Publications

1984
Author(s): Adela Collins

For the first time in complete form, the results of recent analyses of the Apocalypse are presented in a way that is easily understood by the beginning student and challenging to the scholar looking for a fresh approach. In a clear and vivid manner, Adela Yarbro Collins discusses the authorship of...
1984
Author(s): John J. Collins

Daniel, with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature is Volume XX of The Forms of the Old Testament Literature, a series that aims to present a form-critical analysis of every book and each unit in the Hebrew Bible. Fundamentally exegetical, the FOTL volumes examine the structure, genre, setting...
1984
Author(s): Nicholas Wolterstorff

Widely acclaimed as a seminal work on the relationship between reason and religion, this book probes the role of faith in responsible scholarship. Philosophical in nature yet highly accessible, this volume will inform all readers interested in integrating faith and learning.
1984
Author(s): Robert R. Wilson

In this volume, Robert R. Wilson faces a current methodological question: How, and in what ways, can the social sciences aid Old Testament research? Wilson offers an overview of the history and role of sociology in Old Testament interpretation, followed by an evaluation of its uses and a discussion...
1983
Author(s): John J. Collins

A landmark study of Hellenistic Judaism by one of the world’s recognized experts-now fully revised and updated. One of the most creative and consequential collisions in Western culture involved the encounter of Judaism with Hellenism. In his widely acclaimed study of the intellectual and...
1983
Author(s): Edited by Hendrik Hart, Johan Van Der Hoeven, and Nicholas Wolterstorff

1983
Author(s): Jon Butler

In this first modern history of the Huguenots’ New World experience, Jon Butler traces the Huguenot diaspora across late seventeenth-century Europe, explores the causes and character of their American emigration, and reveals the Huguenots’ secular and religious assimilation in three remarkably...
1983
Author(s): John Grim

Tribal peoples believe that the shaman experiences, absorbs, and communicates a special mode of power, sustaining and healing. This book discusses American Indian shamanic traditions, particularly those of the Woodland Ojibway, in terms drawn from the classical shamanism of Siberian peoples....