{"product_id":"9780567715722","title":"Unruly Books Rethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUnruly Books\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEsther Brownsmith | Liv Ingeborg Lied | Marianne Bjelland Kartzow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Biblical Studies \/ History \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis volume explores the idea of the unruly book, from books now known by their titles alone to books that subverted structures of power and gender\u003c\/b\u003e. The contributors show how these books functioned as “sticky” objects, and they examine the story of what such books signified to the people who wrote, read, discussed, yearned for, or even prohibited them. The books examined are those of the first millennium of the Common Era, and the writings of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and related traditions. In particular, the contributors examine the bounty of books within this period that are hard to pin down, whether extant, lost, or imagined-books that challenge modern scholars to reconceptualize our notions of books (biblical or otherwise), religion, manuscript culture, and intellectual history. Through the critical analyses presented in this volume, the contributors negotiate the diverse stories told by unruly books and show that by listening to the stories that books tell, we learn more about the worlds that imagined and discussed them.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEsther Brownsmith\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Dayton, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiv Ingeborg Lied \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of the Study of Religion at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarianne Bjelland Kartzow \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eT\u0026amp;T Clark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780567715722\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223574380684,"sku":"9780567715722","price":43.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_89029899-2a0d-445e-82df-d3bf688c4e22.jpg?v=1783077560","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780567715722","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}