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The Binding or Sacrifice of Isaac

How Jews and Christians see differently
By Robin M. Jensen
042 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
By Aaron Demsky
032033 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
By James A. SandersAstrid Beck
032 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?

By Robin M. Jensen
035 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?

By Aaron Demsky
028 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

By James A. Sanders
040 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
By James A. Sanders
023 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
Reviewed by Robin M. Jensen
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2007

Bible Books: The Oldest Text of the Hebrew Bible

Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia
Edited by Aron Dotan
Reviewed by James A. Sanders
Bible Review, October 2001

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Bible Review, April 1996

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