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deSilva, David A. Fourth Maccabees and the Promotion of the Jewish Philosophy: Rhetoric, Intertexture, and Reception Cascade Books, 2020
Corley, Jeremy "Respect and Care for Parents in Sirach 3:1-16" in Passaro, Angelo (ed.) "Respect and Care for Parents in Sirach 3:1-16" in Passaro, Angelo (ed.) Family and Kinship in the Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature (Yearbook 2012/2013) De Gruyter, 2013
Keener, Craig S. Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, Volume 1: Introduction and 1:1–2:47 Baker Academic, 2012
Westfall, Cynthia Long "'This Is a Great Metaphor!' Reciprocity in the Ephesians Household Code" in Porter, Stanley E. and Andrew W. Pitts (eds.) Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture: Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament Brill, 2013
Levison, John R. “Paul’s Letter to Philemon” in Aune, David Edward, (ed.) The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
DeSilva, David A. Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture InterVarsity Press, 2000

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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 35 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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