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Judges and Method
by Gale A. Yee, ed.
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- 2nd edition
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- 2007
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- Trade paperback, glued binding
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- 9780800638580
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Judges and Method provides a unique classroom resource in biblical studies. Here are state-of-the-art introductions to leading critical methods in biblical study, all focused on a specific biblical book, Judges, and the larger Deuteronomistic history of which it is a part. The first edition of Judges and Method was published in 1995. This second edition features thorough updates of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Abraham on Trial
by Carol Delaney
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- 1998
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- 9780691070506
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Abraham on Trial questions the foundations of faith that have made a virtue out of the willingness to sacrifice a child. Through his desire to obey God at all costs, even if it meant sacrificing his son, Abraham became the definitive model of faith for the major world religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In this bold look at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Eve & Adam Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender
by Kristen E. Kvam, Linda S. Shearing, & Valarie H. Zielger, eds.
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- 1999
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- 9780253212719
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No other text has affected women in the western world as much as the story of Eve and Adam. This remarkable anthology surveys more than 2,000 years of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim commentary and debate on the biblical story that continues to raise fundamental questions about what it means to be a man or to be a woman. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Character of God in the Book of Genesis
by W. Lee Humphreys
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- 2001New copy
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- 9780664223601
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By using recent developments in literary theory, W. Lee Humphreys uses Genesis to show how God functions as a character in the Genesis narrative. Very creatively, Humphreys explores the coherence and consistency of God as a character, the way in which God's character changes and develops throughout the narrative, and how giving attention to the character of God enriches… Read more about this item Item Price
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David
by David Wolpe
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- 2014
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- Hardcover, sewn binding
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- 9780300188783
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From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a reexamination of the biblical David, legendary warrior, poet, and king, by one of America's most respected rabbis
"An excellent study of the most fascinating character in the Old Testament."--Wall Street Journal
"A portrait of David that is vibrant and nuanced, full of the complications that marked his life."--Jewish Week
Of all the figures in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Texts of Terror
by Phyllis Trible
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- 1984
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- 9780800615376
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Professor Trible focuses on four variations upon the theme of terror in the Bible. By combining the discipline of literary criticism with the hermeneutics of feminism, she reinterprets the tragic stories of four women in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine, and the daughter of Jephthah. In highlighting the silence, absence, and opposition of God, as well as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Families in Ancient Israel
by Leo G. Perdue, Joseph Blenkinsopp, John J. Collins, Carol Meyers
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- 1997
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- 9780664255671
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Family, Religion, and Culture Series
An important ongoing debate focuses on the present health and well-being of families in American society. Much of the debate, however, is either ill-informed or consists of rhetoric that attempts to further particular political and social causes. The Family, Religion, and Culture series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wrestling the Word
by Carolyn J. Sharp
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- 2010
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- 9780664230678
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This lively book for introductory Old Testament classes offers an appealing illustration of how faith and academic study can work together, motivating and equipping Christian believers to turn to the Old Testament as a profound resource for their daily negotiations of faith, identity, and culture. Throughout, Carolyn J. Sharp focuses on the basic fundamentals that are a necessary part… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Goodly Fellowship of the Prophets
by Christopher R. Seitz
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- 2009
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- 9780801038839
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Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology
Just below the surface of any Christian view of the Bible is the knotty issue of the biblical canon. How and when was it decided which books would make up the Bible? What makes a book canonical? In this volume, respected Old Testament scholar Christopher Seitz helps readers understand how the Old Testament fits… Read more about this item Item Price
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Just Wives?
