Books published by Society of Biblical Literature

Interdisciplinary essays consider the methodological issue of incorporating the categories of myth and scripture into understanding and interpreting biblical literature as both ancient texts and contemporary scripture in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament and their respective contexts.

International scholars uniquely focus on why the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings encapsulated emerging Jewish identity for readers in the Persian and Hellenistic periods, and how those readers used the past to address the present and future.

International scholars uniquely focus on why the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings encapsulated emerging Jewish identity for readers in the Persian and Hellenistic periods, and how those readers used the past to address the present and future.

This guide introduces the complex new edition of the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, 28 Edition, explaining its structure, the text-critical apparatus and appendices, and the innovations of the new edition.

Seven essays informed by the contemporary study of aesthetics focus on beauty in the Bible. Covering texts in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, they consider beauty from the perspectives of modern philosophy, contextual criticism, and the postcritical return to beauty's primary qualities.

Seven essays informed by the contemporary study of aesthetics focus on beauty in the Bible. Covering texts in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, they consider beauty from the perspectives of modern philosophy, contextual criticism, and the postcritical return to beauty's primary qualities.

The early Christian quotations from Israels scriptures are not only of theological significance but also part of the textual history of the Septuagint and adjacent textual traditions of the Greek and Hebrew Old Testament. The contributions of the volume summarize an international research project.

The early Christian quotations from Israels scriptures are not only of theological significance but also part of the textual history of the Septuagint and adjacent textual traditions of the Greek and Hebrew Old Testament. The contributions of the volume summarize an international research project.

This festschrift honoring the career of David J. A. Clines, scholar, teacher, and publisher, features essays by an international group of colleagues and students, under the rubrics of literary/exegetical readings, ideological-critical readings, language and lexicography, and reception history.

This festschrift honoring the career of David J. A. Clines, scholar, teacher, and publisher, features essays by an international group of colleagues and students, under the rubrics of literary/exegetical readings, ideological-critical readings, language and lexicography, and reception history.

The formation and interpretation of Isaiah 24-27, the "Isaiah Apocalypse," are important for understanding Isaiah's compositional history, emerging religious thought in the Persian Period, and scribal techniques for late biblical materials. The volume explores these and other issues and outlines new directions--Provided by publisher.

The formation and interpretation of Isaiah 24-27, the "Isaiah Apocalypse," are important for understanding Isaiah's compositional history, emerging religious thought in the Persian Period, and scribal techniques for late biblical materials. The volume explores these and other issues and outlines new directions--Provided by publisher.

Essays from a variety of perspectives draw from recent work to explore the relationship of prophecy to the Deuteronomic History, including the historical reality of prophecy behind the literature and the portrayal of prophecy within the literature.

Essays from a variety of perspectives draw from recent work to explore the relationship of prophecy to the Deuteronomic History, including the historical reality of prophecy behind the literature and the portrayal of prophecy within the literature.