Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian governor Cyrus again…
A classic and still standard resource, Marcus Jastrow's monumental dictionary remains unique in that it covers both the Hebrew and Aramaic languages in the literature of the rabbinic period. This i…
This book is dictionary in Hebrews. This is a good book.
Who has set forth better than John Milton the beleaguered and vulnerable the hand of her Master - a perfect shape and most glorious to look upon - he relates how she has been hacked to pieces by a …
This book traces the history of Ugaritic studies and their impact on the study of the Bible. From the first discoveries in the late 1920s through the end of the millennium, Ugaritic studies have re…
A nationally recognized scholar and award-winning author offers a sophisticated theological engagement with the nature of language and literature. He moves seamlessly between literature and theolog…
It has often been noted that poetry is a particularly suitable medium when it comes to understanding the connection between theology and biography. Needless to say that this is particularly excitin…
This comprehensive anthology brings together the best literary writing from the Bible onwards. Authors include Dante, Chaucer, Jane Austen, Maya Angelou, C.S. Lewis, A.A. Milne, Sebastian Faulks an…
Since first appearing in 1982 this book has been acclaimed as by far the most readable, concise and authoritative text of its kind. While in no way oversimplifying the complexities of the subject, …
If the world is alive with God's glory, the poet and the critic alike are called to recognize it, celebrate it, and interpret it. English studies today, however, are gripped by anxiety over both th…