by Katharine Doob Sakenfeld
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- 2003
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- 9780664226602
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Giving astute attention to social worlds of women of both ancient and modern times, Katharine Sakenfeld explores the stories of eleven women in the Old Testament. In clear and engaging fashion, she reveals the complexity of these women's lives, drawing out the issues they faced and relating their struggles to those women around the world face today. By encouraging… Read more about this item Item Price
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More Than Meets the Ear
by Victor H. Matthews
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- 2008
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- 9780802803849
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More than a simple exchange of words, conversations in the biblical narratives offer an array of clues that define the characters and their relationships, the setting, and the language they employ. Using current critical communication theories from a number of fields -- anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literary studies -- Victor Matthews analyzes such biblical conversations as the interchanges between… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Brief History of Ancient Israel
by Victor Matthews
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- 2002
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- 9780664224363
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Grounded in the latest archeological developments, Victor Matthews's A Brief History of Ancient Israel presents a concise history of Israel covering the ancestral period, conquest and settlement, the monarchy, and both the exilic and postexilic periods. Using supplemental figures and insets, the author concentrates on providing a cogent and condensed discussion of events. He examines historical geography, archaeological data,… Read more about this item Item Price
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What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?
by Nathan MacDonald
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- 2008
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- 9780802862983
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What food did the ancient Israelites eat, and how much of it did they consume? That's a seemingly simple question, but it's actually a complex topic. In this fascinating book Nathan MacDonald carefully sifts through all the relevant evidence -- biblical, archaeological, anthropological, environmental -- to uncover what the people of biblical times really ate and how healthy (or… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Testament between Theology and History
by Niels Peter Lemche
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- 2008
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- 9780664232450
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From its inception at the time of the Enlightenment until the mid-twentieth century, the historical-critical method constituted the dominant paradigm in Old Testament studies. In this magisterial overview, Niels Peter Lemche surveys the development of the historical-critical method and the way it changed the scholarly perception of the Old Testament. He describes the rise and influence of historical-critical approaches and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible
by Amy Kalmanofsky
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- 2014
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- 9781451469950
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Fathers, sons, and mothers take center stage in the Bibles grand narratives, Amy Kalmanofsky observes. Sisters and sisterhood receive less attention in scholarship but, she argues, play an important role in narratives, revealing anxieties related to desire, agency, and solidarity among women playing out (and playing against) their roles in a patrilineal society. Most often, she shows, sisters are… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Majesty of God in the Old Testament
by Walter C.Jr. Kaiser
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- 2007
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- 9780801032448
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This new book by a trusted Old Testament scholar directs the student and pastor to an aspect of biblical truth often lacking in contemporary preaching and teaching: God's unsurpassed majesty and greatness. Kaiser suggests that a key way to recapture this important doctrine in the pulpit is through the preaching of the Old Testament--itself an oft-neglected or mishandled discipline. By… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Yahwist's Landscape
by Theodore Hiebert
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- 2008Hiebert's foundational study
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- 9780800663056
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Hiebert's foundational study opens the world of nature as a major aspect of biblical thought. It lays to rest thetraditional dichotomy between natureand history that has been so long read into the Bible and Israel's religion, redeeming the natural world as therealm of human life and God's care. Item Price
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How Israel Became a People
by Ralph K. Hawkins
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- 2013
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- 9781426754876
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How did Israel become a people? Is the biblical story accurate? In what sense, if any, is the biblical story true? Are the origins of these ancient people lost in myth or is there hope to discovering who they were and how they lived? These questions divide students and scholars alike. While many believe the "Conquest" is only a fable,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Do We Need the New Testament?
by John Goldingay
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- 2015
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- 9780830824694
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Do we need the Old Testament? That's a familiar question, often asked. But as an Old Testament scholar, John Goldingay turns that question on its head: Do we need the New Testament? What's new about the New Testament? After all, the Old Testament was the only Bible Jesus and the disciples knew. Jesus affirmed it as the Word of God.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Daughters of Miriam
by Wilda C. Gafney
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- 2008
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- 9780800662585
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There are untold numbers of female prophets hiding in the masculine grammar and androcentric focus of the Hebrew scriptures. There are women-prophets in the communities around biblical Israel, existing for hundreds of years and even a thousand years before the Israelite and Judean prophets recorded their messages. The rabbinic and Christian fathers analyzed and found more women in the scriptures… Read more about this item Item Price
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