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Scriptural Traces / Jewish and Christian Texts
Matthew’s Account of the Massacre of the Innocents in Light of its Reception History
Sung J. Cho, The Master’s Seminary, USA Sung Cho addresses the seeming contradiction of Herod the Great’s massacre in Matthew 2:16-18, questioning why such a tragedy had to occur, why it was included in the good news of Jesus, and what connection it has to ancient prophecies. In creating a reception history of the Massacre of the Innocents, Cho progresses through two millennia worth of interpretation and depiction to highlight key works for discussion.
UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 272 pages • 17 bw illus HB 9780567699534 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780567699565 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780567699541 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of New Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces • T&T Clark
The Bible on Television
Edited by Helen K. Bond, University of Edinburgh, UK & Edward Adams, King's College London, UK This volume examines and discusses selected Bible documentaries and academically informed dramatizations of the Bible. In the first section, a number of influential filmmakers and producers discuss their work in relation to the context and constraints of television (especially religious television) programming. The second section contains reflections from academics who have acted as historical consultants and presenters. They examine the processes involved and how their contributions were used. The third section assesses the finished products, and what they can tell us about the modern reception of the Bible.
UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 280 pages PB 9780567702180 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780567673992 ePub 9780567693334 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780567674005 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of New Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces • T&T Clark
Rediscovering the Marys
Maria, Mariamne, Miriam
Edited by Mary Ann Beavis, St. Thomas More College, Canada & Ally Kateusz, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Which biblical Mary did the author of the Gospel of Mary intend to portray—Magdalene, Mother, or neither? Why did some writers depict Mary of Nazareth as a priest? Were extracanonical scriptures featuring Mary more influential than the canonical gospels on the depiction of Maryam in the Qur’an? This interdisciplinary volume provides new insights into Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Mary the Mother of Jesus, and Miriam the sister of Moses. Mariamic traditions are often interconnected, as seen in the portrayal of these women as community leaders, prophets, apostles and priests.
UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 288 pages • 50 illus PB 9780567702128 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780567683458 ePub 9780567683496 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780567683465 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of New Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces • T&T Clark
The Politics of Purim
Law, Sovereignty and Hospitality in the Aesthetic Afterlives of Esther
Jo Carruthers, University of Lancaster, UK Jo Carruthers considers the political legacy of the biblical story of Esther in festival and art works, exploring carnival and synagogue practices, the purimshpil illuminated Esther scrolls, and artworks by Botticelli, Millais and Jan Steen. Carruthers analyses the complex and astute interrogation of political life in such festival and artworks through theories of sovereignty, law, precarity and hospitality by key political thinkers such as Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, and Jacques Rancière.
UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 224 pages • 8 bw illus PB 9780567702319 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780567691866 ePub 9780567693327 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780567691873 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces • T&T Clark
Jewish and Christian Texts
James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
The Protevangelium of James Volume 2
Critical Questions
George T. Zervos, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA George T. Zervos provides a critical investigation of the Protevangelium of James. Whereas Zervos' first volume offers a critical edition of the Greek text together with English translation and critical introduction, he now considers the wideranging critical questions in greater depth, creating a data driven textual commentary on the very early complete papyrus copy of the ProtJac, P.Bodm V, highlighting the idiosyncrasies of the papyrus text vis-à-vis the remainder of the Greek MS tradition. He additionally analyses the perpetuation of doctrinal misrepresentation by a number of later scribes.
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 224 pages HB 9780567553775 • £65.00 / $88.00 ePub 9780567322746 • £58.50 / $76.86 ePdf 9780567023872 • £58.50 / $76.86 Series: Jewish and Christian Texts • T&T Clark
The Glory of the Invisible God
Andrei Orlov, Marquette University, Australia Andrei Orlov examines early Christological developments in the light of references to the “two powers” in heaven, and specifically to the glory of God. Orlov begins by looking at references to the “two powers” in early Jewish literature, in particular the book of Daniel, and in apocryphal writings. He then traces the term through Rabbinic literature and applies this directly to understanding of Christological debates. Part two of the book examines language of the “two powers” in Christian literature, especially accounts of the Transfiguration and the Baptism of Jesus.
UK August 2021 • US August 2021 • 240 pages PB 9780567702098 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780567692238 ePub 9780567692689 • £85.50 / $112.04 ePdf 9780567692245 • £85.50 / $112.04 Series: Jewish and Christian Texts • T&T Clark
