" In David and Solomon, Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, leading archaeologists
and authors who have done a great deal to uncover and understand the breathtaking …

The developments in Judaism which occurred during the Second Temple period (c. 550 BC
to 100 AD) were of great importance for the nature of Jewish religion in later centuries, yet …

James R. Harrison investigates the collision between Paul's eschatological gospel and the
Julio-Claudian conception of rule. The ruler's propaganda, with its claim about the'eternal …

In a new study on the Pauline adoption metaphors, Erin Heim applies a wide array of
contemporary theories of metaphor in a fresh exegesis of the four instances of adoption …

In this book the author explores how contexts determine the meaning of embedded scripture
texts in the Gospel of Mark. Many historical critics base their readings on a context that is …

Heresy is a central concept in the formation of Orthodox Christianity. Where does this notion
come from? This book traces the construction of the idea of 'heresy'in the rhetoric of …

How is the kingdom of God related to Messianic kingship (or divine sonship)? Starting from
what he terms a'two-tier'kingship in the Psalms, Robert Rowe explores the linkage of these …

The authors of both the first and third Gospels, by insisting on both Jesus' divine paternity
and his Davidic descent, pose a conundrum: if Jesus was not Joseph'biological son, in what …

This essay surveys the attitudes towards gentiles/foreign nations in constructions of the
“other” in the Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible, and examines how the biblical trajectories …

The driving concern of this study is the apocalyptic depiction of God's power and presence
over history. While this may seem well-documented in the vast scholarly literature on Daniel …