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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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Wintermute, O. S. "Apocalypse of Zephaniah" in Charlesworth, James H. (ed.) The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Volume 1 Doubleday, 1983
Dibelius, Martin James: A Commentary on the Epistle of James Fortress Press, 1976
Attridge, Harold W. Hebrews Fortress Press, 1989
Osiek, Carolyn The Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary Fortress Press, 1999
Luz, Ulrich, and Helmut Koester Matthew 8-20: A Commentary Fortress Press, 2001
Soyars, Jonathan E. The Shepherd of Hermas and the Pauline Legacy Brill, 2019

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The Phoenix 17 Resident Foreigners 19 Chukkim 28 Heavenly Languages 16 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 91

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