David’s Jerusalem: Between Memory and History (Routledge by Daniel Pioske

From Feasting To Fasting: The Evolution of a Sin

During this hugely unique examine, Veronika Grimm discusses early Christian texts facing foodstuff, consuming and fasting. modern-day consuming issues frequently equate nutrients with sin and spot fasting as an try and regain purity, an perspective which could even be saw in early Christian ideals within the mortification of the flesh.

Procrustes Problems (Oxford Statistical Science Series)

Procrustean tools are used to rework one set of information to symbolize one other set of knowledge as heavily as attainable. The identify derives from the Greek delusion the place Procrustes invited passers-by in for a delightful meal and a night's leisure on a mystical mattress that may precisely healthy any visitor. He then both stretched the visitor at the rack or bring to an end their legs to cause them to healthy completely into the mattress.

Character Complexity in the Book of Ruth (Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe)

Kristin Moen Saxegaard demonstrates how personality complexity is portrayed within the previous testomony, exemplified by means of the booklet of Ruth. every one personality within the tale has its particular voice which increases a selected subject; Naomi announces her bitterness, Boaz is the merry personality, Ruth stresses that she is a foreigner, and Yahweh is silent.

For Wisdom's Sake: Collected Essays on the Book of Ben Sira (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft)

This selection of 24 essays displays broader developments of study on Ben Sira some time past 20 years. the writer is not just eager about the advanced textual difficulties of the e-book, but additionally with what gentle can be shed on it through the appliance of ways from cultural and feminist stories. She examines, for instance, the gender theamtic, the use of metaphorical language, and the difficulty of odor and body spray within the textual content of Ben Sira.