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70 Enterprise Drive, Suite 2 • Bristol, CT 06010, USA Distributor of phone: (+1) 860 584 6546 • fax: (+1) 860 516 4873 Scholarly Books www.isdistribution.com • [email protected] Constructing “Data” Theorizing “Religion” in Antiquity in Religious Studies edited by Nickolas P. Roubekas Examining the Architecture This volume examines theoretical discourses of the Academy on the specificity, origin, and function of edited by Leslie Dorrough Smith ‘religion’ in antiquity, broadly defined here Constructing “Data” in Religious Studies as the period from the 6th century BCE to provides a critical introduction to the ways the 4th century CE. In addition, it explores in which the category “data” is understood, the crucial question of what is meant by produced, and deployed in the discipline the term ‘religion’ and its applicability of religious studies. The volume’s aim is to when employed to describe traditions that reflect, first, on the problems, strategies, and antedate the historical periods known as the political structures through which scholars identify (and thus create) data, Enlightenment and the Reformation. and second, on the institutions, extensions, and applications of that data. 458p (Equinox Publishing, May 2019, Studies in Ancient Religion and Culture) 310p (Equinox Publishing, October 2019, Working Papers) paperback, 9781781793572, $45.00. Special Offer $36.00 paperback, 9781781796764, $35.00. Special Offer $28.00 hardcover, 9781781793565, $115.00. Special Offer $92.00 hardcover, 9781781796757, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 Strategic Acts in the Miniature Books Study of Identity The Format and Function Towards a Dynamic Theory of Tiny Religious Texts of People and Place edited by Kristina Myrvold edited by Vaia Touna and Dorina Miller Parmenter Six scholars of religion engage in a constructive This volume focuses on religious miniature dialogue mediating and critically cross-exam- books in Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu ining issues of identity formation, suggesting and Buddhist traditions. It presents vari- ways of achieving greater theoretical clarity in ous empirical contexts for how they were the study of identity, or identity claims, as it produced, distributed, and used in different takes shape over time and space. times and cultures. 256p (Equinox Publishing, January 2019, Culture on the Edge: Studies in Identity 246p, 29 col & b/w illus (Equinox Publishing, October 2019, Comparative Formation) paperback, 9781781790731, $29.95. Special Offer $24.00 Research on Iconic and Performative Texts) hardcover, 9781781790724, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 paperback, 9781781798614, $35.00. Special Offer $28.00 hardcover, 9781781798607, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 The Qur’ān and Kerygma Biblical Receptions of the Muslim Scripture across a Millennium How and Why Books Matter by Jeffrey Einboden Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts Rather than read the Muslim scripture in light of its biblical antecedents, this by James W. Watts book adopts the inverse approach, situating the Qur’an as itself the formative By calling attention to the iconic dimension of books, James Watts argues that foreground to Western literary innovation and biblical exegesis, stretching we can better understand how physical books mediate social value and power from late antiquity in the 9th century to postmodernity in the 20th. The book within and between religious communities, nations, academic disciplines, argues, in particular, that Qur’anic readings and renditions have provoked and and societies both ancient and modern. paralleled key developments in the Christian canon and its critique. 200p, 8 illus (Equinox Publishing, February 2019, Comparative Research on 256p (Equinox Publishing, June 2019, Themes in Qur’anic Studies) Iconic and Performative Texts) paperback, 9781781797686, $29.95. paperback, 9781781794111, $29.95. Special Offer $24.00 Special Offer $24.00; hardcover, 9781781797679, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 hardcover, 9781781794104, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00

2 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Religions of a Single God A Critical Introduction to Monotheisms from Judaism to Baha’i by Zeba A. Crook Rather than claim to show the “essence” of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam, this book shows the diversity within Jewish, Christian, and Islamic experience, theological dispute, and practice. Rather than rely solely on the traditional theorists of religion, the “giants,” this book updates the approach, relying also on the newest critical thinkers on defining, classifying, and studying religion. Rather than present Latter-Day Saints and Baha’i Religion as among the New Religious Movements, this book treats them as part of the continuing history of religion, growing out of and within Christianity and Islam respec- tively. Religion, in other words, is not a thing of the past. It’s happening right now, all around us. 320p (Equinox Publishing, March 2019) paperback, 9781781798065, $50.00. Special Offer $40.00 hardcover, 9781781798058, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00

Understanding The Invention of Religions Religious Experience by Daniel Dubuisson by Peter Connolly For nearly thirty years, a scientific revolu- This work addresses issues such as what it is tion has taken place in the religious studies that makes experiences ‘religious,’ whether departments of several North American and some religious experiences are more British universities, obliging us to envisage ‘authentic’ than others and whether these new ways of conceiving of this academic experiences provide insights into otherwise field. This volume considers anew the origins inaccessible regions of reality or are products and Christian history of the notion of religion, of the brains of those who have them. The which allows us to identify dead ends and author draws upon a number of scholarly contradictions within the traditional History perspectives in the course of this project, primarily phenomenological, philo- of Religions approach. Its second part is dedicated to the synthetic presenta- sophical and psychological ones. tion of the concepts, methods, and controversies that distinguish this current. 224p (Equinox Publishing, February 2019) paperback, 9781781797334, $29.95. 224p (Equinox Publishing, October 2019) paperback, 9781781798133, $30.95. Special Offer $24.00; hardcover, 9781781797327, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 Special Offer $25.00; hardcover, 9781781798126, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00

The Insider/Outsider Debate Indigenising Movements New Perspectives in Europe in the Study of Religion by Graham Harvey edited by George D. Chryssides Religious movements identifying themselves and Stephen E. Gregg as Paganism, shamanism, and others have This volume discusses a number of points experimented with two forms of indigeneity. that stem from the different positionings of One claims to be reviving previously hidden religious adherents as well as scholars. The religious practices from ancestral times. questioning of these boundaries has many The other is found in lessons learnt from implications for numerous methodological Indigenous peoples. In the last decade in issues in the study of religion. A particular particular these two trends have sometimes focus is to provide critiques of these methodological issues within the most fused in what we call “indigenizing movements.” This book tests the interpre- recent academic approaches to religion. tive and methodological value of this. 434p (Equinox Publishing, October 2019) paperback, 9781781793442, $42.00. 256p (Equinox Publishing, October 2019) paperback, 9781781797914, $29.95. Special Offer $34.00; hardcover, 9781781793435, $105.00. Special Offer $84.00 Special Offer $24.00; hardcover, 9781781797907, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 3 Men, Spirituality, and Gender- Reading the Gospel of Mark specific Biblical Hermeneutics in the Twenty-First Century by Armin M. Kummer Method and Meaning With the rise of feminism, issues of gender edited by Geert van Oyen have become more important in many Since the beginning of the twenty-first walks of life, but the specific problems and century, there has been an increasing need to challenges faced by men have not at- examine each method’s added value to the tracted much scholarly interest in theology. better understanding of Mark’s Gospel. In this This book looks at the challenges for men volume, forty-two researchers reflect on the as described in popular and academic success of the various approaches. The book publications. integrates their reflections on methodology, 137p (Peeters Publishers, April 2019, Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia 78) hardcover, specific passages, and particular topics of the Gospel. 9789042939165, $68.00. Special Offer $55.00 957p (Peeters Publishers, July 2019, Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum PDF e-book, 9789042939172, $85.00 Lovaniensium 301) paperback, 9789042938977, $132.00. Special Offer $106.00 PDF e-book, 9789042938984, $132.00 John Chrysostom The Spirit, Hermeneutics, and Severian of Gabala and Dialogues Homilists, Exegetes and Theologians edited by Reimund Bieringer, edited by Johan Leemans, Peter De Mey, Ma. Marilou S. Ibita Geert Roskam and Josien Segers and Didier Pollefeyt The homiletic corpora of John Chrysostom The second half of the 20th century witnessed and Severian of Gabala are major yet under- unprecedented enthusiasm for inner-Christian studied sources documenting late antique ecumenical and Christian-Jewish dialogue. Christianity. With their sermons on Genesis However, at the time of the transition from the as focal point, the studies in this volume 20th to the 21st century the dialogues were contribute to advancing the state of the art. marked by disillusionment and disappoint- 291p (Peeters Publishers, August 2019, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 282) ment. This book explores “new hermeneutics for renewed dialogues.” hardcover, 9789042938632, $119.00. Special Offer $96.00 245p (Peeters Publishers, April 2019, Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia 76) paperback, PDF e-book, 9789042938649, $149.00 9789042939110, $85.00. Special Offer $68.00 PDF e-book, 9789042939127, $107.00 Origeniana Duodecima Origen’s Legacy in the Holy Land – A Tale of Three Cities: 2 Timothy and Titus Reconsidered Jerusalem, Caesarea and Bethlehem Der 2. Timotheus- und der Titusbrief in neuem Licht edited by Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, Oded Irshai, Aryeh Kofsky, edited by Reimund Bieringer Hillel Newman and Lorenzo Perrone The studies of this book treat 2 Timothy and Titus from beginning to end The present volume contains papers from the 12th Origeniana conference in similar to a commentary that displays great diversity of approaches, methods, five sections: Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Historical and Mystical Geogra- presuppositions. In the process of commenting on the texts, they also make a phy; The School of Caesarea and Eusebius; Origen’s Latin Legacy; Tradition, In- contribution to the highly significant recent discussion on the corpus theory novation, and Heritage: Origen’s Exegesis and Theology; The Origenist Legacy. and the question of authenticity. English, French, and German text. 907p (Peeters Publishers, August 2019, Bibliotheca Ephemeridum 201p (Peeters Publishers, September 2018, Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 302) paperback, 9789042939479, $157.00. 20) paperback, 9789042937642, $83.00. Special Offer $67.00 Special Offer $126.00; PDF e-book, 9789042939486, $197.00 PDF e-book, 9789042937666, $104.00

