Until the late 1960s the scholarly consensus was that Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah was a single, unif...

There is a twin focus in this volume. The title of a keynote essay-'Why Is There a Song of Songs,...

'Orientalism' refers both to the academic study of the Orient and to Western scholarship that cli...

To today's confrontations between religion and science Jovanovic contrasts the vibrant collaborat...

Rabbi Akiba is famously reported to have said, 'Heaven forbid that any one in Israel ever dispute...

The books of 1-2 Chronicles, though ostensibly a history work recounting the past, is in reality ...

This exciting new study of the prophet Jeremiah attributes to him a pivotal significance in the h...

John Gray, who was Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages in the University of Aberdeen, left ...

Peter Miscall's commentary on Isaiah was among the first volumes in the series Readings published...

This reading of Hosea explores the book from a feminist, psychoanalytical and poetic perspective....

Readers of all persuasions have a tendency to privilege simple interpretations over complex, unse...

In this new contribution to the Readings series of commentaries, Roger Ryan offers a challenge to...