In The Original Torah, S. David Sperling argues that, while there is no archaeological evidence to support much of the activity chronicled in the Torah, a historical reality exists there if we know how to seek it.
The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation
At the birth of the United States, African Americans were excluded from the newly-formed Republic and its churches, which saw them as savage rather than citizen and as heathen rather than Christian. Denied civil access to the basic rights granted to others, African Americans have developed their own sacred traditions and their own civil ......
The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation
At the birth of the United States, African Americans were excluded from the newly-formed Republic and its churches, which saw them as savage rather than citizen and as heathen rather than Christian. Denied civil access to the basic rights granted to others, African Americans have developed their own sacred traditions and their own civil ......
This extremely useful book deals with subjects necessary for the understanding of the Holy Quran such as the division and arrangement of the Quranic chapters, rules for Interpretation, the Theory of Abrogation, Relationship of the Holy Quran to the Sunnah (the practice of the Holy Prophet Muhammad), Relationship of the Holy Quran to Earlier ......
Offers a collection of teachings and traditions that contains within it the intellectual output of hundreds of Jewish sages who considered all aspects of an entire people's life from the Hellenistic period in Palestine (c 315 BCE) until the end of the Sassanian era in Babylonia (615 CE).
A collection of teachings and traditions that contains within it the intellectual output of hundreds of Jewish sages who considered all aspects of an entire people's life from the Hellenistic period in Palestine (c. 315 BCE) until the end of the Sassanian era in Babylonia (615 CE).
Archaeological discovery of documents from the Near East has fuelled the debate as to the Hebrew Bible's relationship with the world. The biblical view that Israel dwells apart is belied by the Israelites' vulnerability to worldly attractions and cultural similarities with their neighbours.
Following the great periods of national leadership by Moses and Joshua, the book of Judges depicts the stewardship of various judges that rose to power to solve local religious and military challenges in the premonarchic period. This volume provides a close reading of the entire book of Judges, taking seriously the distinct elements of the book ......