The Dead Sea Scrolls have profoundly changed the way we think about the Bible. But what is the religion found in the Scrolls themselves? This book provides a much-needed assessment of several major…
This guidebook to the little-known world of Jewish apocalypticism introduces us to major monuments such as the Enoch literature , Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Siblylline Oracles, and various t…
In this balanced and thorough introduction to the Hebrew Bible, John J. Collins takes his students on a historical-critical journey through biblical texts. With an accessible yet authoritative tone…
The core of this volume consists of eight review essay, four on the Old Testament and four on the New. Our purpose has been to summarize the state of the question on central issues of ecumenical bi…
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,…
The Bible was written long ago and in another culture, vastly different from our own. Any attempt to apply it to a modern situation, or to deduce ethical principle from it, must be approached with …