Bible Review

For more on this apocryphal text and its exoneration of Pilate, see Robin M. Jensen, “How Pilate Became a Saint,” BR, December 2003.

There appears to be a conflict between the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) and the Gospel of John. See Baruch M. Bokser, “Was the Last Supper a Passover Seder?” BR, Summer 1987; Jonathan Klawans, “Was Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder?” BR, October 2001; and the dated but still helpful study by Joachim Jeremias, The Eucharistic Words of Jesus (London: SCM, 1966).

Yitzhak Magen, “Ancient Israel’s Stone Age,” Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1998.

See Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, “How Hosea Transformed the Lord of the Realm into a Temperamental Spouse,” BR, February 2004.

The longest was Pilate’s predecessor, Valerius Gratus, 15–26 A.D.

For more examples of this subject in Eastern and Western art, see Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons, “The Harrowing of Hell,” BR, June 2003.

See Susan Greiner, “Did Eve Fall or Was She Pushed?” BR, August 1999.

For another example of how a composer and librettist altered a biblical text, see William Propp, “A Scholar Rips Handel’s Messiah,” BR, December 2002.

See Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr., “Does Pollen Prove the Shroud Authentic?” Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2000.

For a detailed report on the dog cemetery, see Lawrence E. Stager, “Why Were Hundreds of Dogs Buried at Ashkelon?” Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1991.