Transforming Literature into Scripture : Texts As Cult Objects at Ninevah and Qumran [1 ed.] 9781317544982, 9781781790007

Law, Literature, and Society in Legal Texts from Qumran (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah) 9004393374, 9789004393370

Reflecting the increasing recognition of the importance of legal texts and issues in early Judaism, the essays in this c

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Wisdom Texts From Qumran (Literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls) 0415139074, 9780415139076, 9780203133156

This study is the first full analysis of the Qumran wisdom texts. New translations and a full explanation of the backgro

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Dynamic Matter: Transforming Renaissance Objects 9780271094120

Dynamic Matter investigates the life histories of Renaissance objects. Eschewing the critical tendency to study how obje

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Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustainable Texts 9781474274654, 9781474274685, 9781474274678

Drawing on the latest debates in ecocritical theory and sustainability studies, Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustaina

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Ritual and cult at Ugarit 9781589830264

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Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustainable Texts (Environmental Cultures) 147427465X, 9781474274654

Drawing on the latest debates in ecocritical theory and sustainability studies, Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustaina

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The Cult of Saints in Nidaros Archbishopric: Manuscripts, Miracles, Objects (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe, 33) 9782503591148, 2503591140

Scandinavia has often been considered as a peripheral part of the Christian world, with its archbishopric in Nidaros an

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The Self as Symbolic Space: Constructing Identity and Community at Qumran (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah) 900413803X, 9789004138032

This volume investigates critical practices by which the Qumran community constituted itself as a sectarian society. Key

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Scripture, Texts, and Tracings in 1 Corinthians 9781978704688

This book advances the interpretation of 1 Corinthians by exploring the ways the apostle Paul quoted or “echoed” Jewish

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Transforming Problems Into Happiness 9780861717934, 9780861711949

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