This is the third volume of a three volume collection which collates the most important published papers of James Barr (1924-2006). The papers deal with questions of theology (especially biblical theo
This is a three volume collection of the most important published papers of James Barr (1924-2006). The papers deal with questions of theology (especially biblical theology), biblical interpretation a
This is the first volume of a three volume collection which collates the most important published papers of James Barr (1924-2006). The papers deal with questions of theology (especially biblical theo
This is the second volume of three volume collection which collates the most important published papers of James Barr (1924-2006). The papers deal with questions of theology (especially biblical theol
The Bible and its Interpretation explores how the texts of the scrolls contribute to our understanding of the Bible. George Brooke, an acknowledged authority on the scrolls, systematically examines th
The Wycliffite Bible: Origin, History and Interpretation offers new perspectives and research by leading scholars on the first complete translation of the Bible into English produced at the end of th
Concise, convenient and comprehensive: this handy dictionary will inform and enlighten all who want to understand how the Bible came together, the history of the various texts behind it, the versions
Early anthropologists saw a simple society in the Hebrew Bible. Recent approaches call upon ethnographic sensibilities, structuralism, and attention to literacy to understand biblical ritual, notions
Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls are texts which rewrite the Hebrew Bible. They differ from the literary products of the Qumran ascetic community by missing the sectarian particular style and terminology.
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been the focus of much interest in recent years, especially since the publication in 1991 of texts from Qumran Cave 4. In this volume, ten biblical scholars explore the text
Concise, convenient and comprehensive: this handy dictionary will inform and enlighten all who want to understand how the Bible came together, the history of the various texts behind it, the versions
Biblical scholars working in Britain, the US, and Germany offer critical views of the Old Testament Book of Amos. Their perspectives are judgment as natural disaster; engendered warfare and the Ammoni
Just like those confined to asylums in the past due to the 'chaos' they are presumed to pose, so voices of those variously castigated as 'mad' or 'mentally ill/disabled' in historical and contemporary
It is sometimes easy to forget that the books of the Bible are not really "books" at all but individual documents composed in a wide array of literary genres. This clear, concise, and accessible text
