religion / biblical criticism & interpretation / old testament
Showing results 1-15 of 15
Filter Results OPEN +
The Prophet's Anthem
The Song of Deborah and Barak in the Narrative of Judges
Price: $64.99
ISBN: 9781481321594
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2024-11-15
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2024-11-01
Imprint: Baylor University Press
207 Pages
Within the chaotic world narrated in the book of Judges, the prophet Deborah spoke under the authority of Israel’s God, interpreting an important battle and calling fellow Israelites to faithfulness....
The Heights of the Hills Are His Also
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 9781481322454
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2024-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2024-10-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
116 Pages
In the majority of canonical lists, the Psalms and the book of Job sit next to one another, perhaps due to their size. They share a theme, lament, or complaint, though in the case of Job the intensity...
The Lord by Wisdom Founded the Earth
Creation and Covenant in Old Testament Theology
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781481317047
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2023-10-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2023-09-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
252 Pages
In Proverbs, wisdom is personified as a woman who is with God at the creation of the world, delighting in what God has made. In Job, God appears in theophany and describes the wonders of the earth and...
The Elder Testament
Canon, Theology, Trinity
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481308298
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2021-10-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2021-09-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
310 Pages
The Elder Testament serves as a theological introduction to the canonical unity of the Scriptures of Israel. Christopher Seitz demonstrates that, while an emphasis on theology and canonical form often...
King of Kings
God and the Foreign Emperor in the Hebrew Bible
Price: $64.99
ISBN: 9781481314060
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2021-09-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2021-08-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
304 Pages
From the eighth to second centuries BCE, ancient Israel and Judah were threatened and dominated by a series of foreign empires. This traumatic history prompted serious theological reflection and recalibration,...
Between Hearing and Silence
A Study in Old Testament Theology
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481313766
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2021-04-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2021-03-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
288 Pages
When the Old Testament refers to silence, either the silence of persons or of God, that silence conveys a diversity of meanings. It may indicate a breakdown in the divine-human relationship, or the...
Introduction to the Septuagint
Price: $109.99
ISBN: 9781481311465
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2019-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2019-10-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
702 Pages
The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible created by Jews seeking a place of legitimacy for diaspora Jewishness and faith among the traditions of Hellenistic culture, was a monumental...
The End of the Psalter
Psalms 146–150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481308991
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2018-08-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2018-08-01
Imprint: Baylor University Press
332 Pages
Psalms 146-150--sometimes called the "Final Hallel"--are often thought to comprise an end to the Psalter. Frequently seen as connected to other psalms through catchwords that act as both literary and...
The Psalter as Witness
Theology, Poetry, and Genre
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781481305563
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2017-03-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2017-02-14
Imprint: Baylor University Press
216 Pages
The Psalter as Witness considers the complexity of the Psalms as well as their role in bearing witness to the theological claims that comprise Israel’s traditions. While no single volume can readily...
Belonging in Genesis
Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781602587472
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2016-03-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2016-02-13
Imprint: Baylor University Press
179 Pages
Genesis calls its readers into a vision of human community unconstrained by the categories that dominate modern thinking about identity. Genesis situates humanity within a network of nurture that encompasses...
Ice Axes for Frozen Seas
A Biblical Theology of Provocation
Price: $64.99
ISBN: 9781481302180
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2014-09-15
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2014-08-31
Imprint: Baylor University Press
430 Pages
Endlessly cunning, elusive, and playful--the Bible consistently unsettles even as it assures. Walter Brueggemann reveals exactly how Scripture exposes the inadequacy of the assumptions and habits that...
Old Testament Theology
Divine Call and Human Response
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781602587373
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2013-08-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2013-07-31
Imprint: Baylor University Press
624 Pages
Old Testament Theology provides a foundational tool for a theological reading of the Old Testament. In the book's central chapters, John Kessler delineates six differing representations of the divine-human...
The Targums
A Critical Introduction
Price: $74.99
ISBN: 9781602583825
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2011-07-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2011-06-30
Imprint: Baylor University Press
575 Pages
The value and significance of the targums--translations of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic, the language of Palestinian Jews for centuries following the Babylonian Exile--lie in their approach to translation:...
Ruth
A Handbook on the Hebrew Text
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781932792911
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2010-01-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2009-12-31
Imprint: Baylor University Press
234 Pages
Rather than devote space to the type of theological and exegetical comments found in most commentaries, this series focuses on the Hebrew text and its related issues, syntactic and otherwise. The volumes...
Living Through Pain
Psalms and the Search for Wholeness
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781932792157
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2005-07-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2005-08-14
Imprint: Baylor University Press
284 Pages
Pain disintegrates a person, fracturing self and relationships. In Living Through Pain Kristin M. Swenson charts the multifaceted personal and social problems caused by chronic pain and surveys professional...
The Prophet's Anthem
The Song of Deborah and Barak in the Narrative of Judges
Price: $64.99
ISBN: 9781481321594
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2024-11-15
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2024-11-01
Imprint: Baylor University Press
207 Pages
The Heights of the Hills Are His Also
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 9781481322454
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2024-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2024-10-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
116 Pages
The Lord by Wisdom Founded the Earth
Creation and Covenant in Old Testament Theology
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781481317047
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2023-10-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2023-09-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
252 Pages
The Elder Testament
Canon, Theology, Trinity
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481308298
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2021-10-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2021-09-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
310 Pages
King of Kings
God and the Foreign Emperor in the Hebrew Bible
Price: $64.99
ISBN: 9781481314060
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2021-09-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2021-08-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
304 Pages
Between Hearing and Silence
A Study in Old Testament Theology
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481313766
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2021-04-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2021-03-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
288 Pages
Introduction to the Septuagint
Price: $109.99
ISBN: 9781481311465
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2019-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2019-10-15
Imprint: Baylor University Press
702 Pages
The End of the Psalter
Psalms 146–150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint
Price: $44.99
ISBN: 9781481308991
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2018-08-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2018-08-01
Imprint: Baylor University Press
332 Pages
The Psalter as Witness
Theology, Poetry, and Genre
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781481305563
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2017-03-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2017-02-14
Imprint: Baylor University Press
216 Pages
Belonging in Genesis
Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781602587472
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2016-03-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2016-02-13
Imprint: Baylor University Press
179 Pages
Ice Axes for Frozen Seas
A Biblical Theology of Provocation
Price: $64.99
ISBN: 9781481302180
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2014-09-15
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2014-08-31
Imprint: Baylor University Press
430 Pages
Old Testament Theology
Divine Call and Human Response
Price: $54.99
ISBN: 9781602587373
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2013-08-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2013-07-31
Imprint: Baylor University Press
624 Pages
The Targums
A Critical Introduction
Price: $74.99
ISBN: 9781602583825
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2011-07-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2011-06-30
Imprint: Baylor University Press
575 Pages
Ruth
A Handbook on the Hebrew Text
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781932792911
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2010-01-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2009-12-31
Imprint: Baylor University Press
234 Pages
Living Through Pain
Psalms and the Search for Wholeness
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781932792157
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Pub Date: 2005-07-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2005-08-14
Imprint: Baylor University Press
284 Pages