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Udanavarga - A Collection of Verses from the Buddhist Canon (Paperback): W.Woodville Rockhill Udanavarga - A Collection of Verses from the Buddhist Canon (Paperback)
W.Woodville Rockhill
R1,497 Discovery Miles 14 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Quranic Jesus - A New Interpretation (Hardcover): Carlos Andres Segovia The Quranic Jesus - A New Interpretation (Hardcover)
Carlos Andres Segovia
R3,373 Discovery Miles 33 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Is it possible to rethink the multilayered and polyvalent Christology of the Qur'an against the intersecting of competing peripheral Christianities, anti-Jewish Christian polemics, and the making of a new Arab state in the 7th-century Near East? To what extent may this help us to decipher, moreover, the intricate redactional process of the quranic corpus? And can we unearth from any conclusions as to the tension between a messianic-oriented and a prophetic-guided religious thought buried in the document? By analysing, first, the typology and plausible date of the Jesus texts contained in the Qur'an (which implies moving far beyond both the habitual chronology of the Qur'an and the common thematic division of the passages in question) and by examining, in the second place, the Qur'an's earliest Christology via-a-vis its later (and indeed much better known) Muhamadan kerygma, the present study answers these crucial questions and, thereby, sheds new light on the Qur'an's original sectarian milieu and pre-canonical development.

Scripture and Interpretation - Qumran Texts that Rework the Bible (Hardcover): Ariel Feldman, Liora Goldman Scripture and Interpretation - Qumran Texts that Rework the Bible (Hardcover)
Ariel Feldman, Liora Goldman; Edited by Devorah Dimant
R3,257 Discovery Miles 32 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than sixty years ago has revealed a wealth of literary compositions which rework the Hebrew Bible in various ways. This genre seems to have been a popular literary form in ancient Judaism literature. However, the Qumran texts of this type are particularly interesting for they offer for the first time a large sample of such compositions in their original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. Since the rewritten Bible texts do not use the particular style and nomenclature specific to the literature produced by the Qumran community. Many of these texts are unknown from any other sources, and have been published only during the last two decades. They therefore became the object of intense scholarly study. However, most the attention has been directed to the longer specimens, such as the Hebrew Book of Jubilees and the Aramaic Genesis Apocryphon. The present volume addresses the less known and poorly studied pieces, a group of eleven small Hebrew texts that rework the Hebrew Bible. It provides fresh editions, translations and detailed commentaries for each one. The volume thus places these texts within the larger context of the Qumran library, aiming at completing the data about the rewritten Bible.

The End of the Psalter - Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint (Hardcover): Alma... The End of the Psalter - Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint (Hardcover)
Alma Brodersen
R3,868 Discovery Miles 38 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Psalms 146-150, sometimes called "Final Hallel" or "Minor Hallel", are often argued to have been written as a literary end of the Psalter. However, if sources other than the Hebrew Masoretic Text are taken into account, such an original unit of Psalms 146-150 has to be questioned. "The End of the Psalter" presents new interpretations of Psalms 146-150 based on the oldest extant evidence: the Hebrew Masoretic Text, the Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Greek Septuagint. Each Psalm is analysed separately in all three sources, complete with a translation and detailed comments on form, intertextuality, content, genre, and date. Comparisons of the individual Psalms and their intertextual references in the ancient sources highlight substantial differences between the transmitted texts. The book concludes that Psalms 146-150 were at first separate texts which only in the Masoretic Text form the end of the Psalter. It thus stresses the importance of Psalms Exegesis before Psalter Exegesis, and argues for the inclusion of ancient sources beyond to the Masoretic Text to further our understanding of the Psalms.

