In clear and straightforward language and with plenty of lively examples, Bible Matters charts the development of Biblical Criticism and explores the philosophical assumptions which underlie Historical Criticism and more contemporary approaches to...

In Bathsheba Survives, Sara M. Koenig traces Bathsheba's reception throughout history and in various genres, demonstrating how she has been characterized on the spectrum from helpless victim to unscrupulous seductress.

This A-Z volume is a comprehensive critical survey of the main persons, events, controversies, concepts, and institutions of twentieth-century evangelical theology.

This provocative study, first published by SPCK in 1991, looks at how the Bible has been subjected to ideological manipulation.

"City and Sanctuary" challenges some common assumptions about the Near East in the Roman and Early Byzantine periods, by examining the architecture and urban desing of five cities: Palmyra, Petra, Gerasa, Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem....

Hyam Maccoby controversially suggests that Jesus was not only friendly to the Pharisees, but was actually a member of their group. He aims to throw new light on the relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist, exploring the political aspect of...

Preface by John BartonBrings together seven essays which are representative of the author's style, approach to and outlook on contemporary biblical topics. Serves as an ideal introduction to one of the most important issues - the authority...

A welcome supplement to the bestselling How to Read the OT and How to Read the NT, indicating more recent developments in biblical studies especially in the area of narrative criticism.