2020 Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (Reference Works) This book introduces
readers to a much-neglected and misunderstood assortment of Jewish writings from around …

Contextualizing the gospels in ancient Greco-Roman media practices New Testament
scholars have often relied on outdated assumptions for understanding the composition and …

1 “Był młody, który życie wstrzemięźliwie pędził; Był stary, który nigdy nie łajał, nie zrzędził;
Był bogacz, który zbiorom potrzebnym udzielał; Był autor, co się z cudzej sławy rozweselał; …

Despite the prevalent picture of the water supply in the ancient world as being dominated by
fountains and aqueducts, the large number of excavated wells and cisterns show that these …

The two studies included in this volume,“3 Maccabees and Greek Esther Reconsidered” and
“Greek Esther, 3 Maccabees, and the Letter of Aristeas,” revisit the long-debated issue of the …

It is universally recognized that the early Christian movement inherited the multistranded
tradition of Jewish discourse concerning the poor. Whether or in what ways that tradition was …

At least since the time of Hilary of Poitiers, the “the birds of heaven” in Matthew's parable of
the mustard seed (13: 31–32) were identified with the gentiles. In recent years, however, this …

This article examines two 'digressions' within the Letter of Aristeas: the description of the gifts
which Ptolemy sends to the Jerusalem Temple (§§ 51–82) and the survey of the Jerusalem …

For over a thousand years, the practice of animal sacrifice held a central place in ancient
Graeco-Roman culture as a means of both demonstrating piety to the gods and structuring …

" Investigates rhetorical strategies Egyptian and Judean Jews used in their writings about life
outside the Land of Israel, charting the development of the contested idea of diaspora and …