The Maqlu Ritual Book - A Pocket Companion to Babylonian Exorcisms, Banishing Rites & Protective Spells (Hardcover, 10th... The Maqlu Ritual Book - A Pocket Companion to Babylonian Exorcisms, Banishing Rites & Protective Spells (Hardcover, 10th Anniversary Collector's ed.)
Joshua Free
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Prayers of War - Prayers That Break Satanic Chains, Hindrances & Demonic Operations (Hardcover): Ed Citronnelli Prayers of War - Prayers That Break Satanic Chains, Hindrances & Demonic Operations (Hardcover)
Ed Citronnelli
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Holy Qur'an - Transliteration in Roman Script with Arabic Text and English Translation (English, Arabic, Hardcover):... The Holy Qur'an - Transliteration in Roman Script with Arabic Text and English Translation (English, Arabic, Hardcover)
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
R753 Discovery Miles 7 530 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Muslims believe that the Qur'an represents the words of God as revealed by the Angel Gabriel to Muhammad over a period of approximately twenty-three years, beginning in 610 AD, when he was forty, and concluding in 632 AD, the year of his death. All of it came from the mouth of one man. More people read the Quran than any other book ever written.This new edition of the book has been published to help Muslims not fluent in Arabic to understand the meaning of the words. It includes an English translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali and a transliteration into Roman text by Abdul Haleem Eliyasee.However, it is important to remember at all times that the authoritative text is the Quran itself. These translations and transliterations are only intended to be helpful guides. They are not substitutes for the original.Every Muslim is required to read and understand the Quran to the extent of his ability. The words "To The Extent of his ability" is key. Obviously, a man who cannot speak Arabic and who is poorly educated will not be able to achieve the same level of understanding that a highly literate and educated native speaker of Arabic can. Nevertheless, even the poorly educated man must try to read and understand the actual words of the Quran. There is no Pope or supreme authority in Islam. Every man is his own authority. This is what Muslims believe.

Biblical Form Criticism in its Context (Hardcover): Martin J. Buss Biblical Form Criticism in its Context (Hardcover)
Martin J. Buss
R6,632 Discovery Miles 66 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This magnum opus is not another catalogue of the forms of biblical literature, but a deeply reflected account of the significance of form itself. Buss writes out of his experience in Western philosophy and the intricate involvement of biblical criticism in philosophical history. Equally, biblical criticism and the development of notions of form are related to social contexts, whether from the side of the aristocracy (tending towards generality) or of the bourgeois (tending towards particularity) or of an inclusive society (favouring a relational view). Form criticism, in Buss's conception, is no mere formal exercise, but the observation of interrelationships among thoughts and moods, linguistic regularities and the experiences and activities of life. This work, with its many examples from both Testaments, will be fundamental for Old and New Testament scholars alike.>

The Cantor (Hardcover): Wayne Allen The Cantor (Hardcover)
Wayne Allen; Foreword by Charles Heller
R1,380 R1,143 Discovery Miles 11 430 Save R237 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Re-Biographing and Deviance - Psychotherapeutic Narrativism and the Midrash (Hardcover): Mordecha Rotenberg Re-Biographing and Deviance - Psychotherapeutic Narrativism and the Midrash (Hardcover)
Mordecha Rotenberg
R2,775 Discovery Miles 27 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Re-Biographing and Deviance" examines the Jewish Midrashic model for self-renewal through time. In this important new study, author Rotenberg questions how traditional Judaism, with its contradictory notions of teshuvah (repentance) and of remembrance of the past, allows for the contemporary Jew to maintain a healthy cognitive dialogue between past failures and future aspirations. The author illustrates how the Midrashic narrative philosophy entails a psychotherapeutic system for reinterpretation of past sins into positive future-oriented biographies--which in turn provide fuel for Jewish vitality and its continuity between past, present and future.

The God of the Prophets - An Analysis of Divine Action (Hardcover): William Paul Griffin The God of the Prophets - An Analysis of Divine Action (Hardcover)
William Paul Griffin
R6,646 Discovery Miles 66 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Content analysis'-which is a computer-assisted form of textual analysis-is used to examine divine activity in six prophetic texts, comparing God's activity to that of humans. In this methodologically innovative study, the author concludes, in the light of quantitative data, that God is harsher to non-Israelites than to Israelites in all the texts, and much kinder to Israelites in Joel than in the typical prophet. God and humans are involved in much the same kinds of physical and mental processes, but to considerably different degrees. Griffin argues persuasively that the God of the prophets is not the 'wholly other' of some theologies, but neither do his actions follow exactly the human pattern.

