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The Binding or Sacrifice of Isaac
How Jews and Christians see differently
The Akedah (ah-kay-DAH), or binding of Isaac, is one of the most powerful narratives in the Hebrew Bible. For nearly 2,000 years, however, it has been read somewhat differently by Jews and Christians. It is even portrayed differently...
Bible Review, October 1993
Christian and Jewish Views of the Holy Land
Visiting sacred sites vs. working the land
The famous mosaic map in a church in Madaba, Jordan, and the not-so-famous mosaic inscription from an ancient synagogue near Tel Rehov, in Israel’s Beth-Shean Valley, reflect two very...
Bible Review, October 2002
The Leningrad Codex
Rediscovering the oldest complete Hebrew Bible
Even though the city has changed its name back to St. Petersburg, the book is still called the Leningrad Codex. It’s the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in the world. Since glasnost—remember that?—we have been able to...
Bible Review, August 1997
What Are Pagan River Gods Doing in Scenes of Jesus’ Baptism?
From its earliest days, one of the most popular scenes in Christian art has been John the Baptist baptizing Jesus in the Jordan River—and understandably so. Jesus’ baptism is a central moment in the Gospel narrative. The standard cast of...
Bible Review, February 1993
Who Returned First—Ezra or Nehemiah?
Forty-seven years after the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple in 586 B.C.E. and deported many of the people to exile in Babylon, Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who had conquered the Babylonians and ruled most of the then-known...
Bible Review, April 1996
Keep Each Tradition Separate
As one of those “reluctant” scholars whom Professor Hendel describes as “all too often averse” to creating an eclectic text of the Hebrew Bible, I would like to clarify that my reluctance stems not from any aversion, but from long experience...
Bible Review, August 2000
“Spinning” the Bible
How Judaism and Christianity shape the Canon differently
Most people think that the Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible are two names for the same thing. Actually, they are quite different, as I shall show—even though all of the books of the Hebrew Bible are indeed included in the Old Testament:...
Bible Review, June 1998
ReViews: Contextualizing Jewish Art
Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology
Steven Fine
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2007
Bible Books: The Oldest Text of the Hebrew Bible
Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia
Edited by Aron Dotan
Bible Review, October 2001
Bible Books
Bible Review, April 1996