Philosophy of Religion after »Religion«

Recent historical study shows that we did not always imagine religion in the way we often do today – as a special domain of life or society. The present volume seeks to move the ...

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W. H. Paul Thompson

Pauline Slave Welfare in Historical Context

W.H. Paul Thompson engages in an equality analysis of ancient ethics on slave welfare – how slaves should be treated in comparison to free persons. He ...

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W.G. Lambert / Ryan D. Winters

An = Anum and Related Lists

Lexical lists, among them lists of gods, are typical products of Mesopotamian scholarship. They combine philological data like the spellings and pronunciations of ...

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Inscribe It in a Book

The subfield of orality and scribal culture within Hebrew Bible studies is leading to gradual shifts in the field. The theoretical and empirical essays in this volume contribute to the ongoing conversation within ...

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Adela Yarbro Collins

Collected Essays on the Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel of Mark belongs to a time and place quite different from the present, especially in the northern hemisphere. In these essays Adela Yarbro ...

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Cian Power

The Significance of Linguistic Diversity in the Hebrew Bible

Cian J. Power explores ideas about linguistic diversity from the Hebrew Bible, including Hebrew and other ancient languages, like Aramaic. He ...

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Giovanni Tortoriello

Scala Christus est

Giovanni Tortoriello provides an innovative perspective on the historical context of the early Reformation debates. It is believed that the Reformation emerged as a reaction to medieval ...

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Abeneazer G. Urga

Intercession of Jesus in Hebrews

Hebrews explicates that Jesus is an interceding high priest in heaven. His heavenly intercession is a continuation of his high priestly intercession on earth, couched in his ...

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Covenant – Concepts of Berit, Diatheke, and Testamentum

The topic of »covenant« remains central to the study of ancient Near Eastern religions, early Judaism, New Testament literature, and the early Christian church ...

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Morten Hørning Jensen

The 'Gospel' between Emperor and Temple in the Gospel of Mark

The »gospel« is a keyword of the Gospel of Mark. But what does it mean to Mark? This has been debated for more than a ...

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Humanity: An Endangered Idea?

What makes humans human? What does it mean for humans to live a human life? What is the humanitas for which we ought to strive? This volume discusses key philosophical and theological issues in the current ...

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Sajan George Perepparambil

Jesus as the Way to the Father in the Gospel of John

In this study, Sajan George Perepparambil argues that the best method to interpret John 14,6 is to do so with John himself or to ...

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Miriam Goldstein

A Judeo-Arabic Parody of the Life of Jesus

Miriam Goldstein demonstrates that Toledot Yeshu, the notorious parody of the life of Jesus, was popular and long-lived among Arabic-speaking Jews. Retelling the ...

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Wing Yi Au

Paul's Designations of God in Romans

Wing Yi Au investigates Paul's ways of characterizing »God« in Romans, and finds that Paul's divine designations in the letter trace God's essential salvific activities. ...

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Autonomy, Diversity and the Common Good

Is it possible to strive for autonomy and diversity in society without weakening the common good? How much autonomy and diversity are possible without destroying social cohesion and human ...

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David T. Runia

Philo of Alexandria

This volume offers a collection of twenty-six studies by David T. Runia on the writings and thought of Philo of Alexandria. The author examines key areas of Philo's thought and illuminates ...

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On the Transcultural Nature of Jewish Periodicals

This volume bears the fruits of the authors' discussions about Jewish periodicals, based on their unique inherited textual tradition and focusing on the visionary Ashkenazy ...

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Diarmaid MacCulloch

Das Christentum

The British theologian and church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch is an internationally respected expert on the Reformation period. In his keynote address, he emphasizes that in his research he was ...

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Paul within Judaism

This conference volume presents cutting edge research into the controversial debates regarding Paul's relationship with Judaism. By bringing together a broad swath of both German- and English-language scholarship, it ...

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Galen's Humanistic Medicine

This edition, translation, and collection of essays examines Galen's conception of the role of philosophy in medicine; it also situates Galen's disciplinary vision in relation to modern theorizations of the ...

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Essays on the Psalms of Solomon

This volume deals with the Psalms of Solomon, a collection of 18 psalms from the Second Temple period. Eleven articles in English and French provide new insights into the context, style, and reception ...

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James Seung-Hyun Lee

Reimagining Exile in Daniel

For the Danielic group, exile is a place of privilege, a locus of God's revelation and presence. By identifying themselves with those remaining in exile, the Danielic group claims ...

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Håkon Sunde Pedersen

The Retributive and Suffering God of the Book of Jeremiah

In this study, Håkon Sunde Pedersen challenges common understandings of selected portraits of YHWH as a retributive and suffering ...

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Benjamin D. Giffone

Storymaking, Textual Development, and Varying Cultic Centralizations

How did the use of earlier narrative and legal material within Chronicles and other Second Temple texts illumine ...

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Mikael Haxby

The First Apocalypse of James

In this study, Mikael Haxby offers a new analysis of a little-studied early Christian text. He uses recently recovered manuscript evidence to place the First Apocalypse of James in ancient ...

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Driving without a Driver

Driverless vehicles have attracted much public attention in recent years and have moved to the forefront of mobility research. The proceedings presented here examine regulatory approaches to the integration of ...

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Peter Frick

Understanding Paul

Peter Frick argues that the key issue to which the apostle Paul correlates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the power of sin. Sin (singular) is an ontological-existential category and distinct ...

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