Matthew 1-2 and the Virginal Conception: In Light of Palestinian and Hellenistic Judaic Traditions on the Birth of Israel’s First Redeemer, Moses
Matthew 1-2 and the Virginal Conception examines early Palestinian and Hellenistic Jewish accounts of the birth of Israel’s first redeemer, Moses. The author shows how these accounts provide the background of Mary’s _virginal conception_ of Jesus, Israel’s final redeemer, in Matthew 1-2…. More >>
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Theological Dictionary of Rabbinic Judaism: Part Three: Models of Analysis, Explanation, and Anticipation
Rabbinic theological language has made possible a vast range of discourse, on many subjects over long spans of recorded time and in diverse cultural settings. This three-part theological dictionary defines the principal theological usages of Rabbinic Judaism as set forth in the rabbinic canon of late antiquity, Mishnah, Talmuds, and Midrash-compilations…. More >>
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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Invoking a concept as simple as it is brilliant, F. E. Peters has taken the basic texts of the three related–and competitive–religious systems we call Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and has juxtaposed them in a topical and parallel arrangement according to the issues that most concerned all these “children of Abraham.” Through these extensive passages, and the author’s skillful connective commentary, the three traditions are shown with their similarities sometim… More >>
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam