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New York: Cambridge University Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781009609081.
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Violence is one of the key themes in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It captured the imagination of the Sectarians who wrote these scrolls, and who saw themselves as victims of persecution. Their vision for the end of days included fantasies of revenge against their enemies. In this volume, Alex P. Jassen explores the intersection of violence and power in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the ancient sectarian movement which generated and preserved these texts. Bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to this topic, he offers insights into the origins and function of violence for the people behind the Dead Sea Scrolls. He demonstrates how they positioned themselves in a world dominated by more powerful Jews and the overwhelming might of foreign empires. Jassen addresses the complex relationship between violence, power, and social groups by drawing on cross-cultural examples of sectarianism, millennial movements, and disempowered groups, with particular emphasis on New Religious movements such as the Branch Davidians.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780521196048.
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This book is the first work of its kind to examine legal exegesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls from the perspective of both the history of Jewish law and early Jewish scriptural interpretation. It shows how the Dead Sea Scrolls transform the meaning and application of biblical law to meet the needs of new historical and cultural settings. The Dead Sea Scrolls legal texts are examined through the comparative lens of law and legal interpretation in Second Temple Judaism and rabbinic Judaism. The creative interpretation of scriptural texts in the Dead Sea Scrolls responds to the tension between seemingly rigid authoritative scripture and the need for law and scripture to be perpetually evolving entities. The ongoing legal interpretation of scriptural texts frames the development of Jewish law at the same time as it shapes the nature of the biblical canon.
Reviews & Endorsements
Reviews & Endorsements
“In this book, Alex P. Jassen, joins two lines of inquiry that are commonly pursued independently of one another: the scriptural hermeneutics of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their legal contents. Previous studies of scriptural interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls have tended to focus on the nonlegal, narrative, hortatory, liturgical, and eschatalogical texts, while those on the legal contents of the scrolls have sought to uncover the sect’s practices, polemics against other groups, or the larger history of ancient Jewish law. While there have been several important recent studies that combine interests in Qumran (the site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls) law and scriptural exegesis, none has been as comprehensive and as systematic as is Jassen’s. This book offers high-quality scholarship on an important and timely topic.”
Steven D. Fraade, Mark Taper Professor of the History of Judaism, Yale University
“There is no doubt that the legal texts from Qumran have become a real focus of scrolls research in the relatively short time that all of them have been available. The contemporary emphasis on these texts reflects well their importance to the ancient community that owned them. Despite all the research that has been devoted to these works, Jassen approaches them in an original way. He knows the texts well, deals with issues of reading and reconstruction, interacts with the secondary literature adeptly, and explains the issues lucidly. Jassen works at a very high level.”
James C. VanderKam, John A. O’Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, University of Notre Dame
"This volume fleshes out an important new research agenda which Jassen forcefully promoted in a 30-page article on 'The Presentation of the Ancient Prophets as Lawgivers at Qumran’ that appeared in the Journal of Biblical Studies in 2008 … The present volume consolidates this approach further by offering detailed case studies exploring legal hermeneutics of prophetic texts in the Scrolls and reflecting on the significance of those findings for the history of Jewish law and legal exegesis from the Second Temple period to the rabbis."
Charlotte Hempel, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism, University of Birmingham
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 68; Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2007. ISBN: 9789004158429
Winner: John Templeton Award for Theological Promise (2009)
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This book is a comprehensive treatment of prophecy and revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It begins by analyzing the re-presentation of the classical prophets and their revelatory experience in an attempt to identify how prophecy and revelation was reconceptualized in the Dead Sea Scrolls in dialogue and in contrast with received biblical models. This work then examines the direct evidence in the Dead Sea Scrolls regarding ongoing prophetic activity at Qumran and in related segments of Second Temple Judaism. This study argues that the Dead Sea Scrolls bear witness to a transformed prophetic tradition active at Qumran and in Second Temple Judaism. Topics treated include the relationship of prophecy to scriptural interpretation, wisdom, and law, and eschatological prophecy
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Reviews & Endorsements
"Jassen's book is insightful and forms a major contribution to the two areas of research that it spans, namely the afterlife of bibilical prophecy in the interprative tradition of the Second Temple Period, and the social phenomenon of prophecy in the same time period. The author is clearly knowledgable in his field, as shown by the wealth of secondary literature cited in, among other languages, English, French and German."
