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James
Bruce Chilton
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
JAMES, the brother of JesusIntroductionWithin the New Testament, a figure named “James,” an English rendering that represents “Jacob” from Hebrew and ...
Jeremiah
Marvin A. Sweeney, Shelley Birdsong
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
JeremiahIntroductionThe Book of Jeremiah is the second of the major prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible, although Rabbinic tradition sometimes places ...
Jerusalem
Dan Pioske
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
JerusalemIntroductionJerusalem is the most important location in the Bible and the most researched within the realm of biblical studies. Already a Can...
Jesus of Nazareth
Pierluigi Piovanelli
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Jesus of Nazareth Introduction In modern and contemporary research, the study of the historical figure of Jesus of Nazareth has become a spec...
Jewish Christianity
Annette Yoshiko Reed
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Jewish Christianity Introduction “Jewish Christianity” is a modern scholarly category. In 19th- and early-20th-century scholarship, this and r...
Jewish Festivals
Alan Avery-Peck
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
Jewish FestivalsIntroductionThe topic of Jewish holidays covers diverse historical periods, from biblical times until the present, and also diverse me...
Job
Carol Newsom
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Job Introduction The book of Job is one of the wisdom writings in the Hebrew Bible. In the Jewish canon it is placed with the Kethubim (“Writ...
John the Baptist
Federico Adinolfi, Joan Taylor
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
John the Baptist Introduction John the Baptist is an enigmatic figure within the New Testament. In Christian tradition his role as the precurs...
John, Gospel of
Gilbert Van Belle
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Gospel of John Introduction According to ecclesial tradition, the Fourth Gospel of the New Testament is attributed to the apostle John, the son...
Joshua
Thomas B. Dozeman
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Joshua Introduction The book of Joshua narrates the conquest of Canaan by the second generation of Israelites who left Egypt. The first gener...
Jubilees, Book of
John C. Endres
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Book of Jubilees Introduction The Book of Jubilees is a Jewish book from the 2nd century bce that presents the narrative of Genesis and Exodus ...
Judaism, Hellenistic
Lester L. Grabbe
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Hellenistic JudaismIntroductionThe term “Hellenistic Judaism” is a conventional one, long used, but a misnomer according to many contemporary scholars...
Judaism, Rabbinic
Rivka Ulmer
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Rabbinic Judaism Introduction The origins of rabbinic Judaism are found in the many Judaisms that coexisted during the Second Temple period...
Judaism, Second Temple
Annette Yoshiko Reed
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Second Temple Judaism Introduction “Second Temple Judaism” is a common designation for the Jewish traditions that flourished between the return...
Judas, Gospel of
John Turner
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Gospel of Judas Introduction We possess the Gospel of Judas as the third treatise in a single fourth-century papyrus codex, or bound book, wri...
Jude, Epistle of
Peter H. Davids
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Epistle of JudeIntroductionJude or Judas is both an individual who lived in the 1st century and the letter attributed to that individual. The letter d...
Judges, Book of
Gregory Mobley, Joanna Kline
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Book of JudgesIntroductionThis frontier epic located among the former prophets in the Jewish Bible and the historical books in the Old Testament of th...
Judith, Book of
Lawrence Wills
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Book of JudithIntroductionJudith is one of the books of the Apocrypha, the Jewish texts that were included in the Catholic and Orthodox Old Testaments...
Kings, 1 and 2
Gary N. Knoppers, Jonathan S. Greer
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
1 and 2 Kings Introduction The biblical books of 1 and 2 Kings provide a theological history of the monarchy from the 10th to the early 6...
Kingship
Mark W. Hamilton
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
KingshipIntroductionKingship is an ancient institution, originating in the 4th millennium bce (or perhaps even slightly earlier) as small-scale societ...
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