"Why Ask My Name?" Anonymity and Identity in Biblical Narrative: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Unnamed characters--such as Lot's wife, Jephthah's daughter, Pharaoh's baker, and the witch of Endor--are ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible and appear in a wide variety of roles. Adele Reinhartz here seeks to answer two principal questions: first, is there a ... Details...

A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed.): (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Liddell & Scott's Greek-English Lexicon is the most comprehensive and up-to-date ancient Greek dictionary in the world. Used by every student of ancient Greek in the English-speaking world, the dictionary covers every surviving ancient Greek author and text... Details...

A Law Book for the Diaspora Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code. This book sets forth the radical hypothesis that those laws in the covenan... Details...

A Preface to Mark: Notes on the Gospel in Its Literary and Cultural Settings: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: A Preface to Mark is a literary study which, from the standpoint of the newer critical methodologies, explores two questions. First, Bryan attempts to determine what kind of text Mark would have been seen to be, both by its author and by others who encounte... Details...

Abridged Greek-English Lexicon: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The most useful Greek lexicon for the beginner, in some respects more helpful even than its two larger brothers. Details...

Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Arian-Nicene Conflicts: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This provocative new study reevaluates the history of the early Church. Focusing on the struggle between Ambrose of Milan, upholder of orthodoxy and the famous `Nicene' creed still used in the western Church today, and the heretical Arians who denied the di... Details...

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Founded upon the seventh edition of Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon of 1889, this is intended for use by those with an intermediate-level knowledge of Greek. Details...

Ancient Israelite Religion: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Ancient Israelite Religion offers a brief, accessible, and perceptive account of the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Israelites, analyzing the complex and varied ways in which they present and preserve themselves in the Hebrew Bible. Drawing ... Details...

Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book is a comprehensive survey of the dialogue between pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire up to the time when Constantine declared himself a Christian. Each chapter is written by a distinguished scholar and is devoted to a single text or ... Details...

Arator on the Acts of the Apostles: A Baptismal Commentary: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Baptism for the early Christians was a subject of crucial importance, and its symbolism fired the imagination of writers throughout the Christian world. Arator, the Roman sub-deacon who wrote a verse-commentary on the Acts of the Apostles in A.D. 544, was n... Details...