Son of God

Divine Sonship in Jewish and Christian Antiquity

$101.95 $50.98

Through close readings of relevant texts from multiple ancient corpora, including the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Greco-Roman texts and inscriptions, early Christian and Islamic texts, and apocalyptic literature, the essays in this collection demonstrate that divine sonship is an ideal prism through which to better understand the deep interrelationship of ancient religions and their politics of kingship and divinity.

The Southern Wall of the Temple Mount and Its Corners

Past, Present and Future

$199.95 $119.97

“The Temple Mount/Haram aš-Šarīf has fascinated scholars since the dawn of modern archaeology, and the pious for millennia before that. The studies assembled here document excavations and conservation at the southern and southwestern retaining walls of the Herodian Temple, with special care for all periods—from the Iron Age to Herod the Great to medieval Islam. This magnificent volume is a monument to decades of dedicated research, a resource for generations to come!”—Steven Fine, Churgin Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University

Like a Lone Bird on a Roof

Animal Imagery and the Structure of Psalms

$33.95 $20.37

“Overall, [Forti] displays commendable consistency in her approach to metaphors. Her work may serve as a useful methodological tool for any future research into metaphors in the Psalms.”—Juan Cruz, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

Times of Transition

Judea in the Early Hellenistic Period

$129.95 $77.97

“With this volume in hand, the late-Persian and early-Hellenistic period can no longer be called a dark age. The authors and editors are to be congratulated with this observation.”—Jan Willem van Henten, Bibliotheca Orientalis

Letters from Home

The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

Malka Z. Simkovich

In press!
“A brilliant study of how Second Temple letter-writers and authors constructed diaspora and shaped their own identities, which resonate with our own times as well.”—Adele Reinhartz, author of Cast Out of the Covenant: Jews and Anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John

Israel’s Day of Light and Joy

The Origin, Development, and Enduring Meaning of the Jewish Sabbath

Jon D. Levenson

In press!
“A masterful piece of scholarship. Levenson has somehow managed to combine a rigorous historical-critical analysis of the Sabbath with a theologically sensitive discussion of the meaning and value of the Sabbath as it has developed into the present day in a fresh, readable volume seasoned throughout with wit and good humor.”—Jason Staples, author of Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Jews, Former Gentiles, Israelites

The Queens of the Arabs During the Neo-Assyrian Period

Ellie Bennett

Just published!
The title “Queen of the Arabs” is applied in Neo-Assyrian texts to five women from the Arabian Peninsula. These women led armies, offered tribute, and held religious roles in their communities from 738 to approximately 651 BCE. This book discusses what the title meant to the women who carried it and to the Assyrians who wrote about them.

The article “The Houses of Hellenistic-Roman Tel Dor: A Study of Domestic Social Practices and Economic Activities” is available for free in Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies.

Welcome Production Coordinator Cindy Lim to our team at PSU Press Journals! Cindy comes to us from Stanford University Press, and formerly University of California Press.

Keeping Women in Their Digital Place

The Maintenance of Jewish Gender Norms Online

Ruth Tsuria

Since its inception, the internet has been theorized as a democratic force, a public sphere in which hierarchies are flattened. But the internet is not a neutral tool; it has the power to amplify and mirror certain opinions and, as a result, can concretize social norms. So what happens when matters of religious practice and gender identity collide in these—often unregulated—online spaces?

Marrakesh and the Mountains

Landscape, Urban Planning, and Identity in the Medieval Maghrib

Abbey Stockstill

“Through a close reading of the city of Marrakesh, this book offers a novel exploration of how landscape, political practice, and religious ideology intersect to produce urban space. Beautifully written and deeply researched, Marrakesh and the Mountains restores Marrakesh to its central place in the study of premodern urbanism.”—Abigail Balbale, author of The Wolf King: Ibn Mardanīsh and the Construction of Power in al-Andalus