This volume deals with the role of saints and exemplary persons in Judaism and Christianity throu...

Purity has long been recognized as one of the essential drives which determines humankind's relat...

This volume deals with the various ways in which Jews and Christians define their religious ident...

In Religious Stories in Transformation: Conflict, Revision and Reception, the editors present a c...

This volume contains a variety of essays that deal with the complex relationships between Judaism...

'Über sein Leben ist leider weiter nichts bekannt' - so hieß es in einem Verzeichnis des literari...

In Parables in Changing Contexts, new venues in the comparative study of parables are addressed b...

Sacrifice is a well known form of ritual in many world religions. Although the actual practice of...

Time and space can take on a sacred nature in both Judaism and Christianity accompanied by a perm...