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Ancient World and Archaeology

Bonato-Baccari, S. “The Mausoleum in Opus-Reticulatum at Jerusalem: The Tomb of Herod or a Simple Witness of a Roman Model?” Latomus, Vol. 61, No. 1 (January-March 2002), pp. 67–87.

Feldman, L. H. “The Plague of the First-born Egyptians in Rabbinic Tradition, Philo, ‘Pseudo- Philo,’ and Josephus.” Revue Biblique, Vol. 109, No. 3 (July 2002), pp. 403–421.

Hadad, S. “Glass Vessels with Stamps from the Byzantine through Abbasid Periods at Bet-Shean, Israel.” Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques, Vol. 86, No. 3 (2002), pp. 35–48.

Jaffe, D. “The So-called ‘Amei ha-Aretz’ during the Second and Third Centuries: Regarding the Current State of Research.” [Review] Revue des Etudes Juives, Vol. 161, No. 1–2 (January-June 2002), pp. 1–40. [French]

Pike, A. W. G. and M. P. Richards. “Diagenetic Arsenic Uptake in Archaeological Bone: Can We Really Identify Copper Smelters?” Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 29, No. 6 (June 2002), pp. 607–611.

Speth, J. D. and E. Tchernov. “Middle Paleolithic Tortoise Use at Kebara Cave (Israel).” Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 29, No. 5 (May 2002), pp. 471–483.

Art, Music, and Film

Heartney, E. “Out of the Bunker.” Art in America, Vol. 90, No. 7 (July 2002), pp. 43ff.

Yosef, R. “Homoland: Interracial Sex and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Israeli Cinema.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, Vol. 8, No. 4 (2002), pp. 553–579.

Biblical and Rabbinic Literature

Auwers, J. M. “The Hebrew Tradition of the Numbering Order in the Book of Psalms and an Inquiry into the Hebrew Manuscripts Collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.” Revue Biblique, Vol. 109, No. 3 (July 2002), pp. 343–370. [French]

Berman, J. “The ‘Sword of Mouths’ (Judges 3:16; Psalms 149:6; Proverbs 5:4): A Metaphor and Its Ancient Near-Eastern Context.” Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 52, No. 3 (2002), pp. 291–303.

Bogaert, P. M. “The Jewish Identity of Jesus: A Question for Today.” Revue Théologique de Louvain, Vol. 33, No. 3 (July-September 2002), pp. 351–370. [French]

Booij, T. “Psalm 133: ‘Behold, How Good and How Pleasant’.” Biblica, Vol. 83, No. 2 (2002), pp. 258–267.

Evans, T. V. “Some Alleged Confusions in Translation from Hebrew to Greek.” Biblica, Vol. 83, No. 2 (2002), pp. 238–248.

Fernandez, Marcos N. “Arcane Language and the Language of Bodily Gestures: The Biblical Hermeneutics of Arias Montano.” Sefarad, Vol. 62, No. 1 (2002), pp. 57–83. [Spanish] [End Page 198]

Fitzmyer, J. A. “The Sacrifice of Isaac in Qumran Literature.” Biblica, Vol. 83, No. 2 (2002), pp. 211–229.

Frolov, S. “Two Eunuchs, Two Conspiracies, and One Loyal Jew: The Narrative of Botched Regicide in Esther as Text- and Redaction-critical Text Case.” Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 52, No. 3 (2002), pp. 304–325.

George, M. K. “Fluid Stability in 2 Samuel 7.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 1 (January 2002), pp. 17–36.

Gosse, B. “Genesis-2 Kings Between the Loss of the Garden of Eden and the Fall of Jerusalem.” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Vol. 114, No. 2 (2002), pp. 189–211. [French]

Gosse, B. “The Evolution of the Relationship between Salvation (‘ysw’h’) and Judgement (‘mspt’) in the Redactions of the Book of Isaiah and of the Psalms and on the Role of Biblical (Levitical) Canticles.” Revue Biblique, Vol. 109, No. 3 (July 2002), pp. 323–342. [French]

Kohn, R. L. “A Prophet like Moses? Rethinking Ezekiel’s Relationship to the Torah.” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Vol. 114, No. 2 (2002), pp. 236–254.

Larsson, G. “The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah as a System.” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Vol. 114, No. 2 (2002), pp. 224–235.

Lee, S. N. “The Use of the Definite Article in the Development of Some Biblical Toponyms.” Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 52, No. 3 (2002), pp. 334–349.

Levin, Y. “Nimrod, the Mighty, King of Kish, King of Sumer and Akkad.” Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 52, No. 3 (2002), pp. 350–366.

Levinson, B. M. “Goethe’s Analysis of Exodus 34 and Its Influence on Wellhausen: The ‘Pfropfung’ of the Documentary Hypothesis.” Zeitschrift...