Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts books

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The Laws of the Imperialized: Understanding Exodus 19–24 as a Response to Imperial Legal Traditions

The Laws of the Imperialized: Understanding Exodus 19–24...

Author: Chung Man Anna Lo
ISBN: 9781839738807
Format: Paperback
$100.29

Using an integrated approach of postcolonial studies and historical-comparative analysis, Dr. Anna Lo skillfully...  Read More >>

The Power and Purpose of Blood in God’s Design: Leviticus 17 and Its Implications for Christian Engagement with Chinese Culture

The Power and Purpose of Blood in God’s Design: Leviticus...

Author: Cynthia Hsing-Wei Chang
ISBN: 9781839732560
Format: Paperback
$87.09

In this study, Dr. Cynthia Hsing-Wei Chang addresses the unfamiliar and impractical nature of Leviticus’s ritual...  Read More >>

Job: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary

Job: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary

Author: Mona P. Bias
ISBN: 9781839739590
Format: Paperback
$84.45

The book of Job engages with the issue of pain and suffering. Job, in his pain, decides to file a case against God,...  Read More >>

Eurocentrism, Qurʾanic Translation and Decoloniality

Eurocentrism, Qurʾanic Translation and Decoloniality...

Author: Ahd Othman
ISBN: 9781032520926
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Eurocentrism, Qurʾanic Translation and Decoloniality contributes to the understanding of Eurocentrism in Translation...  Read More >>

The Characterization of Peter’s Leadership and Ethics in Acts 1–12, 15: Echoes of the Mebaqqer at Qumran

The Characterization of Peter’s Leadership and Ethics...

Author: Benea Alukwe
ISBN: 9781839738470
Format: Paperback
$79.17

The world is in desperate need of trustworthy leaders who demonstrate honesty, humility, courage, and compassion....  Read More >>

Overcoming the World: Glory and Shame in the Gospel of John

Overcoming the World: Glory and Shame in the Gospel...

Author: Yevgeny Ustinovich
ISBN: 9781839739279
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Ustinovich examines how the Fourth Gospel invites Christ’s followers into this same way of seeing, where the glory...  Read More >>

Uniqueness of the Concept of Witness in Lukan Writings within the Biblical Canon

Uniqueness of the Concept of Witness in Lukan Writings...

Author: Ervin Budiselić
ISBN: 9781839737916
Format: Paperback
$116.13

Dr. Ervin Budiselic examines the concept of “witnessing” in the writings of Luke, contextualizing it within the...  Read More >>

Do We Still Need Inspiration?: Scriptures and Theology

Do We Still Need Inspiration?: Scriptures and Theology...

Author: Matthieu Richelle ,  Camilla Recalcati
ISBN: 9783111293271
Format: Hardback
$171.51

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Women’s Rights in Islam: A Critique of Nawal El Saadawi’s Writing

Women’s Rights in Islam: A Critique of Nawal El Saadawi’s...

Author: Asmaa Shehata
ISBN: 9783111104058
Format: Hardback
$176.66

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Before There Were Kings: A Literary Analysis of the Book of Judges

Before There Were Kings: A Literary Analysis of the...

Author: Elie Assis
ISBN: 9781646022274
Format: Hardback
$330.00

Literary analysis of the book of Judges examining it as an interconnected narrative, analyzing the purpose of each...  Read More >>

Marked Quotations from Psalms in the Gospel of Matthew

Marked Quotations from Psalms in the Gospel of Matthew...

Author: Dr. Piotr Herok ,  Prof. Adam Kubiś
ISBN: 9783525500521
Format: Hardback
$396.00

The first monograph devoted to the use of Psalms throughout the Gospel of Matthew  Read More >>

Hidden in Plain Sight: Unearthing and Earthing the Psalms

Hidden in Plain Sight: Unearthing and Earthing the Psalms...

Author: John Holdsworth
ISBN: 9781789593198
Format: Paperback
$50.03

The Psalms are songs of defiance against the odds in which the voice of ordinary worshippers can be heard. This...  Read More >>

Lydia

Lydia

Author: Paula Gooder
ISBN: 9781444792058
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The follow-up to Paula Gooder's first warmly received foray into historical fiction, Phoebe, opening up Paul's theology...  Read More >>

Seeing and Showing the Unseen: Using Cognitive Linguistics in Preaching Images and Metaphors

Seeing and Showing the Unseen: Using Cognitive Linguistics...

Author: Adam Szumorek
ISBN: 9781839737930
Format: Paperback
$87.09

Dr. Szumorek utilizes Cognitive Linguistics to help students, teachers, and preachers understand how meaning is...  Read More >>

Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism: Before and After Babel

Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism:...

Author: Steven D. Fraade (Yale University, Connecticut)
ISBN: 9781009203715
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Explores the practice and conception of multilingualism and translation in ancient Judaism, and the deep and dialectical...  Read More >>

The Gods of Mount Sapanu: Deity Groups in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts

The Gods of Mount Sapanu: Deity Groups in the Ugaritic...

Author: A. Rahmouni
ISBN: 9789042948341
Format: Paperback
$364.32

The Gods of Mount Sapanu. Deity Groups in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts comprises a philological and historical-cultural study...  Read More >>

Rediscovering Israel: A Fresh Look at God's Story in Its Historical and Cultural Contexts

Rediscovering Israel: A Fresh Look at God's Story in...

Author: Kristi McLelland
ISBN: 9780736987707
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Kristi McLelland weaves history, culture, and personal experience to celebrate Scripture as one timeless, transformational...  Read More >>

How the Qur'ān Works: Reading Sacred Narrative

How the Qur'ān Works: Reading Sacred Narrative

Author: Leyla Ozgur Alhassen (Independent Scholar, Independent Scholar)
ISBN: 9780197654606
Format: Hardback
$175.95

The Qur'an is a text of extraordinary depth and complexity. In How the Qur'an Works, Leyla Ozgur Alhassen takes...  Read More >>

When the World Breaks: Suffering, Hope, and the Mysteries That Put Us Back Together

When the World Breaks: Suffering, Hope, and the Mysteries...

Author: Jason A Miller ,  Emily P. Freeman
ISBN: 9781546003502
Format: Hardback
$42.99

In this ground-breaking book, Pastor Jason Adam Miller re-examines the Beatitudes-eight paradoxes found in Jesus'...  Read More >>

Questioning God

Questioning God

Author: Timothy Radcliffe ,  Lukasz Popko
ISBN: 9781399409254
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The interpretation of certain key texts in the Bible by two Dominican Friars: the celebrated preacher and author...  Read More >>

The Book of Amos and its Audiences: Prophecy, Poetry, and Rhetoric

The Book of Amos and its Audiences: Prophecy, Poetry,...

Author: Andrew R. Davis (Boston College, Massachusetts)
ISBN: 9781009255875
Format: Hardback
$219.94

This book brings the prophetic poetry of the book of Amos into conversation with recent studies of poetry in other...  Read More >>

Ḥesed and the New Testament: An Intertextual Categorization Study

Ḥesed and the New Testament: An Intertextual Categorization...

Author: Karen Nelson
ISBN: 9781646022410
Format: Hardback
$282.00

Investigates the relationship between the concept of hesed—often translated as steadfast love, loyalty, devotion—and...  Read More >>

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