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      The Feminized Hero in Second Temple Judaism

      Lawrence M. Wills

      The turbulent Second Temple period produced searching biblical texts whose protagonist were more everyday figures who expressed their moral uncertainties more vocally. In this volume, Larry Wills offers a deep…

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      Ancient Jewish Novels: An Anthology from the Greco-Roman Period

      Lawrence M. Wills

      In the Greco-Roman period there arose among the Jews, a new form for retelling Bible stories and for composing new religious stories - the novel. This work includes texts from…

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      Not God’s People: Insiders and Outsiders in the Biblical World

      Lawrence M. Wills

      Using an array of biblical texts from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Not God’s People explores how ancient Jews and Christians created their own identity in relation…

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      Not God’s People: Insiders and Outsiders in the Biblical World

      Lawrence M. Wills

      Using an array of biblical texts from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Not God’s People explores how ancient Jews and Christians created their own identity in relation…

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      The Quest of the Historical Gospel: Mark, John and the Origins of the Gospel Genre

      Lawrence M. Wills

      First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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      Ancient Jewish Novels: An Anthology

      This volume brings together for the first time all of the ancient Jewish novels and fragments of novels. Written at about the same time as the Dead Sea Scrolls and…

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      Introduction to the Apocrypha: Jewish Books in Christian Bibles

      Lawrence M. Wills

      An ambitious introduction to the Apocrypha that encourages readers to reimagine what canon really means

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      The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha

      Building on the success of the Jewish Annotated New Testament (JANT) and the Jewish Study Bible (JSB), Oxford University Press now proceeds to complete the trilogy with the Jewish Annotated…

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      Conflicted Boundaries in Wisdom and Apocalypticism

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      The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World

      Professor of Biblical Studies Lawrence M Wills (Episcopal Divintity School Cambridge Ma)

      Lawrence M. Wills here traces the literary evolution of popular Jewish narratives written during the period 200 BCE-100 CE. In many ways, these narratives were similar to Greek and Roman…

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      Dead Hands: A Social History of Wills, Trusts, and Inheritance Law

      Lawrence M. Friedman

      The law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you can’t take it with you. Friedman’s enlightening social history of the law of succession reveals how inheritance reflects changes…

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      Judith

      Wills, Lawrence M.,White Crawford, Sidnie

      Judith is an ancient Jewish novella about a woman who saves Jerusalem by killing an invading general. Its imagery and use of biblical motifs have played an important role in…

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      Your Time Will Come: Law of Age Discrimination and Retirement

      Lawrence M. Friedman

      Age discrimination and its corollary, mandatory retirement, are modern legal issues, barely a generation old. In this concise and readable report, Lawrence Friedman explores the apparently sudden emergence of a…

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      We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (Prayers of Awe)

      A comprehensive series of lively introductions and commentaries examines the history of confession in Judaism, its roots in the Bible, its evolution in rabbinic and modern thought, and the very…

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