Books published by Society of Biblical Literature

This memorial volume displays and evaluates the canonical approach of Brevard S. Childs with fresh exegetical and hermeneutical contributions by an international variety of both established and younger Old and New Testament scholars, church historians, and theologians.

This memorial volume displays and evaluates the canonical approach of Brevard S. Childs with fresh exegetical and hermeneutical contributions by an international variety of both established and younger Old and New Testament scholars, church historians, and theologians.

These essays focus on why readers in the Persian and Hellenistic periods found the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings to encapsulate emerging Jewish identity. The book will appeal to those interested in the socio-religious function of emerging Torah in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods.

These essays focus on why readers in the Persian and Hellenistic periods found the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings to encapsulate emerging Jewish identity. The book will appeal to those interested in the socio-religious function of emerging Torah in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods.

In order to provide an up-to-date report and analysis of the economic conditions of first-century C.E. Galilee, this collection surveys recent archaeological excavations (Sepphoris, Yodefat, Magdala, and Khirbet Qana) and reviews results from older excavations (Capernaum). It also offers both interpretation of the excavations for economic questions and lays out the parameters of the current debate on the standard of living of the ancient Galileans. The essays included, by archaeologists as well as biblical scholars, have been drawn from the perspective of archaeology or the social sciences. The volume thus represents a broad spectrum of views on this timely and often hotly debated issue. The contributors are Mordechai Aviam, David A. Fiensy, Ralph K. Hawkins, Sharon Lea Mattila, Tom McCollough, and Douglas Oakman.

This book explores the central function of the concept "repentance" in the narrative structure and implied social world of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, and provides an excellent synthesis and analysis of the usage of "repent" and "repentance" in Classical, Hellenistic, Hellenistic Jewish, and early Christian literature. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

In order to provide an up-to-date report and analysis of the economic conditions of first-century C.E. Galilee, this collection surveys recent archaeological excavations (Sepphoris, Yodefat, Magdala, and Khirbet Qana) and reviews results from older excavations (Capernaum). It also offers both interpretation of the excavations for economic questions and lays out the parameters of the current debate on the standard of living of the ancient Galileans. The essays included, by archaeologists as well as biblical scholars, have been drawn from the perspective of archaeology or the social sciences. The volume thus represents a broad spectrum of views on this timely and often hotly debated issue. The contributors are Mordechai Aviam, David A. Fiensy, Ralph K. Hawkins, Sharon Lea Mattila, Tom McCollough, and Douglas Oakman.

A postcolonial interpretive perspective brings together class, gender, race, sexuality, psychology, and ideology. Here an international group of authors focuses on biblical texts using postcolonial methodology, explores interactions between Bible and colonial context, and considers theoretical issues.

A postcolonial interpretive perspective brings together class, gender, race, sexuality, psychology, and ideology. Here an international group of authors focuses on biblical texts using postcolonial methodology, explores interactions between Bible and colonial context, and considers theoretical issues.

The book includes an introduction situating Sedulius in historical and literary contexts; the Latin text of his poetic works with English translation on facing pages, accompanied by notes; appendices with texts and translations of incidental related materials, and a bibliography and index.

In this volume, leading scholars in the study of Romans invite students and nonspecialists to engage this text and thus come to a more complete understanding of both the letter and Paul's theology. The contributors include interpreters with different understandings of Romans so that readers see a range of interpretations of central issues in the study of the text. Each essay includes a short review of different positions on a topic and an argument for the author's position, set out in clear, nontechnical terms, making the volume an ideal classroom tool.

Biblical scholars and scholars of the ancient Mediterranean consider Old Testament prophetic texts, prophecy in ancient Mesopotamia and in early Christianity. Using the most current theoretical categories, they demonstrate how essential a broad definition of gender is to understand both the delivery and content of ancient prophecy.

Biblical scholars and scholars of the ancient Mediterranean consider Old Testament prophetic texts, prophecy in ancient Mesopotamia and in early Christianity. Using the most current theoretical categories, they demonstrate how essential a broad definition of gender is to understand both the delivery and content of ancient prophecy.