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This volume presents the first study, critical edition, and
translation of one of the earliest works by Richard Rolle (c.
1300-1349), a hermit and mystic whose works were widely read in
England and on the European continent into the early modern period.
Rolle's explication of the Old Testament Book of Lamentations gives
us a glimpse of how the biblical commentary tradition informed what
would become his signature mystical, doctrinal, and reformist
preoccupations throughout his career. Rolle's English and
explicitly mystical writings have been widely accessible for
decades. Recent attention has turned again to his Latin
commentaries, many of which have never been critically edited or
thoroughly studied. This attention promises to give us a fuller
sense of Rolle's intellectual, devotional, and reformist
development, and of the interplay between his Latin and English
writings. Richard Rolle: On Lamentations places Rolle's early
commentary within a tradition of explication of the Lamentations of
Jeremiah and in the context of his own career. The edition collates
all known witnesses to the text, from Dublin, Oxford, Prague, and
Cologne. A source apparatus as well as textual and explanatory
notes accompany the edition.
Together with my story of travelling through the tough
circumstances of a brain tumour diagnosis; 'Embracing the Father'
takes us on a journey through some of the well known stories from
the Old Testament, and some less well known ones, in order to grasp
a fuller understanding of the true nature of God, and how we react
to those difficult situations we come across. Is he a mean and self
centred being or is he kind and generous? Is the Old Testament God
relevant to us today? Does he become in the New Testament a much
more approachable God, or maybe a different God altogether? I
explore our relationship with God as a Father, and how that has
developed in my own journey, in both serious and humorous ways.
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First Isaiah
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J.J.M. Roberts
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The eighth century BCE Isaiah of Jerusalem, the so-called First
Isaiah, is one of the most important theological voices in the
Bible. J. J. M. Roberts takes a classical historical-critical
approach to his interpretation of this material, making good use of
his broad comparative knowledge of ancient Near Eastern historical
and religious sources. In light of Isaiah's very long prophetic
ministry of at least thirty-eight years, and perhaps as long as
fifty-three years, Roberts also suggests Isaiah often reedited
older oracles from early in his ministry to address new, though
somewhat analogous situations, albeit with different players, later
in his ministry, without erasing telltale signs of the material's
earlier origin. In many cases, this suggestion provides a better
explanation for glaring inconsistencies in an apparently connected
text than the common fragmentation of the text that attributes such
inconsistencies to later editors who either misunderstood or
intentionally altered Isaiah's message for their own purposes.
Discovered in Egypt in 1945, the fascinating and challenging Nag
Hammadi writings forever changed our understanding of early
Christianity. State-of-the-art and the only volume of its kind,
Introduction to "Gnosticism": Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds
guides students through the most significant of the Nag Hammadi
texts. Employing an exceptionally lucid and accessible writing
style, Nicola Denzey Lewis groups the texts by theme and genre,
places them in the broader context of the ancient world, and
reveals their most inscrutable mysteries. Ideal for use in courses
in Early Christianity/Origins of Christianity, Christianity to
1500, Gnostic Gospels, Gnosticism, Early Christian Writings,
Orthodoxy and Heresy, and New Testament Studies, Introduction to
"Gnosticism" is enhanced by numerous pedagogical features,
including images of the manuscripts, study and discussion
questions, annotated bibliographies, tables, diagrams, and a
glossary.
Traditions at Odds explores the Pentateuch's literary influence on
other biblical texts. There exist a number of content discrepancies
between pentateuchal and non-pentateuchal texts that treat the same
subject. Through a detailed analysis, the author argues that the
discrepancies are not alterations of pentateuchal material, as is
generally argued, but rather indications of independent traditions.
Thus, much of biblical literature was written outside of the
Pentateuch's purview. Corroborating evidence is found in literature
from the Second Temple Period, which also exhibits a lack of
conformity to the Pentateuch. After demonstrating this
independence, this study explores its implications on the
composition of biblical texts and the process of canonization.
Marked by an interdisciplinary approach, the study incorporates
recent theoretical developments in literary and ideological
criticism, as well as ritual, historiography and textual citation.
It not only provides a broader base of study, but serves to address
a deficiency in biblical studies: most studies of intertextuality
operate with little theoretical grounding, while studies in ritual
or historiography are based on models from the late 19th/early 20th
centuries.
The Scriptures of Ancient Judaism: A Secular Introduction provides
students with a scholarly exploration of the literature and themes
of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and cognate Near Eastern
materials. The text features diverse interdisciplinary and
methodological points of view from secular biblical scholars,
offering readers a comprehensive, thoughtful, and accessible point
of entry to the study of the ancient world and the religious
heritage of Judaism. The text approaches the scriptures of ancient
Judaism without religious bias or dogmatic intent. Rather, the book
is designed to ignite interest in the history and literature of the
ancient world and to present the latest scholarship related to the
Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. Students are introduced to Israelite
religious traditions, their unique worldviews, and offered a primer
on how to read ancient texts. Later chapters examine the histories
and cultures of the ancient Near East and Jewish historiography.
Legal texts, prophetic texts, biblical poetry and wisdom
literature, and apocalyptic writings found within the Hebrew Bible
and other related texts are analyzed. Providing students a rich and
complete introduction, The Scriptures of Ancient Judaism is an
ideal text for courses in biblical studies.
