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Rene Girard and Myth (An Introduction)

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:27:48 +0000

In this comprehensive introduction to the work of contemporary French critic Rene Girard, Richard Golsan focuses on Girard's theory of myth and its connections to his broader exploration of the origins of suffering and violence in Western culture. Golsan highlights two of Girard's primary concept..

Price: $233.99

The Great Themes of Scripture: Old Testament

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:18:53 +0000

A bold, big-picture reading of the Old Testament as a living journey of faith, freedom, and divine love from two of today’s most beloved spiritual writers

In The Great Themes of Scripture: Old Testament, Richard Rohr and Joseph Martos present a sweeping, accessible interpretat..

Price: $22.00

Simulating Jesus (Reality Effects in the Gospels)

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:55:12 +0000

'Simulating Jesus' argues that the gospels do not represent four versions of one Jesus story but rather four distinct narrative simulacra, each of which is named "Jesus". The book explores the theory and evidence justifying this claim and discusses its practical and theological consequences.

Price: $233.99

The Rebellion of Absalom

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:19:40 +0000

With extraordinary range and literary energy, the story of Absalom’s rebellion in 2 Samuel ranks as the most elaborate and extensively narrated internal political event in the Hebrew Bible. Bodner’s The Rebellion of Absalom is a lively analysis of the early monarchy of Israel, written by..

Price: $233.99

Foundations of Christianity (Routledge Revivals) (A Study in Christian Origins)

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:50:58 +0000

First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book begins by considering the personality of Jesus as portrayed within Pagan and Christian sources and highlighting the Church’s difficulty in presenting ..

Price: $280.00

The Symbolic Jesus (Historical Scholarship, Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:44:37 +0000

This volume addresses the current scholarly controversies that have erupted in the last 20 or so years over the implications of the Judaism of Jesus.

Price: $233.99

Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:13:35 +0000

Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains takes as a starting point the hermeneutics of suspicion. The book illustrates the way in which texts and interpretations have been manipulated for the purpose of power and control.

Price: $233.99

Jesus Beyond Nationalism (Constructing the Historical Jesus in a Period of Cultural Complexity)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:08:14 +0000

Features a collection of essays that look at the cultural and ideological beginnings of historical Jesus studies in the nineteenth century and expose the underlying presuppositions of hegemony in contemporary presentations of Jesus, viewed from the perspective of 'cultural complexity'.

Price: $233.99

Hellenism and the Primary History (The Imprint of Greek Sources in Genesis - 2 Kings)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:36:25 +0000

This collection of essays seeks to demonstrate that many biblical authors deliberately used Classical and Hellenistic Greek texts for inspiration when crafting many of the narratives in the Primary History. With an original introduction and final chapter, Gnuse pulls his essays together into a ..

Price: $233.99

The Genesis of Fiction (Modern Novelists as Biblical Interpreters)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:23:17 +0000

This book considers a range of twentieth-century novelists who practise a creative mode of reading the Bible, exploring aspects of the Book of Genesis which more conventional biblical criticism sometimes ignores. Each chapter considers some of the interpretive challenges of the relevant story in G..

Price: $233.99