Casting Down the Host of Heaven by Cat Quine
The Rhetoric of Ritual Failure in the Polemic Against the Host of Heaven In Casting Down the Host of Heaven Cat Quine analyses the ambiguous nature of the Host and explores the role of ritual in...
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‘He is a Glutton and a Drunkard’. Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible by Rebekah Welton
In ‘He is a Glutton and a Drunkard’: Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible Rebekah Welton uses interdisciplinary approaches to explore the social and ritual roles of food and alcohol in Late Bronze Age to Persian-period...
Pillars of Salt: Israelis in Berlin and Toronto by Lianne Merkur
In Pillars of Salt, Lianne Merkur offers an account of early 21st century immigration as experienced by Israelis in Berlin and Toronto. Commonly portrayed as contrary to the territorial emphasis of national integrity, these...
Cushites in the Hebrew Bible by Kevin Burrell
Negotiating Ethnic Identity in the Past and Present Cushites in the Hebrew Bible offers a reassessment of Cushite ethnographic representations in the biblical literature as a counterpoint to misconceptions about Africa and people of...
Parables in Changing Contexts: Essays on the Study of Parables in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
Editors: Marcel Poorthuis and Eric Ottenheijm In Parables in Changing Contexts, new venues in the comparative study of parables are addressed by scholars of Judaism, New Testament, Buddhism and Islam. Essays cover parables in...
Jews and Art in Yugoslavia, 1918-1945 by Mirjam Rajner
In Fragile Images: Jews and Art in Yugoslavia, 1918-1945, Mirjam Rajner traces the lives and creativity of seven artists of Jewish origin. The artists – Moša Pijade, Daniel Kabiljo, Adolf Weiller, Bora Baruh, Daniel...
Judaism and Islam One God One Music by Merav Rosenfeld-Hadad
In Judaism and Islam One God One Music, Merav Rosenfeld-Hadad offers the first substantial study of the history and nature of the Jewish Paraliturgical Song, which developed in the Arabo-Islamic civilization between the tenth...
The Ancient Sefer Torah of Bologna by Mauro Perani
The Ancient Sefer Torah of Bologna: Features and History contains studies on the most ancient, complete Pentateuch scroll known to date. It was considered in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as the archetypal...
Scribal Practice, Text and Canon in the Dead Sea Scrolls; Essays in Memory of Peter W. Flint
Editors: John J. Collins and Ananda Geyser-Fouché This volume contains 17 essays on the subjects of text, canon, and scribal practice. The volume is introduced by an overview of the Qumran evidence for text...
Understanding the Spiritual Meaning of Jerusalem in Three Abrahamic Religions by Antti Laato
Understanding the Spiritual Meaning of Jerusalem in Three Abrahamic Religions analyzes the historical, social and theological factors which have resulted in Jerusalem being considered a holy place in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It also...
