This volume contains the thesis approved for the Degree of Doctor of Divinity in the University of London. The various books used in its composition are found in the introduction to the thesis. Conten...
A groundbreaking anthology that demolishes the myths -- and reveals the true significance -- of the greatest archaeological discovery of our time. Ever since their initial discovery in 1947, the De...
This volume is the first comprehensive commentary on the wisdom texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls. John Kampen provides original translations of these works most of which are drawn from an extensive col...
David Stern shows how the parable or mashal-the most distinctive type of narrative in midrash-was composed, how its symbolism works, and how it serves to convey the ideological convictions of the rabb...
Kugel shows how a group of anonymous ancient interpreters radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book that has come down to us today. 24 halftone illustrations. This is a guide to t...
aron Shemesh outlines in an accessible form the major features of the history of halakhah between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the early rabbinic traditions. While agreeing with other scholars on the cons...
Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism--that it was a "carnal" religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church--Daniel Boyarin argues that rabbinic Judaism...
The rabbis are as important today as they were two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the literature that came to be named after them. The Mishnah, the Tosefta, the Talmuds, the collections of Midrash...
The Song of Songs has provided generations with some of the most passionate and most lasting love poetry ever recorded. And because of that passion, it has also been a source of lasting controversy an...
Rashi's commentary on the Book of Psalms, now in paperback "Gain entrance to the world of Rashi via a wide-ranging introduction and a thorough explication of one of his most important commentaries." -...
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