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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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Carr, David M. The Formation of Genesis 1-11: Biblical and Other Precursors Oxford University Press, 2020
Knoppers, Gary N. "Altared States: The Altar Laws in the Samaritan and Jewish Pentateuchs, and Their Early Interpreters" in Langlois, Michael (ed.) The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Dead Sea Scrolls Peeters, 2019
Hodson, Alan Keith The Outpouring of the Spirit, the Day of the Lord and the Accompanying Signs: An Exegetical Study of the Words of YHWH Recorded in Joel 3:1-4 (English 2:28-31) Regents Theological College, 2007
Mathews, Susan F. "The Power to Endure and Be Transformed" in Boadt, Lawrence; Smith, Mark S. (ed.) Imagery and Imagination in Biblical Literature: Essays in Honor of Aloysius Fitzgerald, S.F. Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2001
Crenshaw, James L. Joel: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary Doubleday, 1995
Mason, Steve Josephus and the New Testament Hendrickson Publishers, 2003

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