Passion, Persecution, and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature 9781000767322

Abraham in Jewish and Early Christian Literature 9780567675521, 9780567675545, 9780567675538

Jewish and early Christian authors discussed Abraham in numerous and diverse ways, adapting his Old Testament narratives

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Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture 9780198723929

In ancient Greece, epiphanies were embedded in cultural production, and employed by the socio-political elite in both pe

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Persecution, Polemic, and Dialogue: Essays in Jewish-Christian Relations 9781618110619

Persecution, Polemic, and Dialogue follows the interaction between Jews and Christians through the ages in all its richn

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Women in Drag: Gender and Performance in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature 9781463207168, 1463207166

From Jael's tent peg to Judith's sword, biblical interpreters have long recognized the power of the "leth

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Prophets and Prophecy in Jewish and Early Christian Literature 3161503384, 9783161503382

This volume grew out of an international conference on Prophetism in the Old and New Testament (October 2006), organised

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Parody in Jewish Literature 9780231887755

Follows the development of the parody in Jewish literature from its rudiments in the Talmudic literature through its var

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The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism: Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History 3110373025, 9783110373028

This book collects twenty two previously published essays and one new one by Erich S. Gruen who has written extensively

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Space and Time under Persecution: The German-Jewish Experience in the Third Reich 9780226828145

A new history of how the Nazi era upended German-Jewish experiences of space and time from eminent historian Guy Miron.

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Epiphany in the Modern Novel

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An Early Self: Jewish Belonging in Romance Literature, 1499-1627 9780804793148

What role has Jewish intellectual culture played in the development of modern Romance literature? Susanne Zepp seeks to

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