Publications

1995
Author(s): Bentley Layton

This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism.Maps and tables.
1995
Author(s): Wayne Meeks

By the time Christianity became a political and cultural force in the Roman Empire, it had come to embody a new moral vision. This wise and eloquent book describes the formative years-from the crucifixion of Jesus to the end of the second century of the common era-when Christian beliefs and...
1995
Author(s): John J. Collins

The first and only book to explore the concept of  the Messiah in light of the radical new evidence  just discovered in the recently released Dead Sea  Scrolls. Recent figures in the news, such as the  self-proclaimed messiah David Koresh of the Branch  Davidians, and the prophetic Orthodox Rabbi  ...
1994
Author(s): Phyllis Granoff (Author), Koichi Shinohara (Editor)

My contribution:  pp. 16-35; 150-207 Is the preoccupation with the self as important as people have assumed? This book explores some of the possible answers to this question by studying autobiographical and biographical writings outside the Euro-American tradition. The nine essays were written by...
1993
Author(s): Barbara B. Oberg (Editor), Harry S. Stout (Editor)

This interdisciplinary collection of comparative essays by distinguished historians and literary critics looks at aspects of the thought of Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin and considers the place of these two men in American culture. Probably the two most examined figures of the colonial...
1993
Author(s): David Kelsey

Kelsey argues that the central differences between various voices in theological education emerge most clearly when viewed in the light of "Athens", which views education as paideia, the goal of which is character formation and personal transformation, and "Berlin", which focuses on orderly,...
1993
Author(s): John J. Colllins

The Hermeneia series is designed to produce commentaries on biblical books that emphasize the traditional disciplines of philology, textual and historical criticism, and the history of religion.  The commentaries written, therefore, contain a wealth of information and scholarly detail, and Collins...
1993
Author(s): Sally Promey

“Promey’s book is a penetrating analysis of Shaker art…. The book is a gem, a true advance in Shaker studies, art history, religious history, and cultural history. Highly recommended.” – Choice “… a very intelligent and articulate… treatment of a stunning set of...
1993
Author(s): Philip S. Gorski & Andrei S. Markovitz

This comprehensive, richly detailed history and political analysis of the German Left since 1945 focuses on the emergence of the Greens as the most influential anti-establishment party in Europe and possibly in the industrial, capitalist world, and shows how this process has fundamentally changed...
1992
Author(s): Harold Attridge, with Gaohei Hata

Scholars of the history and literature of Christianity and Judaism explore the life and enduring contributions of Eusebius of Caesarea, an important writer and historian from the early fourth century. The essays focus on elements of the story that Eusebius tells–the story of the early church...