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In this new edition of a successful book (over 120,000 copies sold), now updated throughout, a leading expert on the social world of the Bible offers students a reliable guide to the manners and customs of the ancient world. From what people wore, ate,...

G. A. Gaskell's Dictionary of the Sacred Language of All Scriptures and Myths, first published in 1923, examines several different aspects of religion, including examples from Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology to modern-day Christianity, providing...

This book centres on the use of the Bible within contemporary digital social media culture and gives an overview of its use online with examples from brand-new research from the CODEC Research Centre at Durham University, UK. It examines the shift from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781098037949Author Jonathan WheatleyFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Christian FaithPublisher Christian FaithWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In modern times, the Christian faith's claim to possess a unique revelation of God has faced numerous challenges. A central issue has been the role of the Bible. While some have continued to defend the view that the Bible, inspired by God, is his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830821792Author John StottFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563381836Author Vernon K. RobbinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group - TrinityPublisher Continuum...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532679490Author Walter C Kaiser, JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826512468Format PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University Press

In his third volume of collected essays, the former Professor of Hebrew Bible at Edinburgh University assembles studies published since 2017. With one significant modification (on the first Jeroboam), they develop the twin theses of his 2017 monograph,...

The volume offers a new critical reflection on the use of the Bible in contemporary cultural and political debates in the Nordic countries. In Nordic Lutheran societies, the Bible has been perceived as a basis of religion and social cohesion. Whereas...

The volume Multiple Teachers in Biblical Texts (CBET 88) makes clear that questions are very important. Questions are in fact very common in the Bible, but their role in the text has strangely enough rarely been explored. In this volume, authors from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218366995Author Edward F HillsFormat HardbackPage Count 406Imprint Kept Pure PressPublisher Kept Pure PressWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Beginning Biblical Hebrew combines the best of traditional grammars, new insights into Hebrew linguistics, and a creative pedagogical approach. This full-color instructor's manual includes the entire text of Beginning Biblical Hebrew, plus marginal notes...

Standard works on Christology seldom give much consideration to the way Christ is perceived outside the Western tradition. The Other Jesus is an in depth study of understandings of the person of Jesus Christ by major Asian Christian theologians of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949716207Author Brad LittlejohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Davenant InstitutePublisher Davenant InstituteWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218985592Author Stephen RodgersFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Sage PublicationsPublisher Sage PublicationsWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447112109Author Kenneth BerglandFormat HardbackPage Count 362Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 180mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503598062Author Leonardo Pessoa Da Silva PintoFormat PaperbackImprint Brepols PublishersPublisher Brepols PublishersWeight(grams) 580g

This study sets out to interpret the Marcan Temple incident (Mark 11,15-19) as a distancing device, by which the Marcan faction differentiates itself from other Jews, especially the anti-Roman revolutionaries who had turned the temple in Jerusalem into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949033830Author VI LindemuthFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Tremendous LeadershipPublisher Tremendous LeadershipWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563384103Author L. William CountrymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 245Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing...

The Bible is the world's most influential book, but do we really know what it says? Every day across social media and in homes, businesses, and public spaces, people try to cut debate short by claiming that 'the Bible says so!' However, they commonly...

New Testament theology raises many questions, not only within its own boundaries, but also in relation to other fields such as history, literary criticism, sociology, psychology, history, politics, philosophy, and religious studies. But, the overarching...

This volume of essays is focused on the significance of the book of Exodus for studies in the Septuagint, Second Temple Jewish literature, the New Testament, and Christian theology. A diverse group of scholars from various parts of the world, many of...

This volume presents key contributions to scholarship in biblical studies that engages or is influenced by cultural studies. Robert Seesengood selects foundational pieces that are ordinarily hard to locate and presents them in line with more recent...

Contributors to this volume examine the various collections of canonical sub-units in the canon, considering the state of the question regarding each particular collection. The chapters introduce the issues involved in sub-collections being accepted in...

Inspired by the work of Richard France and his highly influential Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher, Charles L. Quarles and Charles Nathan Ridlehoover have gathered together a collection of works that argue for a re-examination of the defining features of...

In his new book Doron Mendels addresses the topic of the authority of texts and their transmission, as well as different strategies of narration in ancient texts. Mendels provides extensive treatment of issues such as linearity, emporality and...

The Gospel of Matthew is both deliberately deceptive and emotionally compelling.Karl McDaniel explores ways in which the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew elicits and develops the emotions ofsuspense, surprise, and curiosity within its readers. While...

In this volume Gabriele Boccaccini and Jason M. Zurawski collect together essays from leading international scholars on the books of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch. The literature of the Second Temple Period has become increasingly studied in recent years as...

The Old Testament, and biblical scholarship itself, distinguishes between mythical and historical. This book argues that only historical thing in the Bible is the Bible itself, a superb product of Jewish thought. What is narrated in the Bible is only...

Guided by the metaphor of the art form known as a mosaic, this book advocates a pluralistic approach to biblical studies. Rees argues that the text itself can be described as a 'mosaic', with each new reading adding to the mosaic. Interpretation is...

In its twelfth volume this text examines a number of Patristic texts and early Christian documents from a feminist perspective."The Feminist Companion to Patristic Literature" is the twelfth volume in the "Feminist Companion to the Bible and Early...

The Bible, argues this book, may belong to the Church or synagogue as an instrument of religious practice. But as the object of academic study it belongs to the world as a whole. Confessional biblical studies belong to a discipline better termed...

Studies of medieval Biblical interpretation usually focus on the printed literature, neglecting the vast majority of relevant works. Timothy Bellamah offers a groundbreaking examination of the exegesis of William of Alton, a thirteenth-century Dominican...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780713676501Author Betty KirkpatrickFormat HardbackPage Count 744Imprint A & C Black Publishers LtdPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 1025g

This volume includes a full French-English and English-French dictionary covering ingredients, dishes and methods of cooking, so you can decode a menu, order a special dish or ask about a particular ingredient. Also featured are a guide to French wine...

Experience fresh connections to contemporary worship and devotional practices in this eight-session video-based study of Psalms with Bible scholar Sandra Richter (streaming video included).The book of Psalms is well-known and well-worn. It is the Old...

The first decades of the twenty-first century saw a resurgence of the biblical epic film, such as Noah and Exodus: Gods and Kings, which was in turn accompanied by a growth of biblical film criticism. This companion surveys that field of study by framing...