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  • Temptation Transformed

    The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple

    by Azzan Yadin-Israel ...
    A "brisk and entertaining" (Wall Street Journal) journey into the mystery behind why the forbidden fruit became an apple, upending an explanation that stood for centuries.How did the apple, unmentioned by the Bible, become the dominant symbol of temptation, sin, and the Fall? Temptation Transformed pursues this mystery across art and religious history, uncovering where, when, and why the forbidden ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Scripture as Logos

    Rabbi Ishmael and the Origins of Midrash

    by Azzan Yadin ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    The study of midrash—the biblical exegesis, parables, and anecdotes of the Rabbis—has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. Most recent scholarship, however, has focused on the aggadic or narrative midrash, while halakhic or legal midrash—the exegesis of biblical law—has received relatively little attention. In Scripture as Logos, Azzan Yadin addresses this long-standing need, examining early, ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Scripture as Logos

    Rabbi Ishmael and the Origins of Midrash

    by Azzan Yadin ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    The study of midrash—the biblical exegesis, parables, and anecdotes of the Rabbis—has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. Most recent scholarship, however, has focused on the aggadic or narrative midrash, while halakhic or legal midrash—the exegesis of biblical law—has received relatively little attention. In Scripture as Logos, Azzan Yadin addresses this long-standing need, examining early, ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • The Grace of God and the Grace of Man

    The Theologies of Bruce Springsteen

    by Azzan Yadin-Israel ...
    Bruce Springsteen’s words and music have been part of the American landscape for nearly half a century, and are today cherished by millions worldwide. Indeed, Springsteen has been known to inspire religious devotion among his fans, and his shows with the E Street Band are often compared to a revivalist congregation. However, there has not been a comprehensive scholarly study of the biblical and ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Scripture and Tradition

    Rabbi Akiva and the Triumph of Midrash

    by Azzan Yadin-Israel ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    The earliest rabbinic commentary to the Book of Leviticus, the Sifra, is generally considered an exemplum of Rabbi Akiva's intensely scriptural school of interpretation. But, Azzan Yadin-Israel contends, the Sifra commentary exhibits two distinct layers of interpretation that bring dramatically different assumptions to bear on the biblical text: earlier interpretations accord with the hermeneutic ... Read more

    $124.99 CAD

  • Scripture and Tradition

    Rabbi Akiva and the Triumph of Midrash

    by Azzan Yadin-Israel ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    The earliest rabbinic commentary to the Book of Leviticus, the Sifra, is generally considered an exemplum of Rabbi Akiva's intensely scriptural school of interpretation. But, Azzan Yadin-Israel contends, the Sifra commentary exhibits two distinct layers of interpretation that bring dramatically different assumptions to bear on the biblical text: earlier interpretations accord with the hermeneutic ... Read more

    $99.99 CAD

  • Why Study Talmud in the Twenty-First Century?

    The Relevance of the Ancient Jewish Text to Our World

    by Elizabeth Shanks Alexander, Tsvi Blanchard, Michael Chernick, Yaakov Elman, Pinchas Zuriel Hayman, Richard Kalmin, Jane Kanarek, Ephraim Kanarfogel, David Novak, Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Devora Steinmetz, Barry Wimpfheimer, Azzan Yadin, Devorah Zlochower, Shaye J.D. Cohen, Judith R. Baskin ...
    The Talmud is the repository of thousands of years of Jewish wisdom. It is a conglomerate of law, legend, and philosophy, a blend of unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of history and science, of anecdotes and humor. Unfortunately, its sometimes complex subject matter often seems irrelevant in today's world. In this edited volume, sixteen eminent North American and Israeli scholars from several ... Read more

    $142.99 CAD

  • The Weimar Moment

    Liberalism, Political Theology, and Law

    by Rodrigo Chacón, Robert Gibbs, Udi Greenberg, Jeffrey C. Herf, Michael Hollerich, Gregory Kaplan, Michael McGillen, David Novak, Carl J. Rasmussen, Ulrich Rosenhagen, Klaus Tanner, Azzan Yadin-Israel, Samuel Moyn, Peter C. Caldwell, Michael W. Jennings, Gary Dorrien, Christophe Chalamet, Peter E. Gordon, John P. McCormick, Gabriel R. Ricci ...
    Series series Graven Images
    The Weimar Moment’s evocative assault on closure and political reaction, its offering of democracy against the politics of narrow self-interest cloaked in nationalist appeals to Volk and “community”—or, as would be the case in Nazi Germany, “race”—cannot but appeal to us today. This appeal—its historical grounding and content, its complexities and tensions, its variegated expressions across the ... Read more

    $210.99 CAD

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  • Evolution of Adam, The

    What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins

    by Peter Enns ...
    Can Christianity and evolution coexist? Traditional Christian teaching presents Jesus as reversing the effects of the Fall of Adam. However, an evolutionary view of beginnings doesn't allow for a historical Adam, making evolution seemingly incompatible with what Genesis and the apostle Paul say about him. For Christians who accept evolution and want to take the Bible seriously, this presents a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • New Testament Theology

    An Introduction

    by James D. G. Dunn ...
    In this volume in the Library of Biblical Theology series, James D.G. Dunn ranges widely across the literature of the New Testament to describe the essential elements of the early church’s belief and practice. Eschatology, grace, law and gospel, discipleship, Israel and the church, faith and works, and most especially incarnation, atonement, and resurrection; Dunn places these and other themes in ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

  • John 1-11

    An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture

    by Gerald L. Borchert ...
    Series series The New American Commentary
    THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include:* commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION;* the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary;* sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the original languages;* interpretation that emphasizes the theological unity of each ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright

    by N. T. Wright ...
    Few New Testament scholars of recent decades have set the pitch for academic discussion and debate in their field like N. T. Wright. His signature contention, that Israel's continuing exile was a pivotal issue in the emergence of Christianity, hasfound a central place in contemporary New Testament scholarship. Israel had grievously sinned against Yahweh and suffered the judgment of exile from its ... Read more

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