Apocalypse Against Empire: Theologies of Resistance in Early Judaism, Paperback - Anathea E. Portier-Young

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Reducere. This collection of twelve essays by Thomas Kazen focuses on issues of purity and purification in early Judaism and the Jesus tradition. During the ...

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Culled from The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, a monumental, groundbreaking reference work published in late 2010, Early Judaism: A Comprehe...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David (New York University, USA) KonstanNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x ...

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The book is a protest against some geopolitical agendas which are pushing the world toward a major global war, and possibly toward a nuclear apocal...

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How would we understand early modern political context differently if we accounted for the theological commitments of early modern resistance theor...

Examining different forms of resistance among Shi'i women in the Middle East and Europe, this book studies the performance of sectarian and gender ...

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Reducere. A traditional Catholic commentary on the Book of the Apocalypse. Originally published in 1921.

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