The art of biblical narrative

In what is both a radical approach to the Bible, and a fundamental return to its narrative prose, Robert Alter reads the Old Testament with new eyes—the eyes of a literary critic. Alter takes the…

From exegesis to exposition: a practical guide to using.., c.1-4

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

978-0-8010-2171-8

Collation

304p.; 23 cm.

Series Title

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Call Number

221.44 CHI f.1-4

Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah

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The Friar and the Cipher: Roger Bacon..

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The text of the Old Testament, 2E, c.1-2

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Towards the next of the Old Testament

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The Jesus papyrus: the most sensational evidence..

In 1901, the Reverend Charles B. Huleatt acquired three pieces of a New Testament manuscript on the murky antiquities market of Luxor, Egypt. He donated these papyrus fragments to his alma mater, M…

The Dead Sea scrolls Bible: the oldest known.., c. 1-2

At the time of Jesus and rabbi Hillel - the origins of Christianity and rabbinic Judaism - there was, and there was not, a Bible. This critical period and the nature of the Bible in that period, ha…