Author(s): Stephen Davis, Bilal Orfali, Samuel Noble
A Medieval Arabic text from the history of Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations in Egypt
Author(s): Edited by Giorgio Bonamente, Rita Lizzi Testa, Noel Lenski
The collections here reports were presented at the University of Perugia and in the Town Hall of Spello Studies - in front of the rescript of Constantine - between 27 and 30 April 2011 in the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Emperor Galerius. Since 311 AD, was a watershed year that ushered in the...
Author(s): Harold Attridge
Internationally renowned New Testament scholar Harold Attridge illuminates key aspects of John and Hebrews, two of the most theologically compelling and complex New Testament books. Attridge explores the literary and cultural traditions at work in the text and its imaginative rhetoric, which aims...
Author(s): Christine Hayes
This book examines the small library of 24 books common to all Jewish and Christian Bibles—books that preserve the efforts of diverse writers over a span of many centuries to make sense of their personal experiences and those of their people, the ancient Israelites. Professor Christine Hayes...
Author(s): Walter Brueggemann (Author), Samuel E. Balentine (Foreword), Carolyn J. Sharp (Contributor)
This volume invites readers to get up close and personal with one of the most respected and beloved writers of the last four decades. Carolyn J. Sharp has transcribed numerous table conversations between Walter Brueggemann and his colleagues and former students, in addition to several of his...
Author(s): Bruce Gordon edited with Matthew McLean
This volume presents significant new research on several aspects of the late mediaeval and early modern Bible. These essays consider aspects of Bible scholarship and translation, illustration and production, its uses for lay devotion and in theological controversy. Inquiring into the ways in which...
For well over two centuries the question of the composition of the Pentateuch has been among the most central and hotly debated issues in the field of biblical studies. In this book, Joel Baden presents a fresh and comprehensive argument for the Documentary Hypothesis. Critically engaging both...
Author(s): Edited by Philip Gorski, David Kyuman Kim, John Torpey, Jonathan VanAntwerpen
The Post-Secular in Question considers whether there has in fact been a religious resurgence of global dimensions in recent decades. This collection of original essays by leading academics represents an interdisciplinary intervention in the continuing and ever-transforming discussion of the role of...
Author(s): Edited by Gerhard Bowering, Patricia Crone, Wadad Kadi, Devin J. Stewart, Muhammad Qasim Zaman, and Mahan Mirza
The first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. With more than 400 alphabetically arranged entries...
Offers a comparative perspective on the translation of sacred scriptures and on various theories of translation
Examines a broad range of early Persian translations and commentaries of the Qur’an
Illuminates the relationship between Arabic juridical and theological writings and early Persian...
