"II Samuel" completes P. Kyle McCarter, Jr. 's study of the book of "Samuel". Based upon the introduction and commentary of his first volume, McCarter continues the discussion of textual and literary sources as they relate to a reconstruction of hist...

This is Volume 20 of "The Anchor Bible", a new translation in fifty-six volumes, each with an introduction and notes. John L. McKenzie, S. J. , Professor of Old Testament Theology at DePaul University, Chicago, has prepared "The Anchor Bible" transla...

In this book on the real, historical Jesus, Meier sifts the evidence of 2000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.

In this book on the real, historical Jesus, Meier sifts the evidence of 2000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.

In this book on the real, historical Jesus, Meier sifts the evidence of 2000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.

At the beginning of his academic career, author Jacob Milgrom determined to make his lifework a probing study of the "Laws of the Torah". Here, with "Leviticus 1-16", the first of three volumes on Leviticus, he has reached the pinnacle of his long pu...

This volume is a new translation, introduction and commentary on the book of law that shaped the religion in Israel.

Jacob Milgrom, a rabbi and Bible scholar, has devoted the bulk of his career to examining the laws of the Torah. His incisive commentary on Leviticus, which began with "Leviticus 1-16", continues in this last volume of three. It provides an authorita...

In a groundbreaking work of literary archaeology, a bold young scholar adds a new page to the quintessential book of adventure stories, that of the heroic traditions of the "Old Testament". Gregory Mobley brings a highly original eye to the familiar...

This volume provides a translation, commentary and introduction to several apocryphal texts, including Susanna, Bel and the Snake and the additions to Esther and Jeremiah.