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The Gospel of Mark and the Self-Sacrifice of Rulers
Matthew Thiessen
Though the “many for one” political ideology was widespread in the first century CE, the Gospel of Mark, passage 10:45, rejects this ideology. Instead, this type of rule is contrasted with Jesus’s own as the servant king, sacrificing himself (the...
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The Context of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Qumran Library
Daniel Machiela
The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls comprise a new source of information for ancient Judaism from the fourth to first centuries BCE. These scrolls exhibit a number of characteristics that distinguish them from the Hebrew literature found in the Dead Sea...
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Indian Buddhist Monastic Law (Vinaya) Texts in the Gilgit Manuscripts: High-Resolution, Colour Images with Scholarly Appendices
Shayne Clarke
This is the first volume in a new series of books providing unparalleled access to the Buddhist Gilgit manuscripts in their correct order with detailed concordances and bibliographical surveys. The high-resolution, colour images of the Vinaya...