Bible Review

B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era), used by this author, are the alternate designations corresponding to B.C. and A.D. often used in scholarly literature.

The Zadokite Fragments: Facsimile of the Manuscripts … (Dropsie College, 1952).

See Kenneth V. Mull and Carolyn S. Mull, “Biblical Leprosy—Is It Really?” BR 08:02.

See Richard D. Barnett, “Polydactylism in the Ancient World,” BAR 16:03.

See Jack T. Sanders, “Circumcision of Gentile Converts—The Root of Hostility,” BR 07:01.

Midrashim (singular, midrash) are interpretive Aramaic paraphrases of Hebrew scriptures.

The Babylonian Talmud is a sixth-century commentary on the Mishnah.

Pirkei Avot is a treatise of the Mishnah. The English title is “Sayings of the Fathers.”

The Mishnah is a compilation of rabbinic teaching gathered about 200 C.E.

B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era), used by this author, are the alternate designations corresponding to B.C. and A.D. often used in scholarly literature.