The Early Reception of the Torah (Hardcover): Kristin De Troyer, Barbara Schmitz, Joshua Alfaro, Maximilian Haberlein The Early Reception of the Torah (Hardcover)
Kristin De Troyer, Barbara Schmitz, Joshua Alfaro, Maximilian Haberlein
R3,753 Discovery Miles 37 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume contains the papers presented at the 2017 meeting of the SBL Program Unit on Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature in Boston, MA. The theme of the sessions was the interpretation of Torah in deuterocanonical literature. The contributions cover a variety of concepts and themes related to Torah and trace these through the Hebrew Bible, into the Septuagintal deuterocanonical books and other relevant and cognate literature.

David Marshall Lang's Journey From Russia to Armenia - via Caucasian Georgia (Hardcover): David Marshall Lang David Marshall Lang's Journey From Russia to Armenia - via Caucasian Georgia (Hardcover)
David Marshall Lang
R15,325 Discovery Miles 153 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Armenia is the oldest Christian country in the world and there are few countries which have made, for their size, such an outstanding contribution to civilization as Armenia has, while yet remaining virtually unknown to the Western world. The volumes in this set, written and translated by an acknowledged authority on history and religion in the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Georgia, as well as Russia itself: Examine the role played by an 18th Century Russian Radical in Tsarist Russia and his subsequent political legacy. Provide a translation of a legend important for theologians and scholars of comparative religion because through this legend the life of the Buddha and the ascetic ideal he exemplified significantly influenced the Christian West. Discuss the cultural, philosophic, religious and scientific contribution Armenia has made to the world. Provide a geographic and ethnic survey of Armenia and its people.

SAMAA' Glorifying God Almighty Allah And His Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) With Sweet Voice & Tambourine... SAMAA' Glorifying God Almighty Allah And His Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) With Sweet Voice & Tambourine (Hardcover)
Anwar Haroon
R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Quran - God's Word or Satan's Great Deception? (Hardcover): John W. Tharp The Quran - God's Word or Satan's Great Deception? (Hardcover)
John W. Tharp
R650 R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Save R62 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Both the Quran and Bible purportedly hold the keys to creation, but when you examine both closely, only one of them holds up.

A closer examination of Muhammad's life and the Quran shows that both are opposed to all that God declares pure and holy. Join author John Tharp, who has traveled the world and studied these texts side by side, as he explores

why it's no accident that the Ten Commandments were omitted from the Quran; which facts show Muhammad's life and teachings are not pure and holy; how Islam's teachings contribute to a world full of turmoil.

Tharp also examines the secrets that Muslims don't share with people outside of their religion, as well as the future implications of the continuing conflict between Islam and Christianity.

Cross the boundaries that divide Christianity, Islam and, other world religions to determine how and why they are different and why these differences are important. You'll develop a deep understanding of how satanic deception breeds hostility against those who live a godly life in "The Quran."

