Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham by Andrei A. Orlov

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 usually equate meals with sin and notice fasting as an try and regain purity, an angle which 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 remodel one set of knowledge to symbolize one other set of information as heavily as attainable. The identify derives from the Greek fantasy the place Procrustes invited passers-by in for a delightful meal and a night's leisure on a paranormal mattress that might precisely healthy any visitor. He then both stretched the visitor at the rack or bring to a halt their legs to lead 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. each one personality within the tale has its particular voice which increases a specific subject; Naomi declares 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 choice of 24 essays displays broader developments of study on Ben Sira some time past twenty years. the writer isn't just fascinated with the complicated textual difficulties of the publication, but in addition with what mild should be shed on it by way of the applying of ways from cultural and feminist stories. She examines, for instance, the gender theamtic, using metaphorical language, and the difficulty of smell and body spray within the textual content of Ben Sira.