Copenhagen International Seminar
The Emergence of Israel in Ancient Palestine: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives
1st Edition
By Emanuel Pfoh
February 29, 2016
Taking advantage of critical methodology for history-writing and the use of anthropological insights and ethnographic data from the modern Middle East, this study aims at providing new understandings on the emergence of Israel in ancient Palestine and the socio-political dynamics at work in the ...
Japheth ben Ali's Book of Jeremiah: A Critical Edition and Linguistic Analysis of the Judaeo-Arabic Translation
1st Edition
By Joshua A. Sabih
January 20, 2016
This volume deals with three themes: medieval Judaism, Arabic and Hebrew sociolinguistics, and Arabic Bible translation. Within Medieval Judaism, the Karaite Jews became a prosperous community under the banners of Islam. One of the most salient signs of the Karaite community's strength and internal...
The Origin Myths and Holy Places in the Old Testament: A Study of Aetiological Narratives
1st Edition
By Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spano, Jacek Laskowski
January 20, 2016
'Origin Myths and Holy Places in the Old Testament' examines the biblical narratives which describe the origins of holy places. It argues for the Hellenistic origin or redaction of most of these narratives. Three central questions are addressed: are there common features in biblical accounts about ...
Is This Not The Carpenter?: The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas L. Thompson, Thomas S. Verenna
August 21, 2014
The historicity of Jesus is now widely accepted and hardly questioned by most scholars. But this assumption disarms biblical texts of much of their power by privileging an historical interpretation which effectively sweeps aside much theological speculation and allusion. Furthermore, the assumption...
The Expression Son of Man and the Development of Christology: A History of Interpretation
1st Edition
By Mogens Muller
August 08, 2014
'Son of Man' is practically the only self-designation employed by Jesus himself in the gospels, but is used in such a way that no hint is left of any particular theological significance. Still, during the first many centuries of the church, the expression as it was reused was given content, first ...