Fundamental Doctrine Of Islam And Its Pragmatism (Hardcover): Mohammed F. Sayeed Fundamental Doctrine Of Islam And Its Pragmatism (Hardcover)
Mohammed F. Sayeed
R837 Discovery Miles 8 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Planet, Plants & Animals - Ecological Paradigms in Buddhism (Hardcover): Anand, Singh Planet, Plants & Animals - Ecological Paradigms in Buddhism (Hardcover)
Anand, Singh
R1,402 Discovery Miles 14 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Text to Praxis - Hermeneutics and Homiletics in Dialogue (Hardcover): Abraham Kuruvilla Text to Praxis - Hermeneutics and Homiletics in Dialogue (Hardcover)
Abraham Kuruvilla
R5,267 Discovery Miles 52 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This title identifies 'pericopal theology' as the bridge between ancient text and modern application and shows how it may be derived and how it functions in the exercise of preaching. A fundamental issue for preachers of the Bible has always been achieving an approach that is both faithful to the textual intention as well as fitting for the listening audience. What is historical and distant (the text) is, in preaching, made contemporary and near (praxis). Particularly pertinent is how this transaction may be conducted with respect to the self-contained and well-defined quantum of the scriptural text that is regularly employed in liturgical contexts - the pericope. This book answers the question: in a sermon intending to proclaim application from a pericope, what is the hermeneutical basis for moving validly from text to praxis, i.e., with authority and relevance?The concept of theology as a bridge between text and praxis has not been specifically researched or rigorously substantiated. Kuruvilla seeks to do both, utilizing as entrees language philosophy, literary criticism, and a thorough understanding of 'ordinary' language. Drawing from a variety of hermeneutical resources, he establishes 'pericopal theology' as the intermediary between text and praxis. How this theology is discerned from the text and how application may be determined therefrom form the crux of this book. This novel approach lends validity to the movement from text to praxis and promises to be useful for any approach to the biblical text intended to culminate in application. Kuruvilla's approach provides a substantial technical basis for such an operation.Thus the preacher must be a 'theologian-homiletician'. It is the working out of this nomenclature, especially the 'theologian' half of the appellation, that is the essence of this work, uniting as it does in one portfolio the responsibility of negotiating the demands of both hermeneutics and homiletics. Formerly the "Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement", a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. "The Early Christianity in Context" series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. "European Seminar on Christian Origins" and "Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement" are also part of JSNTS.

Rejoice, Dear Zion! - Hebrew Construct Phrases with "Daughter" and "Virgin" as Nomen Regens (Hardcover): Magnar Kartveit Rejoice, Dear Zion! - Hebrew Construct Phrases with "Daughter" and "Virgin" as Nomen Regens (Hardcover)
Magnar Kartveit
R3,476 Discovery Miles 34 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The phrase "Daughter of Zion" is in recent Bible translations often rendered "Daughter Zion". The discussion behind this change has continued for decades, but lacks proper linguistic footing. Parlance in grammars, dictionaries, commentaries and textbooks is often confusing. The present book seeks to remedy this defect by treating all relevant expressions from a linguistic point of view. To do this, it also discusses the understanding of Hebrew construct phrases, and finds that while there is a morphological category of genitive in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac do not display it. The use of this term as a syntactical category is unfortunate, and the term should be avoided in Hebrew grammar. Metaphor theory and the use of irony are also tools in the discussion of the phrases. As a result of the treatment, the author finds that there are some Hebrew construct phrases where nomen regens describes the following nomen rectum, and the description may be metaphorical, in some cases also ironical. This seems to be the case with "Daughter of Zion" and similar phrases. This understanding calls for a revision of the translation of the phrases, and new translations are suggested.

Creationism in Twentieth-Century America (Hardcover): Ronald L. Numbers Creationism in Twentieth-Century America (Hardcover)
Ronald L. Numbers
R39,768 Discovery Miles 397 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Despite the undeniable importance of anti-evolutionism in American cultural history, and the plethora of publications since the 1980s, few libraries have collected more than the occasional book or pamphlet on creationism and early creationist periodicals are almost impossible to find. This collection makes available works on creationism by such stalwarts as Arthur I. Brown, William Bell Riley, Harry Rimmer, Byron C. Nelson, George McCready Price, Harold W. Clark and Frank Lewis Marsh. It also reprints three of the earliest and rarest creationist journals in America: the Creationist, the Bulletin of Deluge Geology and the Forum for the Correlation of Science and the Bible. The collection as a whole plays an important part in the continuing debate in America over science and religion. There is a new preface to all volumes by the series editor Ronald L. Numbers.

