Bible Review

An Introduction to the Study of the Gospels, 7th ed. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1888). Westcott comments (p. xii): “My obligations to the leaders of the extreme German schools are very considerable, though I can rarely accept any of their conclusions.”

Sipra Qedoshim 4:12; see Genesis Rabbah 24:7.

E. Ullendorf, “Thought Comparisons in the Hebrew Bible,” in Studies in Rationalism, Judaism and Universalism in Memory of L. Roth, ed. R. Loewe (London, 1966), pp. 276–78.

N.H. Wessely, Netivot Ha-Shalom, vol. 3, Leviticus, ed. M. Mendelssohn (Vienna, 1846), on Leviticus 19:18.

See A. Ehrlish, Randglossen zur hebraischen Bibel, 7 volumes (Leipzig, 1908–14), on Leviticus 19:34.

For example, Exodus 22:20; 23:9; Deuteronomy 10:19.

Matthew 7:2; Luke 6:13, Romans 13:8–10.

Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a; Jerusalem Talmud, Nedarim 9; see Sira 28:4.

Also Leviticus 19:34 (discussed below). 1 Kings 5:15 (5:1 English) and 2 Chronicles; see Abraham Malamat, “‘Love Your Neighbor as Yourself’—What It Really Means,” BAR 16:04.

To be sure, the lamed is frequently the sign of a direct object (e.g., 2 Samuel 3:30), as prevalent in Aramaic (e.g., Ezra 5:9).