Bible Review

Ronald S. Hendel, “When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men,” BR 03:02.

S indicates Sinaiticus; B, Vaticanus; and A, Alexandrinus.

The Septuagint includes books that were ultimately excluded from the Jewish canon. These excluded books are the Apocrypha in Jewish and Protestant traditions. However, they retained canonical status in Catholic scripture.

Carey A. Moore, “Eight Questions Most Frequently Asked About the Book of Esther,” BR 03:01.

Carey A. Moore, “Judith—The Case of the Pious Killer,” BR 06:01.

Norman K. Gottwald, “Were the Early Israelites Pastoral Nomads?” BAR 04:02; see also “Israel’s Emergence in Canaan—BR Interviews Norman Gottwald,” BR 05:05.

See Bernhard W. Anderson, “Mendenhall Disavows Paternity,” BR 02:02.

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers.—Ed.

See Ze’ev Meshel, “Did Yahweh Have a Consort?” BAR 05:02 and André Lemaire, “Who or What Was Yahweh’s Asherah?” BAR 10:06.

For more on the Mesha Stele, see Siegfried Horn, “Why the Moabite Stone Was Blown to Pieces,” BAR 12:03.