What the Rabbis Said - 250 Topics from the Talmud (Hardcover): Ronald L Eisenberg What the Rabbis Said - 250 Topics from the Talmud (Hardcover)
Ronald L Eisenberg
R2,270 Discovery Miles 22 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This fascinating narrative illustrates and clarifies rabbinic views relating to more than 250 topics. The Talmud has been a source of study and debate for well over a millennia. What the Rabbis Said: 250 Topics from the Talmud brings that discussion out of the yeshiva to describe and clarify the views of the talmudic rabbis for modern readers. Much more than a compilation of isolated rabbinic quotations, the book intersperses talmudic statements within the narrative to provide a thoroughly engaging examination of the rabbinic point of view. Exploring the development of traditional Jewish thought during its formative period, the book summarizes the major rabbinic comments from the vast expanse of the Talmud and midrashic literature, demonstrating, among other things, that the rabbis often took divergent positions on a given issue rather than agreeing on a single "party line." As it delves into such broad topics as God, the Torah, mitzvot, law and punishment, synagogue and prayer, and life-cycle events, What the Rabbis Said will help readers understand and appreciate the views of those who developed the rabbinic Judaism that persists to the present day. Numerous endnotes provide a wealth of information for the scholarly reader without interrupting the flow of the text A glossary of lesser-known terms facilitates understanding

Stepping Out On Your Own - Devotions for High School Graduates (Paperback): Kara Lassen Oliver Stepping Out On Your Own - Devotions for High School Graduates (Paperback)
Kara Lassen Oliver; Compiled by Kara Lassen Oliver
R359 R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The perfect gift for high school graduates, also available on the iPhone as an eBook.

The Koren Sacks Rosh Hashana Mahzor - Standard Size (Hardcover, UK Ed.): The Koren Sacks Rosh Hashana Mahzor - Standard Size (Hardcover, UK Ed.)
R882 Discovery Miles 8 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Talmuda de-Eretz Israel - Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine (Hardcover): Steven Fine, Aaron Koller Talmuda de-Eretz Israel - Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine (Hardcover)
Steven Fine, Aaron Koller
R4,986 Discovery Miles 49 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine brings together an international community of historians, literature scholars and archaeologists to explore how the integrated study of rabbinic texts and archaeology increases our understanding of both types of evidence, and of the complex culture which they together reflect. This volume reflects a growing consensus that rabbinic culture was an "embodied" culture, presenting a series of case studies that demonstrate the value of archaeology for the contextualization of rabbinic literature. It steers away from later twentieth-century trends, particularly in North America, that stressed disjunction between archaeology and rabbinic literature, and seeks a more holistic approach.

Lament in Jewish Thought - Philosophical, Theological, and Literary Perspectives (Hardcover): Ilit Ferber, Paula Schwebel Lament in Jewish Thought - Philosophical, Theological, and Literary Perspectives (Hardcover)
Ilit Ferber, Paula Schwebel
R3,257 Discovery Miles 32 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Lament, mourning, and the transmissibility of a tradition in the aftermath of destruction are prominent themes in Jewish thought. The corpus of lament literature, building upon and transforming the biblical Book of Lamentations, provides a unique lens for thinking about the relationships between destruction and renewal, mourning and remembrance, loss and redemption, expression and the inexpressible. This anthology features four texts by Gershom Scholem on lament, translated here for the first time into English. The volume also includes original essays by leading scholars, which interpret Scholem's texts and situate them in relation to other Weimar-era Jewish thinkers, including Walter Benjamin, Franz Rosenzweig, Franz Kafka, and Paul Celan, who drew on the textual traditions of lament to respond to the destruction and upheavals of the early twentieth century. Also included are studies on the textual tradition of lament in Judaism, from biblical, rabbinic, and medieval lamentations to contemporary Yemenite women's laments. This collection, unified by its strong thematic focus on lament, shows the fruitfulness of studying contemporary and modern texts alongside the traditional textual sources that informed them.

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