In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction

The Bible and Us: Biblical Scholarship in the JQR, Then and Now

Elliott Horowitz
pp. 1-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0079
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Note

The Birds and the Babes: The Structure and Meaning of Psalm 8

Judah Kraut
pp. 10-24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0077
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Articles

Esther and the Politics of Diaspora

Elsie R. Stern
pp. 25-53
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0073
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Enchanting Rabbis: Contest Narratives between Rabbis and Magicians in Late Antiquity

Joshua Levinson
pp. 54-94
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.2010.0000
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"Why Do You Refuse to Eat Pork?": Jews, Food, and Identity in Roman Palestine

Jordan D. Rosenblum
pp. 95-110
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0076
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Spreading Secrets: Kabbalah and Esotericism in Isaac ibn Sahula's Meshal ha-kadmoni

Hartley Lachter
pp. 111-138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0078
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Review Forum: on James L. Kugel, How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now

Problematizing the Bible . . . Then and Now

John C. Reeves
pp. 139-152
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0074
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Two Introductions to Scripture: James Kugel and the Possibility of Biblical Theology

Benjamin D. Sommer
pp. 153-182
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0080
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The "Real Thing": How to Read How to Read the Bible

William Kolbrener
pp. 183-189
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0072
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Contributors

Contributors

p. 191
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0075
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Recent Dissertations in Jewish Studies

Recent Dissertations

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.0.0071
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