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Svensk Exegetisk Arsbok, 2010.
"Jassen offers a sophisticated approach to the topic: rather than defining Second Temple prophecy according to the classical models in the Hebrew Bible he proposes we have to consider how the writers of Second Temple Jewish literature viewed prophecy. From this perspective the later texts attest that prophecy was alive and well throughout the period, although in transformed modes, such as exegesis. Through the many detailed and thorough analyses of texts from a range of Second Temple sources, Jassen demonstrates that he is indeed a highly capable and able exegete himself."
Cecilia Wassén, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009.
Co-edited with Lawrence H. Schiffman. Series: The New Antiquity. Palgrave 2024. ISBN 9783031531767
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This volume draws readers into the exciting world of the Dead Sea Scrolls – around 930 manuscripts which were discovered in caves near the ancient settlement of Qumran between 1947 and 1956, and which transformed scholarship of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity. Ten scholars working at the forefront of their field address big-picture issues in relation to the scroll fragments, including their preservation and conservation; their availability electronically; and their relation to Rabbinic literature. The book also looks at the archaeology of Qumran, and the history and identity of the community; ancient writing systems; the scrolls in relation to the wider world of the time – the practice of magic and demonology, prayer, and colonial violence and power – as well as representations of them in popular media. The volume situates Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship within broader conversations in the study of the ancient world: Biblical Studies, Religious Studies, Classics, Archaeology, Jewish Studies, and Ancient History.
Co-edited with Stuart S. Miller, Michael D. Swartz, Steven Fine, Naomi Grunhaus. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 63. Leiden: Brill, 2020.
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This Festschrift in honor of Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman, a renowned authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic Judaism, includes contributions by twenty of his former doctoral students, now colleagues. The volume is divided into two sections, the “Biblical and Second Temple Period” and “Rabbis, Other Jews, and Neighboring Cultures.” The diverse topics covered and the wide range of interdisciplinary approaches employed reflect Professor Schiffman’s success in cultivating a school of scholars who are making unique contributions to the study of the Jews and Judaism.
Co-edited with Ra'anan Boustan and Calvin J. Roetzel. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2010. ISBN 9789004180284. List Price, $49.00
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This volume analyzes the various and overlapping discourses of “religious violence” that emerged within Jewish and Christian culture in the Roman world. Toward this end, the nine papers collected here address both the presence of violence within the authoritative scriptural traditions of early Judaism and Christianity and the redeployment of these older traditions to represent, legitimate, and indeed sacralize violence. Individual papers focus on the specific social and historical contexts from which these texts emerged, while the volume as a whole highlights the patterns of textual practice shared across social and religious boundaries. Throughout, the dynamic interplay between text, tradition, and violence in early Jewish and Christian culture is located within the broad landscape of Roman imperial society.
2011-2021 (Executive Editor, co-editor with Maxine Grossman and Armin Lange)
Journal content and submission information can be found on the Journal of Ancient Judaism website
The Journal of Ancient Judaism (JAJ) addresses all issues of Jewish literature, culture, religion, and history from the Babylonian exile until the Babylonian Talmud. As a cross disciplinary journal it is of interest for all those concerned with Biblical, Jewish, religious, cultural and historical studies. The journal welcomes submissions in any of these subject areas and disciplinary methods. Articles that reflect the journal’s interdisciplinary character by working across multiple fields or disciplines or introducing new and innovative disciplinary approaches to the study of ancient Judaism are especially encouraged. The journal appears three times per year (in April, August, and December) and includes one annual theme issue (usually prepared by guest editors). To propose a topic for a theme issue, please contact the editors.
Articles
Articles
“Violence in the Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarship and Popular Media.” Pages 225-61 in The Dead Sea Scrolls: New Insights on Ancient Texts. Edited by Alex P. Jassen and Lawrence H. Schiffman. The New Antiquity. Palgrave Macmillan.