4 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 David in Cultural Memory The Samaritan Pentateuch edited by Ida Fröhlich and the Dead Sea Scrolls This volume aims at offering an assemblage edited by Michael Langlois of the diversified memories constructed about The encounter of Samaritan and Dead Sea David in various collections and communities. Scrolls studies has yielded this volume. Contri- Narratives in the Deuteronomistic historiog- butions cover such issues as scribal practices, raphy reflect Ancient Near Eastern social and political and religious history, textual editions, legal customs, and are added by literary topoi palaeography and linguistics—with provoca- bearing specific meaning, customary motifs tive studies challenging classical theories on of royal biographies. Persian period Chronicles the origin of the Gerizim tenth commandment offer a substantially different picture of David. or the date of the earliest Dead Sea Scrolls. The Psalms’ religious poetry memorized him as an author and example, while 335p (Peeters Publishers, March 2019, Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & prophetic literature and its exegesis refer to him in messianic terms. Theology 94) paperback, 9789042937833, $80.00. Special Offer $64.00 176p (Peeters Publishers, January 2019, Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & PDF e-book, 9789042937840, $100.00 Theology 93) paperback, 9789042937482, $57.00. Special Offer $46.00 PDF e-book, 9789042937475, $72.00 Chronicle of King Gälawdewos (1540–1559) Homo Theomorphicus by Solomon Gebreyes et Theophoricus The Chronicle of King Gälawdewos is one of the most useful and significant historical sources for the history of Christian-Muslim relation in the sixteenth A Receptive-Responsive century of Ethiopia and the Horn. Theory of Spirituality by Andrzej Jastrzebski Textus 125p (Peeters Publishers, February 2019, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum This book explores broad anthropological Orientalium 667) paperback, 9789042936645, $118.00. Special Offer $95.00 foundations of spirituality including science, PDF e-book, 9789042939011, $148.00 psychology, philosophy, and theology. Human spirituality is an essential topic in Versio present-day humanistic and even scientific 107p (Peeters Publishers, February 2019, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum debates. Orientalium 668) paperback, 9789042936652, $105.00. Special Offer $84.00 257p (Peeters Publishers, June 2019, Conflict, Ethics, and Spirituality 8) PDF e-book, 9789042939028, $132.00 paperback, 9789042937918, $73.00. Special Offer $59.00 PDF e-book, 9789042937925, $92.00 Isho’dad of Merw. Commentary on the Gospel of John edited by Johan D. Hofstra From Psychology to Spirituality / This work constitutes one of the most important and extensive exegetical De la psychologie à la spiritualité collections within the East Syrian Church. edited by Judith Malette, Martin Rovers and Lakshmi Sundaram Textus This book explores the diverse dimensions of the links between psychology 228p (Peeters Publishers, June 2019, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum and spirituality: the historic evolution of these links, how the integration of Orientalium 671) paperback, 9789042937796, $144.00. Special Offer $116.00 psychology and spirituality can be fostered to deepen the understanding of PDF e-book, 9789042937819, $180.00 sexual abuse, couples psychotherapy, and ethics. The final section presents three empirical studies. English and French text. Versio 237p (Peeters Publishers, April 2019, Conflict, Ethics, and Spirituality 7) 228p (Peeters Publishers, June 2019, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum paperback, 9789042937895, $70.00. 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Simultaneously, biographical and literary profiles of Gregory many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa experience Thaumaturgus (the ‘Wonderworker’), consid- challenges such as poverty and inequal- ered for centuries the famous pupil of Origen ity. Given this reality and these challenges, a group of international scholars and the charismatic bishop of Neocaesarea. investigated the ritual practices of one of the fastest growing traditions, namely Presenting a thorough reconsideration of the ancient sources on Gregory and African Independent Churches, over a period of more than four years. the main works ascribed to him, Preaching the Gospel to the Hellenes demon- 339p (Peeters Publishers, July 2019, Liturgia Condenda 30) paperback, strates that the doubt cast on his traditional figure is unwarranted. The book 9789042938335, $80.00. 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6 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 From Ephphatha to Deaf Pastors Marginality, Media, Deaf Pastoral Ministry and Mutations of Religious by Marcel Broesterhuizen Authority in the History of This book proposes a liberatory pastoral Christianity model that starts from deaf people’s self- edited by Laura Feldt experience, Deaf Cultures, and Sign Language and Jan N. Bremmer as deaf people’s most natural language: Marginal figures, from heretics, ascetics and deafness as a way of life. In a deaf way of life, mystics to saints, visionaries and witches deafness is not an impairment or disability, have played key roles in decisive muta- but a world in its own worth. In this Deaf tions of religious authority in the history World deaf people are not passive receivers of of different forms of Christianity. This book pastoral ministry, but its primary agents. 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Special Offer $46.00 demonstrate how a focus on media is crucial for understanding the role of PDF e-book, 9789042938014, $72.00 marginality in authority mutations in the long history of Christianity. XXXp (Peeters Publishers, March 2019, Studies in the History and Anthropology The Transforming Presence of Religion 6) paperback, 9789042936744, $80.00. Special Offer $64.00 of Mystery PDF e-book, 9789042938861, $100.00 A Perspective of Spiritual Theology by Rossano Zas Friz de Col The Mind of God Spiritual Theology’s journey through these and the Works of Nature last decades shows an itinerary of develop- Laws and Powers in Naturalism, ment, the fruit of which is an ever more Platonism, and Classical Theism solid identity. This book seeks to present a by James Orr perspective in that itinerary and in tune with the signs of our times: on one hand, militant Historians of science have long considered secularism and, on the other, a widespread, the very idea of a law-governed universe to concrete resurgence of experiences of transcendence. In this sense, I am be the relic of a bygone intellectual culture presenting a path of study organized around five concepts: presence, mystery, that took it largely for granted that a divine transcendence, lived experience, and transformation. In effect, the inner lawmaker existed. Taking its cue from the transformation worked by the Presence of Mystery leaves a new knowing, repeated failure to find naturalistic alterna- in which the relationship with reality is renewed, since it has expanded and tives to divine lawmaking, this book undertakes a retrieval and reappraisal dilated beyond sensible perception, opening the subject up to an unlimited of a high-scholastic philosophy of nature that grounds lawlike regularities in and real horizon of transcendence. The awareness of perceiving a ‘greater the conceptual and causal powers of God and, having done so, concludes that reality’ within reality leaves an emotional resonance that teaches a new way the metaphysical framework of classical theism yields a more powerful and of feeling and reacting in the face of sensibly perceived reality. parsimonious explanation of the rhythms and patterns of the natural world 143p (Peeters Publishers, April 2019, Studies in Spirituality Supplements 32) than its secular rivals. paperback, 9789042939400, $70.00. Special Offer $56.00 222p (Peeters Publishers, February 2019, Studies in Philosophical Theology 65) PDF e-book, 9789042939417, $88.00 paperback, 9789042937628, $85.00. Special Offer $68.00 PDF e-book, 9789042937635, $107.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 7 Judah and Samaria Balaam in Text and Tradition in Postmonarchic Times by Jonathan Miles Robker Essays on Their Histories The figure Balaam has interested exegetes and Literatures and scribes for millennia. Jonathan Miles by Gary N. Knoppers Robker examines the different versions of Focusing on Judean-Samarian interactions the literary character Balaam as attested in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman times, in biblical and epigraphic literature. By Gary N. Knoppers explores both commonali- contrasting the distinct information about ties and differences, rivalries and relation- Balaam presented in the various sources, the ships, as these communities engaged one author seeks to trace the development of another in greater depth and complexity characterizations of Balaam from the oldest than scholars have previously thought. Some essays elucidate archaeologi- available material to the youngest in the Hebrew Bible. cal and epigraphic discoveries, while others illumine Jewish and Samaritan 402p (Mohr Siebeck, August 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament 131) literary texts. hardcover, 9783161563553, $174.00. Special Offer $140.00 333p (Mohr Siebeck, June 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament 129) hardcover, 9783161568046, $181.00. Special Offer $145.00 The Pentateuch International Perspectives Centralizing the Cult on Current Research The Holiness Legislation in Leviticus 17–26 edited by Thomas B. Dozeman, by Julia Rhyder Konrad Schmid and Baruch J. Schwartz In this work, Julia Rhyder provides new insights into the relationship between The present volume contains a collection of the Holiness legislation in Leviticus 17–26 and processes of cultic centraliza- articles from an international conference tion in the Persian period. 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8 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 On Dating Biblical Texts to the Persian Period Discerning Criteria and Establishing Epochs edited by Richard J. Bautch and Mark Lackowski In the last two decades, increasing numbers of texts have been suggested as coming from or edited during the Persian period. Earlier generations of scholars found it sufficient to categorize material in the biblical books simply as “late” or “postexilic” without adequately trying to determine when, by whom, and why the material was incorporated into the text at a fixed point in the Per- sian period. By grappling with these questions, the essays in this volume evince a greater degree of precision vis-à-vis dating and historical context. The authors introduce the designations early Persian, middle Persian, and late Persian in their textual analysis, and collectively they take significant steps toward developing criteria for locating a biblical text within the Persian period. 189p (Mohr Siebeck, February 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe 101) paperback, 9783161556500, $104.00. Special Offer $84.00 Scripture in Its Essays on the Book of Isaiah Historical Contexts by Joseph Blenkinsopp Volume II: Exegesis, Hermeneutics, This collection of twenty essays by Joseph and Theology Blenkinsopp on different aspects of the book by James A. Sanders, of Isaiah is the product of three decades of edited by Craig A. Evans close study of the most seminal and chal- lenging texts of the Hebrew Bible. Five of the In this important collection of essays we twenty are published here for the first time. have the mature fruit of decades of research, Some deal with major themes in Isaiah, for including careful engagement with ancient example, universalism, the Hebrew God as texts and fair-minded ecumenical discourse creator in dialogue with Babylonian and with the greatest minds in the field. These Zoroastrian theologies of creation, theology and politics, and the Suffering studies laid the foundation on which today’s scholarly discussion is focused. Servant of the Lord God, which is of such great influence on the presentation 336p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament 126) of the life and death of Jesus in the New Testament. Others consist in close hardcover, 9783161557576, $167.00. Special Offer $134.00 readings of specific texts in the book Aufsätze zum Buch Jesaja. 250p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament 128) Images of Exile hardcover, 9783161564826, $168.00. Special Offer $135.00 in the Prophetic Literature Copenhagen Conference Proceedings, Rewriting and Revision as Amendment 7–10 May 2017 in the Laws of Deuteronomy edited by Jesper Høgenhaven, by Kevin Mattison Frederik Poulsen and Cian Power In this study, Kevin Mattison examines Deuteronomy’s reworking of existing The fifteen essays in this volume investigate legal texts, arguing that Deuteronomy was designed to amend its main legal and discuss images of exile in the prophetic source, the Covenant Code (Exod 20:22–23:19). The model of amendment books. Some deal with a specific passage draws on existing models of replacement and supplementation in order to or biblical book, while others approach the provide a more complete explanation of Deuteronomy’s rewriting of the issue by comparing different books or by Covenant Code, which is characterized by a combination of presupposition, looking more closely at a particular metaphor or theme. A recurrent ques- complementation, and contradiction. Internal revisions within the growing tion is what role language and metaphors play in the prophets’ attempts to text of Deuteronomy exhibit a similar combination of these three factors. express, structure, and cope with experiences of exile. 208p (Mohr Siebeck, January 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe 289p (Mohr Siebeck, May 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe 100) paperback, 9783161558153, $104.00. Special Offer $84.00 103) paperback, 9783161557491, $118.00. Special Offer $95.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 9 Creation and Salvation by Daniela Scialabba In this study, Daniela Scialabba investigates inclusive tendencies in Old Testament monotheism, in particular theological principles motivating and supporting the possibility of a positive relationship between non-Israelites and the God of Israel. Thus, she examines three texts thoroughly: the Book of Jonah, Psalm 33 (MT and LXX), and the novel Joseph and Aseneth. Despite their difference concerning genre, date of origin and provenance, these texts have important ideas in common: the relationship between the God of Israel and non-Israelites as well as the concept of God as a universal creator who has pity with all his creatures. 354p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe 106) paperback, 9783161562617, $118.00. Special Offer $95.00 Theology as Freedom Story and History On Martin Luther’s De servo arbitrio The Kings of Israel and Judah in Context by Andrea Vestrucci edited by Johannes Unsok Ro Andrea Vestrucci presents a pioneering per- In recent centuries critical scholarship on spective on Luther and Erasmus’s theological the Hebrew Bible has brought to light a dispute on freedom. He argues that Luther’s large gap between biblical portrayals of the De servo arbitrio does not simply negate historical reality of ancient Israel (story) on Erasmus’s concept of freedom; rather, and the one hand, and historical-critical recon- more profoundly, Luther’s work questions structions of the actual past (history) on the and modifies the logical foundations of other. The problems the so-called “minimal- Erasmus’s position. As a result, theology is ists” and “maximalists” struggled to solve the freedom to challenge the formal conditions of meaning. In accordance still remain unsettled, and students as well as scholars of the Hebrew Bible with this new perspective, the author introduces groundbreaking analyses cannot ignore or even remain indifferent to the gap and overlap between of central theological issues, such as God’s hiddenness ( Deus absconditus), story and history. Could and should Hebrew Bible scholarship in the future justification, predestination, and theodicy. move beyond the milieu of the debate between minimalists and maximalists? 335p (Mohr Siebeck, May 2019, Dogmatik in der Moderne 24) paperback, This volume, consisting of nine articles by authors with different institutional 9783161569753, $111.00. Special Offer $89.00 and religious backgrounds, articulates that there are ways to overcome the increasing gap between story and history. 190p (Mohr Siebeck, June 2019, Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe Martin Luther’s Hebrew in Mid-Career 105) paperback, 9783161575549, $104.00. Special Offer $84.00 The Minor Prophets Translation by Andrew J. Niggemann Bonhoeffer’s Theology of the Cross Apart from the Psalms, no book of the Hebrew Bible has yet been examined in any comprehensive manner in terms of Luther’s Hebrew translation. An- The Influence of Luther in ‘Act and Being’ drew J. Niggemann furthers the scholarly understanding of Luther’s Hebrew by J. I. de Keijzer by examining his Minor Prophets translation, one of the final pieces of his Bonhoeffer’s academic work is neglected in Bonhoeffer scholarship. In this first complete translation of the Hebrew Bible. As part of the analysis, he study, J.I. de Keijzer aims to contribute to a better understanding of Bonhoef- investigates the relationship between philology and theology in his Hebrew fer by examining the intellectual roots of his Act and Being, a notoriously inac- translation, focusing specifically on one of the themes that dominated his cessible book, but one crucially important for grasping Bonhoeffer’s theology. interpretation of the Prophets: his concept of Anfechtung. He shows how Bonhoeffer articulates an alternative “theologia crucis.” 411p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Spätmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation 210p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2019, Dogmatik in der Moderne) paperback, / Studies in the Late Middle Ages, Humanism and the Reformation 108) 9783161569999, $91.00. Special Offer $73.00 hardcover, 9783161570018, $181.00. Special Offer $145.00

10 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Martyrs and Archangels Media and Monotheism Coptic Literary Texts from Presence, Representation, the Pierpont Morgan Library and Abstraction in Ancient Judah edited by Matthias Müller by Joachim Schaper and Sami Uljas ‘Symbolizing’—i.e., representing through The three hitherto unpublished Coptic literary the use of media—is a more elementary, texts edited and translated here derive from more foundational activity than the self- the monastery of St Michael at Hamuli and conscious use of the intellect. Its exploration currently belong to the collections of the is central to this investigation of the transfor- Pierpont Morgan Library: a passio of a soldier mation of the pre-exilic Yahweh religion into named Phoibamon; another martyrdom of the monotheism of the post-exilic period. three saintly soldiers, Theodore, Leontius, and Panigerus; and a sermon on St That transformation was triggered by a new constellation of key media in the Michael the Archangel attributed to Archelaos, a bishop of the town of Neapolis. pre-exilic and exilic periods: writing, images, and money. 481p (Mohr Siebeck, April 2019, Studien und Texte zu Antike und 297p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 33) Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 116) paperback, hardcover, 9783161575105, $167.00. Special Offer $134.00 9783161569944, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00 Teaching Morality in Antiquity Cultural Plurality in Ancient Wisdom Texts, Oral Traditions, Magical Texts and Practices and Images Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks edited by T.M. Oshima and Related Traditions The articles collected in this volume are the edited by Ljuba Merlina Bortolani, results of an international workshop, where William Furley, Svenja Nagel fruitful discussions on diverse issues related to and Joachim Friedrich Quack the theme “wisdom texts and morality” de- The authors concentrate on questions of veloped regarding biblical wisdom texts and cultural plurality and fusion, ranging from their parallels from the ancient Egypt, ancient earlier Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek Mesopotamia, and the ancient Levant— magico-religious traditions, through the moral messages and rhetoric in wisdom texts and questions of theodicy. original developments of Graeco-Roman Egypt, up to and including their 304p (Mohr Siebeck, March 2019, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 29) integration into Jewish and Byzantine magical lore. hardcover, 9783161564802, $167.00. Special Offer $134.00 374p (Mohr Siebeck, August 2019, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 32) hardcover, 9783161564789, $181.00. Special Offer $145.00 Praying and Contemplating in Late Antiquity Religious and Philosophical Interactions The Christian Liturgical Papyri edited by Eleni Pachoumi and Mark Edwards An Introduction The present volume is focused on the interactions and syncretistic tensions by Agnes T. Mihálykó between religion and philosophy in Late Antiquity. A variety of papers exam- Liturgical papyri are prime witnesses to the history of liturgy and the religious ine issues of personal religious attitudes; initiation to the mysteries; Orphism; and theological currents in late antique Egypt. Agnes T. Mihálykó offers the notions of theurgy; magic; the philosopher’s quest for intimacy or union with first extensive introduction to the liturgical papyri, facilitating the reader’s the divine; magic and Christianity; the role of prayer in philosophical texts; access to them with a detailed inventory of edited manuscripts. and oracles, dream-visions and divination. 451p (Mohr Siebeck, June 2019, Studien und Texte zu Antike und 229p (Mohr Siebeck, February 2019, Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 114) paperback, Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 113) paperback, 9783161557866, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00 9783161561191, $111.00. Special Offer $89.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 11 Placing Ancient Texts Jews and Judaism The Ritual and Rhetorical Use of Space in the Rabbinic Era edited by Mika Ahuvia Image and Reality – and Alexander Kocar History and Historiography In this volume, scholars of Judaism, Christi- by Isaiah Gafni anity, and late antique religion demonstrate This collection of essays reflects over forty how special attention to the ritual and years of research on central issues of Jewish rhetorical functions of space can improve history in one of its formative eras. Questions modern interpretations of ancient literary, relating to representations of the past, liturgical, and ritual texts. Each chapter is beginning with Josephus but primarily concerned with reconstructing the dynamic in rabbinic and post-rabbinic literature, interaction between space and text. Demonstrating the pliability of the idea represent an axial theme in this volume. Throughout the collection the author of space, the contributions span from Second Temple debates over Eden addresses the tension between realities on the ground and the historiography to Byzantine Christian hymnography. In so doing, they offer a number of that shaped the image of that reality for all subsequent generations. answers to the seemingly simple question: What difference does space make 547p (Mohr Siebeck, January 2019, Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 173) for how modern scholars interpret ancient texts? hardcover, 9783161527319, $237.00. Special Offer $190.00 263p (Mohr Siebeck, January 2019, Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 174) hardcover, 9783161563768, $167.00. Special Offer $134.00 Rewriting the Talmud The Fourth Century Origins of Bavil Rosh Hashanah The Meshalim in the Mekhiltot by Marcus Mordecai Schwartz An Annotated Edition and Translation of the Parables in Mekhilta This study argues that there were two distinct periods in which traditions de Rabbi Yishmael and Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai from Rabbinic Palestine exerted their influence upon extended passages of by Lieve M. Teugels B. Rosh Hashanah. This doubling of influence resulted in a Babylonian-born This edition of rabbinic parables (meshalim) in the two Mekhiltot, the tan- text with two distinct Palestinian ancestries. This oddly mixed parentage naitic Midrashim to the book of Exodus (3rd century CE), has a double schol- was responsible for Bavli texts that both resemble synoptic passages in the arly purpose. It offers a critical synoptic presentation and study of the textual Yerusalmi and differ from them in substantial ways. The main project of this witnesses of the parables, and a commentary on their meaning and function book is to trace the dynamics of this doubled Palestinian influence and to in their literary and historical context. Moreover, a new English translation of account for the mark it left on passages of B. Rosh Hashanah. every parable will make the edition a useful tool. 151p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 175) 477p (Mohr Siebeck, April 2019, Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 176) hardcover, 9783161541230, $139.00. Special Offer $112.00 hardcover, 9783161556487, $223.00. Special Offer $179.00 The Future of New Testament Textual Scholarship Ephesos as a Religious Center under the Principate From H. C. Hoskier to the Editio Critica Maior and Beyond edited by Allen Black, Christine M. Thomas and Trevor W. Thompson edited by Garrick V. Allen The city of Ephesos and its environs offered a rich panoply of religious options, This volume fundamentally reexamines textual approaches to the New Testa- domestic and public. Structures, statutes, coins, inscriptions, and texts testify ment and its manuscripts in the age of digital editing and media. Using the to the remarkable diversity of religious ideas and practices in Ephesos. Greek, eccentric work of Herman Charles Hoskier as a shared foundation for analysis, Roman, Egyptian, and Jewish religious traditions found loyal adherents contributors examine the intellectual history of New Testament textual among residents and visitors. Gods, goddesses, heroes, and emperors were scholarship and the production of critical editions, identify many avenues for worshipped. The contributions in this volume demonstrate that ancient further research, and discuss the methods and protocols for producing the Ephesos was a vibrant and competitive religious environment. most recent set of editions of the New Testament: the Editio Critica Maior. 280p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum 523p (Mohr Siebeck, February 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Neuen Testament) hardcover, 9783161525155, $189.00. Special Offer $152.00 Testament 417) hardcover, 9783161566622, $209.00. Special Offer $168.00

