Zoomorphic Slurs and the Delegitimation of Deborah and Huldah in the Bab
In this book, Blazenka Scheuer demonstrates the multiple ways in which zoomorphic images were used as interpretative keys both in the formation of Deborah and Huldah stories in the Hebrew Bible and in their subsequent versions.
The fourth in the five-volume Torah Encounters series, Numbers offers Torah commentary and discussion guides for each Torah portion. It shares observations drawing from each parasha and from historical and contemporary commentators and Rabbi Pressman. A wonderful resource for clergy, personal study, or adult or high school Hebrew education.
This book is a comprehensive semantic analysis of the lexical roots and serve for the interpretation of the roots in both versions of the Decalogue (Exod 20:17 and Deut 5:21) to resolve questions concerning the meaning of the desire in Tenth Commandment.
The Evolution of Intermarriage Law in the Hebrew Bible
The Torah Unabridged is a detailed examination of legal reasoning in the Hebrew Bible. Focusing on the exegetical operations by which biblical laws related to intermarriage were applied to circumstances and persons that lie outside the sphere of their explicit content, this book reconstructs the ways in which laws regarding intermarriage evolved, ......
This annotated translation of Enchanted Dulcinea by Mexican author Angelina Muniz-Huberman features a narrator traveling through memories, times, and places. The author's mystical novel exemplifies crypto-Judaism and exile in Latin America and highlights her importance in the Sephardic literary tradition.
The third in the five-volume Torah Encounters series, Leviticus offers Torah commentary and discussion guides for each Torah portion. It shares observations drawing from each parasha and from historical and contemporary commentators and Rabbi Pressman. A wonderful resource for clergy, personal study, or adult or high school Hebrew education.
Jubilees is an ancient rewriting of Genesis and is particularly important for any reconstruction of early Judaism. James C. VanderKam offers a new translation and the first full commentary on the book in the English language, describing the book`s influence on Jewish and Christian writers.
In his revolutionary book Cross Vision, Gregory A. Boyd proposed his groundbreaking "cruciform hermeneutic," a way for Christians to make sense of the violence of the Old Testament by seeing it through the crucifixion of Jesus. Now Boyd has teamed up with pastor Deacon Godsey to develop this study guide for individuals and groups. Using this ......
Drawing on diverse fields, from neuroscience to anthropology, this title lets you consider the geographical, interpersonal, temporal, and spiritual transitions individuals experience when they move "in" and "out of the camp" and the impact their time outside the camp has on family and community.
