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Failed Methods and Ideology in Canonical Interpretation of Biblical Texts: Changing Perspectives 9
1st Edition
By Bernd Diebner, Ingrid Hjelm
January 30, 2025
This volume by the late Bernd J. Diebner presents an anthology of studies previously published only in German from 1971 to 2020 on a wide range of topics in biblical studies. The 18 essays in this collection offer profound insight into the works of German scholarship which have strongly influenced ...
Rethinking Biblical Scholarship: Changing Perspectives 4
1st Edition
By Philip R. Davies
January 30, 2025
"Rethinking Biblical Scholarship" brings together seminal essays to provide readers with an assessment of the archaeological and exegetical research which has transformed the discipline of biblical studies over the last two decades. The essays focus on history and historiography, exploring how ...
American Biblical Archaeology and Zionism: The Politics of Objectivity from William F. Albright to William G. Dever
1st Edition
By Brooke Knorr
October 28, 2024
This book examines the relationship between several of the most prominent American biblical archaeologists and Zionism. While these scholars have been studied and historicized to some extent, little work has been done to understand their role in the history of the Palestinian–Israeli conflict. ...
Historiography, Ideology and Politics in the Ancient Near East and Israel: Changing Perspectives 5
1st Edition
Edited
By Niels Peter Lemche, Mario Liverani, Emanuel Pfoh
August 26, 2024
In this volume, Niels Peter Lemche and Emanuel Pfoh present an anthology of seminal studies by Mario Liverani, a foremost scholar of the Ancient Near East. This collection contains 18 essays, 11 of which have originally been published in Italian and are now published in English for the first time....
John the Baptist as a Rewritten Figure in Luke-Acts
1st Edition
By Christina Michelsen Chauchot
May 27, 2024
John the Baptist as a Rewritten Figure in Luke-Acts compares the Gospel of Luke’s account of John’s ministry with those of Matthew, Mark, and John to make the case for the hypertextual relationship between the synoptic gospels. The book is divided into three parts. Part I situates the Gospel of ...
Samaritans and Jews in History and Tradition: Changing Perspectives 10
1st Edition
By Ingrid Hjelm
May 07, 2024
This volume presents an anthology of 19 seminal studies, some for the first time in English, that explore the history and tradition of the ancient relationship between Samaritans and Jews. The book is arranged into three parts: Methods, Traditions, and History; Samaritan and Jewish Pentateuchs; and...
Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts: Cosmic Monotheism and Terrestrial Polytheism in the Primordial History
1st Edition
By Russell E. Gmirkin
January 29, 2024
Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Plato’s famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil containing equal parts science, theology and myth....
Hellenism and the Primary History: The Imprint of Greek Sources in Genesis - 2 Kings
1st Edition
By Robert Karl Gnuse
September 25, 2023
This collection of essays seeks to demonstrate that many biblical authors deliberately used Classical and Hellenistic Greek texts for inspiration when crafting many of the narratives in the Primary History. Through detailed analysis of the text, Gnuse contends that there are numerous examples of ...
A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine: Palestine History and Heritage Project 1
1st Edition
Edited
By Ingrid Hjelm, Hamdan Taha, Ilan Pappe, Thomas L. Thompson
September 30, 2021
A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine discusses prospects andmethods for a comprehensive, evidence-based history of Palestine with acritical use of recent historical, archaeological and anthropological methods.This history is not an exclusive history but one that is ethnically ...
Archaeology, Heritage and Ethics in the Western Wall Plaza, Jerusalem: Darkness at the End of the Tunnel
1st Edition
By Raz Kletter
September 30, 2021
This volume is a critical study of recent archaeology in the Western Wall Plaza area, Jerusalem. Considered one of the holiest places on Earth for Jews and Muslims, it is also a place of controversy, where the State marks ‘our’ remains for preservation and adoration and ‘theirs’ for silencing.Based...
Jeremiah in History and Tradition
1st Edition
Edited
By Jim West, Niels Peter Lemche
September 30, 2021
Jeremiah in History and Tradition examines aspects of the Book of Jeremiah from a variety of perspectives including historical, textual, redaction, and feminist criticism, as well as the history of its reception. The book looks afresh at the Book of Jeremiah through the lens of intertextuality and ...
Revealing the History of Ancient Palestine: Changing Perspectives 8
1st Edition
By Keith W. Whitelam, Emanuel Pfoh
August 14, 2020
This volume is part of the Changing Perspectives sub-series, which is constituted by anthologies of articles by world-renowned biblical scholars and historians that have made an impact on the field and changed its course during the last decades. This volume offers a collection of seminal essays by ...