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Davidson, Robert "The Imagery of Isaiah 40:6-8 in Tradition and Interpretation" in Evans, Craig A., and Shemaryahu Talmon (eds.) "The Imagery of Isaiah 40:6-8 in Tradition and Interpretation" in Evans, Craig A., and Shemaryahu Talmon (eds.) The Quest for Context and Meaning: Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James A. Sanders Brill, 1997
Dekker, Jaap Zion's Rock-Solid Foundations: An Exegetical Study of the Zion Text in Isaiah 28:16 Brill, 2007
Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner Onkelos on the Torah, Exodus: Understanding the Bible Text Gefen, 2006
Houtman, C. Historical Commentary on the Old Testament: Exodus Kok Publishing, 1993
Rowe, Robert D. God's Kingdom and God's Son: The Background in Mark's Christology from Concepts of Kingship in the Psalms Brill, 2002
Sawyer, John F. A. Isaiah Through the Centuries Wiley Blackwell, 2017

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Chukkim 28 Heavenly Languages 15 Sympathetic Magic 10 Hillel and Shammai 20 Hybrid Creatures 13 The Second Exodus 23 Exodus in Genesis 13 Abraham, Friend of God 16 Kothar wa-Hasis 5 Two Powers in Heaven 19 Wayward Stars 14 Greco-Roman Household Codes 35 Kal Va'chomer 11 God is a Character 29 Ben Sira the Rabbi 8 Masoretic Additions 6 Masoretic Deletions 7 Divine Bodies 88 World Tree 19 Angelic Intermediaries 3

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