12 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Between Canonical Law and Lawlessness in Early and Apocryphal Texts Judaism and Early Christianity Processes of Reception, Rewriting, edited by David Lincicum, and Interpretation in Early Judaism Ruth Sheridan and Charles M. Stang and Early Christianity According to a persistent popular stereo- edited by Jörg Frey, Claire Clivaz type, early Judaism is seen as a “legalistic” and Tobias Nicklas religious tradition, in contrast to early The present volume aims at a comparative Christianity, which seeks to obviate and so study of the processes of reception, rewriting to supersede, annul, or abrogate Jewish law. and interpretation between canonical and The essays in this volume aim to bring to the apocryphal texts in early Jewish and early fore the legalistic and antinomian dimen- Christian literature. A closer look at the respective developments in both cor- sions in both traditions, with a variety of contributions that examine the pora of literature can open up new perspectives for understanding the devel- formative centuries of these two great religions and their legal traditions. opments and changes between texts that were already considered authorita- 232p (Mohr Siebeck, May 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen tive and their reception in new, ‘parabiblical’ or ‘apocrypha’ compositions. Testament 420) hardcover, 9783161567087, $153.00. Special Offer $123.00 490p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 419) hardcover, 9783161539275, $209.00. Special Offer $168.00 Paul and the Ancient Celebrity Circuit Luke as Narrative Theologian The Cross and Moral Transformation Texts and Topics by James R. Harrison by Joel B. Green James R. Harrison shows how Paul’s gospel This collection of essays draws together studies on Luke’s theology over of the crucified Christ stood out in a culture a thirty-year period. These essays contribute to our understanding of the obsessed with mutual comparison, boasting, theological and narrative unity of Luke-Acts by pursuing a variety of topics and self-sufficiency. It enshrined humility (e.g., salvation, wealth and poverty, baptism, resurrection, and conversion) and other-centeredness in the western intel- and more focused examinations of selected Lukan texts, such as the birth lectual tradition. As such, the soteriological narrative, Jesus’ crucifixion, Jesus’ ascension, the Pentecost episode, and the power of the cross became an impetus not stories of Cornelius and Lydia. only for individual moral transformation but also for social change. 340p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum 420p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament) hardcover, 9783161565502, $189.00. Special Offer $152.00 Neuen Testament) hardcover, 9783161546150, $210.00. Special Offer $168.00

Expressions of the Johannine Kerygma in John 2:23–5:18 Qumran, Early Judaism, and New Testament Interpretation Historical, Literary, and Theological Readings from the Colloquium Kleine Schriften III Ioanneum 2017 in Jerusalem by Jörg Frey, edited by Jacob N. Cerone edited by R. Alan Culpepper and Jörg Frey The author situates the New Testament within the pluralistic context of The essays in this volume treat aspects of John 2:23–5:18, employing a Second Temple Judaism, presents detailed overviews on the discoveries from variety of methods. These early chapters present interpreters with a challeng- Qumran, the source value of the ancient texts on the Essenes, the interpreta- ing series of issues. The essays demonstrate the astuteness of an observation tion of the archaeological site, the various forms of dualism within the texts, made by Adele Reinhartz: the closer we look at a text the more it “pixilates” the development of apocalyptic thought, Qumran meals, and scriptural and the more open to interpretation it becomes. authority in the Scrolls. 324p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen 906p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Testament 423) hardcover, 9783161576362, $181.00. Special Offer $145.00 Neuen Testament 424) hardcover, 9783161560156, $300.00. Special Offer $240.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 13 Re-Making the World Studies on Jews and Christians Christianity and Categories: in the First and Second Centuries Essays in Honor of Karen L. King by Peter J. Tomson edited by Taylor G. Petrey This volume gathers up studies, written over This volume brings together important thirty-odd years, that deal with ancient Jew- scholars of religion in the ancient world ish law and identity, the teachings of Jesus, to honor the impact of Karen L. King’s the letters of Paul, and the historiography of scholarship in this field. Her work shows that early Jews and Christians. Notable subject Christianity was diverse from its first mo- areas are Jewish purity laws, divorce law, and ments and insists that scholars must engage the use of the name ‘Jews’. The author also ex- both in deep historical work and in ethical amines Jesus’ teachings as understood in their reflection. These essays honor King’s intellectual impact by further investigat- primary and secondary contexts, the various situations Paul’s highly differenti- ing the categories that scholars have used in their reconstruction of religion, ated rhetoric may have addressed, and the causes contributing to the growing by reflecting on the place of women and gender in the analysis of ancient tension between Jews and Christians and the so-called parting of the ways. texts, and by providing historiographical interventions that illuminate both 827p (Mohr Siebeck, February 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen the ancient world and the modern scholarship that has shaped our field. Testament 418) hardcover, 9783161546198, $370.00. Special Offer $296.00 424p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament) hardcover, 9783161565816, $210.00. Breaking New Ground in John Special Offer $168.00 by Ruben Zimmermann, edited by Dieter T. Roth Epiphanies of the Divine This volume presents twenty-five es- in the Septuagint and says—several of which appear here in print the New Testament or in English for the first time—under five edited by Roland Deines headings: Imagery, Parables, Characters, and Mark Wreford Christology, and Ethics. These essays address This volume, the latest contribution to the a broad spectrum of questions and issues international Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum in the Fourth Gospel, and they are brought Novi Testamenti (CJH), investigates New together in the present format in the hopes Testament and Septuagint descriptions of of contributing to and further stimulating truly groundbreaking work in the theophanic interactions with the world. The- treasured, ancient text of the Gospel of John. matically, the volume considers the possible 650p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum impact of religious experiences on biblical texts. Neuen Testament) hardcover, 9783161548628, $266.00. Special Offer $213.00 450p (Mohr Siebeck, December 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament) hardcover, 9783161562709, $210.00. Special Offer $168.00 Jairus’s Daughter and the Haemorrhaging Woman Tradition and Interpretation of an Early Christian Miracle Story Prayer in the Sayings Gospel Q by Arie W. Zwiep edited by Daniel A. Smith and Christoph Heil In this work, Arie W. Zwiep examines the gospel stories of the raising of The earliest strands of the Jesus tradition, including the one attested by the Jairus’s daughter and the healing of the haemorrhaging woman (Mark Sayings Gospel Q, show a keen interest in prayer. In this volume, specialists in 5:21–43; Matt 9:18–26; Luke 8:40–56) from a plurality of (sometimes Hebrew Bible, early and rabbinic Judaism, and early Christianity contribute conflicting) interpretive strategies to demonstrate the need and fruitfulness essays on a broad range of topics relevant to the Q materials on prayer. of a multi-perspectival exegetical approach. 316p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum 454p (Mohr Siebeck, June 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Neuen Testament 425) hardcover, 9783161566608, $188.00. Special Offer $151.00 Testament 421) hardcover, 9783161575600, $195.00. Special Offer $156.00

14 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Apocalypticism in the Proclaiming the Judge of Synoptic Sayings Source the Living and the Dead A Reassessment of Q’s Stratigraphy The Christological Significance by Olegs Andrejevs of Judgement in Acts 10 and 17 Arguing that Q’s participation in the by Kai Akagi apocalyptic worldview of late Second Kai Akagi considers the Christological sig- Temple Judaism has greater consequences nificance of Jesus’ role in judgement in the for its compositional history than previously speeches in Acts 10:34–43 and 17:22–31. recognized, Olegs Andrejevs performs a new Reading these speeches as part of the narra- literary-critical, narrative, and philological tive of Luke-Acts with attention to scriptural analysis of a number of Q passages, supple- use and influence reveals that the scope of menting it with recent advances made in the study of Jewish apocalyptic Jesus’ judgment and the use of scriptural patterns in the speeches suggest his literature, particularly the Enochic book of Parables and Qumran wisdom divine authority by associating him with God’s final judgment at the resurrec- documents 4QInstruction and 1Q/4QMysteries. tion. At the same time, his judgment identifies him as the appointed human 270p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum messiah the speeches proclaim. Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 499) paperback, 9783161576393, $112.00. 213p (Mohr Siebeck, August 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Special Offer $90.00 Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 494) paperback, 9783161569036, $104.00. Special Offer $84.00 Simply Come Copying Direct Copies as Test Cases in the Quest for Scribal Habits Searching Paul by Alan Taylor Farnes Conversations with the Jewish Apostle to the Nations Over 5,000 copies of the New Testament exist today and not one matches the Collected Essays other exactly. Determining how a copyist made changes to a manuscript is by Kathy Ehrensperger an essential step in recovering the original text of the New Testament and for Informed by socio-historical research, cultural studies, and gender stud- appreciating how it has changed over time. Alan Taylor Farnes has discovered ies, this collection of essays explores aspects of this process based on the 22 child manuscripts whose parent version is still known today. His letter-by- hermeneutical presupposition that the Pauline texts are rooted in the social letter examination of four of these manuscripts sheds invaluable light on how particularities of everyday life of the people involved in the Christ-movement, scribes went about their work and provides a methodology for future studies. and that his theologizing has to be understood from within this context. 253p (Mohr Siebeck, February 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum 420p (Mohr Siebeck, November 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 481) paperback, 9783161569807, $118.00. zum Neuen Testament) hardcover, 9783161555015, $203.00. Special Offer $95.00 Special Offer $163.00

The Doubt of the Apostles and the Resurrection Faith Creation and Christ of the Early Church An Exploration of the Topic of Creation in the Epistle to the Hebrews The Post-Resurrection Appearance Stories of the Gospels by Angela Costley in Ancient Reception and Modern Debate In this volume, Angela Costley uses discourse analysis to explore the impor- by J. D. Atkins tance of the topic of creation to the discourse of the Epistle to the Hebrews, In this work, J. D. Atkins employs a combination of reception-history analysis uncovering a close link between creation and salvation. She highlights the and redaction criticism to challenge modern theories that Luke 24 and John interaction of the topic of creation with the topic of salvation in the discourse 20 are apologetic responses to incipient docetism. to uncover a depiction of Christ as the creator who descends to take on hu- 569p (Mohr Siebeck, August 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum man flesh, God who becomes human, in order to lead humanity heavenward. Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 495) paperback, 9783161581656, $153.00. 310p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Special Offer $123.00 Testament, 2. Reihe) paperback, 9783161565021, $119.99. Special Offer $96.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 15 The Ethics of the Enactment and Reception of Cruciform Love A Comparative Lexical, Conceptual, Exegetical, and Theological Study of Colossians 3:1–17 by John Frederick This book compares the words and governing ethical pattern of thought in the catalogue of virtue and vice in Colossians 3:5, 8, 12–17 with contemporaneous Greco-Roman and Jewish texts. The author argues that the ethical terms and concepts of Colos- sians are most directly influenced by texts of the Jewish traditions. Colossians presents ethical material in the Jewish Two Ways tradition that is driven by a governing pattern of thought which focuses on Christ-like transformation through the enactment and reception of cruciform love. 266p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 487) paperback, 9783161552618, $111.00. Special Offer $89.00

“Retribution” in Jewish Jesus Caesar and Christian Writings A Roman Reading of the Johannine Trial Narrative A Concept in Debate by Laura J. Hunt edited by David Hamidović, Apolline Thromas and Matteo Silvestrini This work looks at Latin use in Ephesus, Antioch, and Alexandria. The evidence of The authors of this volume attempt to define intersections between Roman and Greek the concept of retribution by looking beyond languages in those cities suggests that the its diversity in Jewish and Christian writ- Roman cultural encyclopaedia could shed ings, and seeking the common objects and light on the Gospel of John, particularly the components that govern it in Ancient Juda- trial narrative. Although other scholars have ism and Early Christianity, as well as Greek, looked at empire in the Gospel of John, this study offers a sustained Roman Islamic and Buddhist texts. They argue that the concept should not be seen as reading of the Johannine trial narrative. a set of ideas acquired and accepted, but rather as an ongoing process. 440p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum 220p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe) paperback, 9783161575266, $147.00. Testament, 2. Reihe 492) paperback, 9783161547218, $118.00. Special Offer $118.00 Special Offer $95.00

Thaumaturgic Prowess Wisdom as a Model Autonomous and Dependent Miracle- for Jesus’ Ministry Working in Mark’s Gospel and the A Study on the “Lament over Jerusalem” Second Temple Period in Matt 23: 37–39 Par. Luke 13:34–35 by Andrew J. Kelley by Eva Günther Andrew J. Kelley argues that Mark under- Eva Günther traces the influence of the Jew- girds his high view of Jesus by characterizing ish wisdom tradition on shaping the earliest him as a miracle-worker who does not defer Christology. She demonstrates that Wisdom to a deity in order to perform miracles. Sur- had come to be seen as an agent in history in vey work in the first half of this monograph some prominent Second Temple texts, allow- shows that this is distinct from the many ing for her function of saving and guiding miracle-workers depicted in sources contemporary to the Gospel of Mark. the people of Israel to be transferred to Jesus in the “Lament over Jerusalem.” 217p (Mohr Siebeck, July 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen 240p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Testament, 2. Reihe 491) paperback, 9783161559471, $104.00. Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe) paperback, 9783161567308, $112.00. Special Offer $84.00 Special Offer $90.00

16 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Faith as Participation An Exegetical Study of Some Key Pauline Texts by Jeanette Hagen Pifer In the present study, Jeanette Hagen Pifer contends that several of the apparent conundrums in recent Pauline scholarship turn out to derive from an inadequate understanding of what Paul means by faith. By first exploring the question of what Paul means by faith outside of the classic justification passages in Romans and Galatians, she reveals faith as an active and produc- tive mode of human existence. Yet this existence is not a form of human self-achievement. On the contrary, faith is precisely the denial of self-effort and a dependence upon the prior gracious work of Christ. In this way, faith is self-negating and self-involv- ing participation in the Christ-event. 258p (Mohr Siebeck, May 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 486) paperback, 9783161564765, $111.00. Special Offer $89.00 Restricted Generosity Deacons and Diakonia in the New Testament in Early Christianity by Timothy J. Murray The First Two Centuries Timothy J. Murray examines the New edited by Bart J. Koet, Edwina Murphy Testament texts for evidence of when, how and Esko Ryökäs and why the early Christians restricted In German-speaking countries, the role of their generosity. The author argues that the the diaconate has been strongly influenced self-conception of the early Christians as by ideas of diakonia as service towards the members of a fictive family was the most poor. As important as the social initiatives significant influence on their practices of stemming from this perspective have been, material generosity and its restrictions, in in order to correctly understand deacons and which they drew heavily from existing cultural ideals. diakonia in the early church, we must go back to the sources. For this volume, 275p (Mohr Siebeck, February 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum focused on the first two centuries of Christianity, scholars consider the use of Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 480) paperback, 9783161564741, $111.00. diakonos and related words in the New Testament and extra-biblical sources, Special Offer $89.00 both Christian and otherwise. These texts reveal what deacons actually did, helping us to understand the past and giving guidance for the present, Divine Conflict particularly in ecumenical discussions concerning the ministry. and the Divine Warrior 327p (Mohr Siebeck, January 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Listening to Romans Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 479) paperback, 9783161566462, $125.00. and Other Jewish Voices Special Offer $100.00 by Scott C. Ryan The Lord of the Gospel of John This study situates Paul’s letter to the Romans as one voice among a number of Jewish voic- Narrative Theory, Textual Criticism, and the Semantics of Kyrios es that frame God as a divine warrior. He first by Paul C.J. Riley investigates motifs related to divine conflict Paul C.J. Riley examines Jesus’ lordship through the use of one Christological in Exodus, Amos, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, title, kyrios, a word which can be translated as Lord, master, owner, or sir. along with 1 Enoch, Psalms of Solomon, Because kyrios is often used by characters in the narrative, Riley considers it Wisdom of Solomon, the War Scroll, and 4 Ezra. The author then places Romans from a narrative perspective. in dialogue with the works of Paul’s predecessors and near contemporaries. 223p (Mohr Siebeck, January 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum 300p (Mohr Siebeck, January 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 478) paperback, 9783161568305, $97.00. Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe) paperback, 9783161565014, $119.00. Special Offer $78.00 Special Offer $96.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 17 “Make Disciples of All Nations” The Appeal and Authority of Christian Faith in Hellenistic-Roman Times edited by Loren T. Stuckenbruck, Beth Langstaff and Michael Tilly This volume deals with aspects of the early Christian mission and its context. The articles, which were presented originally at a symposium which took place from 30 September to 1 October 2014, cover problem areas in New Testament exegesis (Gospels, Acts, Paul and Deutero-Pauline) as well as in church history (referring to traditions of mission in Africa and Asia), and together they provide an introduction into the possible interpretations and perspectives which emerge when reading selected literature attentively. 223p (Mohr Siebeck, March 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 482) paperback, 9783161560163, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00 The Vocabulary of the Septuagint The Strength Needed and its Hellenistic Background to Enter the Kingdom of God edited by Eberhard Bons, Patrick An Exegetical and Theological Study Pouchelle and Daniela Scialabba of Luke 16:16 in Context This volume precedes the projected Historical by Giuseppe G. Scollo and Theological Dictionary of the Septuagint which is to offer historical studies of Septua- By means of an in-depth study of Luke 16:16 gint words, retracing their usage from early and its context, Giuseppe G. Scollo intends authors, over koine Greek and the transla- to draw its readers into new scholarly tion itself, into Jewish-Hellenistic and early appreciation of one of the most ambiguous Christian literature. The earliest of these and discussed NT sayings, an authentic crux phases were the object of several workshops held between 2013 and 2017, interpretum in modern scholarship, that of the proceedings of which are published in this book. the so-called “violence passage,” as recorded in the Gospel of Luke. 160p (Mohr Siebeck, November 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum 422p (Mohr Siebeck, April 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe) paperback, 9783161530203, $98.00. Testament, 2. Reihe 485) paperback, 9783161568596, $132.00. Special Offer $79.00 Special Offer $106.00 Angels Associated with Israel Direct Internal Quotation in the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Gospel of John Angelology and Sectarian Identity by Jeffrey M. Tripp at Qumran Characters in the Gospel of John quote and by Matthew L. Walsh re-quote each other frequently, almost To gain a better understanding of angelic excessively, yet their quotations are rarely fellowship at Qumran, Matthew L. Walsh literal. These characters make changes, even utilizes the early Jewish concept that certain when they re-quote important sayings of angels were closely associated with Israel. Jesus. Jeffrey M. Tripp examines this often Moreover, these angels, which included overlooked feature of the Fourth Gospel in guardians and priests, were envisioned the contexts of first century pedagogy and within apocalyptic worldviews that assumed that realities on earth corre- literature, as well as early Christian tradition and practices. sponded to those of the heavenly realm. 323p (Mohr Siebeck, August 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum 300p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 493) paperback, 9783161559563, $125.00. Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe) paperback, 9783161553035, $112.00. Special Offer $100.00 Special Offer $90.00

