“Arab,” “Jew,” and Identity in Israel – By Samuel Thrope
Samuel Thrope on Shadow in Baghdad Shadow in Baghdad – Trailer from Zygote Films on Vimeo. In 1946, Baghdad was a Jewish town.
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A Tragedy of the Most Ironic Sort – By Todd Hasak-Lowy
Todd Hasak-Lowy on Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel Every publishing season brings a new batch of titles dealing with
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Found in Translation – By John Hobbins
John Hobbins on Robert Alter’s translation with commentary of Joshua-2 Kings Robert Alter has been Englishing the Hebrew Bible to wide acclaim for
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Crumbling Criteria: Constructing an Authentic Jesus – By Helen Bond
Helen Bond on Chris Keith and Anthony Le Donne’s Jesus Criteria and the Demise of Authenticity Historical Jesus work used to be easy. Cocooned
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The Hanukkah Dilemma – By Rachel Gordan
Rachel Gordan on Dianne Ashton’s Hanukkah in America: A History Dianne Ashton’s new history of Hanukkah in America had particular poignance this holiday season. Standing
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The Birth of Academic Biblical Studies – By Angela Roskop Erisman
Angela Roskop Erisman on Magne Sæbø, ed. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: The History of its Interpretation, Volume III/1: The Nineteenth Century — a Century of Modernism
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Reading Ugaritic – By Ola Wikander
Ola Wikander on John Huehnergard’s An Introduction to Ugaritic The Ugaritic language, spoken and written on the coast of Syria during the Late Bronze Age,
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Literary Criticism and the Composition of the Hebrew Bible – By Juha Pakkala
Juha Pakkala on David M. Carr’s The Formation of the Hebrew Bible: A New Reconstruction One cannot understand the history and religion of ancient Israel
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The Book of Job’s Past, Present, and Future Consequences – By Davis Hankins
Davis Hankins on C.L. Seow’s Job 1-21: Interpretation and Commentary. An irony pervades the practice of writing the critical biblical commentary: quite often, the biblical
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Trajectory and Change in Islamic Law – By Ahmed El Shamsy
Ahmed El Shamsy on Behnam Sadeghi’s The Logic of Law Making in Islam: Women and Prayer in the Legal Tradition The origins of the
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