This highly original, provocative, and poetic work explores the nexus of time, truth, and death in the symbolic world of medieval kabbalah. Alef, Mem, Tau also discusses Islamic mysticism and Buddhist thought in relation to the Jewish esoteric tradition as it opens the possibility of a temporal triumph of temporality and the conquering of time through time.

Current global tensions and the spread of terrorism have resurrected in the West a largely negative perception of Islamic society, an ill will fueled by centuries of conflict and prejudice. Shedding light on the history behind these hostile feelings, Frederick Quinn's timely volume traces the Western image of Islam from its earliest days to recent times.

Qur'an: An Introduction is the first book that deals with the Quranic discourse from two essential perspectives. First, the book examines the development of Mohammed's thought within the context of Jewish and Christian ideas about God; and second, it explores the Quranic message from the vantage point of the modern scientific world view.

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, leading religion and Middle East expert Charles Kimball shows how all religious traditions are susceptible to these basic corruptions and why only authentic faith can prevent such evil.

This book presents the reader with a comprehensive view of the theology underlying the first narrative account of the life of Jesus.

Many students and members of the public who follow news reports on science and religion may think that Protestantism and science are in conflict. But while evangelical attacks on evolution may make the headlines, many mainstream Protestant groups have long embraced science and the scientific worldview. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion covers those Protestant thinkers who seek to use the insights of science to further their understanding of religion and faith.

Within the writings of Flavius Josephus, his autobiographical The Life appears to be written for a non-Judean audience living in Rome. Josephus explains Judean customs and laws, he explains geography of Galilee, Samaria and Jerusalem, and does not assume that his readers understand anything about Judaism. Thus The Life is a rich mine of information about both the Roman Empire at this time and the holiest city for both Jews and Christians: Jerusalem and the surrounding areas.

For many people the existence of God is by no means a sufficiently clear feature of reality. This problem, the fact of divine hiddenness, has been a source of existential concern and has sometimes been taken as a rationale to support atheism or agnosticism. In this new collection of essays, a distinguished group of philosophers of religion explore the question of divine hiddenness in considerable detail. The issue is approached from several perspectives including Jewish, Christian, atheist, and agnostic.