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Scientists try to date the Priestly Benediction Ancient scroll the subject of archaeological detective story
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The words are among the most familiar and ecumenical in the
liturgies of Judaism and Christianity. At the close of a worship
service, the rabbi, priest, or pastor delivers, with only slight
variations, the comforting and fortifying benediction:
"May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord cause his face
to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the Lord lift up his
countenance upon you and grant you peace."
An archaeological discovery in 1979 revealed that the Priestl...
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Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature
Trinity Journal
; Kenton L. Sparks. Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2005. 514 pp. $39.95. The author has provided an entre into the world of comparative literature used to study the Hebrew Bible. A second, forthcoming volume will evaluate
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Corporate Responsibility in the Hebrew Bible
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; JOEL S. KAMINSKY, Corporate Responsibility in the Hebrew Bible (JSOTSup 196; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995). Pp. 211. L27.50, $41. Prompted by a sense that the concept of corporate responsibility is being disregarded by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, Kaminsky rises to its defense. In
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The problem of the two testaments: pedagogical motives for shifting from "Old Testament" to "Hebrew Bible."
College Literature
; In undergraduate courses using literary approaches to both Bibles, I find it useful to exhibit an element of rebellion against Christian hermeneutics by renaming the Old and New Testaments as the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. Here, I offer a pedagogical defense for shifting the students' orientation
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Hebrew Bible Sold for $3.19 Million
The Washington Post
; A 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible sold for a world record auction price of $3.19 million today in London, Sotheby's said. Yecheskel Toporowitch, identified only as a resident of New York and Israel, bought the Hebrew Bible, which is believed to have been written in the Jewish community in Babylon in
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War Of (Holy) Words: The Koran, the Hebrew Bible and violence
The New York Jewish Week
; War Of (Holy) Words: The Koran, the Hebrew Bible and violence. It's not just the Koran. As American media pundits, religious scholars and lay people focus on Islam's holy book, and how some of its texts are being used by some Islamists to justify suicide terrorists and holy war, it would also do
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Introduction to the Hebrew Bible with CD-Rom
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ... beginning. Between "Abbreviations" and "Introduction" are thirteen maps. Some represent the historical world: the ancient Near East ... Persian empire, the Greek empire. But interspersed are fictional maps depicting the world of the patriarchs, the exodus, settlement ...
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A Feminist Companion to the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ATHALYA BRENNER (ed A Feminist Companion to the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament (The Feminist Companion to the Bible 10; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1996). Pp. 384. 16.50, $24.50. The collection contains eighteen articles, in addition to a "personal note" and introduction (pp. 15-29) by the editor.
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Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Theological Studies
; ... to two pages, followed by bibliographic information on primary editions, translations, and secondary literature. Timelines and maps are included. S. does not hesitate to provide analyses; hence his discussions are never mere descriptions. The book will be appreciated ...
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TABOO OR NOT TABOO: SEXUALITY AND FAMILY IN THE HEBREW BIBLE.(Review)
Theological Studies
; TABOO OR NOT TABOO: SEXUALITY AND FAMILY IN THE HEBREW BIBLE. By Ilona N. Rashkow. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000. Pp. x + 195. $22. Rashkow presents a provocative interpretation of several familiar biblical stories in this mostly readable volume. Her theoretical approach is feminist and
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Can a Cushite Change His Skin? An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, and Othering in the Hebrew Bible
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; RODNEY STEVEN SADLER, JR., Can a Cushite Change His Skin? An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, and Othering in the Hebrew Bible (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 425; London/New York: Clark, 2005). Pp. xiv + 175. $115. Sadler's book is from his Ph.D. dissertation (Duke University) of the
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