Saul M. Olyan

The Bible after Babel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“With characteristic insight, learning, and wit, John J. Collins leads readers on a tour of a field transformed. Finding valid concerns and significant insights in feminist criticism, deconstruction, and postcolonial analysis, among other newer approaches to the study of the Bible, Collins demonstrates nonetheless that historical criticism is still a lively, evolving approach drawing upon multiple methods. This wise and timely book is a must-read for anyone — specialist or nonspecialist — interested in the future of historical biblical criticism.”

The Scepter and the Star

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This new edition of Collins's classic contains updated bibliography and notes throughout, as well as a very useful and circumspect assessment of the recent work of Israel Knohl. Reflecting a fine command of the scholarship and characteristically excellent critical judgment, The Scepter and the Star is still the best work available on early messianism.”