Books published by Society of Biblical Literature

One of six titles in The Bible in American Culture series published to celebrate the Society of Biblical Literature's centennial, this volume focuses on the Bible in poetry, novels, plays, architecture, art, and music. A final essay focuses on the differing ways people have seen the Bible as part of America's foundational myth.

From a long-standing nationalistic tradition that was tolerated under a pagan ruler, over time Judaism became a threat to be repressed and confined against a now-Christian empire. This work examines the forces that shaped and defined Judaism as we have come to know it.

This essential classroom resource includes primary texts and documents in translation, illustrating Greek religious beliefs and practices from Homer to Alexander the Great. Introductory notes provide historical context. The volume includes a glossary of technical terms, a general index, and an index of ancient sources cited.

In this important study, features of late second-millennium B.C.E. culture are critically examined in order to define the complex social boundaries of the early Iron Age and reconstruct the diverse material world of Canaanites, Egyptians, Philistines, and early Israel.

"Warfare, Ritual, and Symbol in Biblical and Modern Contexts is a collection of fifteen essays about rituals of war and their function. Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches are applied to texts in the Hebrew Bible, which are read in light of ancient Near Eastern literature, artifacts, and iconography and contemporary ritual and social theory. Introductory and concluding essays evaluate each contribution, locate contributions in the history of scholarship, and propose promising directions for further research. A majority of the essays were presented in 2010-12 sessions of the SBL's Warfare in Ancient Israel Section"--

"Warfare, Ritual, and Symbol in Biblical and Modern Contexts is a collection of fifteen essays about rituals of war and their function. Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches are applied to texts in the Hebrew Bible, which are read in light of ancient Near Eastern literature, artifacts, and iconography and contemporary ritual and social theory. Introductory and concluding essays evaluate each contribution, locate contributions in the history of scholarship, and propose promising directions for further research. A majority of the essays were presented in 2010-12 sessions of the SBL's Warfare in Ancient Israel Section"--

Distilling advanced scholarship for classroom use, these essays reflect recent trends. Contributions range from genre and rhetorical considerations to theological and sociological assessments as well as to the reception and use of 1-2 Peter and Jude in the Christian tradition.

The Bible contains multiple moments of disruption, boundary crossing, and category confusion: animals speak, God becomes man, spirits haunt the living, and monsters confound. These essays explore biblical texts from Genesis to Revelation in conversation with critical theories of posthumanism that point beyond various human-centric ideologies.

The Bible contains multiple moments of disruption, boundary crossing, and category confusion: animals speak, God becomes man, spirits haunt the living, and monsters confound. These essays explore biblical texts from Genesis to Revelation in conversation with critical theories of posthumanism that point beyond various human-centric ideologies.

Distilling advanced scholarship for classroom use, these essays reflect recent trends. Contributions range from genre and rhetorical considerations to theological and sociological assessments as well as to the reception and use of 1-2 Peter and Jude in the Christian tradition.