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67 produkter
The Bible after Babel
Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age
Häftad, 2005
300 kr
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Biblical scholars today often sound as if they are caught in the aftermath of Babel -- a clamor of voices unable to reach common agreement. Yet is this confusion necessarily a bad thing? Many postmodern critics see the recent profusion of critical approaches as a welcome opportunity for the …
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
Fourth Edition
Häftad, 2025
1154 kr
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John J. Collins's Introduction to the Hebrew Bible is one of the most reliable and widely adopted critical textbooks at undergraduate and graduate levels alike, and for good reason. Enriched by decades of classroom teaching, it is aimed explicitly at motivated students, regardless of their previous …
Invention of Judaism
Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul
Häftad, 2017
262 kr
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Most people understand Judaism to be the Torah and the Torah to be Judaism. However, in The Invention of Judaism, John J. Collins persuasively argues this was not always the case. The Torah became the touchstone for most of Judaism's adherents only in the hands of the rabbis of late antiquity. For …
Dead Sea Scrolls
A Biography
Häftad, 2019
161 kr
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Unraveling the controversies surrounding the Dead Sea ScrollsSince they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination—and controversy—than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the …
Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century
Third Fully Revised Edition
Av John J. Collins, Gina Hens-Piazza m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
967 kr
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Over 250,000 copies sold in previous editions.Enlighten your reading of the scriptures with this one-volume biblical commentary, a trusted Catholic resource for priests, students and scholars for over 55 years."The word of God unites believers and makes them one people. This is the importance and …
Scripture and Social Justice
Catholic and Ecumenical Essays
Av Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Harold W. Attridge m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1278 kr
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The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling …
The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature
Inbunden, 2014
3131 kr
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Apocalypticism arose in ancient Judaism in the last centuries BCE and played a crucial role in the rise of Christianity. It is not only of historical interest: there has been a growing awareness, especially since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, of the prevalence of apocalyptic …
Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Av John J. Collins, Timothy H. Lim
E-bok, 2012
495 kr
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In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the …
Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Av John J. Collins, Timothy H. Lim
E-bok, 2012
495 kr
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In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the …
Rule of the Association and Related Texts
Av James Nati, John J. Collins
E-bok, 2024
1375 kr
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The Rule of the Association (1QS; Serek ha-Yahad) is the primary description of the sectarian community described in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was one of the first Scrolls published, in 1951. Several related fragmentary scrolls subsequently came to light. This book provides text, translation, and …
Rule of the Association and Related Texts
Av James Nati, John J. Collins
E-bok, 2024
1375 kr
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The Rule of the Association (1QS; Serek ha-Yahad) is the primary description of the sectarian community described in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was one of the first Scrolls published, in 1951. Several related fragmentary scrolls subsequently came to light. This book provides text, translation, and …
The Rule of the Association and Related Texts
Av John J. Collins, James Nati
Inbunden, 2024
1332 kr
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The Rule of the Association (1QS; Serek ha-Yahad) is the primary description of the sectarian community described in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was one of the first Scrolls published, in 1951. Several related fragmentary scrolls subsequently came to light. This book provides text, translation, and …
The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Av Timothy H. Lim, John J. Collins
Inbunden, 2010
2696 kr
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In 1947 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the …
The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Av Timothy H. Lim, John J. Collins
Häftad, 2012
730 kr
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In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the …
Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature
E-bok, 2014
2182 kr
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Apocalypticism arose in ancient Judaism in the last centuries BCE and played a crucial role in the rise of Christianity. It is not only of historical interest: there has been a growing awareness, especially since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, of the prevalence of apocalyptic …
Hellenism in the Land of Israel
Av John J. Collins, Gregory E. Sterling
Häftad, 2001
392 kr
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The variety of ways in which Jews in Israel responded to and appropriated Greek culture is the subject of this volume. The contributors provide corroborating evidence of the influence of Greek culture in Judea and Galilee, from before the Maccabean revolt on into the rabbinic period.
Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Inbunden, 1997
2510 kr
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Since the photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls were released in 1992, there has been an explosion of interest in them. This volume explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls; how the notions of the 'end', Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect, influenced Judaism …
Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Häftad, 1997
647 kr
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Since the photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls were released in 1992, there has been an explosion of interest in them. This volume explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls; how the notions of the 'end', Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect, influenced Judaism …
Invention of Judaism
Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul
Inbunden, 2017
1156 kr
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Most people understand Judaism to be the Torah and the Torah to be Judaism. However, in the Invention of Judaism, John J. Collins persuasively argues this was not always the case. The Torah became the touchstone for most of Judaism's adherents only in the hands of the rabbis of late antiquity. For …
Invention of Judaism
Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul
E-bok, 2017
225 kr
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Most people understand Judaism to be the Torah and the Torah to be Judaism. However, in The Invention of Judaism , John J. Collins persuasively argues this was not always the case. The Torah became the touchstone for most of Judaism’s adherents only in the hands of the rabbis of late antiquity. For …
Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age
Häftad, 1998
1137 kr
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In this exploration of Jewish wisdom during the Hellenistic period, internationally renowned scholar John J. Collins examines the books of Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon, the Sentences of Pseudo-Phocylides, and the recently discovered Qumran Sapiential A text from the Dead Sea Scrolls - offering …
Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age
Inbunden, 1997
614 kr
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Jewish wisdom flourished under Hellenism in the books of Ben Sira and the wisdom of Solomon, as well as in a recently discovered sapiential text from Qumran. In this book, now available as a casebound, internationally known author John Collins presents a compelling description and analysis of these …
Families in Ancient Israel
Av Leo G. Perdue, Joseph Blenkinsopp m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
525 kr
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Four respected scholars of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism provide a clear portrait of the family in ancient Israel. Important theological and ethical implications are made for the family today.The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the …
Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures
New Developments in Canon Controversy
Av John J. Collins, Craig A. Evans m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
481 kr
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Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures examines the writings included in and excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture and explores the social settings in which some of this literature was viewed as authoritative and some was viewed either as uninspired or as heretical. John J. …
Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys
Av John J. Collins, Michael Fishbane
Häftad, 1995
504 kr
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A psychological and historical exploration of belief in a spirit world, imperceptible to the senses, as a pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristic of religionBelief in a spirit world, and a blissful or agonizing afterlife, is one of the most pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristics of …
Does the Bible Justify Violence?
Häftad, 2004
314 kr
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Renowned biblical scholar John J. Collins asks tough questions about the relationship between the portrayals of violence in the Bible and how they have been used throughout history. The Crusaders, Puritans, and abolitionists all used the Bible to justify their use of violence - and this process …
Encounters with Biblical Theology
Av John J. Collins, John J. Collins
Häftad, 2008
415 kr
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Daniel
A Commentary on the Book of Daniel
Inbunden, 1994
1104 kr
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The most comprehensive English-language commentary on Daniel in 65 years. Collins situates the Old Testament in its historical context and offers a full explanation of the text, especially its religious imagery.
Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Av John J. Collins, Craig A. Evans
Häftad, 2006
301 kr
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Were first-century Jews expecting a messiah? Were other messiahs mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls? Were key early Christian symbols also found in the Judaism of Qumran? Did the Jews of Jesus's day believe in salvation by works? In the Holy Spirit? How did the New Testament authors think about …
