Uses and Misuses of Ancient Mediterranean Sources

How were ancient textual sources used and manipulated? And how can this help us understand the dissemination of religious and mythological knowledge in different historical ...

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Ann-Kristin Wigand

Achikar in Elephantine

Ann-Kristin Wigand interprets the Aramaic Achikar composition against the background of Persian Egypt. She combines historical-critical methods with an intertextual approach in order to work ...

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W. H. Paul Thompson

Pauline Slave Welfare in Historical Context

W.H. Paul Thompson engages in an equality analysis of ancient ethics on slave welfare – how slaves should be treated in comparison to free persons. He ...

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Science in Qumran Aramaic Texts

The studies in this volume examine the knowledge and ideas about the natural and human world as reflected in the Aramaic texts of Qumran. Their authors were well acquainted with Mesopotamian science and ...

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Inscribe It in a Book

The subfield of orality and scribal culture within Hebrew Bible studies is leading to gradual shifts in the field. The theoretical and empirical essays in this volume contribute to the ongoing conversation within ...

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Tal Ilan

Tractates Pe'ah, Demai and Kil'ayim

In this volume, Tal Ilan presents a feminist commentary on the first three mishnaic tractates of Seder Zera'im (Seeds) that have no Babylonian commentary. The first one, Pe'ah, is about ...

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Adela Yarbro Collins

Collected Essays on the Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel of Mark belongs to a time and place quite different from the present, especially in the northern hemisphere. In these essays Adela Yarbro ...

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Cian Power

The Significance of Linguistic Diversity in the Hebrew Bible

Cian J. Power explores ideas about linguistic diversity from the Hebrew Bible, including Hebrew and other ancient languages, like Aramaic. He ...

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Yakir Paz

From Scribes to Scholars

Yakir Paz shows that the ancient Homeric commentaries had a major impact on the formation of rabbinic biblical commentaries in the second and third century CE. This impact is discernible in the ...

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Cotton Mather

Biblia Americana

Cotton Mather's commentary on Hebrews-Revelation, together with several appended essays, offer a mixture of devotional readings and textual-historical criticism. They give insight into his millennialism, ...

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Trevor N. Wedman

Inverting the Norm

Trevor N. Wedman shows that sovereignty, subjectivity and normativity, or the sovereign, the subject and the (legal) norm are three wholly interdependent concepts: the meaning of each of these ...

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Giovanni Tortoriello

Scala Christus est

Giovanni Tortoriello provides an innovative perspective on the historical context of the early Reformation debates. It is believed that the Reformation emerged as a reaction to medieval ...

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Abeneazer G. Urga

Intercession of Jesus in Hebrews

Hebrews explicates that Jesus is an interceding high priest in heaven. His heavenly intercession is a continuation of his high priestly intercession on earth, couched in his ...

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Historical Settings, Intertextuality, and Biblical Theology

The contributors to this volume address three central approaches in biblical interpretation: historical settings, intertextuality, and biblical theology. They ...

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Tel 'En Gev

This is the final report of the Tel 'En Gev excavation by Keio University. The site is located to the east of the Sea of Galilee and is key in understanding the Aram-Israel relationship. The excavation aimed at establishing a ...

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Anders Runesson

Judaism for Gentiles

For clergy, scholar, and lay person, Paul's letters hold weight and continue to draw in new readers. In this collection of essays, Anders Runesson listens to the voice of the historical Paul – a ...

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Humanity: An Endangered Idea?

What makes humans human? What does it mean for humans to live a human life? What is the humanitas for which we ought to strive? This volume discusses key philosophical and theological issues in the current ...

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Common Ground and Diversity in Early Christian Thought and Study

Heikki Räisänen (1941–2015) touched upon many key questions in the study of early Christianity. The essays in this volume discuss these topics ...

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Assaf Kleiman

Beyond Israel and Aram

Assaf Kleiman discusses the archaeology and history of local communities in the central Levant that flourished in the shadow of Israel and Aram-Damascus. The study offers a new and exciting way to ...

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Sajan George Perepparambil

Jesus as the Way to the Father in the Gospel of John

In this study, Sajan George Perepparambil argues that the best method to interpret John 14,6 is to do so with John himself or to ...

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Miriam Goldstein

A Judeo-Arabic Parody of the Life of Jesus

Miriam Goldstein demonstrates that Toledot Yeshu, the notorious parody of the life of Jesus, was popular and long-lived among Arabic-speaking Jews. Retelling the ...

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Autonomy, Diversity and the Common Good

Is it possible to strive for autonomy and diversity in society without weakening the common good? How much autonomy and diversity are possible without destroying social cohesion and human ...

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On the Transcultural Nature of Jewish Periodicals

This volume bears the fruits of the authors' discussions about Jewish periodicals, based on their unique inherited textual tradition and focusing on the visionary Ashkenazy ...

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Diarmaid MacCulloch

Das Christentum

The British theologian and church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch is an internationally respected expert on the Reformation period. In his keynote address, he emphasizes that in his research he was ...

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Galen's Humanistic Medicine

This edition, translation, and collection of essays examines Galen’s conception of the role of philosophy in medicine; it also situates Galen’s disciplinary vision in relation to modern theorizations of ...

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