Watering the Garden

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections | nr. 19
• The essays collected in Watering the Garden are intended to honor Deirdre Dempsey, a distinguished biblical educator, translator, and scholar. The con... Lees meer

Re-Reading the Prophets Through Corporate Globalization

Matthew Coomber

• Hardcover | Biblical Intersections
• Using societal patterns of exploitation that are evidenced in agrarian societies from the Bronze Age to modern-day corporate globalization, Re-Reading... Lees meer

Narratology and the Pentateuch Targums

Simon Lasair

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• In this innovative book Simon Lasair explores some of the potentials of applying narratology to the Pentateuch Targums. Lasair argues that when the ta... Lees meer

Women in Drag

Caryn Tamber-Rosenau

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections | nr. 16
• From Jael's tent peg to Judith's sword, biblical interpreters have long recognized the power of the "lethal women" stories of the Hebrew Bible and rel... Lees meer

Job of Uz

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• Job finds himself in a situation similar to one experienced by everyone at some point in his or her life. He wants answers to questions concerning wha... Lees meer

Community Participation in Scripture Version Design

Diphus Chosefu Chemorion

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• What strategies can be applied in producing an alternative version of Scripture that is complementary to the existing translation(s) and acceptable to... Lees meer

Studies on Magic and Divination in the Biblical World

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• A selection of essays on magic and divination in relation to the biblical world, including Mesopotamian demonology, Akkadian literary influences, exor... Lees meer

Anthropology and the Bible

Emanuel Pfoh

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• This anthology constitutes the proceedings of the Anthropology and the Bible session from the European Association of Biblical Studies' annual meeting... Lees meer

Opening Heaven's Floodgates

Siobhan Dowling Long

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• The narrative of Noah's flood in Genesis draws perennial interest from scholars and the general public. Too often, however, historical and exegetical ... Lees meer

Social Identity in Nahum

Jan Petrus Bosman

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• The Book of Nahum's moving and disturbing poetry provides a prophetical glimpse on the social identity dynamics of ancient Israel. A multidimensional ... Lees meer

Humanist Comic Elements in Aristophanes and the Old Testament

Benjamin M Lazarus

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• The use of comic elements in story-telling and literature is not simply the provenance of one particular culture, but is instead as much a natural and... Lees meer

In the Arms of Biblical Women

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• The less-discussed character in the Bible is the woman: two talking animals therein have sometimes received more page space. This volume shines the li... Lees meer

The Book of Lamentations and the Social World of Judah in the Neo-Babylonian Era

Lauress Wilkins

• Hardcover | Engels | Biblical Intersections
• Using a form of social-historical criticism this book provides a counter-reading of Lamentations that elucidates the impact and aftermath of siege war... Lees meer