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The time of the Babylonian capitivity (c.587-539 BCE) is of seminal importance for the formation of the Hebrew Bible as well as for the religious development of Judaism. Previous studies of this era have usually privileged the perspective of the community of captives...
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OUP Oxford
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2005-10-13
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In his new book distinguished Jesus scholar Geza Vermes explains the true story behind The Passion of Christ and the recent, highly controversial, film. Vital reading for anyone wanting to know the truth behind the hyperbole Vermes's book is an intelligent and...
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Penguin
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2005-03-03
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Who is Israel?Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible, by a world-renowned scholar, starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the twelve tribes of Israel seven times. Mary Douglas argues that the editors, far from...
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OUP Oxford
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2004-11-12
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There can be no doubt that Jesus, 'a religious genius' as Geza Vermes describes him, lived and taught in Palestine some 2000 years ago. The influence he has had is incalculable. How though can we distinguish between the doctrines shaped to the needs of the burgeoning...
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Penguin
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2004-09-30
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Before the 1970s, "biblical archaeology" was the dominant research paradigm for those excavating the history of Palestine. Today this model has been "weighed in the balance and found wanting." Most now prefer to speak of "Syro/Palestinian archaeology." This is not just...
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Oxford University Press
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2004-03-04
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Acts of martyrdom have been found in nearly all the worlds major religious traditions. Though considered by devotees to be perhaps the most potent expression of religious faith, dying for ones god is also one of the most difficult concepts for modern observers of...
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Oxford University Press
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2002-07-18
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Acts of martyrdom have been found in nearly all the worlds major religious traditions. Though considered by devotees to be perhaps the most potent expression of religious faith, dying for ones god is also one of the most difficult concepts for modern observers of...
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Oxford University Press
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2002-07-18
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You're no idiot, of course.You're familiar with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Judgement Day, especially in the wake of the new millennium. However, the Book of Revelation has existed for almost 2,000 years and is open to countless interpretations. Don't get...
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Dk
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2001-12-01
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During his life Jesus did not view himself as divine, nor did his disciples. In THE CHANGING FACES OF JESUS the great scholar Vermes works back through successively earlier accounts of the life of Christ to finally reveal the true, historical figureof Jesus hidden...
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Penguin
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2001-04-05
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This unique study is the first systematic examination to be undertaken of the high priesthood in ancient Israel, from the earliest local chief priests in the pre-monarchic period down to the Hasmonaean priest-kings in the first century BCE. Dr Rooke argues that,...
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Clarendon Press
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2000-03-09
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This book provides a sophisticated new interdisciplinary interpretation of the formulation and evolution of African American religion and culture. Theophus Smith argues for the central importance of "conjure"--a magical means of transforming reality--in black...
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Oxford University Press
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1995-11-09
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De l'infinito, universo e mondi è l’opera in cui Giordano Bruno spinge alle estreme conseguenze la sua rivoluzione metafisica, consegnando alla storia del pensiero un’immagine dell’universo che avrebbe cambiato per sempre il posto dell’uomo nel cosmo. Attraverso un...
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Cactus
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2025-09-29
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The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations (Vol. 1-4). Illustrated is an extraordinary collection of visions received by the German mystic and stigmatic Anne Catherine Emmerich. Recorded and compiled by Clemens Brentano, this four-volume work presents a deeply...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2025-04-01
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Published in France in 1893, The Kingdom of God is within You is the most important of Leo Tolstoy's philosophical-religious works. It is a text that exerted a decisive influence on Gandhi and still holds great interest today, not only because it constitutes a...
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Cactus
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2024-07-31
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This book uncovers an early collection of sayings, called N, that are ascribed to Jesus and are similar to those found in the Gospel of Thomas and in Q, a document believed to be a common source, with Mark, for Matthew and Luke. In the process, the book sheds light on...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-02-25
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Studies in Christianity and Judaism
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The figure of Jesus has fascinated Western civilization for centuries. As the year 2000 approaches, eliciting connections with Jesus’ birth and return, excitement grows — as does the number of studies about Jesus. Cutting through this mass of material, Whose Historical...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2010-10-30
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Studies in Christianity and Judaism
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