Bible Review

Adin Steinsaltz, Biblical Images: Man and Women of the Book (New York: Basic Books, 1984), p. 70.

The Talmud, Shabbat 10b, is critical of Jacob for the favoritism he showed towards Joseph.

As suggested by Gunther Plaut in The Torah (New York, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1981), p. 271.

Elie Wiesel. Messengers of God: Biblical Portraits & Legends (New York: Random House, 1976), p. 165.

George W. Savran, Telling and Retelling Quotation in Biblical Narrative (Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ. Press, 1988), p. 61.

Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 36b.

Bava Batra 14b, referring to Psalms 139:16, 110:1, 89:1 (Ethan is identified with Abraham), 90:1, 88:1, 39:1 et al., 50:1 et al.

Psalms 72 and 127; Psalm 90; Psalm 88; Psalm 89.

Codex Vaticanus (GB) also adds Psalm 67, making 14 more than the Hebrew.