Gathers recent research that provides background to the Bible and Christianity.This volume by Joseph Fitzmyer, a pioneer in the field of Dead Sea Scrolls research, collects twelve of his recent s
Here in one convenient volume are two works by Joseph A. Fitzmyer that have been influential in shaping the study of the New Testament during the past two decades - Essays on the Semitic Background of
'See J. van der Ploeg, "Le targum de Job de la grotte 1 1 de Qumran (I ... Hermeneutische Aspecten van de Targum van Job uit Grot XI van Qumran (Groningen: ...
A collection of essays seeks to establish the properly oriented use of the historical-critical method as the mode of ascertaining the sense of the written Word of God. Original.
Messiah is one of the most popular and most contested terms in the biblical interpretation. To understand this concept is to understand one of the earliest terms applied to Jesus. While many often r
Paul's letter to the Romans is often regarded as the most profoundly doctrinal book in the Bible. While not overlooking its complex theology, Joseph Fitzmyer here shows Romans to be also a wellspring
Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature is a new series in English dealing with early Jewish literature between the third century BC and the middle of the second century AD; it is scheduled to encompa
The first edition of this commentary has been the subject of much discussion, interpretation and study. The plates included will enable one to judge readings proposed by other scholars. One important
In this greatly expanded second edition of To Advance the Gospel, Joseph Fitzmyer has added eight new studies of important Pauline and Lucan topics not part of his original work. Together these ninete
For anyone interested in the origins of Christianity, Joseph A. Fitzmyer's "The Acts of the Apostles is indispensable. Beginning with the Ascension of Christ into heaven, and ending with Paul proclaim
This new translation of First Corinthians includes an introduction and extensive commentary that has been composed to explain the religious meaning of this Pauline epistle. Joseph Fitzmyer discusses a
The apostle Paul's letter to his friend and fellow Christian Philemon, which focuses on the question of slavery, has long inspired debate. Onesimus, one of Philemon's slaves and a Christian himself, h
World-class biblical scholar/author Fitzmeyer has written a masterful study onPaul's Epistle to the Romans that will rival the great commentaries on Romans by Martin Luther and Karl Barth. Fitzmeyer i
This volume contains a collection of previously unknown compositions from the Second Temple period found in Cave 4 at Qumran. The specialized terminology used in these works allows them to be classif
In this first of two volumes on the Gospel According to Luke, Joseph A. Fitzmyer provides an exhaustive introduction, a definitive new translation, and extensive notes and commentary on Luke’s Gospel.
In this second of two volumes on the Gospel According to Luke, beginning with chapter 10, Joseph A. Fitzmyer builds on the exhaustive introduction, definitive new translation, and extensive notes and
Fitzmyer (emeritus biblical studies, Catholic U. of America, DC) explains the various sigla that are used for texts and fragments found in the Wadi Qumran, elsewhere along the north coast of the Dead
