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Frulla, Giovanni "Reconstructing Exodus Tradition: Moses in the Second Book of Josephus' Antiquities" in Pastor, Jack, et. al. (eds.) Flavius Josephus: Interpretation and History Brill, 2011
Reeves, John C. "Manichaeans as Ahl al-Kitab: a Study in Manichaean Scripturalism" in Lange, Armin, et. al. (eds.) Light Against Darkness: Dualism in Ancient Mediterranean Religion and the Contemporary World Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011
Sheridan, Ruth The Figure of Abraham in John 8: Text and Intertext T&T Clark, 2020
Huizenga, Leroy A. The New Isaac: Tradition and Intertextuality in the Gospel of Matthew Brill, 2009
Bauckham, Richard The Fate of the Dead: Studies on the Jewish and Christian Apocalypses Brill, 1998
Orlov, Andrei Heavenly Priesthood in the Apocalypse of Abraham Cambridge University Press, 2013

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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 27 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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