Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The epic of Eden	Sandra L. Richter	Does your knowledge of the Old Testament feel like a grab bag of people, books, events and ideas? How many times have you resolved to really understand the OT? To finally make sense of it? Perhaps yo…	OL11967114W
Breaking the Jewish code	Perry F. Stone	“You too can discover the hidden secrets that have molded Jewish thinking and lifestyles and made the Jews an undefeatable people, a blessed ethnic group, and a nation that survives against all odds.…	OL11970849W
The sin of the calf	Youn Ho Chung	"The Sin of the Calf is a comprehensive study of one of the most important topics in the history of Israel’s religion: the cult of the Calf that was practiced in the northern Kingdom for several cent…	OL13856617W
The Psalms in the New Testament	Steve Moyise,Maarten J. J. Menken	This book offers a comprehensive summary of the use of the Psalms at Qumran and in the New Testament. For the first time this collection offers a set of studies which will offer an overview of the ro…	OL16516063W
Childbirth as a Metaphor for Crisis	Claudia D. Bergmann	Crises and catastrophes of all kinds have always confronted humans with great challenges. The present study examines the question of how literary texts process and deal with these challenges through …	OL16923806W
The impact of unit delimitation on exegesis	Marjo C. A. Korpel,Raymond de Hoop,Stanley E. Porter	This volume contains selected papers from the meetings in Edinburgh (2006) and Vienna (2007) plus two extra articles dealing with the same theme, namely the impact of unit delimitation on exeges…	OL18350730W
Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint presented to Eugene Ulrich	Eugene Charles Ulrich,James C. VanderKam,Emanuel Tov,Peter W. Flint	With contributions by many of his colleagues and former students, this volume pays homage to Eugene Ulrich, Chief Editor of the Cave 4 Biblical Scrolls and a foremost expert on the Biblical Scrolls, …	OL18469533W
Genesis and the Moses story	Konrad Schmid	Konrad Schmid is a Swiss biblical scholar who belongs to a larger group of Continental researchers proposing new directions in the study of the Pentateuch. In this volume, a translation of his Erzvät…	OL18716920W
Giving the sense	Michael A. Grisanti	Brimming with insights, this volume by evangelical scholars explores a broad range of Old Testament studies. The contributors explore methodological issues, survey the five major eras in Israel's his…	OL19271564W
Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible	Jeffrey K. Salkin	Who are the ancient role models for the sacred relationship between Jews and non-Jews today? Now more than ever, gentiles are an integral part of the Jewish community. But they are not new to the Jew…	OL1945072W
Meet me at the well	Jane Yolen	Old Testatment stories center around men. Leaders, prophets, kings, and priests are all male. But hidden in the background are strong-willed, daring females. Each chapter is devoted to a single story…	OL19730873W
Them, Us, and Me	Jacqueline Grey	"This is a popular introduction to the way that Pentecostal Christians can read the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) (Hermeneutics)."--Provided by publisher.	OL20444785W
Bibel und Midrasch	Gerhard Bodendorfer,Matthias Millard	Collected essays presented at the symposium sponsored by the Society of Biblical Literature, The significance of ancient Jewish Bible exegesis for the modern study of the Hebrew Bible.	OL20943807W
Interpreting Abraham	Bradley Beach,Matthew T. Powell	"Interpreting the Akedah-- across tradition and across time. The story of Abraham and Isaac is a story of near universal importance. Sitting near the core of three of the world's great religious trad…	OL20957490W
Newness in Old Testament prophecy	Henk Leene	Henk Leene examines the relations between the new song raised in the Psalms, the new things concealed in Deutero-Isaiah, the new heaven and the new earth announced in Trito-Isaiah, Ezekiel's new hear…	OL20957627W
Do we need the New Testament?	John Goldingay	"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? In this cheerful…	OL20973960W
The Dead Sea scrolls and the developmental composition of the Bible	Eugene Ulrich	Eugene Ulrich presents in The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Developmental Composition of the Bible the comprehensive and synthesized picture he has gained as editor of many biblical scrolls. His earlier v…	OL20974310W
Who's afraid of the Old Testament God?	John Lawson,Alden L. Thompson	This book is for those who have serious questions about the meaning and relevance of the Hebrew scriptures, and strikes at the heart of Christian teaching and our understanding of God. With his chara…	OL2925735W
Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria, and Israel	K. van der Toorn	This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Ugaritic and early Israelite civilizations. On the basis of documents from both the private and the literary re…	OL2973356W
The Religion of Ancient Israel (Library of Ancient Israel)	Patrick D. Miller	Patrich D. Miller investigates the role religion played in the family, village, tribe, and nation-state of ancient Israel. He situates Israel's religion in context where a variety of social forces af…	OL3470409W