18 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Claiming Places Reading Acts through the Lens of Ancient Colonization by Eric C. Moore How is Acts of the Apostles—its form and features—to be understood in light of the work’s ancient Mediterranean cultural context? In the present study, Eric C. Moore offers a fresh response to this much-debated question, arguing for the utility of an- cient colonization as an analytic lens for reading Acts, a story about the origins and replication of early Christianity. He explores how in narrating his account, Luke draws on a common stock of “foundation” motifs employed by ancient sources, textual and material alike, to glorify community beginnings. 220p (Mohr Siebeck, November 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe) paperback, 9783161569852, $105.00. Special Offer $84.00 Historical and Theological Is Jesus Athene or Odysseus? Lexicon of the Septuagint Investigating the Unrecognisability Volume 1 and Metamorphosis of Jesus in his edited by Eberhard Bons Post-Resurrection Appearances and Jan Joosten by Max Whitaker This large-scale collective and interdisciplin- In both canonical and apocryphal accounts ary project aims to produce a new research of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances, tool: a multi-volume dictionary providing a Jesus appears in an unrecognizable form to comprehensive article (around 500 articles other characters. The motif of a character in all) for each important word or word appearing in an unrecognizable form to group of the Septuagint. Filling an impor- people he or she knows well is one which tant gap in the fields of ancient philology and religious studies, the dictionary exists in folk literature, and in Greco-Roman and Jewish literature. The author is based on original research of the highest scientific level. investigates a range of stories and summarizes patterns and themes. 800p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2019) hardcover, 9783161507472, $406.00. 307p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Special Offer $325.00 Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe 500) paperback, 9783161560774, $118.00. Special Offer $95.00 Selected Letters The Cross-and-Resurrection of William Robertson Smith The Supreme Sign in John’s Gospel edited by Bernhard Maier by Deolito V. Vistar, Jr. William Robertson Smith (1846–1894) is Focusing on the present text of the Fourth generally considered to be among the most Gospel, Deolito V. Vistar, Jr. argues that the important pioneers of Biblical Criticism, “signs” are not only the eight major miracles Social Anthropology, and Comparative Reli- recounted in the Gospel, but also include gious Studies. This volume contains ca. 400 non-miraculous deeds of Jesus (the temple letters to his family, friends, and colleagues, “cleansing,” the washing of the disciples’ feet, spanning the period from his early student and so forth) that equally reveal his true days in 1863 to his final illness in 1894 and identity and role as the incarnate Word of covering a wide range of topics. Among the recipients of the letters are Julius God, the supreme revealer of the Father, the Savior of the world, and so forth. Wellhausen, Theodor Nöldeke, James Bryce, and James George Frazer, George 340p (Mohr Siebeck, November 2019, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Reid, Peter Guthrie Tait, Felix Klein, and Max Noether. Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe) paperback, 9783161565359, $126.00. 468p (Mohr Siebeck, June 2019) hardcover, 9783161567322, $181.00. Special Offer $101.00 Special Offer $145.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 19 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers

How Prophecy Works Writing a Commentary on Leviticus – Hermeneutics – Methodology נביא A Study of the Semantic Field of and a Close Reading of Jeremiah Themes 1:4–19, 23:9–40 and 27:1–28:17 edited by Christian A. Eberhart by William L. Kelly and Thomas Hieke There is a longstanding scholarly debate The first part of this volume features es- on the nature of prophecy in ancient Israel. says reflecting on the process of writing Until now, no study has based itself on a Leviticus commentary, including boosts the semantics of the Hebrew lexeme nabî and obstacles, while suggesting innovative (“prophet”). This investigation discusses insights on particular problems of the book. the nature and function of prophecy in the The second part identifies certain themes corpus of the Hebrew book of Jeremiah. It analyses all occurrences of nabî in of Leviticus, especially sacrifices and rituals, the notion of unintentional and Jeremiah and performs a close reading of three primary texts. deliberate sins and purity/impurity and how to eliminate them, and the 264p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, November 2019, Forschungen relationship to the sphere of God. zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments 272) hardcover, 270p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, April 2019, Forschungen zur 9783525540732, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments 276) hardcover, 9783525534717, $88.00. Special Offer $71.00 Living with Risk and Danger Studies in Interdisciplinary Systematic Institutionalized Routine Prayers Theology at Qumran by Mikkel Gabriel Christoffersen Fact or Assumption? Does the Christian symbol system offer ori- by Paul Heger entation for human lives in a time of crisis? This book challenges scholars’ assumption Exploring the work of leading contemporary of institutionalized public prayer with fixed thinkers, Danish theologian Mikkel Gabriel contents and times in the Qumran com- Christoffersen develops a rich and varied munity. As the book observes, this assump- account of Christian doctrine that enables tion rests in part on a failure to distinguish human beings to live with risk and danger, between voluntary supplication prayers and in all vulnerability, with gratitude, courage and care for others. biblically mandated blessings and thanks. 267p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, June 2019, Forschungen zur 313p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, September 2019) hardcover, systematischen und ökume-nischen Theologie 165) hardcover, 9783525571385, 9783525571316, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00 $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 ‘Dark, Depressing Riddle’ The True Human Being Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of the Volk The Figure of Jesus in K.E. Løgstrup’s Thought in the Theology of Paul Althaus by Maria Louise Odgaard Møller by Ryan Tafilowski The aim this book is threefold: to clarify how and why Jesus is presented in This study traces the thought of the Lutheran theologian Paul Althaus (1888- the pre-1968 writings of the Danish theologian and philosopher K.E. Løgstrup 1966), who greeted the rise of Hitler as a “gift and miracle of God,” as he negoti- (1905–1981); to include a discussion with Bultmann and two of his students ated the “Jewish Question” and its meaning for his understanding of German- in order to clarify the character of his Christology; to consider the systematic- ness across the Weimar Republic, the Nazi years, and the post-war period. theological validity of this picture of Jesus. 256p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, October 2019, Forschungen zur 285p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, June 2019, Studia Aarhusiana systematischen und ökume-nischen Theologie 166) hardcover, 9783525564714, Neotestamentica 4) hardcover, 9783525536179, $94.00. Special Offer $76.00 $107.00. Special Offer $86.00

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Reformations in Hungary in the More than Luther Age of the Ottoman Conquest The Reformation and the Rise by Pál Ács of Pluralism in Europe Pál Ács discusses various aspects of the edited by Karla Apperloo-Boersma cultural and literary history of Hungary and Herman J. Selderhuis during the hundred years that followed the The contributions concentrate of the effects Battle of Mohács (1526) and the onset of of Luther’s new theology and draw the lines the Reformation. He focuses on the special from Luther’s contemporaries into the early Ottoman context of the Hungarian Reforma- seventeenth century. Developments in art, tion movements including the Protestant catholic responses and Calvinistic reception and Catholic Reformation and the spiritual are only some of the topics. The volume reform of Erasmian intellectuals. He explores the culture of occupied areas, reflects the interdisciplinarity and interconfessionality that characterizes the fascinating ways Christians came to terms with Muslim authorities, and present research on the 16th-century reformations. the coexistence of Muslims and Christians. 348p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, March 2019, Refo500 Academic 333p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, January 2019, Refo500 Academic Studies 55) hardcover, 9783525570968, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00 Studies 52) hardcover, 9783525570845, $113.00. Special Offer $91.00 Protestant Majorities Biblical Scholarship in Louvain and Minorities in Early in the ‘Golden’ Sixteenth Century Modern Europe by Antonio Gerace Confessional Boundaries Antonio Gerace deals with the development and Contested Identities of biblical scholarship in Louvain by analyz- edited by Simon Burton, ing with seven authors of the first part of Michael Choptiany and Piotr Wilczek the sixteenth century who are strictly linked The contributors to this volume examine the to the Louvain milieu. They include Nicholas crole that Protestant majorities and minori- Tacitus Zegers, John Henten, Cornelius ties played in shaping the Reformations of Jansenius ‘of Ghent’, Adam Sasbout, John the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In Hessels, Thomas Stapleton, and Francis doing so, they offer an important perspective on the range of intellectual, so- Lucas ‘of Bruges’. Each author offered key-contributions that can effectively cial, economic, political, theological and ecclesiological factors that governed show the development of Catholic biblical scholarship in that period. intra- and inter-confessional encounter in the early modern period. 296p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, July 2019, Refo500 Academic 350p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, August 2019, Refo500 Academic Studies 60) hardcover, 9783525593783, $113.00. Special Offer $91.00 Studies 53) hardcover, 9783525571293, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00

Renovatio Edmond Richer and the Renewal of Conciliarism Martin Luther’s Augustinian Theology of Sin, Grace and Holiness in the 17th Century by Phil Anderas by Philippe Denis Much Luther scholarship holds that Martin Luther downplayed, denied, or just Philippe Denis retraces Edmond Richer’s career and examines his ecclesio- plain ignored “the holiness without which no one shall see the Lord” (Heb. logical and political thinking. Without taking all the syndic’s opinions at 12:14). Phil Anderas advances a revisionist thesis: Luther held and taught a face value, this volume commits itself to taking seriously Richer’s declared robust theology of progressive renewal in holiness, carefully calibrated to the intention, which was to vindicate the teaching of the School of Paris and that sober reality of residual sin and the astonishing gospel of grace in Jesus Christ. of Jean Gerson in particular. 344p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, June 2019, Refo500 Academic 312p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, August 2019, Refo500 Academic Studies 57) hardcover, 9783525593776, $113.00. Special Offer $91.00 Studies 62) hardcover, 9783525564721, $113.00. Special Offer $91.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 21 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers

(In)Visibility Transregional Reformations Reflections upon Visibility Crossing Borders in and Transcendence in Theology, Early Modern Europe Philosophy and the Arts edited by Violet Soen, Alexander edited by Anna Vind, Iben Damgaard, Soetaert, Johan Verberckmoes Kirsten Busch Nielsen and Wim François and Sven Rune Havsteen This volume invites scholars of the Catholic This volume reconsiders the relation and Protestant Reformations to incorpo- between visibility and transcendence. rate recent advances in transnational and The focus is especially on the contribution transregional history into their own field of from the theological tradition in Protestant research, as it seeks to unravel how cross- Europe between the 16th and the 21st Centuries. In the book a thematically border movements shaped reformations in early modern Europe. Covering a broad field is covered embracing more than five centuries and a plurality of geographical space that ranges from Scandinavia to Spain and from England methods drawn from theology, philosophy, and the history and theory of art. to Hungary, the chapters in this volume apply a transregional perspective to 592p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, November 2019, Refo500 Academic a vast array of topics, such as the history of theological discussion, knowledge Studies 18) hardcover, 9783525550717, $163.00. Special Offer $131.00 transfer, pastoral care, visual allegory, ecclesiastical organization, confes- sional relations, religious exile, and university politics. Word of God, words of men 377p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, June 2019, Refo500 Academic Translations, Inspirations, Studies 61) hardcover, 9783525564707, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00 Transmissions of the Bible in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Jesuit Biblical Studies after Trent in the Renaissance Franciscus Toletus & Cornelius A Lapide edited by Joanna Pietrzak-Thébault by Luke Murray The book presents many aspects of the phe- A brief look through a standard textbook on nomenon of translation and commentary hermeneutics reveals the all-to-common work of the Bible in the Polish-Lithuanian jump from Luther, Calvin and the other Commonwealth in the 16th and 17th centu- Reformers, straight to Spinoza and the ries. It contains studies of eminent scholars pioneers of the historical critical method. as well as of some young adepts, coming mainly from Poland, but also from Beginning with a much-needed overview of Lithuania and Czech Republic. contemporary scholarship, this work exam- 381p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, January 2019, Refo500 Academic ines the historical context and key influences Studies 43) hardcover, 9783525552773, $138.00. Special Offer $111.00 on the Catholic approach to the Bible. 218p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, August 2019, Refo500 Academic Arts, Portraits and Representation in the Reformation Era Studies 64) hardcover, 9783525564738, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 Proceedings of the 4th Reformation Research Consortium Conference edited by Patrizio Foresta From Movement to Inheritance This volume is an attempt to examine the visual intelligibility of the European Hidden Assets from the Treasury of Hungarian Reformation Reformation by a comparative, multiconfessional and multidisciplinary edited by Olga Lukács, Alpár Csaba Nagy and István Péter analysis of examples taken from both the Catholic and the Protestant world in This book does not only deal with the history, but also with the effects of the the Early Modern and Modern Era, with particular reference to the figurative Reformation over the mentality, education and scientific research among arts, but also to history and theology. Hungarians during the last five centuries. 496p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, July 2019, Refo500 Academic 206p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, August 2019, Refo500 Academic Studies 37) hardcover, 9783525552490, $150.00. Special Offer $120.00 Studies 59) hardcover, 9783525503492, $94.00. Special Offer $76.00

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Salvation by Faith Reformation Faith, Covenant and the Order of the Commonwealth of Salvation in Thomas Goodwin Thomas Becon and the Politics of (1600–1680) Evangelical Change in Tudor England by Hyo-Nam Kim by Brian L. Hanson Hyo-Nam Kim examines Goodwin’s life This study considers sixteenth century to review his religious experience and to evangelicals’ vision of a godly common- understand his socio-theological context. wealth within the broader context of Goodwin’s soteriology was sharpened by his political, religious, social, and intellectual battles on two fronts: the threat of Armin- changes in Tudor England. It makes a further ian, Neonomian, and Socinian soteriologies contribution to the emerging conversation that tended to place meritorious value on faith and on human acts, and the about English commonwealth politics by examining the important issues of Antinomian errors that undervalued faith and human responsibility. obedience and disobedience within the evangelical community. 306p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, October 2019, Reformed Historical 250p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, September 2019, Reformed Historical Theology 57) hardcover, 9783525564615, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00 Theology 58) hardcover, 9783525554548, $113.00. Special Offer $91.00

