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Berry, The Gift of Good Land, p. 169.

Wendell Berry, The Gift of Good Land: Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural (San Francisco: North Point, 1982), 167–281.

A late Hasmonean or early Herodian book hand (c. 50–25 B.C.) from a manuscript of Samuel.

A semicursive script from an manuscript of Daniel (4QDan^c), c. 100–50 B.C.

A semicursive hand from manuscript of the Twelve Minor Prophets (4QXII^a), c. 150–100 B.C.

In the judgment of many scholars, 2 Timothy was not written by Paul. I disagree because when 2 Timothy is treated apart from 1 Timothy and Titus, it becomes clear that it contains nothing that militates against Pauline authenticity (see my “2 Timothy Contrasted with 1 Timothy and Titus,” Revue biblique 98 [1991], pp. 403–418).

Pliny, Natural History 2.47.

G. Theissen, The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982), p. 90; and Lampe, Stadtrömischen Christen, p. 160.

Martial, Epigrams 12.32.