright: Two-Book set
Two new companion volumes on Paul from N. T. Wright!
$158.00
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4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: Translations, Introductions, and Notes
This handy volume makes these two important texts accessible to students, provides expert introductions, and illuminates the interrelationship of the texts through parallel columns.
$22.00
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Roman Imperial Texts: A Sourcebook
Roman Imperial Texts includes freshly translated public speeches, official inscriptions, annals, essays, poems, and documents of veiled protest from the Empire's subject peoples.
$49.00
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Social-Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters
This volume highlights the transformation of the memory of Paul in early Christianity as reflecting the concerns and interest of communities after Paul's death.
$45.00
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Israel's Poetry of Resistance: Africana Perspectives on Early Hebrew Verse
Hugh R. Page Jr. argues that the careful collection and preservation of Israel's poetic traditions was an act of resistance to the forces of despair.
$32.00
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Matthew: Texts @ Contexts series
Matthew sheds new light from new perspectives on themes in the Gospel including community; land, labor, and Empire; children, parents, and families; health and disabilities; and border-crossings.
$36.00
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Portraits of a Mature God: Choices in Old Testament Theology
What difference would it make for Old Testament theology if we turned our attention from the forceful "mighty acts of God" to the more subdued themes of later writings in the Hebrew Bible?
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Leviticus and Numbers: Texts @ Contexts series
Leviticus and Numbers focuses attention on practices and ideals of behavior in community, from mourning and diet to marriages licit and transgressive, examining all of these from a variety of global perspectives and postcolonial and feminist methods.
$12.25
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Soundings in Cultural Criticism: Perspectives and Methods in Culture, Power, and Identity in the New Testament
Questions of historical reconstruction, textual interpretation, and present cultural deployment are addressed in an ideal second textbook for New Testament courses.
$49.00
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Onesimus Our Brother: Reading Religion, Race, and Culture in Philemon
Philemon is as important a letter from an African American perspective as Romans or Galatians has proven to be in Eurocentric interpretation. Here the editors...
$44.00
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Soundings in the Religion of Jesus: Perspectives and Methods in Jewish and Christian Scholarship
Jesus was a Jew and not a Christian. That affirmation may seem obvious, but here an international cast of Jewish and Christian scholars spell out...
$32.00
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Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy
This paperback edition of Walter Brueggemann's monumental work makes his important volume available at a lower price.
$35.00
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