Latomus and Luther The Battle for the Sabbath The Debate: Is every good deed a sin? in the Dutch Reformation by Anna Vind Devotion or Desecration? Who was Jacob Latomus? What did he write by Kyle J. Dieleman in the series of lectures to which Luther The author argues the emphasis on Sunday penned an answer in 1521, an answer which observance is best understood as resulting is now so central to many interpretations of from two main factors. First, the emphasis the great reformer? And how is the reading on proper Sunday observance is a result of of that answer affected when it is preceded the Reformed church authorities attempt- by an interpretation of what Latomus wrote? ing to maintain the pious reputation of the These are the fundamental questions asked Reformed faith and establish the identity in the present study. The task undertaken is to give a theological and histori- of the Reformed Church amid multiple other confessional identities. Second, cal account of the dispute between the two men in 1521, with the emphasis proper observance of the Sabbath was important because it ensured order on Luther. Some of the historical preconditions for the dispute, and especially within the church and society more broadly. a reading of Latomus’ work, forms the background for an interpretation of 255p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, January 2019, Reformed Historical Luther’s Antilatomus. Theology 52) hardcover, 9783525570609, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 29p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, September 2019, Refo500 Academic Studies 26) hardcover, 9783525552513, $125.00. Special Offer $100.00 “A Knot Worth Unloosing” The Interpretation of the New Heavens and Earth Theology and Spirituality in the Works of Samuel Davies in Seventeenth-Century England by Joseph C. Harrod by John H. Duff From his death in 1761 through the American Civil War, Samuel Davies was a In the study of Christian eschatological thought, virtually no attention has recognized name among American Presbyterians, yet for more than a century been given to past interpretations of the biblical phrase “the new heavens he has remained far more obscure in discussions of American religion. This is the and earth.” John Duff uncovers the interpretations of this phrase that were first monograph-length analysis of Davies’ conception of Christian spirituality. extant in seventeenth-century England. 199p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, June 2019, Reformed Historical 245p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, January 2019, Reformed Historical Theology 55) hardcover, 9783525573143, $94.00. Special Offer $76.00 Theology 53) hardcover, 9783525570616, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 23 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers

Religion and Difference Fragmentary Jewish Historians Contested Contemporary Issues and Biblical History edited by Trygve Wyller by Erich S. Gruen In democracies of advanced plurality, religion In his contribution to the fragmentary Jew- is a contested and powerful part of public dis- ish historians of Hellenistic times and their cussions and practices. This volume scrutinizes treatment of the biblical tradition Erich Gruen contested practices where religious difference shows not only that the fragments disclose matters. Committed to an interdisciplinary a remarkable range and diversity of texts, exchange between theology, the study of but also that their authors’ engagement religion and political philosophy, the study with biblical texts was more lighthearted in is grounded in the attention for concrete tone, deliberately idiosyncratic, and, far from practices and phenomena as well as the conviction that difference is both a parochial in temperament, tended to connect with Hellenic and Near Eastern productive concept and an enriching experience. cultures in order to set Jewish traditions into a broader context. 182p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, November 2019, Research in 56p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, September 2019, Kieler Felix-Jacoby- Contemporary Religion 28) hardcover, 9783525564677, $88.00. Vorlesungen 3) paperback, 9783946317500, $38.00. Special Offer $31.00 Special Offer $71.00

Perceiving Truth and Value The History of Scientific Atheism Interdisciplinary Discussions on A Comparative Study of Czechoslovakia Perception as the Foundation of Ethics and Soviet Union (1954–1991) edited by David Andrew Gilland, by Jan Tesar Markus Mühling and Yvonne Förster The book analyses under what conditions was it possible to develop a scientific In this volume, value-perception is discussed atheism which was understood not only as from different philosophical, psychiatric, theo- a branch of propaganda but as a specific logical, and anthropological perspectives. The scholarly discipline. One of the key findings thesis that unites all is the recognition that we is the fact that scientific atheism developed live in a relational, dynamic world, in which as a new type of thinking about religious we primarily perceive, and that to dissolve phenomena within the context of Marxist-Leninist epistemological doctrine. values from facts is fundamentally misleading, both in theory as in life. 355p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, July 2019, Religiöse Kulturen im 158p, 7 illus (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, November 2019, Religion, Europa der Neuzeit 16) hardcover, 9783525310861, $88.00. Special Offer $71.00 Theologie und Naturwissenschaft / Religion, Theology, and Natural Science 33) hardcover, 9783525573204, $69.00. Special Offer $56.00 Pastoral and Spiritual Care Across Religions and Cultures II Naming the Sacred Spiritual Care and Migration Religious Toponymy in History, Theology and Politics edited by Isabelle Noth and Claudia Kohli Reichenbach edited by Anna Mambelli and Valentina Marchetto This diverse compilation of contributions explores the pressing topic of how At what point is a place perceived as holy? And when does it become officially to provide appropriate spiritual care in the context of human migration. The so in its definition? This is a diachronic excursus into the issues of perception psycho-spiritual dimensions of suffering particular to human migration, such and denomination of holy places. The volume examines historical cases in as social exclusion, alienation, and various types of trauma, are considered which names and places have been modified or literally eliminated and oth- from various disciplinary perspectives. These contributions reflect the fruits of a ers where places were subject to policies of protection and tutelage. conference held at the University of Bern and in the House of Religions in 2016. 230p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, May 2019, Fscire Research and 133p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, May 2019) paperback, Papers 1) hardcover, 9783847109730, $50.00. Special Offer $40.00 9783525564653, $50.00. Special Offer $40.00

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Reception of the Bible in Ancient Judaism and Christianity edited by Armin Lange Reading the Bible is of key importance for Judaism and Christianity. By way of examples, the contributions to this volume engage with the whole width of the reception histories of the Jewish and Christian Bibles. The literature its contributions study range from the Dead Sea Scrolls into Rabbinic and Patristic literature. In addition to the literary reception history of biblical texts, this volume also engages with the reception of the Bible in Jewish and Christian art history. To generate a broad insight each area is addressed by one or more examples, contributed by prominent international scholars. In addition they illuminate what unites and what divides Judaism and Christianity in their readings of Holy Scriptures. 200p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, February 2019, Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements 25.1) hardcover, 9783525552698, $113.00. Special Offer $91.00 Gender and Social Norms Commentary and Authority in Ancient Israel, Judaism in Mesopotamia and Qumran and Christianity by Bronson Brown-deVost Texts and Material Culture At the heart of this book stands a compara- edited by Michaela Bauks, Katharina tive analysis of ancient cuneiform commen- Galor and Judith Hartenstein tary texts from mid-to-late first millennium This volume studies the interrelationship of Mesopotamia and early Jewish commentar- literary and material approaches to histori- ies—known as pesharim—from the caves cal investigation of gender. Paradigmatically near Khirbet Qumran. Though some aspects the significance and meaning of gender and of Mesopotamian hermeneutics may have sexuality is explored in the context of private influenced Jewish exegesis, the actual and public, religious and secular spaces. Historical, cultural, and social norms Mesopotamian practice of composing commentary texts exerted little-to-no of daily life are examined through the lens of textual, archaeological, and art influence on the compositional techniques of the pesharim. Nevertheless, historical investigations to interpret relics of ancient Israelite, Jewish, and many textual difficulties in the Qumran pesharim can be explained as the Christian communities from the Iron Age through Late Antiquity. result of an accretion of interpretations over an extended period of time. 382p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, March 2019, Journal of Ancient 296p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, March 2019, Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements 28) hardcover, 9783525552674, $138.00. Judaism. Supplements 29) hardcover, 9783525540725, $113.00. Special Offer $111.00 Special Offer $91.00

Prophecy and Its Cultic Dimensions The Purity and Sanctuary of the Body edited by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer in Second Temple Judaism This collection of eight essays deals with a wide range of historical, literary, by Hannah K. Harrington and methodological issues. First, what were the links between the cultic and This study traces the emergence of the concept of the body as a sanctuary from the prophetic personnel? Did prophets have ritual/cultic functions in temples? its biblical roots to its expressions in late Second Temple Judaism. Harrington’s What were the ritual aspects of divinations? Second, how do literary texts hypothesis is that the destruction of the first Jerusalem temple was a catalyst describe the interaction between prophecy and cult? Third, how can various for a new reality vis-à-vis the temple and the emergence of increased empha- theories (e.g., religious theory, performance theory) enable us to reach a sis on the holiness of the people along with concomitant standards of purity better understanding of the interplay between divination and cultic ritual in in a certain stream of Judaism. The study brings into relief elements of this ancient Israel and the wider ancient Near East? attitude from exilic texts, including early Jesus and Pauline traditions. 191p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, January 2019, Journal of Ancient 419p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, August 2019, Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements 31) hardcover, 9783525570869, $94.00. Judaism. Supplements 33) hardcover, 9783525571286, $125.00. Special Offer $76.00 Special Offer $100.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 25 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers — Aarhus University Press

Towards Just Gender Relations Rethinking the Role of Women in Church and Society edited by Rita Perintfalvi, Gunter Prüller-Jagenteufel and Sharon Bong All over the world there is the move towards just gender relations - even if the odds seem to be worse than a decade ago. This poses a special task for Christians and churches in service of the marginalized who engage in the fight for justice. This volume documents providing special insights into processes of two intercultural dialogues. The topic for the European-Asian dialogue focuses on “Gender and Ecclesiology”. The European dialogue between western and eastern Central European countries has a special aim for gender theories and their theological and political implications. The book presents contributions from different perspectives and shows how the Christian churches can contribute to gender justice. 319p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, June 2019, Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society 13) hardcover, 9783847109853, $57.00. Special Offer $46.00 We and They Prayer, Pop and Politics Decolonizing Biblical Researching Religious Youth and Graeco-Roman Antiquities in Migration Society edited by Jonathan Cahana edited by Katharina Limacher, and Karmen MacKendrick Astrid Mattes and Christoph Novak The articles collected in this volume share This interdisciplinary volume presents a very similar goal: to decolonize our research at the intersection of religion, age understanding of antiquity, thus allow- and race and tackles the question what it is ing modernity to converse with antiquity like to be young and religious in a migration without constraining the latter to be either society. The chapters’ foci range from digital the direct precedent or the thoroughly other and offline activism of religious youth to par- of the former. History has repeatedly demonstrated that colonialism never ticipatory action research projects on radicalization prevention. The authors contributed to mutual understanding and constructive exchange of ideas, and apply an array of different theoretical angles. that such is the dialogue we should strive forthwith. 288p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, April 2019, Religion and 200p (Aarhus University Press, October 2019, Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Transformation in Contemporary European Society 15) hardcover, Antiquity 14) hardcover, 9788771844436, $40.00. Special Offer $32.00 9783847109792, $57.00. Special Offer $46.00 PDF e-book, 9788771849370, $32.00

LXX Song of Songs and Relational Religion Descriptive Translation Studies Fires as Confidants by Dries De Crom in Parsi Zoroastrianism The greater part of the volume is dedicated by Håkon Tandberg to a meticulous verse-by-verse comparison Håkon Naasen Tandberg explores how, between the LXX and MT texts of Song of when, and why humans relate to the non- Songs. The textual study engages with human world. Based on two ethnographic matters of translation technique, textual fieldworks among the Parsis in Mumbai, the criticism, linguistic interference and the research focuses on the role of temple fires interpretation of LXX Song of Songs. On the in the lives of present-day Parsi Zoroastrians basis of this textual analysis, the volume ex- in India as an empirical case. plores the question of Kaige-Theodotion and LXX Song of Song’s relation to it. 245p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, July 2019, Critical Studies in 356p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, January 2019, De Septuaginta Religion/Religionswissen-schaft 13) hardcover, 9783525564745, $150.00. Investigationes 11) hardcover, 9783525570715, $163.00. Special Offer $131.00 Special Offer $120.00

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The Treasure of Münster Translating Wor(l)ds Precious Reliquaries and Works Christianity Across of Art of the Domkammer Cultural Boundaries edited by Udo Grote edited by With its outstanding treasures of precious Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz goldsmith work and textile art, the This book addresses the translation of Domkammer in Münster possesses one of culture in the context of religion. The the most important collections in Europe. contributions, which analyze texts in liter- Like a golden showcase wall, the high ary, ethnohistorical and/or linguistic terms, altar of the cathedral presented sculp- show how different cultural traditions and tures and reliquaries of the very greatest languages are communicated across bound- value that astonish the beholder even today. The treasures cover a range of aries. They include studies of the missionary context of the Early Middle Ages almost a thousand years, up to the twentieth century. The focus is, however, and of colonially dominated cultures in Latin America, India, China, Africa and on reliquaries from the Middle Ages, a treasure of sculptures and vessels Australia, from the 16th to the early 20th century and they analyze literary unequaled anywhere in the world. Speaking reliquaries, precious crucifixes works with respect to how they transmit and translate culture. By using and impressive textiles illuminate to this day the uniqueness of religious life different methodological tools, the authors show the manifold and innovative in the last thousand years. ways in which this field of the translation of culture can be approached. 280p, col illus (Aschendorff Verlag, March 2019) hardcover, 9783402133996, 330p (Academia Verlag, July 2019, Collectanea Instituti Anthropos 51) $37.50. Special Offer $30.00 paperback, 9783896657947, $69.00. Special Offer $56.00

Archa Verbi, Volume 15/2018 Churches, Mission Yearbook for the Study of Medieval and Development Theology in the Post-colonial Era The yearbook Archa Verbi as well as the Christian Engagements between book series Archa Verbi. Subsidia are Holistic and Modernist Schemes published by the International Society for of Improvement the Study of Medieval Theology (IGTM). Languages of publications are English, edited by Heinzpeter Znoj French, German, Italian and Spanish. Archa and Sabine Zurschmitten Verbi accepts articles and text editions How is it that the Catholic and Protestant which fall within the scope of the Society’s churches, which had already demanded sus- objectives and thematic purpose. The Archa tainable development in the countries of the South in the 1960s, today pre- Verbi. Subsidia book series publishes monographs and conference proceed- dominantly support the technocratic development plans of the governments ings originating from the wider area of the study of medieval theology. The there? This volume explores this apparent paradox through theological, review section of the yearbook discusses new books from the field of medieval historical and ethnographic studies. They provide insights into the theologi- theology and from those associated fields of study relevant to medieval theol- cal foundations of church development policy and show how on its basis the ogy. These associated disciplines are, in particular, Church History, History of resolutions of the Second Vatican Council and the World Council of Churches Exegesis, History of Theology, History of Philosophy, History of Canon Law, and at the end of the 1960s demanded alternatives to modernist, neo-colonial Art History, that are considered relevant insofar as they advance the study and development. Against this background it becomes clear to what extent the knowledge of medieval theology. English and German text. secular commitment of the churches is marked by real political constraints. 224p (Aschendorff Verlag, February 2019) hardcover, 9783402103159, $39.00. 161p (Academia Verlag, July 2019, Anthropos Special Issue 1) paperback, Special Offer $32.00 9783896658203, $59.00. Special Offer $48.00

www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 27 From Temple to Tent From Real to Virtual World (Exodus 24:15 – Numbers 10:28) by Sarah L. Hart The principal interest of the text on the tabernacle tent is Israelite worship-cultic place, the cultic people, and laws for the regulation of cultic life. The method followed is description of the biblical text and collation of the evidence as would a classicist go about classifying an ancient Greek Vase. The findings reveal a virtual world of Israelite cult. The transportable tabernacle tent with its courtyard and altar resembles a temple in its complexity. Through words the reader is invited into the atmosphere of the tabernacle tent where all the senses are evoked. 195p (ATF Press, July 2019) paperback, 9781925872859, $29.95. Special Offer $24.00 hardcover, 9781925872866, $37.95. Special Offer $31.00 EPUB e-book, 9781925872873, $23.99; PDF e-book, 9781925872880, $24.00

