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BIBLIcAL STuDIES
Outside of Eden
cain in the Ancient versions of
genesis 4.1-16
M. W. Scarlata
• Helps readers
to understand
translation
‘techniques’ as
employed by the
translators of the
ancient versions
• A much-needed
comprehensive
analysis devoted to the ancient
translations of gen. 4.1-16
• Examines the influence of these ancient
translations on other texts
Scarlata focuses on the diverse exegetical
tendencies of Hebrew Bible translation
in the ancient world and shows how
these interpretations were transmitted in
particular cultural milieus.
rEvD Dr. MArK w. ScArLATA is currently
Lecturer in Old Testament at St. Mellitus
college, London, uK.
uK August 2012 uS June 2012
256 Pages 155 x 235 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780567447982 - £70.00 / $130.00
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Studies, 573
Hebrew Bible and Its versions
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Persepolis and
Jerusalem
Iranian Influence on the
Apocalyptic Hermeneutic
Jason M.
Silverman
• Offers a solution
to the debate
over the
relationships
between the
apocalypses,
apocalypticism,
and
millenarianism
• Provides biblical scholars with
synthetic introductions to pertinent
fields of inquiry, Iranian Studies and
communication Theory
This book analyses the Iranian influence
upon Jewish apocalyptic that relates
the phenomena of apocalypticism,
apocalypse, and millenarianism; and
posits this as the best place to understand
Iranian influences.
JASON M. SILvErMAN recently completed his
doctorate at Trinity college Dublin, Ireland.
uK April 2012 uS February 2012
320 Pages 155 x 235 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780567205513 - £75.00 / $140.00
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Studies, 558
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Psalmody and Poetry
in Old Testament
Ethics
Edited by Dirk J.
Human
• Examines Old
Testament Poetics
from an African
Perspective
• Explores Psalms
from an ethical
perspective
• Shines a modern
light on Old Testament ethics
This book explores the relationship
between the Old Testament and Ethics,
as well as a philosophical discussion on
meta-ethical presuppositions on divinity
and morality in the Psalter.
DIrK J. HuMAN is Head of Biblical and religious
Studies at the university of Pretoria, South
Africa.
uK August 2012 uS June 2012
192 Pages 155 x 235 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780567282675 - £70.00 / $130.00
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Studies, 572
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Reading Job
Intertextually
Edited by
Katharine Dell
and Will Kynes
• Addresses the
breadth and
complexity of
Job’s intertextual
resonances
• One editor is a
well established
scholar, the other is a brilliant new
comer
• A collected volume enables the reader
to appreciate the varying intertextual
methods currently employed
This volume offers the first
comprehensive treatment of
intertextuality in Job, addressing
resonances between Job in the Hebrew
canon and non-canonical texts throughout
history
KATHArINE DELL is based at the Faculty of
Divinity, cambridge university, uK.
wILL KyNES is a PhD candidate at cambridge,
and Liddon research Fellow and Tutor of
Theology at Keble college, Oxford (elect), uK.
uK January 2013 uS November 2012
272 Pages 155 x 235 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780567485526 - £75.00 / $140.00
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Studies, 574
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Royal Motifs in the
Pentateuchal Portrayal
of Moses
Danny Mathews
• Addresses aspects
of the portrayal
of Moses that are
undervalued in
scholarship
• Help readers
avoid making an
assumption of the
portrayal of
Moses as primarily a ‘prophet’
• Asks provocative questions and puts
forth a research agenda for future
scholarship
Mathews presents the portrayal of
Moses focusing on royal motifs used to
depict famous rulers in the ancient Near
East and adopted by the authors of the
Pentateuch to present Moses as a leader.
DANNy MATHEwS is Assistant Professor of
religion at Pepperdine university, california,
uSA.
uK July 2012 uS May 2012
176 Pages 155 x 235 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780567116147 - £65.00 / $120.00
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Studies, 571
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Second Temple Studies
IV
Historiography and History
Edited by Alice
Hunt
• Helps readers
understand the
methodology,
presuppositions,
and starting
points of current
historians of
ancient Israel
• Provides new starting points
for discourse on canonization,
legitimation, cult, governance
• Moves the polemical discussion about
historiography toward an understanding
of methodological approaches
This collection of essays offers a
new understanding about current
historiography as it relates to biblical
studies and ancient Israel amidst
diverging academic trends.
ALIcE HuNT is President of chicago Theological
Seminary, uSA.
uK October 2012 uS August 2012
144 Pages 155 x 235 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780567456991 - £55.00 / $110.00
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Studies, 550
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