First-Degree Incest and the Hebrew Bible: Sex in the Family by Johanna Stiebert

From Feasting To Fasting: The Evolution of a Sin

During this hugely unique research, 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 to regain purity, an perspective that may even be saw in early Christian ideals within the mortification of the flesh.

Procrustes Problems (Oxford Statistical Science Series)

Procrustean equipment are used to remodel one set of knowledge 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 might precisely healthy any visitor. He then both stretched the visitor at the rack or bring to a halt 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 via the booklet of Ruth. each 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 long ago 20 years. the writer is not just considering the complicated textual difficulties of the e-book, but in addition with what gentle can be shed on it by way of the applying of ways from cultural and feminist reports. She examines, for instance, the gender theamtic, using metaphorical language, and the difficulty of odor and perfume within the textual content of Ben Sira.