Judaism: Sacred Texts

These critical readings explore the history of ancient Israel, from the Late Bronze Age to the Persian period, as it relates to the Bible. Selected...

Created in honor of the work of Professor Tova Forti, this collection considers the natural world in key wisdom books - Proverbs, Job and Qoheleth/...

First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible is a landmark, one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bibl...

Texts after Terror offers an important new theory of rape and sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible. While the Bible is filled with stories of rape, ...

Julius Wellhausen was a monumental figure in the field of biblical studies, but his work has been denounced as antisemitic in recent years. This bo...

The Biblical World is a comprehensive guide to the contents, historical settings, and social context of the Bible. This new edition is updated with...

This book offers a historical-materialist reading of the opening chapters of the book of Genesis, in an attempt to revive their potential to engage...

The symposium that kicks off the latest volume of Studies in Contemporary Jewry focuses on the city that is at the very center of contemporary Jewi...

With astute attention to Zephaniahs intertextual relationships with other biblical texts, Nicholas R. Werse explores the implications of Zephaniah ...

To remedy a scholarly lacuna on the study of adoption in the Hebrew Bible, chapters in this volume examine this topic from a variety of perspective...