“The Early Study of Jewish Law in the Damascus Document: Solomon Schechter and Louis Ginzberg in Conversation and Conflict.” Pages 164-218 in From Scrolls to Traditions: A Festschrift Honoring Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman. Edited by Steven Fine, Naomi Grunhaus, Alex Jassen, Stuart S. Miller, and Michael Swartz. Leiden, Brill, 2020.
“Dead Sea Scrolls.” In The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha. Pages 581-87 in The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha. Edited by Jonathan Klawans and Lawrence M. Wills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
“Habakkuk, Book of,” “Pesher Habakkuk,” “Prophecy,” “Violence.” In T & T Clark Companion to Second Temple Judaism. Edited by Loren Stuckenbruck and Daniel Gartner. London: T & T Clark, 2019.
“War and Violence.” Pages 568-76 in Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by George J. Brooke and Charlotte Hempel. London: T. & T. Clark, 2018.
“Prophecy and Priests in the Second Temple Period.” Pages 63-88 in Prophecy in Its Cultic Dimensions. Edited by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer. Journal for Ancient Judaism Supplements. Göttingen; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2018.
“The Wood Offering Celebration – “As Written in the Torah.’” TheTorah.com. May 2018. [Modern Hebrew version]
“Qumran Literature: Exegetical Compositions.” Pages 726–31 in Textual History of the Bible: The Hebrew Bible, volume 1C. Edited by Armin Lange.Leiden: Brill, 2017.
“Scribes, Visionaries, and Prophets: On the Place of Apocalyptic in the History of Prophecy.” Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 5:3 (2016): 233–52.
“The Prophets and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Pages 353–72 in The Oxford Handbook of the Prophets. Edited by Carolyn J. Sharp. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
“The Rabbinic Construction of Jeremiah’s Lineage." Pages 3–20 in Texts and Contexts of Jeremiah. The Exegesis of Jeremiah 1 and 10 in Light of Text and Reception History. Edited by Karin Finsterbusch and Armin Lange. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology xxx; Leuven: Peeters, 2016.
“The Prohibition to Carry on Shabbat: Historical and Exegetical Development.” TheTorah.com. March 2016.
“Violent Imaginaries and Practical Violence in the War Scroll.” Pages 175–203 in The War Scroll, War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Edited by Kyung S. Baek, Kipp Davis, Peter W. Flint and Dorothy M. Peters. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
“Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Pages 143–54 in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law, volume 2. Edited by Brent Strawn et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
“Pseudepigrapha.” Pages 767–68 in Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, volume 3. Edited by Eric M. Orlin et al. New York, Routledge, 2015.
“Apocalypse of Zephaniah.” Page 1021 in Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, volume 3. Edited by Eric M. Orlin et al. New York: Routledge, 2015.
“Prayer of Manasseh.” Page 751 in Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, volume 3. Edited by Eric M. Orlin et al. New York: Routledge, 2015.
“Dead Sea Scrolls Community.” In Bible Odyssey. Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.
“Power, Politics, and Prophecy in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism.” Pages 171–98 in Divination, Politics, and Ancient Near Eastern Empires. Edited by Alan Lenzi and Jonathan Stökl. Ancient Near Eastern Monographs; Atlanta: Society for Biblical Literature, 2014.
“Scriptural Interpretation in Early Jewish Apocalypses.” Pages 69–84 in The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature. Edited by John J. Collins. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
“Rule of the Community (1QS; 4QS).” Pages 2923–74 in Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Not Included in Scripture. Edited by Louis Feldman, James Kugel, and Lawrence Schiffman. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2013.
“Admonition Based on the Flood (4Q370).” Pages 263–71 in Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Not Included in Scripture. Edited by Louis Feldman, James Kugel, and Lawrence Schiffman. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2013.
“The Pesharim and the Rise of Commentary in Early Jewish Scriptural Interpretation.” Dead Sea Discoveries (theme issue on The Rise of Commentary: Commentary Texts in Ancient Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, and Jewish Cultures; ed. Mladen Popovic) 19:3 (2012): 363-98.
“American Scholarship on Jewish Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Pages 101–54 in The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research. Edited by Devorah Dimant. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 99. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2012.
