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Kaiser, Walter C. Hard Sayings of the Bible InterVarsity Press, 1996
Novick, Tzvi The Depiction of Jeroboam and Hadad as Moses-like Saviors TheTorah.com, 2018
Harris, W. Hall NET Bible Biblical Studies Press, 2019
Bauckham, Richard The Jewish World around the New Testament: Collected Essays Mohr Siebeck, 2008
Hays, Christopher M. When the Son of Man Didn’t Come: A Constructive Proposal on the Delay of the Parousia Fortress Press, 2016
Segal, Michael The Book of Jubilees: Rewritten Bible, Redaction, Ideology and Theology Brill, 2007

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The Two Yetzers 6 Difficult Translation 2 Universal Animal Speech 3 Retelling the Akedah 3 Literary and Theological Tension 47 Criticism of Wealth 11 Jannes and Jambres 4 Divine Honor and Shame 3 The Poor, the Widow, the Orphan 34 Kidneys and Livers 19 Seventy Sons 9 King of Kings 15 Blotting Out 9 Priestly Separation 7 Moving Rock in the Wilderness 7 Divine Smelling 8 Josiah's Narrative 9 Underworld 6 New Testament Midrash 18 Changing Divine Speech 16

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