Product Description: This important book for use in Old Testament courses is also a valuable resource for those exploring the role of the Bible in culture today. The articles include: Theoretical Issues "Is a Critical Biblical Theology Possible?" "Biblical Theology and the History of Israelite Religion" "The Politics of Biblical Interpretation" The Pentateuch "Faith without Works: Biblical Ethics and the Sacrifice of Isaac" "The Development of the Exodus Tradition" "The Exodus and Biblical Theology" "The Biblical Vision of the Common Good" Wisdom and Biblical Theology "The Biblical Precedent for Natural Theology" "Proverbial Wisdom and the Yahwist Vision" "Natural Theology and Biblical Tradition: The Case of Hellenistic Judaism" Apocalyptic Literature "Temporality and Politics in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature" "The Book of Truth: Daniel as Reliable Witness to Past and Future in the United States of America" "The Legacy of Apocalypticism: Christian Adaptations of Jewish Tradition" "Jesus and the Messiahs of Israel" "Jewish Monotheism and Christian Theology...read more

Product Description: Useful in Old Testament courses, this book is also serves as a resource for those exploring the role of the Bible in culture.

Simply the best science reference source available -- the complete world of science on a single CD-ROM. This latest edition provides the user access to the authoritative text of the award-winning 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th edition, and the entire McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th edition, with 122,600 definitions.Spectacular dolor images, superb animations, crystal-clear audio presentations, and interactive maps, allow exploration of scientific information in ways that transcend the printed page.

Product Description: Renowned biblical scholar John J. Collins asks tough questions about the relationship between the portrayals of violence in the Bible and how they have been used throughout history. The Crusaders, Puritans, and abolitionists all used the Bible to justify their use of violence - and this process continues...read more

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Product Description: The papers in this volume were originally read at the Sixth International Orion Symposium. The primary focus of the volume is on the wisdom texts from Qumran that have been fully edited only in recent years, especially 1Q/4QMysteries and 4QInstruction...read more

This volume brings together essays written by John J. Collins since the mid-1970s. The articles cover major aspects of the discussion of Jewish apocalypticism, in relation to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Hellenistic-Roman world. A section of the book is devoted to studies on the book of Daniel. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Hailed as the best scholarship in its field, this survey traces apocalypticism's role in Western history from its origins to the close of the third millennium. Continuum congratulates Joan J. Collins on being the recipient of the 1999 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award Praise for the Encyclopedia:"...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

One of the most creative and consequential collisions in Western culture involved the encounter of Judaism with Hellenism. In this widely acclaimed study of the Jews who lived in Hellenistic Egypt, “between Athens and Jerusalem,” John J. Collins examines the literature of Hellenistic Judaism, treating not only the introductory questions of date, authorship, and provenance but also the larger question of Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman world.First published in 1984, this landmark study by one of the world's leading experts in Hellinistic Judaism is now fully revised and updated to take into account the best of recent scholarship.

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Product Description: Jewish wisdom flourished under Hellenism in the books of Ben Sira and the wisdom of Solomon, as well as in a recently discovered sapiential text from Qumran. In this book, now available as a casebound, internationally known author John Collins presents a compelling description and analysis of these three texts and their continuing wisdom traditions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Since the photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls were released in 1992, there has been an explosion of interest in them. This volume explores the issue of apocalypticism in the Scrolls; how the notions of the 'end', Messianic expectation and eternal life affected the Dead Sea sect, influenced Judaism and filtered into Christianity. Collins' volume provides a valuable and accessible introduction to the interpretation of the Scrolls, which is an informative addition to the series examining the major themes of the Scroll texts.

An analysis of the messiah figure in ancient literary works, including the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, examines the significance of messianic thought, provides insight into Jewish apocalypticism, and identifies messianic similarities in multiple religions.

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Product Description: The Complete text of each biblical book is given, with the commentary on the same or facing page. Review aids and discussion topics make the series practical and useful for individual or group Bible study.

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