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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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Knibb, Michael A. "Enoch and Wisdom: Reflections on the Character of the Book of Parables" in Nissinen, Martti (ed.) Congress Volume Helsinki 2010 Brill, 2012
Argall, Randal A. 1 Enoch and Sirach: A Comparative Literary and Conceptual Analysis of the Themes of Revelation, Creation, and Judgment Scholars Press, 1995
Segal, Michael "The First Patriarchs" in Dimant, Devorah and Kratz, Reinhard G. (eds.) Rewriting and Interpreting the Hebrew Bible: The Biblical Patriarchs in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls De Gruyter, 2013
Naizer, Eric Raymond Adam, Humanity, and Angels: Early Jewish Conceptions of the Elect and Humankind Based on Genesis 1-3 Florida State University, 2013
DiTommaso, Lorenzo The Dead Sea New Jerusalem Text: Contents and Contexts Mohr Siebeck, 2005
Kingsmill, Edmée The Song of Songs and the Eros of God: A Study in Biblical Intertextuality Oxford University Press, 2009

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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 Divine Motherhood 10 Fictive Kinship 5 Storm Deity 24

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