Religion
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The People and the Peoples: Syriac Dialogue Poems from Late Antiquity [Paperback]
Sebastian P. Brock (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780957522817
Published by : Journal of Jewish Studies
Series: Journal of Jewish Studies Supplement Series
Volume: 3
The conflict of the early Church with Judaism found expression in a particular genre of liturgical literature, Syriac dialogue poetry of the late antique period.
In this book Sebastian Brock provides the Syriac texts of four anonymous dia... .... Learn More -
A Wayside Shrine in Northern Moab: Excavations in Wadi ath-Thamad [Hardback]
P. M. Michèle Daviau (Editor); Margreet L. Steiner (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785707087
Published by : Oxbow Books
Major recent excavations have shed much light on the complexity of Iron Age society and religion in southern Palestine, a region where both Judeans and Edomites lived. However, it is not clear whether the religious practices attested at these site... .... Learn More -
Defining the Sacred: Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion in the Near East [Paperback]
Nicola Laneri (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782976790
Published by : Oxbow Books
Religion is a phenomenon that is inseparable from human society. It brings about a set of emotional, ideological and practical elements that are pervasive in the social fabric of any society and characterizable by a number of features. these inclu... .... Learn More -
The Image and Its Prohibition in Jewish Antiquity [Paperback]
Sarah Pearce (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9780957522800
Published by : Journal of Jewish Studies
Volume: 2
Against the commonly held opinion that ancient Judaism was an artless culture, this sumptuously illustrated book offers new ways of looking at art in Jewish antiquity. Leading experts, under the editorship of Sarah Pearce, skilful... .... Learn More -
Pilgrimage in Early Christian Jordan: A Literary and Archaeological Guide [Paperback]
Burton MacDonald (Author)
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ISBN: 9780977409495
Published by : Oxbow Books
An interest in places of pilgrimage is very much a part of the life of many people in the modern world. For Christians, it is the Holy Land that holds specific interest - the area where the events described in the Bible, in both the Old and the... .... Learn More -
Qumran and Jerusalem: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism [Paperback]
Lawrence H. Schiffman (Author)
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ISBN: 9780802849762
Published by : William B. Eerdmans
With the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls come major changes in our understanding of these fascinating texts and their significance for the study of the history of Judaism and Christianity. One of the most significant changes that one cann... .... Learn More -
The Story of the Scrolls [Paperback]
Geza Vermes (Author)
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ISBN: 9780141046150
Published by : Penguin Books Ltd
Vermes relates the controversial story of the discovery and publication of the scrolls, revealing cover-ups, blunders and academic in-fighting, but also the passion and dedication of many of those involved. He shares what he has learned about the ... .... Learn More -
The Sword and the Stylus: An Introduction to Wisdom in the Age of Empires [Paperback]
Leo G. Perdue (Author)
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ISBN: 9780802862457
Published by : William B. Eerdmans
Leo Perdue here argues from a sociohistorical approach that the proper understanding of ancient wisdom literature requires one to move out of the realm of philosophical idealism into the flesh and blood of human history. Arguing that wisdom was... .... Learn More -
The Dead Sea Scrolls [Paperback]
Eileen M. Schuller (Author)
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ISBN: 9780334040248
Published by : SCM-CANTERBURY PRESS LTD
This stimulating overview of Dead Sea Scroll studies first recounts the key phases of fifty years of scholarship, then explores the value of the scrolls for our knowledge of ancient Jewish scripture and its formation, prayers and ... .... Learn More -
Piety and Politics: The Dynamics of Royal Authority in Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia [Hardback]
Dale Launderville (Author)
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ISBN: 9780802839947
Published by : William B. Eerdmans
In Homeric Greece, Biblical Israel, and Old Mesopotamia, the king was said to be installed by divine appointment and was regarded as having a special and privileged relationship with God or the gods. This comparative and thematic study assesses... .... Learn More
