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The T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism provides a comprehensive reference resource of over 600 scholarly articles aimed at scholars and students interested in Judaism of the Second Temple…
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This award-winning reference resource, with over 400 contributors from diverse academic backgrounds, provides the most complete guide to the literary, historical, and geographical contexts of early Judaism.
Loren T. Stuckenbruck
Originally published: Teubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
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Featuring a commentary on 1 Enoch chapters 91-108, this book presents the Ethiopic text tradition taking the Greek and Aramaic evidence into account. It provides the early stages of the…
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The public worship of the risen Christ as depicted in John’s Apocalypse directly contradicts the guiding angel’s emphasis that only God should be worshiped (Revelation 19:10; 22:8-9). In Angel Veneration…
The public worship of the risen Christ as depicted in John’s Apocalypse directly contradicts the guidingangel’s emphasis that only God should be worshiped (Revelation 19:10; 22:8-9). In Angel Veneration and…
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Since Richard Laurence published the first English translation of 1 Enoch in 1821, its importance for an understanding of early Christianity has been generally recognized. The present volume is the…
This collection of essays originates from the 2014 Evil in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity conference hosted by the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St…
Angelic beings have occupied an important place in many traditions within Judaism and Christianity from Second Temple times up until the present. In this volume, essays by scholars from the…
Here an international team of scholars, draws out the implications of the newest scholarship on the nature of apocalypticism for the variety of New Testament writings. They reveal, as never…
Archie T. Wright
Accessibly written and comprehensive in scope, Satan and the Problem of Evil explores Satan’s transformation from heavenly functionary to chief antagonist during the Second Temple and Early Church Periods and…
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Basics of Ancient Ethiopic by Archie Wright introduces students to the basic grammar of ancient Ethiopic (Ge'ez) while approaching the language through its wider cultural and literary context, and its…
Bruk Ayele Asale
Since its publication in English translation in 1821, the book of Enoch has enjoyed immense popularity in Western culture as a variety of religious groups, interested historians, and academics have…
From the Wisdom of Ben Sira to the writings of Paul, many Second Temple Jewish and early Christian texts recognize the inescapable role of testing and temptation in human experience…
James M. Scott
In this book, James M. Scott argues that there is an essential continuity between the letter to the Galatians and Paul’s Jewish past, and that Paul uses the Epistle of…
Early Christology must focus on not simply ‘historical’ but also theological ideas found in contemporary Jewish thought and practice. In this book, a range of distinguished contributors considers the context…
While there has been much scholarly attention devoted to the Enochic Book of the Watchers, much less has been paid to the Book of Giants from Qumran. This volume is…
The Great Commission, which Jesus gave to his disciples according to Matthew 28:19-20, is seen in Christianity as the origin of the mission and the practice of baptism in the…
The Lord’s Prayer belongs at the core of Christian tradition. There is hardly any text of the New Testament more frequently cited in liturgical, group, and private settings. The contributions…
This reference resource in two volumes provides the most up-to-date and complete guide for those studying early Judaism, particularly in relation to its literature and historical setting.
Reading Revelation in Context brings together short, accessible essays by a team of over 20 top scholars that compare and contrast the visions and apocalyptic imagery of the book of…
Essays on biblical texts including the New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, with a focus on the history of interpretation and the work of James H. Charlesworth –
Leading international contributors on biblical texts, including the New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls, intersect with the work of James H. Charlesworth and examine Charlesworth’s vast contribution to the…
The Dead Sea Scrolls represent the remains of an ancient Jewish library which antedates 68 C.E. It is the most significant discovery of biblically related ancient manuscripts, and represents more…
