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What Great Transformation? Continuity, Rupture, and Capitalism in Twenty-First-Century Jewish Studies
(University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press), 2020)When it comes to Jewish politics and religion, contemporary scholarly trends broadly—if cautiously—favor the classic interpretation of modernity as a moment of rupture. When it comes to Jews and economics, however, continuity ... -
The Way of Humanity: Confucian Wisdom for an Opening World (Teachings of the Korean Philosopher, Haengchon)
(University of Kansas Libraries, 2020)The Way of Humanity presents a Confucian vision for personal and social transformation intended to bring about a worldwide social order of harmony, dignity, and justice for all peoples, beyond divisive sectarianism and ... -
Lipa Comes to Necedah
(University of California Press, 2017-11)In the late summer and fall of 1950, Juliet Hughes, a self-appointed promoter of a Marian apparition at Lipa in the Philippines, joined the crowds assembling for apparitions of the Virgin in Necedah, Wisconsin. The story ... -
American Indian Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Smokeless Tobacco: A Comparison of Two Focus Group Studies
(Springer Verlag, 2017-12)Though smokeless tobacco (SLT) use has decreased in many communities, concern for American Indian (AI) SLT use remains, as this population continues to be disproportionally affected by SLT-related diseases. Tobacco has ... -
Genre and Rewritten Scripture: A Reassessment
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The Problem of Characterizing the 4QReworked Pentateuch Manuscripts: Bible, Rewritten Bible, or None of the Above?
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2008)This article engages the problem of whether the five manuscripts classified as 4QReworked Pentateuch (4Q158, 4Q364–367) should be considered extrabiblical compositions or simply expansive copies of the Pentateuch. Since ... -
4QReworked Pentateuch C and the Literary Sources of the Temple Scroll: A New (Old) Proposal
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012)This essay proposes a new understanding of the literary history of the Temple Scroll in light of its relationship with 4QReworked Pentateuch C (4Q365 + 365a). It begins from the argument that 4QRP C includes the five ... -
Torah for ‘The Age of Wickedness’: The Authority of the Damascus and Serekh Texts in Light of Biblical and Rewritten Traditions
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2013)Considerable attention has been paid recently to the similarities between the composition and development of biblical texts, rewritten scripture-type texts, and the major Qumran rule scrolls. This study adds a new dimension ... -
The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Scribal Culture of Second Temple Judaism
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2015)The Samaritan Pentateuch (SP), along with its Qumran forebears, has deservedly been regarded as a key source of information for understanding the scribal culture of early Judaism. Yet studies have tended to emphasize the ... -
The Coptic Wizard's Hoard
(Cambridge University Press, 1994-10-01)Within the large collection of ancient manuscripts at the University of Michigan there is a group of Coptic papyri which appears to have been a hoard or library of ancient magical texts. Produced by five copyists sometime ... -
Academic Integrity and the Study of New Religious Movements: Introduction
(University of California Press, 1998-10-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
No Oil: The coming Utopia/Dystopia and Communal Possibilities
(Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Letras, 2006-03-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
The Evolution of American Spiritual Communities, 1965–2009
(University of California Press, 2010-02-01)The great outpouring of new religious and spiritual movements in the United States after 1965 led to the formation of thousands of spiritual intentional communities. Those communities were based in all the world's major ... -
Was Valerius Maxumus a Hack?
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013)Valerius Maximus’ Facta et dicta memorabilia blends elements of Roman declamation and historiography. Scrutiny of this text’s intertextual practices sheds light on the relationship it creates between its contents and its ...