“Tracing the Threads of Jewish Law: The Sabbath Carrying Prohibition from Jeremiah to the Rabbis.” (part of special section: “Second Temple Halakhot and the Historical Jesus: Three Contributions toward a Discussion”). Annali di storia dell'esegesi 28:1 (2011): 253-78.
“Survival at the End of Days: Aspects of Soteriology in the Dead Sea Scrolls Pesharim.” Pages 193–210 in This World and the World to Come: Soteriology in Early Judaism. Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner. Library of Second Temple Studies. London: T. & T. Clark, 2011.
“Prophecy after ‘The Prophets’: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Prophecy in Judaism.” Pages 577–93 in volume 2 of The Dead Sea Scrolls in Context:Integrating the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Study of Ancient Texts, Languages, and Cultures. Edited by Armin Lange, Emanuel Tov, Matthias Weigold, and Bennie H. Reynolds III. Vetus Testamentum Supplements 140. 2 vols.; Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2011.
“Rereading 4QPesher Isaiah A (4Q161) Forty Years after DJD 5.” Pages 57-90 in The Mermaid and the Partridge: Essays from the Copenhagen Conference on Revising Texts from Cave Four. Edited by George J. Brooke and Jesper Høgenhaven. STDJ 96. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2011.
“What Exactly Is Prohibited in the Field? A New Suggestion for Understanding the Text and Context of CD 10:20-21.” Revue de Qumran 25/no.97 (2011): 41-62.
“הלל hālal III, הולל hôlāl.” Pages 801-3 in Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten, Band I. Edited by Heinz-Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2011.
“חלל ḥll I, חול ḥôl, תחלה teḥillāh.” Pages 980-86 in Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten, Band I. Edited by Heinz-Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2011.
“Law and Exegesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Sabbath Carrying Prohibition in Comparative Perspective.” Pages 115-56 in The Dead Sea Scrolls at Sixty: Scholarly Contributions of New York University Faculty and Alumni. Edited by Lawrence H. Schiffman and Shani L. Tsoref. STDJ 89. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2010.
“A New Suggestion for the Reconstruction of 4Q370 1 i 2 and the Blessing of the Most High (Elyon) in Second Temple Judaism.” Dead Sea Discoveries: A Journal of Current Research on the Scrolls and Related Literature 17:1 (2010): 88–113.
“Violence and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sectarian Formation and Eschatological Imagination.” Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches 17:1–2 (2009): 12–44; Reprint pages 13–45 in Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practice in Early Judaism and Christianity. Edited by Ra‘anan S. Boustan, Alex P. Jassen and Calvin J. Roetzel. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2009.
With Ra‘anan S. Boustan and Calvin J. Roetzel, “Introduction: Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity.” Pages 1–11 in Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practice in Early Judaism and Christianity. Edited by Ra‘anan S. Boustan, Alex P. Jassen, and Calvin J. Roetzel. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2009.
“Prophets and Prophecy in the Qumran Community.” Association for Jewish Studies Review 32:2 (2008): 299–334.
“The Presentation of the Ancient Prophets as Lawgivers at Qumran.” Journal of Biblical Literature 127:2 (2008): 307–37.
“Literary and Historical Studies in the Samuel Apocryphon (4Q160).” Journal of Jewish Studies 59:1 (2008): 21–38.
“Teaching and Learning Guide for Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Religion Compass 2:5 (2008): 882–88.
“Reading Midrash with Maimonides: An Inquiry into the Sources of Maimonides’ Account of the Origins of Idolatry.” Australian Journal of Jewish Studies 21 (2007): 170–200.
“Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Religion Compass 1:1 (2007): 1–25.
“Intertextual Readings of the Psalms in the Dead Sea Scrolls: 4Q160 (Samuel Apocryphon) and Psalm 40.” Revue de Qumran 22:3 (2006): 403–30.
Book Reviews and Notes
Book Reviews and Notes
Book Review: Cook, L. Stephen. On the Question of the “Cessation of Prophecy” in Ancient Judaism. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 145. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2011. In Journal of Semitic Studies (in press; anticipated 2014).
