Judentum

History and the Hebrew Bible

Hans M. Barstad

In this collection of essays, Hans M. Barstad deals thoroughly with the recent history debate, and demonstrates its relevancy for the study of ancient Israelite history and historiography. He take...

Way Metaphors and Way Topics in Isaiah 40-55

Oystein Lund

Øystein Lund gives a new approach to texts in Isaiah 40-55 that deal with ways and desert transformation. Earlier exegesis has mainly read these texts in a literal way. In recent years, exegetes ...

Of Kings and Reigns

Andrzej S. Turkanik

In this study, Andrzeij S. Turkanik examines the question of translation technique in the gamma/gamma-section (2.11-21.43) of 3 Reigns (1 Kings) in the Septuagint. There exists a number of differe...

Hebrew Bible, Greek Bible, and Qumran

Emanuel Tov

Subdivided into three segments (Hebrew Bible, Greek Bible, Qumran), this updated and revised collection of essays represents the work of Emanuel Tov in the past seventeen years. He focuses on vari...

Herod's Judaea

Samuel Rocca

Samuel Rocca presents an in - depth analysis of Herodian society. The most important facet of this analysis was the relationship between Herod as ruler and the Jewish subjects over whom he ruled. ...

Das Priesterverständnis des Flavius Josephus

Oliver Gußmann

Die Gestalt des antiken jüdischen Historikers Flavius Josephus erschließt sich am homogensten von seiner Priesterschaft und von seinem Priesterverständnis her, nicht aber durch seine Zuordnung ...

Law and Life

Preston M. Sprinkle

Preston M. Sprinkle examines the interpretation of Lev 18:5 ('...which if a person does he will live by them') in early Judaism and in Paul. This passage from Leviticus, used in later Old ...

Christian Identity in Corinth

V. Henry T. Nguyen

V. Henry T. Nguyen explores the social dynamics of Christian identity in the apostle Paul's second letter to the Corinthians. In order to grasp how aspects of identity affected social relation...

The Apocalyptic Son of Man in the Gospel of John

Benjamin E. Reynolds

The title 'Son of Man' in the Gospel of John is an apocalyptic reference that highlights, among a number of things, that Jesus is a heavenly figure. Benjamin E. Reynolds analyzes the backg...

The Spirit and Creation in Paul

John W. Yates

John W. Yates explores the meaning and significance of the Apostle Paul's description of the divine Spirit as 'life-giving'. He argues that with this designation Paul develops a tradit...

Die Relevanz des Theodizee-Problems in dem Gedicht "El male rachamim" von Yehuda Amichai

Margarete Roewer

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Judaistik, Note: 2,0, Freie Universität Berlin (Institut für Judaistik), Veranstaltung: Proseminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ein großer Teil j�...

Leopard Hat

Valerie Steiker

Joys of the Lord

Dr. H. Lawrence Zillmer

“JOYS OF THE LORD” is a sequel to “ Time Out With God,” or any book on meditation, such as “The Practice of the Presence” by Brother Lawrence. (1692) We need grist for our moments on t...

American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust

Laura Levitt

<p>Many of us belong to communities that have been scarred by terrible calamities. And many of us come from families that have suffered grievous losses. How we reflect on these legacies of l...

One Voice

W. Gunther Plaut

<p>W. Gunther Plaut is an internationally recognized rabbi and scholar, and one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth century. He was born in Germany, but in 1935 fled the Nazis for the...

Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920

Melissa R. Klapper

<p><b>Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860—1920</b> draws on a wealth of archival material, much of which has never been published—or even read—to illuminate the way...

I Didn't Know That

Join Joe Bobker in his humorous adventure through Torah and Talmud, history and halacha, law and lore, and much more. This enjoyable volume on Jewish practice and law serves, in the author s words...

The Impact of the Holocaust on Jewish Theology

<p>The theological problems facing those trying to respond to the Holocaust remain monumental. Both Jewish and Christian post-Auschwitz religious thought must grapple with profound questions...

The Jews of Windsor, 1790-1990

Jonathan V. Plaut

<p>Beginning with the first Jewish settler, Moses David, the important role that Windsor Jews played in the development of Ontario’s south is mirrored in this 200-year chronicle. the found...

1 Enoch 91-108

Loren T. Stuckenbruck

The volume is a commentary on 1 Enoch chapters 91"108 that begins with the Ethiopic text tradition but also takes the Greek and Aramaic (Dead Sea Scrolls) evidence into account. This section o...