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Stewart, Tyler A. "The Present Evil Age": The Origin and Persistence of Evil in Galatians Marquette University, 2019
Stanley, Christopher D. "Paul's "Use" of Scripture: Why the Audience Matters" in Porter, Stanley E.; Stanley, Christopher D. (ed.) As It Is Written: Studying Paul's Use of Scripture Society of Biblical Literature, 2008
Crossley, James G. The New Testament and Jewish Law: A Guide for the Perplexed T&T Clark International, 2010
Langston, Scott "Dividing it Right: Who is a Jew and What is a Christian?" in Chilton, Bruce; Evans, Craig A.; Neusner, Jacob (ed.) The Missing Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament Brill Academic Publishers, 2002
VanderKam, James C. Jubilees 2: A Commentary on the Book of Jubilees Chapters 22-50 Fortress Press, 2018
Johnson, Luke Timothy Septuagintal Midrash in the Speeches of Acts Marquette University Press, 2002

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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 Hidden Manna 2 The Two Ways 11

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