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Bible Review
Bible Review opens the realm of Biblical scholarship to a non-academic audience. World-renown scholars detail the latest in Biblical interpretation and why it matters. These important pieces are paired with stunning art, which makes the text come to life before your eyes. Anyone interested in the Bible should read this seminal magazine.
Responses to Jew-Hatred
Israel’s Emergence in Canaan
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders (verses requiring use of the environment criterion)
Matthew 7:24–27
What Did Jesus Really Say?
Readers Reply
New Insight
The article by Professor Richardson, “Amos’s Four Visions—Of Judgment and Hope,” BR 05:02, gave me a new insight into the book and the prophet.
Glossary
The canonical books of me Bible are those books included as opposed to those excluded.
Bible Quiz
Hairy Tales
1. Why did Samson let his hair grow uncut?
2. 1 Timothy 2:9 says that women should be dressed modestly and sensibly, without gold or pearls or expensive clothes, and without a particular hairstyle. What hairdo incurred this proscription?
3. In what fashion must lepers wear their hair, according to Leviticus 13:45?
Illuminations
Bible Books
The Literary Guide to the Bible
Robert Alter and Frank Kermode, editors (Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 1987) 678 pp., $29.95
The Bible as Literature: An Introduction
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