Bible Review

For a broader survey of legendary expansions and clarifications of the stories of characters from both testaments, see David A. deSilva and Victor H. Matthews, Untold Stories of the Bible (Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 1998). The author would like to express gratitude to Publications International for permission to incorporate material from Untold Stories in this article.

On the geographical indications in these prose texts, see Graham I. Davies, The Way of the Wilderness: A Geographical Study of the Wilderness Itineraries in the Old Testament (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1979), pp. 63–69.

See “Frank Moore Cross, An Interview, Part I: Israelite Origins,” BR 08:04.

According to the documentary hypothesis, these various sources were woven together to create the Pentateuch.

See “Frank Moore Cross, An Interview, Part I: Israelite Origins,” BR 08:04.

See Allen Kerkeslager, “Mt. Sinai—In Arabia?” BR 16:02.

See Ronald S. Hendel’s review of Harold Blum, The Gold of Exodus, in ReViews, BAR 25:04.

Segal, quoted in George Segal.

See Jon D. Levenson, The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1993).

George Segal, quoted in Phyllis Tuchman, Segal (New York: Abbeville, 1983).