Explore Biblical Intertextuality

... the connections between the literature of the Ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, Samaritans, Septuagint, Deuterocanon, Dead Sea Scrolls, Classics, New Testament, Targums, Rabbinics, and early Christians.

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Benjamin, Mara Being Mother / Being God The Immanent Frame, 2019
Cathcart, Kevin J., and Robert P. Gordon The Targum of the Minor Prophets Glazier,, 1989
Westermann, Claus and David Green Genesis T&T Clark International, 2004
Harris, W. Hall NET Bible Biblical Studies Press, 2019
Collins, John J. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible Fortress Press, 2018
Smith, Mark S. Where the Gods Are: Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical World Yale University Press, 2016

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