Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Biblical Studies - History & Culture

As the constellations appear to spin about the North Star, so humanity centers around God. In keeping with this theme, Battle Cryreveals the power of Greek mythology at work within the Bible.

Vast in scope and uncompromising in detail, this astonishing book examines Greek gods such as Zeus, Athena, and Apollo, as well as constellations like Perseus, Andromeda, and Cepheus, as pointers to the spiritual domain.

Discover how the story of Andromeda, who was chained to a rock by the sea and saved by Perseus, matches the story of Christ's redemption and betrothal. Biblical...

Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder provides an engaging womanist reading of mother characters in the Old and New Testaments. After providing a brief history of womanist biblical interpretation, she shows how the stories of several biblical mothers--Hagar, Rizpah, Bathsheba, Mary, the Canaanite woman, and Zebedee's wife--can be powerful sources for critical reflection, identification, and empowerment. Crowder also explores historical understandings of motherhood in the African American community and how these help to inform present-day perspectives. She includes questions for discussion with each...

The Intertestamental Period is one of the best commentaries on the first-century Jewish climate. The sects, institutions, and divisions of Judaism-not to mention the rejection of Jesus as Messiah-is given clearer understanding by knowing what took place during this period.
In this 13-lesson study of the period between the Testaments, Steven C. Hunter gives Bible students a window into the first-century...

Coins have long been a vital part of the discipline of classical studies of the ancient world. However, many scholars have commented that coins have not been adequately integrated into the study of the New Testament. This book provides an interdisciplinary gateway to the study of numismatics for those who are engaged in biblical studies.

Wenkel argues that coins from the 1st century were cultural texts with communicative power. He establishes a simple yet comprehensive hermeneutic that defines coins as cultural texts and explains how they might be interpreted today. Once coins are...

As biblical studies becomes increasingly fragmented, this collection of essays brings together a number of leading scholars in order to show how historical reconstruction, philology, metacriticism, and reception history can be part of a collective vision for the future of the field.

This collection of essays focuses more specifically on critical questions surrounding the construction of ancient Israel(s), 'minimalism', the ongoing significance of lexicography, the development of early Judaism, orientalism, and the use of the Bible in contemporary political discourses. Contributors...