Congar and Chenu Screen Priests Friend, Teacher, Brother The Depiction of Catholic Priests Yves Congar and Marie-Dominique Chenu in Cinema, 1900–2018 were French Dominican Friars who were both by Peter Malone key theologians at Vatican II after a period This is a comprehensive look at priests on where both were on the outside of the life of screen, looking at portrayals from the late the Church for a time. This volume of essays 19th century, over the decades, for 120 years. is devoted to the memory of both. It has The films considered are mainly English- articles by some who knew them as fellow language. The book offers some Church Dominicans and others who have studied background and developments, the range of their work. films, and key films representing each decade. 104p (ATF Press, August 2019, Interface Theology) 720p (ATF Press, August 2019) paperback, 9781925679168, $17.95. Special Offer $15.00; paperback, 9781925872897, $44.95. Special Offer $36.00 hardcover, 9781925679175, $27.95. Special Offer $23.00 hardcover, 9781925872903, $65.00. Special Offer $52.00 EPUB e-book, 9781925679182, $13.99; PDF e-book, 9781925679199, $14.50 EPUB e-book, 9781925872910, $34.99; PDF e-book, 9781925872927, $36.00 M-D Chenu’s Christian Anthropology At Sea with Bishop Nature and Grace in Society and Church John Bede Polding by Janette Gray The Journals of Lewis Harding, 1835 While located in the struggles of the (Liverpool to Sydney) and 1846 twentieth century, Chenu’s theology mostly (Sydney to London) avoided being relativized by modernity’s agenda and thereby resisted stagnation transcribed and edited with an in only mid-twentieth century concerns. introduction by C.F. Fowler Across a range of contemporary theological The shipboard journals recorded by Bede Pol- topics, Chenu explored a Christian anthro- ding’s fellow passenger, and here published pology that articulated the experiential and for the first time, present endearing glimpses concrete ‘history’ of human life in relation to faith. of Australia via the Cape of Good Hope. 238p (ATF Press, May 2019) 360p (ATF Press, April 2019) paperback, 9781925872651, $29.95. Special Offer $24.00 paperback, 9781925872736, $27.95. Special Offer $23.00 hardcover, 9781925872668, $33.95. Special Offer $28.00 hardcover, 9781925872743, $39.95. Special Offer $32.00 EPUB e-book, 9781925872675, $23.99; PDF e-book, 9781925872682, $29.95 EPUB e-book, 9781925872750, $21.99; PDF e-book, 9781925872767, $22.00

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A Theology of Land Terra Australis from Christian-Aboriginal Perspectives by Christopher Gerard John Sexton On the face of things, the spirituality of Australia’s Aboriginals is hard to reconcile with a spirituality of Christian theology, with its human centrism apt to a Son of God in Man, made flesh in Jesus Christ. Nevertheless this author, Christopher Sexton, a Sydney based lawyer, drew on his deep Catholic theological beliefs and intense dialogue with Aboriginal elders, to find a surprisingly common ground, and in abundance. The creation stories of each lay emphasis on humanity’s stewardship for the search and its mystical riches. 347p (ATF Press, July 2019) paperback, 9781925679045, $29.95. Special Offer $24.00 hardcover, 9781925679052, $37.95. Special Offer $31.00 EPUB e-book, 9781925679069, $23.99; PDF e-book, 9781925679076, $24.00

All Roads Lead to Rome A Cosmic Liturgy The Creation, Context and Trans- Qumran’s 364-Day Calendar mission of the Codex Amiatinus by Alfred Osborne edited by Jane Hawkes This work shows how the importance of and Meg Boulton Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday in the The Codex Amiatinus is perhaps the 364-day Qumran calendar is based on the most famous copy of the Bible surviv- Priestly creation narrative in Genesis and ing in Western Europe. It was made in the myth of a cosmic covenant established Anglo-Saxon England around the turn of between God and the angels on the first the eighth century. This volume brings day. The myth of the apostasy of the angels together essays that offer a new appraisal guiding the seven planets was used to of this remarkable book, and of the context of its production. explain the discrepancy between the 364-day calendar and observation. 179p, 30 col & 25 b/w illus (Brepols Publishers, July 2019, Studia Traditionis 330p (Brepols Publishers, July 2019, Studia Traditionis Theologiae. Explorations Theologiae. Explorations in Early and Medieval Theology 31) paperback, in Early and Medieval Theology 33) paperback, 9782503584270, $91.00. 9782503581422, $98.00. Special Offer $79.00 Special Offer $73.00

From Topography to Text The Disputatio Chori et Praetextati The Roman Calendar for Beginners The Image of Jerusalem in the Writings of Eucherius, Adomnán and Bede by Leofranc Holford-Strevens by Rodney Aist The first book of Macrobius’ Saturnalia, written probably in the 430s AD, includes a This volume uses topographical detail to historical exposition of the Roman calendar. examine the source material, religious imagi- This text was excerpted in early medieval nation and the image of Jerusalem in three Ireland, with some but by no means all its related Latin texts from the fifth, seventh pagan matter excised, to provide an intro- and eighth centuries. The work introduces duction for those who at best understood an original methodology for analyzing the the rules of this recent import but not the Jerusalem pilgrim texts, defined by their core rationale for them. This volume epresents a critical edition with apparatus interest in the commemorative topography of the Christian holy places. criticus and translation, and attaches a full-scale commentary. 262p, 8 b/w illus, 10 tbls (Brepols Publishers, February 2019, Studia Traditionis 141p (Brepols Publishers, May 2019, Studia Traditionis Theologiae. Explorations Theologiae. Explorations in Early and Medieval Theology 30) paperback, in Early and Medieval Theology 32) paperback, 9782503584232, $59.00. 9782503580753, $85.00. Special Offer $68.00 Special Offer $48.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 29 Historiography and Identity I Ancient and Early Christian Narratives of Community edited by Walter Pohl and Veronika Wieser This first volume in the Historiography and Identity series examines the many ways in which historiographical works shaped identities in ancient and medieval societies by focusing on the historians of ancient Greece and the late Roman Empire. It presents in-depth studies about how history writing could create a sense of community, thereby shedding light on the links between au- thorial strategies, processes of identification, and cultural memory. The contributions explore the importance of regional, ethnic, cultural, and imperial identities to the process of history writing, embedding the works in the changing political landscape. 322p (Brepols Publishers, September 2019, Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 24) hardcover, 9782503581576, $117.00. Special Offer $94.00 Revisiting the Religious Life Inclusion and Exclusion in of Palmyra Mediterranean Christianities, edited by Rubina Raja 400–800 In this volume, the latest research edited by Yaniv Fox and Erica Buchberger from scholars working on Palmyra is This is the first of two volumes to explore drawn together to offer new insights inclusion and exclusion as processes affecting into both the city’s religious life and its Mediterranean communities. Contribu- wider implications for our understand- tions look at how distinctions were fostered ing of religious life in the Near East in through both space and text, along ethnic and general in the first three centuries CE. religious lines, and at the level of both ecu- Incorporating analyses and discussions menical councils and individual friendships. of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources, the contributions gathered By examining a wide range of social and cultural phenomena, the chapters here reassess and discuss the beliefs and practices that were followed in the of this volume illustrate the exceptional range of ways that late antique and city, assess the different cults that existed, and present new insights into the early medieval people negotiated their place in a changing world. development and function of the city’s religious communities and spaces. 293p (Brepols Publishers, September 2019, Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and 220p, 135 b/w illus (Brepols Publishers, September 2019, Contextualizing the the Middle Ages 25) hardcover, 9782503581132, $104.00. Special Offer $84.00 Sacred 9) paperback, 9782503576350, $117.00. Special Offer $94.00

The Gospel According to Thomas From Liturgy to Pharmacology Introduction, Translation Christian Sogdian Texts from the and Commentary Turfan Collection by André Gagné edited by Nicholas Sims-Williams The Gospel According to Thomas is a collection This volume completes the publication of of 114 sayings of Jesus attributed to a certain the Christian Sogdian texts of the Berlin Didymus Judas Thomas. For scholars, this enig- Turfan Collection begun by F. W. K. Müller matic collection of sayings has much to offer for in 1907. The texts edited here are mostly the study of early Christian literature, history, short but extremely varied. The Syriac and theology. This new introduction, transla- liturgical fragments are some of the earli- tion, and commentary focuses on a synchronic est surviving witnesses to the liturgy of the reading and interpretation of the text. The main question is: What does the Church of the East, though the Sogdian rubrics which accompany them show Gospel According to Thomas actually mean? that those who performed them were not native speakers of Syriac. 274p, 1 b/w illus (Brepols Publishers, June 2019, Apocryphes 16) paperback, 232p, illus (Brepols Publishers, March 2019, Berliner Turfantexte 45) paperback, 9782503584904, $52.00. Special Offer $42.00 9782503584195, $85.00. Special Offer $68.00

30 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Christ on the Cross The Boston Crucifix and the Rise of Monumental Wood Sculpture, 970–1200 edited by Shirin Fozi and Gerhard Lutz Few medieval images are as iconic, or as challenging, as the life-sized sculptural crucifixes that emerged in the Holy Roman Empire at the end of the tenth century. Striking at the fundamental mysteries of Christianity, these objects were made to attract attention and inspire veneration, and they exist in uneasy tension with medieval anxieties about idolatry and the cult of images. This volume presents new research on the Boston Crucifix, the earliest medieval crucifix in North America and one of the most significant examples of the genre, in dialogue with new directions in this field as a whole. Essays on the history, theology, style, condition, and provenance of early wood crucifixes are presented here together for the first time. 400p, 32 col & 295 b/w illus (Brepols Publishers, September 2019, Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages 14) hardcover, 9782503579672, $163.00. Special Offer $131.00

Orthodox Christianity Jews and Muslims under and Modern Science the Fourth Lateran Council Tensions, Ambiguities, Potential Papers Commemorating the Octocentenary of the Fourth Lateran edited by Gayle Woloschak Council (1215) and Vasilios Makrides edited by Marie-Thérèse Champagne Orthodoxy today shares a variety of attitudes towards modern science shaped by the and Irven M. Resnick texts of the Church Fathers, medieval and The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) was modern theologians and scholars, as well as groundbreaking for having introduced to me- contemporary social realities. On the other dieval Europe a series of canons that sought to hand, modern science is faced with crucial regulate encounters between Christians and and uneasy questions about the meaning of life and the position of human- Jews and Muslims. kind within the natural world. The main goal of this volume is to define the 280p, 2 b/w illus (Brepols Publishers, June 2019, Religion and Law in Medieval patterns of the science-religion relationship in the Orthodox world. Christian and Muslim Societies 10) hardcover, 9782503581514, $103.00. 300p (Brepols Publishers, October 2019, Science and Orthodox Christianity 1) Special Offer $83.00 hardcover, 9782503576169, $143.00. Special Offer $115.00 The Fourth Lateran Council and Didymus the Blind’s Commentary the Development of Canon Law on Psalms 26:10-29:2 and 36:1-3 and the ius commune (P.BYU I) edited by Atria A. Larson edited by Lincoln H. Blumell and Andrea Massironi This volume provides an introduction to This volume collects essays that treat vari- these papyri, a transcription, an English ous aspects of the Fourth Lateran Council’s translation, as well as notes and commen- placement within the development of the ‘ius tary, indices and plates. As these papyri commune’. Topics include the canon law about have never been published and are the last arms-bearing clergy, episcopal elections, known portion of Didymus’ commentary heresy, degrees of affinity within marriage, on Psalms, they are very important and the oversight of relic veneration, Fourth Crusade’s sack of Constantinople, and sure to be of interest to both papyrologists and scholars of early Christianity. the usage of Roman or civil law in some of Lateran IV’s constitutions. 226p, 22 col illus (Brepols Publishers, September 2019) hardcover, 331p (Brepols Publishers, March 2019, Ecclesia militans 7) paperback, 9782503583709, $117.00. Special Offer $94.00 9782503583013, $111.00. Special Offer $89.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 31 Documents of the English Reformation by Gerald Bray The influence of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James version of the Bible created the modern English language, but there has been no collection of contemporary documents available to show how the momentous social and political changes took place. Gerald Bray’s comprehensive collection covers the period from 1526 to 1700. The book contains many texts previously relatively inaccessible, along with others more widely known. The book also provides informative appendixes, including comparative tables of the different articles and confessions, showing their mutual relationships and dependence. Containing fifty-eight documents covering all the main Statutes, Injunctions and Orders, Prefaces to prayer books, Biblical translations and other relevant texts, Documents of the English Reformation is an invaluable resource for students, and a useful aide memoire for scholars in theology, the English Church, and late medieval and early modern English history. 630p (James Clarke & Co., January 2019, Library of Ecclesiastical History) paperback, 9780227176955, $70.00. Special Offer $56.00

The Authenticity of the Second A Better World Is Possible Letter to the Thessalonians An Exploration of Utopian Visions by William Wrede by Ambrose Mong Scholars continue to debate whether Paradise has been widely perceived as Second Thessalonians was written by Paul somewhere on ocean islands or in distant or pseudonymously. The suggestion that the mountains where people come together to letter is a late imitation is largely based on set up tightly-knit societies so they can live, the comparison of the parallel expressions of work and worship in harmony and peace.This the two epistles to the Thessalonians. There work, which bridges the utopian ideas and are more words and phrases that are shared visions of East and West, explores the writings between these two letters than there are in of influential thinkers from ancient China to any other two New Testament letters. William Wrede’s study is the ultimate Renaissance Europe and today, including Thomas More, Teilhard de Chardin, source of scholarly perception of these parallels. Not only does he locate some Confucius and Mo Tzu, and even 20th-century political reformist Kang Youwei. exact parallels, he also finds definite words, verses, and related passages that 199p (James Clarke & Co., October 2018) paperback, 9780227176924, $50.00. precisely mirror and reflect their counterparts. Wrede’s order of the Greek par- Special Offer $40.00 allels has been reproduced with his original annotations in this translation. 132p (James Clarke & Co., June 2018) paperback, 9780227176917, $30.00. The Cappadocian Mothers Special Offer $24.00 Deification Exemplified in the Writings of Basil, Gregory, and Gregory Christos Yannaras by Carla D. Sunberg The Apophatic Horizon of Ontology The Cappadocian Fathers had great impact by Basilio Petrà on the church of the fourth century. While In his native Greece, Yannaras revolutionized Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of the way theology had been done for much of Nazianzus are well known, the women of the twentieth century. This book examines their families were also highly influential. the trajectory of Yannaras’ thought from his This book uncovers the lives of seven women. initial encounter with Heidegger’s philosophy As the Cappadocians wrestle with the to his formulation (via the tradition of the Christianization of the concept of deification, we find the women in their lives Greek Fathers) of a modern critical ontology. becoming models for their theological understanding. 139p (James Clarke & Co., August 2019) 251p (James Clarke & Co., August 2018) paperback, 9780227176900, $45.00. hardcover, 9780227177044, $130.00. Special Offer $104.00 Special Offer $36.00

