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The Psalms through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses
Until now, no book has conveniently combined treatment of the origins of the Psalms with attention to their Jewish and Christian use through history. William...
$39.00
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Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book of Jonah
Phyllis Trible examines rhetorical criticism as a discipline within biblical studies. In Part One she surveys the historical antecedents of the method from...
$34.00
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Interpreting Hebrew Poetry
Here is a convenient introduction to the unique aspects of interpreting the one-third of the Hebrew Bible that is in poetic form. Numerous are the occasions...
$19.00
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Micah: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Micah
With refreshing respect for the reader, Hillers lays out the evidence for his case cautiously and asks the readers to form their own decisions . . . He very...
$35.00
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Textual Criticism: Recovering the Text of the Hebrew Bible
Professor McCarter here offers an introduction to the art and science of textual criticism for students of the Hebrew Bible. His emphasis is on the work...
$19.00
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The Historical Writings: Fortress Commentary on the Bible Study Edition
This commentary on the Historical Writings, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. Contributors from a rich diversity of perspectives connect historical-critical analysis with sensitivity to current theological, cultural, and interpretive issues. Each chapter (Joshua through Esther) includes an introduction and commentary based on three lenses: ancient context, the interpretative tradition, and contemporary questions and challenges. The Historical Writings introduces fresh perspectives and draws students, preachers, and interested readers into the challenging work of interpretation.
$19.00
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The New Historicism
New Historicism has been a highly controversial and influential movement in university literature departments for almost twenty years. Biblical studies now...
$15.00
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Psychological Biblical Criticism
Exploring an exciting new method This volume provides an introduction to psychological interpretations of the Hebrew Bible in general—with the...
$22.00
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The Dawn of Apocalyptic: The Historical & Sociological Roots of Jewish Apocalyptic Eschatology
In challenging both traditional and contemporary notions of the nature and history of the Biblical apocalyptic literature, Professor Hanson begins by saying...
$30.00
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Literary Criticism of the Old Testament
This well-written introduction to the method of literary criticism gives the reader an awareness and appreciation of the rich diversity of thought found in...
$19.00
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Form Criticism of the Old Testament
Because of its long oral tradition the Old Testament includes an array of different literary types and compositions. Analysis of these genres in the biblical...
$19.00
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First Isaiah
The eighth-century BCE Isaiah of Jerusalem, the so-called First Isaiah, is one of the most important theological voices in the Bible. J. J. M. Roberts makes good use of his broad comparative knowledge of ancient Near Eastern historical and religious sources in providing a fresh and original interpretation of this prophet’s genuine oracles.
$79.00
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Judges 1: A Commentary on Judges 1:1 – 10:5
This groundbreaking volume presents a new translation and detailed interpretation of the book of Judges, drawing on archaeology and iconography, textual versions, biblical parallels, and extrabiblical texts, as well as a thorough review of modern scholarship. Full literary and redactional analyses are included. Notably, archaeology is used to show how a story of the Iron II period employed visible ruins to narrate supposedly early events from the so-called "period of the Judges."
$85.00
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Ezekiel 1: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, Chapters 1-24
This book will become one of the classic works on Ezekiel. It is so thorough that it will be most useful to the scholar and serious students.
$82.00
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Ezekiel 2: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel, Chapters 25-48
A major achievement . . . An essential tool for any serious study of Ezekiel.
$99.00
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Freedom and Imagination: Trusting Christ in an Age of Bad Faith
Freedom and Imagination recovers faith as the theological heart of the human being's participation in the life of God, and imagination as faith's interpretive lens. Three areas of ministry and life are explored through the imagination of faith: biblical interpretation, proclamation, and Christian freedom.
$26.00
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Jubilees: A Commentary in Two Volumes
Jubilees is an ancient rewriting of Genesis and the first part of Exodus from an anonymous second-century BCE Jewish author whose distinctive perspective--as well as the writing's apparent popularity at Qumran--makes it particularly important for any reconstruction of early Judaism. James C. VanderKam, the world's foremost authority on the writing, offers a new translation and the first full commentary on the book in the English language, covering contemporary scholarship and describing the book's influence on Jewish and Christian writers.
$150.00
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TANAK: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible
Though "biblical theology" has long been considered a strictly Christian enterprise, Marvin A. Sweeney here proposes a Jewish theology of the Hebrew Bible,...
$59.00
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Judges and Method: New Approaches in Biblical Studies, Second Edition
Judges and Method provides a unique classroom resource in biblical studies. Here are state-of-the-art introductions to leading critical methods in biblical...
$34.00
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Leviticus: A Book of Ritual and Ethics: Continental Commentaries
Building upon his life-long work on the Book of Leviticus, Milgrom makes this book accessible to all readers. He demonstrates the logic of Israel's sacrificial...
$49.00
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