Bøger udgivet af Society of Biblical Literature

Originally published: Leiden; New York: E.J. Brill, 1994.

Contradictions within the book of Jubilees suggest the need for an expanded critical approach. The author uses literary-criticism to propose that the editor of Jubilees adopted extant reworked sources and added his own legal and chronological framework.

Ancient iconography of Paul is dominated by one image: Paul as martyr. Whether he is carrying a sword--the traditional instrument of his execution--or receiving a martyr's crown from Christ, the apostle was remembered and honored for his faithfulness to the point of death. As a result, Christians created a cult of Paul, centered on particular holy sites and characterized by practices such as the telling of stories, pilgrimage, and the veneration of relics. This study integrates literary, archaeological, artistic, and liturgical evidence to describe the development of the Pauline cult within the cultural context of the late antique West.

These essays, representing recent research in archaeology, bible, and history, reassess the origins, identity, material culture, and impact of the Philistines and other Sea Peoples on the Iron Age cultures and peoples of the eastern Mediterranean.

These essays, representing recent research in archaeology, bible, and history, reassess the origins, identity, material culture, and impact of the Philistines and other Sea Peoples on the Iron Age cultures and peoples of the eastern Mediterranean.