32 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Euthanasia and Patristic Tradition Passionate Embrace Reading John Damascene and Luther on Love, Body Symeon the New Theologian and Sensual Presence on Christian Bioethics by Elisabeth Gerle by Ioannis Bekos Protestant ethics has often been associated The aim of the book is to contribute to the with work and duty, excluding sensuality, development of Christian bioethics. Particu- sexuality and other pleasures. Elisabeth larly, it constitutes a Christian critique of the Gerle explores new paths, embarking on a sovereign bioethics—the kind of bioethics conversation with Martin Luther in dialogue that shapes the discussions in the public with contemporary theologians on attitudes arena, and unjustifiably imposes particular towards desire, ethics and politics. She draws values, boundaries and conditions on the discussion relevant to bioethical on Eros theology to challenge traditional Lutheran stereotypes, such as the di- dilemmas—with special reference to the issues surrounding euthanasia. chotomies between different forms of love, as well as between spirit and body. 283p (James Clarke & Co., August 2019) hardcover, 9780227176986, $150.00. 336p (James Clarke & Co., July 2018) paperback, 9780227176894, $55.00. Special Offer $120.00 Special Offer $44.00 Ever-Moving Repose A Contemporary Reading of Maximus Sino-Vatican Relations the Confessor’s Theory of Time From Denunciation to Dialogue by Sotiris Mitralexis by Ambrose Mong For those interested in Christianity in Sotiris Mitralexis offers a contemporary look China, the state-church relationship, and at Maximus the Confessor’s (580-662 CE) the present Communist regime and its understanding of temporality, logoi, and attitude towards religion, Sino-Vatican deification, through the perspective of the Relations offers a wealth of information contemporary philosopher and theologian and insights. This work traces the tortu- Christos Yannaras, as well as John Zizioulas ous history of the relationship between and Nicholas Loudovikos. Mitralexis argues the Chinese government and the Roman that Maximus possesses both a unique theological ontology and a unique Catholic Church, from denunciation of Communism by the Church, to seeking threefold theory of temporality: time, the Aeon, and the radical transforma- dialogue by recent pontiffs such as John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. tion of temporality and motion in an ever-moving repose. 191p (James Clarke & Co., September 2019) paperback, 9780227177013, 256p (James Clarke & Co., June 2018) paperback, 9780227176849, $45.00. $38.00. Special Offer $31.00 Special Offer $36.00 The Gospel of Matthew Institution of a Christian Man Worship in the Kingdom of Heaven edited by Gerald Bray by John Paul Heil Compiled during the early years of the Reformation, Institution of a Chris- The Gospel of Matthew encourages and inspires its audience to practice the tian Man lays out the principles of the nascent Church of England. Gerald true, authentic, and holistic worship required for believers in Jesus to live in Bray charts the development of this text from the first version introduced the kingdom of Heaven. In accordance with all that Jesus taught and exempli- by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and his cohort of bishops, to the extensive fied regarding authentic worship, believers are invited to complement their edits made by Henry VIII himself, and finally to the version written by Bishop worship of God by worshipping and praying to Jesus, who, as God’s beloved Edmund Bonner under the radically different circumstances of Mary I’s reign. Son, represents ‘God with us’. 498p (James Clarke & Co., December 2018) 206p (James Clarke & Co., June 2018) paperback, 9780227176856, $40.00. paperback, 9780227176702, $60.00. Special Offer $48.00 Special Offer $32.00 hardcover, 9780227176689, $150.00. Special Offer $120.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 33 Scaffolds of the Church Sin, Grace and Free Will Towards Poststructural Ecclesiology A Historical Survey of Christian Thought by Cyril Hovorun Volume II: From Anselm to the The structures of the Church are not a part of Reformation its nature and can therefore turn against it. by Matthew Knell They are like scaffolding, which facilitates the In the first volume of Sin, Grace and Free construction and maintenance of a building Will, Matthew Knell embarked on a journey without actually being part of it. Likewise, through centuries of Christian thought, from ecclesial structures help the Church function the Apostolic Fathers to St Augustine of in accordance with its nature but should Hippo. In this second volume, a new journey not be identified with the Church proper. begins with Anselm of Canterbury and leads Scaffolds of the Church considers the evolution of some of these structures and to the Council of Trent. While the themes of sin, grace and free will are famil- evaluates their correspondence to their initial rationale. iar to any Christian, Knell provides a comprehensive overview of the thought 274p (James Clarke & Co., July 2018) paperback, 9780227176870, $45.00. on such matters of crucial Christian thinkers and reformers. Special Offer $36.00 295p (James Clarke & Co., January 2019) paperback, 9780227176559, $40.00. Special Offer $32.00; hardcover, 9780227176078, $150.00. Special Offer $120.00 Thecla’s Devotion Narrative, Emotion and Identity Way Back To God in the Acts of Paul and Thecla The Spiritual Theology of Saint by by J.D. McLarty Bonaventure The Thecla episode in the Apocryphal Acts by Douglas Dales of Paul recounts the conversion of a young This is a comprehensive conspectus and study pagan woman, her rejection of marriage, of how Bonaventure taught Christian theology her narrow escapes from martyrdom and and applied it to spiritual life. It provides a the end of her story as an independent, bridge into his thought, and also a remarkable ascetic evangelist. J.D. McLarty reads the hand-book of Christian theology in its bearing Thecla episode against a paradigm pagan upon spiritual life. It enables Bonaventure’s romance, Callirhoe: for both texts the passions are key to the unfolding of the distinctive spiritual theology to be seen as a plot—how are unruly emotions to be managed and controlled? whole, as well as making his writings accessible and attractive. 265p (James Clarke & Co., January 2019) paperback, 9780227176573, $50.00. 239p (James Clarke & Co., April 2019) hardcover, 9780227176931, $130.00. 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Polis, Ontology, Ecclesial Event Raimon Panikkar Engaging with Christos Yannaras’ Thought A Companion to his Life and Thought by Sotiris Mitralexis edited by Peter C. Phan and Young-chan Ro In this volume, chapters examine numerous aspects of Yannaras’ contribu- This is a guide to the life, work and thought of Raimon Panikkar, a self- tions to Orthodox theology, philosophy and political thought, based on his professed Buddhist-Christian-Hindu philosopher and theologian. This book relational ontology of the person, later popularized in the Anglophone sphere explicates Panikkar’s basic vision of life as the harmonious rhythm of divinity, by John Zizioulas. This volume comprises a panorama of Christos Yannaras’ humanity, and the cosmos, which he terms cosmotheandrism, and shows how transdisciplinary contributions. it permeates and illumines his articulations of the central Christian doctrines. 278p (James Clarke & Co., November 2018) 319p (James Clarke & Co., October 2018) paperback, 9780227176719, $50.00. Special Offer $40.00 paperback, 9780227176344, $45.00. Special Offer $36.00 hardcover, 9780227176696, $130.00. Special Offer $104.00 hardcover, 9780227176337, $150.00. Special Offer $120.00

34 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Religion in the Anthropocene edited by Celia Deane-Drummond, Sigurd Bergmann and Markus Vogt Religion in the Anthropocene charts a new direction in humanities scholarship through serious engagement with the geopoliti- cal concept of the Anthropocene. Drawing on religious studies, theology, social science, history, philosophy, and what can be broadly termed as environmental humanities, this collection represents a groundbreaking critical analysis of diverse narratives on the Anthropocene. The contributors recognize that the Anthropocene began as a geological concept, the age of the humans, but that its implications are much wider than this. Does the Anthropocene idea challenge the possibility of a sacred Nature, or is it a secularized theological anthropology more properly dealt with through traditional concepts from Roman Catholic social teaching on human ecology? Not all contributors to this volume agree about the answers to these and many more questions. 362p (The Lutterworth Press, September 2018) paperback, 9780718895389, $60.00. Special Offer $48.00

The Gospel According to Star Trek Myth and Gospel in the Fiction The Original Crew of John Updike by Kevin C. Neece by John McTavish In The Gospel According to Star Trek, you’ll Big on style, slight on substance: that has discover how the continuing voyages of Kirk been a common charge over the years by and company aboard the Enterprise—from critics of John Updike. In fact, however, John the Original Series to Star Trek Beyond—tell Updike is one of the most serious writers of us more about our human quest for God than modern times. Myth, as this book shows, you ever imagined. You’ll learn how Star Trek unlocks his fictional universe and repeatedly creator Gene Roddenberry’s own spiritual breaks open the powerful themes in his quest informed the franchise, what he and literary parables of the gospel. The book also the series really have to say about God and religion, and the amazing image includes a personal tribute to John Updike by his son David, essays by pioneer of Christ contained in Star Trek’s most popular character. Updike scholars Alice and Kenneth Hamilton, and an anecdotal chapter in 216p (The Lutterworth Press, January 2018) paperback, 9780718895242, which readers share Updike discoveries and recommendations. $33.00. Special Offer $27.00 201p (The Lutterworth Press, October 2018) paperback, 9780718895372, $33.00. Special Offer $27.00 Heaven in Ordinary Poetry and Religion in a Secular Age Life after Tragedy by David Jasper Essays on Faith and the First World War Heaven in Ordinary is like a love affair with Evoked by Geoffrey Studdert Kenned poetry that engages with religious questions, edited by Michael W. Brierley for good or ill, concerned with five poets who and Georgina A. Byrne are haunted by God. Poets, in times of great Taking their cue from the famous British faith and times of doubt, have expressed for army chaplain Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, us their sense of both the presence and the seven central essays examine aspects of faith absence of God in language that is sometimes that featured in the war, such as the notion almost sacramental in its weight of beauty, of ‘home’, poetry, theological doctrine, love, fear, anger or despair. The poets considered here all relate, in some way, preaching, social reform, humanitarianism, to the traditions of Anglicanism through the centuries, reflecting both a com- and remembrance. mon humanity and a wide breadth of human experience. 255p (The Lutterworth Press, August 2018) paperback, 9780718895341, 159p (The Lutterworth Press, November 2018) paperback, 9780718895419, $40.00. Special Offer $32.00 $40.00. Special Offer $32.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 35 Resisting Exclusion Global Theological Responses to Populism edited by Eva Harasta and Simone Sinn As societies live with diversity and yet struggle with both social fragmentation and increasing economic inequalities, populism is once again rising. Populist ethno-nationalist discourse seeks to ignite fear and hate, promote marginalization and exclusion of those who are regarded as not belonging to “the people”. What is the role and responsibility of theology and the churches in the midst of these developments? Church leaders and teaching theologians from eighteen different countries offer analyses, trace emerging global trends and outline some country-specific developing situations. Examples are given of how churches take up the challenge to resist exclusion and advocate for strengthening participatory processes and people’s agency. 280p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, September 2019, LWF Studies) paperback, 9783374061747, $25.00. Special Offer $20.00

What is Lutheran? Spaces of Mediation Introductions to Theology, Worship, Christian Art and Visual Culture Congregation, Ecumenism in Taiwan and Church Law by Su-Chi Lin edited by Florian Hübner Drawing upon fine art and objects made for and Henrike Müller pedagogical and devotional needs of the In the 21st century, Lutheran theology takes local Christian communities, this volume place on a global level. Just as the Lutheran mainly explores Christian art in Taiwan. communion has spread into all parts of the By recognizing the artistic development world, so also theology is now practiced in a from merely adapting traditional Christian variety of linguistic and cultural contexts. For iconography to creating new indigenous nar- this reason, the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD) is ratives, Su-Chi Lin examines the issue of visual representation raised in such starting a series of English translations of current VELKD publications. The first inculturation processes, and considers whether these artworks offer models volume contains five texts by well-known German theologians on core topics to re-imagine the contextual illustration of global Christian faith. of the Lutheran Church. 156p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, May 2019, ContactZone) paperback, 208p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, April 2019, Lutheran Theology) paperback, 9783374057566, $43.00. Special Offer $35.00 9783374059133, $25.00. Special Offer $20.00

Kirchengemeinschaft / Glaube und Theologie / Faith and Theology Church Communion Reformatorische Grundeinsichten in der ökumenischen Diskussion edited by Mario Fischer / Basic Insights of the Reformation in Ecumenical Debate and Martin Friedrich edited by Wolfram Kinzig and Julia Winnebeck This volume presents the result of a doctrinal In much of Europe and North America, secularization has led to a decline in conversation evaluating the church communion religious education and a trivialization of academic theology. At the same realized on the basis of the Leuenberg Agree- time, the global proliferation of evangelical groups sometimes leads to indif- ment since its signing in 1973 and specifying ference towards academic theological training, or even rejects it altogether. In the theological concept of church communion view of this development the question arises to what extent the relationship in the light of the latest ecumenical discussions. between faith and theology as defined in the wake of the Reformation will In addition, it suggests potential approaches to serve future churches and congregations. English and German text. further intensifying this communion. English and German text. 388p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, July 2019, Veröffentlichungen der 176p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, June 2019, Leuenberger Texte 16) Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für Theologie 54) paperback, 9783374058068, paperback, 9783374062188, $15.00. Special Offer $12.00 $68.00. Special Offer $55.00

36 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Religion and Migration Negotiating Hospitality, Agency and Vulnerability edited by Andrea Bieler, Isolde Karle, HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Ilona Nord This volume explores religious discourses and practices of hospitality in the context of migration. It articulates the implied ambivalence and even contradictions as well as the potential to contribute to a more just world through social interconnection with others. The book features contributors from diverse national, denominational, cultural, and racial backgrounds. Their essays reveal a dichotomy of hospitality between guest and host, while tackling the meaning of home or the loss of it, interrogating both the peril and promise of the relationship between religion, chiefly Christianity, and hospitality, and focusing on the role of migrants’ vulnerability and agency, by drawing from empirical, theological, sociological and anthropological insights emerged from postcolonial migration contexts. 216p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, October 2019) paperback, 9783374061310, $48.00. Special Offer $39.00

Lutherische Identität / After Brexit? Lutheran Identity European Unity and the Unity edited by Theodor Dieter of European Churches The study Lutheran Identity is a contribution edited by Matthias Grebe of the Institute for Ecumenical Research in and Jeremy Worthen Strasbourg to the self-understanding of the The political, social and cultural dimen- Lutheran churches worldwide. In its first set sions of European unity are going through a of theses, the basic theological convictions of period of unsettling change and challenge. Lutheran churches are described, explained, Whatever direction it takes, Brexit marks and their historical and actual contexts are a crossroad from which there is no easy addressed. In the second series of theses, the return to the way things were before. After relation of Lutheran churches to the unity of the church is discussed, along Brexit is a vital resource for all those interested in these questions, bringing with how it is articulated in the Lutheran World Federation and in ecumenical together contributions from scholars and church leaders. It reviews the role engagement. English and German text. of the churches in European integration as a post-war project, analyses the 136p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, June 2019) paperback, 9783374062195, current political and social landscape, and identifies key issues for the future $13.00. Special Offer $11.00 of ecumenism in Europe. 160p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, June 2019) paperback, 9783374061570, befreit-verbunden-engagiert / $35.00. Special Offer $28.00 liberated-connected-committed Dokumentationsband der 8. Vollversammlung der Gemeinschaft Die Evangelische Gemeinde Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa / Documents of the 8th General Theresienstadt Assembly of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe Zum Umgang der evangelischen Kirche edited by Mario Fischer and Kathrin Nothacker mit ihrer Geschichte The 8th General Assembly of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe by Johannes Wallmann brought together some 200 delegates from all over Europe in September The book is a memorial to forgotten people 2018 to gather in Basle Cathedral. This volume of documents contains the re- and events in the context of Jewish-Christians ports, resolutions and their reasoning, speeches, sermons, addresses, photos relations within the Protestant congregation and the message of peace commemorating the centenary of the end of the of Theresienstadt. German text. First World War. English and German text. 312p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, May 2019) 288p (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, September 2019) paperback, paperback, 9783374060009, $44.00. 9783374061419, $48.00. Special Offer $39.00 Special Offer $36.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 37 Schwabe — Syriac Music Institute — Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner

