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This book provides an overview of the current debate about the early Enoch literature and its place in ancient Judaism, especially in relation to the Torah of Moses and to the Dead Sea Scrolls.
€102.00$132.00
A collection of twelve essays on the Jewish encounter with Hellenism, both in the Diaspora and in the land of Israel, including studies of several individual texts.
€162.00$210.00
This is the second volume to appear (following Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah. Studies of an Interpretative Tradition) in the collection The Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature, part of the series Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Further volumes in preparation on ...
€110.00$142.00
Hellenistic scholarship is advanced when ancient evidence reveals that despite Jewish opposition, the earliest written translation of the Bible was made in Alexandria in 281 BCE, and that Ptolemy Lagus built the famous library, placing Demetrius of Phalerum in charge.
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A reference guide and key to all aspects of man’s contact with the menagerie of the Ancient Near East. With ample original illustrations.
€184.00$238.00
A collection of essays dealing with apocalypticism, Daniel, the Sibylline oracles, Dead Sea Scrolls and wisdom and apocalypticism. Two of the essays appear here for the first time.
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€114.00$148.00
These essays focus on diverse aspects of the relationships between the Qumran wisdom texts and other Second Temple writings, and explore some of the puzzles raised by terms and concepts unique to the texts themselves.
€162.00$210.00
This study of ancient Jewish and Christian apocalypticism provides new insights into the origin and function of symbols and ideas relating to the structures of the universe and time and to political and social relations.
€42.45$59.00
This study presents the text and translation of an oral epic, or guritan, relating the exploits of Radin Suane, which was recorded during anthropological fieldwork among the Besemah, in the remote highlands of South Sumatra.