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See F. F. Bruce, “Eschatology,” BR 05:06.

The Talmud, The Steinsaltz Edition: Volume I Tractate Bava Metzia, Part I, commentary of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, translated and edited by Israel V. Berman (New York: Random House, 1990) 252 pp., $40.00; and The Talmud, The Steinsaltz Edition, A Reference Guide, by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (New York: Random House, 1990) 323 pp., $40.00

See Marcus Borg “What Did Jesus Really Say ?” BR 05:05.

B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era) are the religiously neutral terms used by scholars, corresponding to B.C. and A.D.

The Hebrew is “va-ye-e-hav gam et rahel mileah.” The interpretation turns on the “mem” in “mi-leah.”

The Zohar is the classic work of Jewish mysticism.

Midrash is collective term for term for Jewish non-literal scriptural exegesis

Biblical quotations and verse citations are from the New Jewish Publication Society (NJPS) translation (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1985). Where the phrasing in this article differs from the NJPS, the translation is the author’s.