Les auteurs syriaques et leur langue Nietzschean Meditations edited by Margherita Farina Untimely Thoughts at the Dawn This series brings together thematic studies of the Transhuman Era that take stock of different aspects of Syriac by Steve Fuller history or culture. The Syriac language and Nietzschean Meditations takes its inspira- writing are the strongest identity marks by tion from the version of Nietzsche that which these diverse communities define was popular before the Second World War, themselves and around which they gather. At which stressed the ‘Zarathustrian’ ele- the same time, the way in which the Syriac ments of his thought as the harbinger of a language is perceived and treated over time new sort of being - the Übermensch. The and among the various authors is complex book updates the image of this creature to and variable and requires reflection. While some describe it as “the language present a version of ‘transhumanism’ that breaks with the more precautionary of Paradise,” identifying it with the language of the first man, others empha- and pessimistic approaches of humanity’s future in contemporary ‘posthu- size its link with Greek, which in classical times and late antiquity was the manist’ thought. Fuller follows Nietzsche in discussing deeply and frankly the language of culture and scientific knowledge. The first Syriac linguistic works challenging issues that aspiring transhumanists face. They include their philo- were based on the models of Greek grammar, rhetoric, and logic, and date sophical and especially theological roots, the implications of transhumanism between the 6th and 8th centuries. The influence of this first models lasted for matters of life and death, and whether any traces of classical humanity until the thirteenth century. This volume presents itself as a first invitation will remain in the ‘transhuman’ being. to an interdisciplinary approach to this major theme, bringing together the 240p (Schwabe, October 2019, Posthuman Studies) paperback, contributions of specialists in grammatical theory, rhetoric, logic, literature, 9783796540608, $41.00. Special Offer $33.00 comparative linguistics, and more. French text. hardcover, 9783796539466, $144.00. Special Offer $116.00 264p (Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, March 2019, Études syriaques 15) paperback, 9782705340094, $67.50. Special Offer $54.00 Augustinus-Lexikon vol. 4 Meritum – Sanctimoniales Syriac Hymnal edited by Cornelius Mayer by Gabriel Aydin The fourth volume of the Augustinus- This is the first official and complete Lexikon includes the four double fascicles hymnal according to the rite of the Syriac published since 2012. It also contains the Orthodox Church of Antioch. The Hymnal entries from “Meritum” to “Sanctimo- provides chants from various Syriac chant niales.” Whether looking for information traditions that have the strongest potential about St. Augustine’s life, work, ecclesias- value and usefulness to the Syriac com- tical and political positions or his personal munity. All hymns contained in this hymnal context, the reader will find important have been prepared according to the and extensive information about the early Christian Church Father in this liturgical and modal cycles of the liturgical volume. German text. year to suit the theme and mode of every given occasion. They are transcribed 1322p (Schwabe, April 2019) hardcover, 9783796537233, $513.00. into musical notation system, English translation, Latin transliteration, and Special Offer $411.00 Syriac text. The Syriac Hymnal comes with a hard cover, leather with gold foil, and displays standard features like many Western hymnals used in other Christian denominations. 400p (Syriac Music Institute, January 2019) hardcover, 9780692885062, $85.00. Special Offer $68.00

38 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Yves Congar’s Vision of Faith by John Anthony Berry How is Christian faith possible in an increasingly secularized world? This is the question that troubled the French Dominican Yves Congar from his early years as a theologian and continued to do so throughout his life. Congar demonstrates how to ac- quire an ardent “desire” to respond to this dilemma tactfully. He manifests an intellectual honesty and curiosity as to why the origin and truth of the Christian faith have been taken for granted and why everything seems to be put into question. Adopt- ing a historical method that incorporates the philosophical, theological and cultural movements of his time, Congar gradually develops a vision of faith that encompasses a thorough reflection on the totality of revelation, that is on its fact and content insofar as it concerns humanity. This research turns its attention to the need to understand the actual situation characterized by a transition from a unitary culture of the medieval Catholic world to a Church in a secularized world. 416p (Gregorian & Biblical Press, July 2019, Tesi Gregoriana: Teologia 242) paperback, 9788878394100, $35.00. Special Offer $28.00

The Praiseworthy Passion Tradition in the Theology of Yves of Shame Congar and Joseph Ratzinger A Historical and Philosophical An Historical, Theological Elucidation of Aquinas’s Thought and Comparative Study on the Nature and Role of Shame by Andrew C. Chase in the Moral Life This thesis examines the theologies of Tra- by Heribertus Dwi Kristanto dition of Yves Congar and Joseph Ratzinger, Aquinas, influenced by Aristotle, claims that noting that despite many similarities, shame is a passion, though it can be called there are significant differences in their a virtue, insofar as it is a praiseworthy pas- emphasis. In particular, the study argues sion. Though careful exegesis on key pas- that Ratzinger holds a strongly Christologi- sages containing shame-related words in Thomas Aquinas’ oeuvre, this study cal conception of Tradition, which manifests in a sacramental notion of how shows that, despite its potential to demoralize or to send the ashamed person Tradition operates. Congar’s theology of Tradition is more pneumatological, into violent rage, shame can be praiseworthy on account of its very nature as a emphasizing Tradition as the work of the Holy Spirit in bearing the Church moral passion and its constructive role in the moral life. towards the fullness of revealed truth. 424p (Gregorian & Biblical Press, February 2019, Tesi Gregoriana: Filosofia 37) 360p (Gregorian & Biblical Press, July 2019, Tesi Gregoriana: Teologia 243) paperback, 9788878394001, $35.00. Special Offer $28.00 paperback, 9788878394117, $33.00. Special Offer $27.00

Introduction to the Study The Conditions of Living Christian Faith in the Secular World of the New Testament Greek A Theological Dialogue between Charles Taylor and Joseph Swetnam-Soto Greek English Ratzinger in the Context of the Syro-Malabar Church Lexicon of New Testament by Rajesh Jacob Maruthukunnel by James Swetnam By bringing together Taylor’s view of the “space open to transcendence” and and Randy de Jesús Soto Ratzinger’s view of the “theology of logos”, this study overcomes the “disap- This book is designed primarily for students pearance thesis of Christianity” and the view that Christian faith is irrational to begin the study of New Testament Greek and mythical. The synthesis established through a dialogue between the “the- without the aid of a teacher. ology of logos” and the “space open to transcendence” is found to be relevant 224p (Gregorian & Biblical Press, to the Syro-Malabar Church. The “space open to transcendence” is an appeal to February 2019, Subsidia Biblica 50) the Syro-Malabar Church to understand its genuine place in its context(s). paperback, 9788876537097, $28.00. 232p (Gregorian & Biblical Press, June 2019, Tesi Gregoriana: Teologia 241) Special Offer $23.00 paperback, 9788878394070, $32.00. Special Offer $26.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 39 The Bible and Apartheid Contested Interpretations in the History of Christianity in South Africa and Beyond by Moritz Gräper The starting point of this book is the troubling insight that apartheid was a Christian project. Its theological justification was formulated by Christian theologians such as Totius or E. P. Groenewald. Even the segregated state structure had been prefig- ured by Dutch Reformed church orders. At the same time the struggle against apartheid was led by many Christian actors such as Desmond Tutu or Allan Boesak. They opposed the racist system in South Africa and made arguments based on biblical interpretations. This book analyzes the ambivalent role Christian actors played during apartheid. It is a study in the intersection of biblical interpretation, hermeneutics, and history of Christianity in South Africa and beyond. 262p (Harrassowitz Verlag, April 2019, Studien zur Aussereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte/Studies in the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World (Asia, Africa, Latin America) 32) paperback, 9783447112222, $79.00. Special Offer $64.00

Paradigm Change in Reading as a Disclosure Pentateuchal Research of the Thoughts of the Heart edited by Matthias Armgardt, Proto-Halakhic Reuse Benjamin Kilchör and Markus Zehnder and Appropriation between While the studies collected in this volume Torah and the Prophets do not suggest that there is only one by Kenneth Bergland specific direction for the search of a new How should we then live? This volume ex- paradigm, they make clear that an im- plores how this question may be answered portant element for the furthering of the by learning from biblical authors how discussion is the use of empirical methods, they read normative texts. It goes beyond in contradistinction to a dominance of sub- questions of how the Bible can function as jective criteria and approaches developed in circumstances that are foreign to norm for contemporary ethics, biblical law, and the memorization of revered the cultural world of the ancient Near East. texts in the ancient Near East. It combines research within these areas in a 366p (Harrassowitz Verlag, March 2019, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Altorientalische quest for reading biblical texts how they were intended by their authors. und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 22) hardcover, 9783447111706, $117.00. 362p (Harrassowitz Verlag, June 2019, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Altorientalische Special Offer $94.00 und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 23) hardcover, 9783447112109, $133.00. Special Offer $107.00 The Crimean Karaim Bible Vol. 1: Critical edition of the Pentateuch, Five Scrolls, Psalms, Faith, Politics and the Arts Proverbs, Job, Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah. Vol. 2: Translation Early Modern Cultural Transfer between Catholics and Protestants edited by Henryk Jankowski, Gulayhan Aqtay, Dorota Cegiołka, edited by Christina Strunck Tülay Çulha and Michał Németh The exchange of architectural forms and images between different confes- The present two-volume publication is a critical edition of approximately half sions as well as the political contexts and motivations for these exchanges of the Crimean Karaim Bible. The transcription is based on the most complete remain little understood. Which aspects of art and architecture were manuscript from Cambridge and a few other manuscripts, including the transferred from one confession to another, and how were they modified? earliest ones. Although the oldest known datable manuscripts go back to the What theological or political intentions motivated processes of reception seventeenth century, the language of Karaim translation is more archaic. The and adaptation? How did the arts help to interpret the relationship between edited text is provided with numerous comments and the introduction traces politics and religion? And to what extent was religious tolerance thereby the history of research. encouraged or undermined? 2 vols, 1174p (Harrassowitz Verlag, March 2019, Turcologica 119) hardcover, 370p (Harrassowitz Verlag, November 2019, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen 158) 9783447111966, $256.00. Special Offer $205.00 hardcover, 9783447111409, $119.00. Special Offer $96.00

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Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea Carolingian Commentaries in the Bodleian Library, Oxford on the Apocalypse by Theodulf edited by Jacopo Gnisci and Smaragdus The essays in this lavishly illustrated translated and introduced volume shed light on Ethiopia and Eritrea’s by Francis X. Gumerlock fascinating past by looking at some of the In the early ninth-century Theodulf of most remarkable Ethiopic manuscripts Orleans and Smaragdus of Saint Mihiel kept at the Bodleian Library. The first three served as advisers to Charlemagne. This essays function as an introduction and book provides English translations of a Latin examine the history of the collection, the commentary on the Apocalypse written by classical Ethiopic (Ge’ez) language, and Theodulf and three homilies on the Apoca- the production of manuscripts in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The remaining nine lypse by Smaragdus. A comprehensive essay introduces these texts, their contributions—each devoted to one of the Bodleian’s manuscripts—explore authors, sources, and place in ninth-century biblical exegesis. different facets of the manuscript tradition of Ethiopia and Eritrea. With its 132p (Medieval Institute Publications, June 2019, TEAMS Commentary Series) unique focus on the Bodleian’s collection, this landmark volume presents paperback, 9781580443777, $29.95. Special Offer $24.00 a comprehensive and accessible overview of the context in which Ethiopic hardcover, 9781580443784, $65.00. Special Offer $52.00 manuscripts were produced and makes the library’s treasures more accessible PDF e-book, 9781580443791, $24.00 to scholars and the interested public. 144p, col illus (Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford, June 2019, Manar al- Mathar Monographs 5) hardcover, 9780995494657, $34.95. Studies in Honor of Shaul Shaked Special Offer $28.00 edited by Yohanan Friedmann and Etan Kohlberg The Rise and Fall of Jesus Contents: The Scholarly Oeuvre of Shaul A Complete Explanation for the Life Shaked, 1: Shaul Shaked and the Study of of Jesus and the Origin of Christianity Zoroastrianism; The Scholarly Oeuvre of Shaul Shaked, 2: Shaul Shaked and the Study of by Steuart Campbell Judeo-Persian; The Scholarly Oeuvre of Shaul What really happened to Jesus? Did he Shaked, 3: Shaul Shaked on Jewish Magic; rise from the dead, and if not why do From Iran to Qumran and Beyond: On the Evil Christians believe that he did? Did he Thought of God; Babylonian Jewish Magic in have a plan and, if so, what was it? Did he Late Antiquity: Beyond the Incantation Bowls; Holy Relics in Mata Mehasya: accomplish his purpose or did the plan fail? Christians and Jews after the Muslim Conquest of Babylonia; Questions and If it failed, what were the consequences? Answers: A Literary Dialogue between al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi and Ibn al-’Arabi; Steuart Campbell, once a Christian, takes a The Medieval Persian Author on Guard: In Defense of Authorship; Shaul rationalist look at the problem of Christian origins and shows that no previous Shaked: Principal Publications. writer has completely solved the riddle of Jesus. Here he shows us a new 200p (The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, February 2019) hypothesis, one that explains Jesus’ curious behavior. The author displays hardcover, 9789652082329, $25.00. Special Offer $20.00 immense knowledge of the Bible and the history of the Jews and he explains many mysteries. He builds on the work of many other authors and constructs what is surely the true explanation for the origin of Christianity. 200p (Tectum Verlag, October 2019) paperback, 9783828843462, $37.00. Special Offer $30.00

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The Economy of God The Sarajevo Haggadah Family and Market in Christianity, History and Art Judaism and Islam by Shalom Sabar by Gérard Delille This two-volume work contains a new This book explains why and how the three facsimile edition of the Sarajevo Haggadah monotheistic religions Judaism, Christian- and a separate scholarly study of this out- ity, and Islam developed and then imposed standing monument of medieval Jewish art distinct family and kinship systems during by Shalom Sabar of the Hebrew University the period of their doctrinal elaboration, of Jerusalem. The facsimile is produced to as well as their respective religious and a very high standard, affording vivid color political affirmation in the first millen- and gold reproduction in line with the nium AD. Consciously opposed to each other, these deep structures created 14th-century original. Both facsimile and study are bound in leather and impassable cultural and social barriers between them, some of which persist presented in a slipcase. to this today. Moreover, they have had considerable economic and political 2 vols, 588p (National Museum of Bosnia & Herzegovina, December 2018) consequences: the gradual establishment of a free market and, partially, hardcover, 9789958502255, $139.95. Special Offer $112.00 state-run economies in the West; the persistence of the states dominant role in the Muslim world; and a diaspora economy in the Jewish world. Religion – Marketing’s 208p (Viella - libreria editrice, June 2019, Viella History, Art and Humanities Unwitting Godparent Collection 7) hardcover, 9788833131979, $50.00. Special Offer $40.00 A Case Study of Coffee Branding and Consumer Loyalty State Martyr by Michael Leo Ulrich Representation and Performativity This book provides an in-depth understand- of Political Violence ing of the analogy between marketing by Baldassare Scolari and religion: how an effective marketing The politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped and campaign makes consumers construct an killed by the terrorist organization “Red Bri- entire worldview with a corresponding ethos gades” in 1978. In the course of the events, regarding an advertised commodity, which the media stylized Moro as a “state martyr”. results in exceptional consumer loyalty and high profit margins. This book This volume explores the highly topical scrutinizes the advertising campaign “Nespresso. What else?” The study is question of what role the originally Christian based on an audio-visual analysis of selected commercials, and on an analysis concept of the martyr plays in the tension based on primary data about Nespresso drinkers and, as a control group, between the democratic state and terrorism. What does this concept from about consumers of other coffee brands. The statistically highly significant Christian antiquity achieve in modern socio-political discourse? What changes results are impressive and to some degree disturbing. They shed light on how has the term “martyr” undergone in European religious and cultural history? the exchange value of a profane consumer item is increased to a multiple On the basis of media sources on the Moro case, an essential phase of post- of its use value and how, in accordance with Walter Benjamin’s thesis, the war politics in Italy is reconstructed. The study opens up an interdisciplinary symbolic charging of a commodity, stripped of its profane attributes, is taken theoretical horizon in order to understand the role of religious motifs in the to extremes. socio-political context. It brings a central new dimension to the seculariza- 280p (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, May 2019) paperback, 9783848757992, tion debate, in which secularization is understood as a new configuration of $89.00. Special Offer $72.00 politics and religion. 410p (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, June 2019) paperback, 9783848757619, $134.00. Special Offer $108.00

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Genesis 1–11 The Sayings Source by David Carr A Commentary on Q There has been a recent trend of dating many non-Priestly texts later than their by Markus Tiwald Priestly counterparts, and this movement has significant synchronic, as well as The so-called “Sayings Source” (“Q”) contains traditions that can be found in diachronic, implications. The commentary engages these approaches in provid- the narrative gospels of Matthew and Luke. Situated within both early Judaism ing a multi-layered reading of the diverse texts and strata of Genesis 1–11. This and the burgeoning Jesus movement, the sayings waver somewhere between combination of diachronic and synchronic approaches yields new insights into the historical Jesus and the Christian communities. Following the recon- these evocative and influential narratives at the outset of the Bible. structed text of the “Critical Edition of Q”, Tiwald brings a new study on the 400p (Kohlhammer Verlag, December 2019, International Exegetical narratology of Q as a coherent attempt to answer the question: Who is Jesus? Commentary on the Old Testament) hardcover, 9783170206236, $124.00. 280p (Kohlhammer Verlag, December 2019) paperback, 9783170374386, Special Offer $100.00 $62.00. Special Offer $50.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 1442–19 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 43 Distributor of Scholarly Books

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