Jewish Studies

What, how, and with whom we eat has been meaningful since antiquity. This volume offers interdisciplinary insights into ancient meal rituals, fasting, and dietary laws, and their influence today. It focuses on ethical, religious, and cultural interpretations in the context of food ethics and identity.

Cotton Mather's Biblia Americana (1693-1728) is colonial America's first commentary on the whole Bible. Perhaps best remembered for his writings on Salem witchcraft, the hugely prolific Mather was undeniably one of New England's leading Enlightenment thinkers.

Featuring articles on influential figures such as esteemed teachers, rabbis, Church Fathers, exegetes, mystics, jurists, and polymaths, the present volume offers a comprehensive picture of how education was understood and practiced in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures across various historical periods.

This handbook brings together both classic and cutting-edge methods for interpreting the New Testament. Chapters on historical-critical, literary, and reader-response approaches showcase the wide methodological range through which the text's original setting and its contemporary significance can be explored.