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Studies in Biblical, Assyrian, and Other Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Mordechai Cogan on His 75th Birthday
In three sections—Biblical Studies, Assyriology and Near Eastern Studies, and Comparative Studies—friends and colleagues present contributions in honor of Mordechai Cogan. Best known as the author of the Anchor Bible Commentary on 1 and 2 Kings, Cogan has followed in the footsteps of one of his mentors, Hayim Tadmor, integrating the ......
Explores the figurative and symbolic function of animal imagery in the Bible, with particular attention to the structural and stylistic features of that imagery in the Book of Psalms.
Slavery, Gender, and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Sabara, Minas Gerais
To studies of Brazilian slavery, this book adds a new dimension by showing how it developed in a region where mining was the chief commercial activity and how important a role gender played in this frontier setting in creating opportunities for slaves to achieve some measure of autonomy, compared with slaves who worked in sugar-cane and ......
The Metaphorical World of Israel's Household in the Book of Isaiah
Explores how the Book of Isaiah portrays Israel and its capital city using five metaphors that arise from the realm of household relationships: sons/children, daughter, mother, wife, and servant.
The Rhetorical Function of Allusion to Genesis 1-3 in the Book of Leviticus
A methodologically constrained examination of the lexical, syntactical, and conceptual correspondence between the opening chapters of Genesis and Leviticus 11, 16, and 26. Explores the potential rhetorical function of allusion for the texts’ original ......
Who is Matt Cvetic? Hero? Scoundrel? Mole? The man who loosely provided the inspiration for the B-Grade cult movie I Was a Communist for the FBI had a life that was marred by alcoholism, damaged expectations, and greed.
Cvetic, at the request of the FBI, joined a Pittsburgh branch of the CPUSA in 1943. He became one of ......
Personal and Critical Perspectives on White Privilege
A collection of essays weaving together theoretical insights from philosophy, sociology, economics, psychology, literature, and history, as well as the authors’ personal narratives, to examine the forms and persistence of white privilege.
Personal and Critical Perspectives on White Privilege
A collection of essays weaving together theoretical insights from philosophy, sociology, economics, psychology, literature, and history, as well as the authors’ personal narratives, to examine the forms and persistence of white privilege.
Studies in Jewish History and Culture in Honor of Lee I. Levine
In 1961, when Lee Israel Levine graduated from both Columbia College in New York, majoring in philosophy, and Jewish Theological Seminary, majoring in Talmud, this accomplishment was only a precursor to the brilliant career that would follow. While researching his Columbia University dissertation in Jerusalem, Levine established close ties with ......
