Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2008

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• Paul's World

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: S. E. Porter
  • Editor Stanley E. Porter
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  • This volume treats some of the most important and germane factors that went into making up the world in which Paul lived, and that consequently defined who he was and became.

• Philo of Alexandria and Post-Aristotelian Philosophy

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: F. Alesse
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  • An inquiry drawing on the presence of Hellenistic philosophy in Philo provides a better knowledge of the diffusion of Hellenistic philosophy since the late Republican age, as well as the relationship between Philo’s reception and other doxohraphical tradition.

• Praise Israel for Wisdom and Instruction

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: B.G. III Wright
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  • This collection of articles is representative of my work over the last decade. It centers on the interrelated themes of translation, social location, and transmission of tradition in a wide range of early Jewish texts.

• The Prestige of the Pagan Prophet Balaam in Judaism, Early Christianity and Islam

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors George H. Kooten; J.T.A.G.M. Ruiten
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  • In this book the ambiguous reception is traced which the pagan prophet Balaam received in Judaism, early Christianity and Islam.

• Promises to Keep

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  • Author: Y. Ziegler
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  • This book analyzes the pivotal role of the oath in biblical narrative as a literary device in character and plot development. It examines the significance of deviations from standard oath formulae and offers an in-depth analysis of the oaths in the Saul and David narratives.

• Protest or Propaganda

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: A.R. Van Der Deijl
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  • What are the similarities and differences between Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern war stories? In this study narratological analysis is applied to compare the ideology of the Old Testament book of Kings to the ideology of ten extrabiblical texts