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American Jewish Life

Shapiro, E. S. “Interpretations of the Crown Heights Riot.” American Jewish History, Vol. 90, No. 2 (June 2002), pp. 97–122.

Ancient World and Archaeology

Conklin, B. W. “Arslan Tash I and Other Vestiges of a Particular Syrian Incantatory Thread .” Biblica, Vol. 84, No. 1 (2003), pp. 88–101.

Firpo, G. “The Destruction of Jerusalem and of the Second Temple in 70 A.D.” Rivista Storica Italiana, Vol. 114, No. 3 (December 2002), pp. 774–802. [Italian]

Fried, L. S. “The High Places (bamot) and the Reforms of Hezekiah and Josiah: An Archaeological Investigation.” [Review] Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, No. 3 (July –September 2002), pp. 437–465.

Kuijt, I. and N. Goring-Morris. “Foraging, Farming, and Social Complexity in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Southern Levant: A Review and Synthesis.” [Review] Journal of World Prehistory, Vol. 16, No. 4 (December 2002), pp. 361–440.

Lemaire, A. “The Religions of Southern Palestine in the Fourth Century B.C., According to Aramaic Ostraca from Idumaea.” Comptes Rendus des Séances de l’Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, No. 2 (April–June 2001), pp. 1141–1158. [French]

Puech, E. “An Appeal from a Seventh-century BCE Southern Judaean Harvest Worker.” Revue Biblique, Vol. 110, No 1 (January 2003), pp. 5–16.

Rech, J. A., A. A. Fischer, D. R. Edwards, and A. J. T. Jull. “Direct Dating of Plaster and Mortar Using AMS Radiocarbon: A Pilot Project from Khirbet Qana, Israel.” Antiquity, Vol. 77, No. 295 (March 2003), pp. 155–164.

Rink, W. J., J. Bartoll, P. Goldberg, and A. Ronen, “ESR Dating of Archaeologically Relevant Authigenic Terrestrial Apatite Veins from Tabun Cave, Israel.” Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 30, No. 9 (September 2003), pp. 1127–1138.

Spilsbury, P. “Flavius Josephus on the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.” Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 54, Part 1 (April 2003), pp. 1–24.

Zaidner, Y., A. Ronen, and J. M. Burdukiewicz. “The Lower Palaeolithic Microlithic Industry of Bizat Ruhama, Israel.” Anthropologie, Vol. 107, No. 2 (April–June 2003), pp. 203–222. [French]

Art, Music, and Film

Marissen, M. “The Character and Sources of the Anti-Judaism in J. S. Bach’s Cantata 46.” Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 96, No. 1 (January 2003), pp. 63–99.

Yacowar, M. “Survivors: Polanski’s ‘Pianist’.” Queen’s Quarterly, Vol. 110, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 43ff. [End Page 206]

Biblical and Rabbinic Literature

Allison, D. C. “Abraham’s Oracular Tree in the Testament of Abraham (T.Abr.III,1–4).” Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 51–61.

Bayer, O. “Creation as (Hi)story (Exploring the Conflict Between a Theology of Creation and Process Philosophy/Theology).” Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie, Vol. 45, No. 1 (2003), pp. 62–70. [German]

Blank, D. R. “‘Haven’t You Learned This Yet?’ (‘yMegillah III,7,74b): The Use of B’rakhot Around the Torah Recitation.” Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 85–103.

Bryson, M. “Dismemberment and Community: Sacrifice and the Communal Body in the Hebrew Scriptures.” Religion & Literature, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 1–22.

Claassens, L. J. M. “Biblical Theology as Dialogue: Continuing the Conversation on Mikhail Bakhtin and Biblical Theology.” Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 122, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 127–144.

Collins, J. J. “The Zeal of Phinehas: The Bible and the Legitimation of Violence.” Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 122, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 3–21.

De Haes, F. “The Book of Amos: A French Translation from the Hebrew Original.” Infini, No. 82 (Spring 2003), pp. 52–82. [French]

Frevel, C. “‘Now I Know that YHWH is Greater than All Other Gods’: Exodus 18 and Its Compositional/Historical Placement in the Pentateuch.” Biblische Zeitschrift, Vol. 47. No. 1 (2003), pp. 3–22. [German]

Hassner, R. E. “The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus: A Modest Proposal.” Theory & Decision, Vol. 54, No. 1 (February 2003), pp. 1–32.

Hess, R. S. “The Book of Joshua as a Land Grant.” Biblica, Vol. 83, No. 4 (2002), pp. 493–506.

Himbaza, I. “Deuteronomy 32:8: A Late Scribal Correction: An Essay...