In the Hebrew Bible, Judges 4-5 tells the lurid story of the heroic
figure of Jael, a woman who seduces the Canaanite general Sisera
and then nails his head to the ground with a tent-peg, thus saving
Israel from the troops of King Sabin. This gruesome tale has long
intrigued scholars and artists alike. The many versions of the
story that have appeared in art and literature have repeatedly and
creatively built on the gendered themes of the tradition, often
seeing in the encounter between Jael and Sisera some fundamental
truth about the relationship between women and men. In Sex and
Slaughter in the Tent of Jael, Colleen Conway offers the first
sustained look at how this biblical tradition has been used
artistically to articulate and inform cultural debates about
gender. She traces the cultural retellings of this story in poems,
prints, paintings, plays, and narratives across many centuries,
beginning with its appearance in Judges 4-5 and continuing up to
the present day. Once separated from its original theological
context, the Jael/Sisera tradition becomes largely about gender
identity, particularly the conflict between the sexes. Conway
examines the ways in which Jael has been reimagined by turns as a
wily seductress, passionate lover, frustrated and bored mother,
peace-bringing earth goddess, and deadly cyborg assassin.
Meanwhile, Sisera variously plays the enemy general, the seduced
lover, the noble but tragically duped victim, and the violent male
chauvinist. Ultimately, Conway demonstrates that the ways in which
Jael's actions are explained and assessed all depend on when, by
whom, and for whom the Jael and Sisera story is being told. In
examining the varying artistic renditions of the story, this book
also provides a case study of the Bible's role as a common cultural
resource in secular western culture.
This study of the book of Daniel examines the ideology of divine
and human rule in Daniel's historical resumes or reviews found in
chaps 2, 7, 8, 9, 10-12. It seeks to uncover the concerns that
motivate the resumes and the strategies the resumes use to resolve
cognitive and experiential dissonance. Willis argues that the
source of dissonance in Daniel stems not from failed prophecies (as
has been commonly argued), nor do the visions function as symbolic
theodicies to address a contradiction between divine power and
divine goodness in the face evil. The study proposes, instead, that
the historical resumes address profound contradictions concerning
divine power and presence in the face of Hellenistic/Seleucid rule.
These contradictions reach a crisis point in Daniel 8's depiction
of the desecration of the temple (typically Daniel 8 is seen as a
poor replica of the triumphant vision of divine power found in
Daniel 7). This crisis of divine absence is addressed both within
the vision of chap 8 itself and then in the following visions of
chaps 9, and 10-12, through the use of narrative (both mythological
narrative and historical narrative).
The longest chapter in the Bible, Psalm 119, is about the Bible
itself. In his commentary on Psalm 119 Pastor Mott shows how the
Bible is relevant for every need of life. No matter what situation
or emotion you may be experiencing in your life, there is a verse
in Psalm 119 that speaks to it. In this psalm you will find
information relating to things historical, political, social,
psychological, soteriological, and eschatological. The
comprehensiveness of Psalm 119 is itself a wonder. Only God could
inspire such a psalm.
In the Song of Songs the son of David, King in Jerusalem, overcomes
hostility and alienation to renew intimacy between himself and his
Bride. This most sublime Song sings of a love sure as the seal of
Yahweh, a flashing flame of fire many waters could never quench.
James M. Hamilton Jr, in this latest addition to the popular Focus
on the Bible series, pours fresh light on this inspiring and
uplifting book.
This book is concerned with ascertaining the value of having two
versions of the same monarchic history of Israel within the Hebrew
Bible (focusing on the books of Kings and Chronicles). It is
furthermore concerned with how the book of Chronicles is read in
relation to the book of Kings as Chronicles is so often considered
to be a later rewritten text drawing upon an earlier version of the
Masoretic Text of Samuel and Kings. The predominant scholarly
approach to reading the book of Chronicles is to read it in light
of how the Chronicler emended his source texts (additions,
omissions, harmonizations). This approach has yielded great success
in our understanding of the Chronicler's theology and rhetoric.
However, Cook asserts, it has also failed to consider how the book
of Chronicles can be read as an autonomous and coherent document.
That is, a diachronic approach to reading Chronicles sometimes
misses the theological and rhetorical features of the text in its
final form. This book shows the great benefit of reading these
narratives as autonomous and coherent by using the Solomon
narratives as a case study. These narratives are first read
individually, and then together, so as to ascertain their
uniqueness vis-a-vis one another. Finally, Cook addresses questions
related to the concordance of these narratives as well as their
purposes within their respective larger literary contexts.
The story of Samson and Delilah in Judges 16 has been studied and
retold over the centuries by biblical interpreters, artists,
musicians, filmmakers and writers. Within these scholarly and
cultural retellings, Delilah is frequently fashioned as the
quintessential femme fatale - the shamelessly seductive 'fatal
woman' whose sexual treachery ultimately leads to Samson's
downfall. Yet these ubiquitous portrayals of Delilah as femme
fatale tend to eclipse the many other viable readings of her
character that lie, underexplored, within the ambiguity-laden
narrative of Judges 16 - interpretations that offer alternative and
more sympathetic portrayals of her biblical persona. In Reimagining
Delilah's Afterlives as Femme Fatale, Caroline Blyth guides readers
through an in-depth exploration of Delilah's afterlives as femme
fatale in both biblical interpretation and popular culture, tracing
the social and historical factors that may have inspired them. She
then considers alternative afterlives for Delilah's character,
using as inspiration both the Judges 16 narrative and a number of
cultural texts which deconstruct traditional understandings of the
femme fatale, thereby inviting readers to view this iconic biblical
character in new and fascinating lights.
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