Book Review: Fitzgerald, John T., Fika J. van Rensburg, and Herri F. Van Rooy, eds. Animosity, the Bible and Us: Some European, North American, and South African Perspectives. Global Perspectives on Bible Scholarship 12. Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta 2009. In Journal of Semitic Studies 58 (2013): 439.
Book Review: VanderKam, James C. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. In Journal of Religion 93 (2013): 218-19.
Book Review: Roitman, Adolfo D., Lawrence H. Schiffman, and Shani Tzoref, eds., The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture: Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (July 6–8, 2008). STDJ 93. Leiden: Brill, 2011. In Catholic Biblical Quarterly 75 (2013): 189-91.
Book Review: Crawford, Sidnie White. Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times. Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008. In Journal of Near Eastern Studies 71:2 (2012): 350-51.
Book Review: Najman, Hindy. Past Renewals: Interpretative Authority, Renewed Revelation and the Quest for Perfection in Jewish Antiquity. JSJSup 53. Leiden: Brill, 2010. In Journal of Religion 92:3 (2012): 448–49.
Book Review: Shemesh, Aharon. Halakhah in the Making: The Development of Jewish Law from Qumran to the Rabbis.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. In Association for Jewish Studies Review 34:2 (2010): 418 -21.
Book Review: Collins, John J. Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. Jewish Studies Network/H-Judaic (October 2010).
Book Review: von Weissenberg, Hanne. 4QMMT: Reevaluating the Text, the Function, and the Meaning of the Epilogue. STDJ 82. Leiden: Brill, 2009. In Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72:4 (2010): 817-18.
Book Review: Golden, Jonathan M. Ancient Canaan & Israel: An Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. In Classical Bulletin 85:2 (2010): 109-10.
Book Note: Catto, Stephen K. Reconstructing the First–Century Synagogue: A Critical Analysis of Current Research. Library of New Testament Studies 363. London: T & T Clark. 2007. In Religious Studies Review 36:1 (2010): 72.
Book Review: Tov, Emanuel, ed. The Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library (CD–Rom). Provo: Brigham Young University; Leiden: Brill, 2006. In Toronto Journal of Theology 25:2 (2009): 287–88.
Book Review: Goldenberg, Robert. The Origins of Judaism: From Canaan to the Rise of Islam. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 2007. In Hebrew Studies 50 (2009): 400-2.
Book Review: Werrett, Ian C. Ritual Purity and the Dead Sea Scrolls. STDJ 72. Leiden: Brill, 2007. In Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71:2 (2009): 395–96.
Book Review: Charlesworth, James H., eds. The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Volume 1, Scripture and the Scrolls, Volume 2, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran Community, Volume 3, The Scrolls and Christian Origins. Second Princeton Symposium on Judaism and Christian Origins. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2006. In Catholic Biblical Quarterly 70:3 (2008): 633–68.
Book Review: Flusser, David. Judaism of the Second Temple Period, Volume 1, Qumran and Apocalypticism. Translated by Azzan Yadin. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; Jerusalem: Magnes, Jerusalem Perspective, 2007. In Jewish Studies Network (July, 2008)
Book Review: McDonald, Lee Martin, The Biblical Canon: Its Origins, Transmission, and Authority. Updated and Revised 3rd ed. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2007. In Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8 (2008).
Book Review: Teugels, Lieve M. and Ulmer, Rivka, eds. Midrash and Context: Proceedings of the 2004 and 2005 SBL Consultation on Midrash. Judaism in Context 5. Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2007. In Review of Biblical Literature (May 2008).
Book Note: Neusner, Jacob. Jeremiah in the Talmud and Midrash: A Source Book. Lanham: University Press of America, 2006. In Religious Studies Review 34:2 (2008): 113.
Book Note: Vriezen, T. C. and van der Woude, A. S. Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature. Leiden: Brill, 2005. In Religious Studies Review 34:2(2008): 113.
Book Note: Miller, J. Maxwell and Hayes, John H. A History of Ancient Israel and Judah. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006. In Religious Studies Review 34:2 (2008): 112–13.
