Torah: Functions, Meanings, and Diverse Manifestations in Early Judaism and Christianity

by William M. Schniedewind, Gabriele Boccaccini, Jason M. Zurawski

Book Overview

Scholars of early Jewish and Christian literature rethink some of the most basic scholarly assumptions and preconceptions about the nature of torah in light of new critical approaches. Essays explore torah through philological, historical-critical, cultural-historical, transcultural, postcolonial, biocultural evolutionary, material, and performance studies-methodologies that better address the complexity of the topic and better reflect the ambiguity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628375027
• ISBN13: 9781628375022
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: SBL Press
• Length: 570 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"