The Jewish Messiahs From the Galilee to Crown Heights: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this book, Harris Lenowitz explores the fascinating history of Jewish messianic movements. Looking in detail at all of the Jewish messiahs about whom anything is known, he introduces each of these figures in turn, and offers extensive excerpts of the ori... Details...

The Jewish Messiahs From the Galilee to Crown Heights: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this book, Harris Lenowitz explores the fascinating history of Jewish messianic movements. Looking in detail at all of the Jewish messiahs about whom anything is known, he introduces each of these figures in turn, and offers extensive excerpts of the ori... Details...

The Names of God Poetic Readings in Biblical Beginnings: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In The Names of God, as in his previous study, Toward a Grammar of Biblical Poetics (OUP, 1992), Herbert Brichto continues to argue against the atomistic readings of the Hebrew Bible by the currently dominant schools of Biblical scholarship. He... Details...

Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In Writing on the Tablet of the Heart, David Carr explores a new model for the production, revision, and reception of ancient texts. The Gilgamesh epic, Homer's Iliad, and the Bible, he shows, were first and foremost intended as educational texts. The prima... Details...