Book Note: Kraus, Wolfgang and Wooden, R. Glenn, eds. Septuagint Research: Issues and Challenges in the Study of the Greek Jewish Scriptures. Septuagint and Cognate Studies 53. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006. In Religious Studies Review 34:2 (2008): 112.
Book Note: Young, Brad H. Meet the Rabbis: Rabbinic Thought and the Teachings of Jesus. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2007. In Religious Studies Review 34:2(2008): 98.
Book Review: Kolatch, Yonatan. Masters of the Word: Traditional Jewish Bible Commentary from the First through Tenth Centuries. New York. Ktav, 2006. In Review of Biblical Literature (August 2007).
Book Note: Mobley, Gregory. The Empty Men: The Heroic Tradition of Ancient Israel. ABRL. New York: Doubleday, 2005. In Religious Studies Review 33:3 (2007): 254.
Book Note: Shanks Alexander, Elizabeth, Transmitting Mishnah: The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. In Religious Studies Review 33:3 (2007): 254.
Book Note: Van der Horst, Pieter W., Maarten J.J. Menken, Joop F.M. Smit, and Geert Van Oyen, Persuasion and Dissuasion in Early Christianity, Ancient Judaism, and Hellenism. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 33. Leuven: Peeters, 2003. In Religious Studies Review 33:2 (2007): 158–59.
Book Note: Elledge, C. D. Life after Death in Early Judaism: The Evidence of Josephus. WUNT 2,208. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006. In Religious Studies Review 33:2 (2007): 142–43.
Book Review: Floyd, Michael, H., and Robert D. Haak, eds. Prophets, Prophecy, and Prophetic Texts in Second Temple Judaism. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 427. London: T. & T. Clark, 2006. In Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69:2 (2007): 387–88.
Book Note: Helyer, Larry R. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period: A Guide for New Testament Students. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2002. In Religious Studies Review 33:1 (2007): 71.
Book Note: Horbury, William. Herodian Judaism and New Testament Studies. WUNT 193. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006. In Religious Studies Review 33:1 (2007): 71.
Book Review: Brettler, Marc Z. How the Read the Bible. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2005. In Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 6 (2006–2007).
Book Note: Skarsaune, Oscar. In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2002. In Religious Studies Review 32:4 (2006): 262–63.
Book Note: Scott, James M. Geography in Early Judaism and Christianity: The Book of Jubilees. SNTMS 113. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. In Religious Studies Review 32:4 (2006): 263.
Book Note: Tomasino, Anthony J. Judaism before Jesus: The Ideas and Events that Shaped the New Testament World. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2003. In Religious Studies Review 32:4 (2006): 263.
Book Review: Murray, Michelle. Playing A Jewish Game: Gentile Christian Judaizing in the First and Second Centuries CE. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004. In Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 24:3 (2006): 186–89.
Book Review: Sartre, Maurice. The Middle East under Rome. Trans. C. Porter and E. Rawlings. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005. In Digest of Middle East Studies 15:1 (2006): 99–102.
“Istoriya i literatura samarityan: noveyshie issledovaniya” [Samaritan History and Literature in Recent Scholarship]. Volshebnaya Gora: Traditsiya, Religiya, Kul'tura Vol. XII (Moscow: 2006): 139–46. [Russian]
“Magic and the Bible Reconsidered.” Review Article of Klutz, Todd E. Magic in the Biblical World: From the Rod of Aaron to the Ring of Solomon. JSNTSup 245; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2004. In Judaism 54:3–4 (2005): 272–75.
Book Review: Najman, Hindy. Seconding Sinai: The Development of Mosaic Discourse in Second Temple Judaism. JSJSup 77; Leiden: Brill, 2004. In Association for Jewish Studies Review 29:2 (2005): 367–69.
Book Review: Weiss, Herold. A Day of Gladness: The Sabbath among Jews and Christians in Antiquity. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. In Jewish Studies Network (July 2005).
Book Review: Anderson, Robert T., and Giles, Terry. Tradition Kept: The Literature of the Samaritans. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2005. In Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 5 (2004–2005).
Book Review: Schniedewind, William M. How the Bible Became a Book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. In Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 5 (2004–2005).
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