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Ancient World and Archaeology

Khamis, E. “Two Wall Mosaic Inscriptions from the Umayyad Market Place in Bet-Shean/ Baysan.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies—University of London, Vol. 64, Part 2 (2001), pp. 159–176.

Kroll, J. H. “The Greek Inscriptions of the Sardis Synagogue: With Photographs of Greek Inscriptions Following the Excavation Report.” Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 94, No. 1 (January 2001), pp. 5–127.

Rochette, B. “Jews and Romans: Was There Roman Anti-Judaism?” [Review] Revue des Etudes Juives, Vol. 160, No. 1–2), pp. 1–31. [French]

Tavernier, J. “An Achaemenid Royal Inscription: The Text of the Aramaic Version of the Bisitun Inscription.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 60, No. 3 (July 2001), pp. 161–176.

Art, Music, Theatre, and Film

Ansell, J. P. “Arthur Szyk's Depiction of the ‘New Jew’: Art as a Weapon in the Campaign for an American Response to the Holocaust.” American Jewish History, Vol. 89, No. 1 (March 2001), pp. 123–134.

Ezraty, I. and A. Solomon. “Staging Reconciliation: The Arab-Hebrew Theater of Jaffa Makes a Model.” Theater, Vol. 31, No. 2 (2001), pp. 34–43.

Kligman, M. “The Bible, Prayer, and Maqam: Extra-Musical Association of Syrian Jews.” Ethnomusicology, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Fall 2001), pp. 443–471.

Painter, K. “Contested Counterpoint: ‘Jewish’ Appropriation and Polyphonic Liberation.” Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, Vol. 58, No. 3 (2001), pp. 201–230.

Biblical and Rabbinic Literature

Aitken, J. K. “Biblical Interpretation as Political Manifesto: Ben-Sira in his Seleucid Setting.” Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Fall 2000), pp. 191–208.

Boase, E. “Life in the Shadows: The Role and Function of Isaac in Genesis: Synchronic and Diachronic Readings.” Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 51, No. 3 (2001), pp. 312–335.

Canas Reillo, J. M. “An Unedited Recension of the Old Latin 1 Maccabees 1–6:40: The ‘Codex Hubertianus’ from the British Museum (Lond.add.24142)—A Critical Edition.” Sefarad, Vol. 61, No. 1 (2001), pp. 57–82. [Spanish]

Dobbs-Allsopp, F. W. “The Enjambing Line in Lamentations: A Taxonomy.” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Vol. 113, No. 2 (2001), pp. 219–239.

Gaziaux, E. “Between Exegesis and Ethics: The Problematics of Biblical Law (seen specifically in recent books by C. Focant and P. Beauchamp).” Revue Théologique de Louvain, Vol. 31, No. 3 (2000), pp. 321–343. [French]

Heiser, M. S. “The Mythological Provenance of Isaiah 14:12–15: A Reconsideration of the Ugaritic Material.” Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 51, No. 3 (2001), pp. 354–369.

Joosten, J. “Tatian's ‘Diatessaron’ and the Old Testament ‘Peshitta’.” Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 120, No. 3 (Fall 2001), pp. 501–523.

Kongolo, C. “The Ritual Use of Water in the Bible.” Laval Théologique et Philosophique, Vol. 57, No. 2 (June 2001), pp. 305–318. [French]

Overland, P. “Did the Sage Draw from the Shema? A Study of Proverbs 3:1–12.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 3 (July 2000), pp. 424–440.

Talbert, C. H. “Paul, Judaism, and the Revisionists.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 1 (January 2001), pp. 1–22.

Van Seters, J. “Creative Imitation in the Hebrew Bible.” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, Vol. 29, No. 4 (2000), pp. 395–409.

Zaeske, S. “Unveiling Esther as a Pragmatic Radical Rhetoric.” Philosophy & Rhetoric, Vol. 33, No. 3 (2000), pp. 193–220.

Education and Teaching

Shkedi, A. “Studying Culturally Valued Texts: Teachers’ Conception vs. Students’ Conceptions.” Teaching & Teacher Education, Vol. 17, No. 3 (April 2001), pp. 333–347.

History and Politics

Adelman, H. T. “Law and Love: The Jewish Family in Early Modern Italy.” Continuity & Change, Vol. 16, Part 2 (August 2001), pp. 283–303.

Campeanu, P. “Aspects of Romanian Stalinism's History: Ana Pauker, a Victim of Anti- Semitism?” East European Politics & Societies, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2001), pp. 157–178.

Costigan, L. H. “Manifestations of Judaism and ‘Colonization of the Imaginary’ in Ibero-America during the Early Modern Phase of the Spanish Empire.” Revista Iberoamericana, Vol. 66, No. 191 (April-June 2000), pp. 299–308. [Spanish]

Ferziger, A. S. “Between ‘Ashkenazi’ and Sepharad: An Early Modern German Rabbinic Response to Religious Pluralism in the Spanish-Portuguese Community.” Studia Rosenthaliana, Vol...