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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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Graves, Michael "The Septuagint in the Latin World" in Salvesen, Alison, and T. M. Law (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint Oxford University Press, 2021
De Troyer, Kristin "The Septuagint" in Paget, James Carleton, and Joachim Schaper (eds.) The New Cambridge History of the Bible, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to 600 Cambridge University Press, 2013
Gruen, Erich S. "The Letter of Aristeas" in Feldman, Louis H.; Kugel, James L.; Schiffman, Lawrence H. (ed.) Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture Jewish Publication Society, 2013
Wright, Benjamin G., III The Letter of Aristeas: ‘Aristeas to Philocrates’ or ‘On the Translation of the Law of the Jews’ De Gruyter, 2015
Aune, David E. Word Biblical Commentary: Revelation 17-22 Word Books, 1998
Dines, Jennifer M. The Septuagint T&T Clark, 2004

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The Phoenix 10 Resident Foreigners 19 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

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