Exodus (Eerdmans Critical Commentary) by Thomas B. Dozeman

From Feasting To Fasting: The Evolution of a Sin

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

Procrustes Problems (Oxford Statistical Science Series)

Procrustean equipment are used to rework one set of information to symbolize one other set of information 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 relaxation on a mystical mattress that will 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Kristin Moen Saxegaard demonstrates how personality complexity is portrayed within the outdated testomony, exemplified through the booklet of Ruth. every one personality within the tale has its particular voice which increases a specific subject; Naomi publicizes 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 number of 24 essays displays broader developments of study on Ben Sira some time past twenty years. the writer isn't just all for the complicated textual difficulties of the publication, but in addition with what gentle might be shed on it by means of the appliance of methods from cultural and feminist stories. She examines, for instance, the gender theamtic, the use of metaphorical language, and the difficulty of smell and body spray within the textual content of Ben Sira.