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... 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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Loader, James Alfred Intertextuality in Multi-Layered Texts Old Testament Essays, 21/2, 2008
Jordan, Mark D. Sodomy: A History of a Christian Biblical Myth University of Chicago Press, 2006
Cohen, Shaye J. D. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah Westminster John Knox Press, 2006
Langston, Scott M. Exodus Through the Centuries Blackwell Publishing, 2006
Kugel, James L. The Bible as it Was Harvard University Press, 1998
Feldman, Louis H. Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World: Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian Princeton University Press, 1993

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