"Since this study has two objectives, it may be divided into two parts. First, it aims at explaining the origins of what we call formula criticism. The history of the criticism will be traced, mentioning as we go, the scholars who have contributed most to our own understanding .…
Known to most readers as author of Leviticus in the Jewish Publication Society Torah Commentary series and Numbers 1-20 in the Anchor Bible series, as well as numerous essays in Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias, Baruch Levine holds the place of honor in this collection. The …
This volume coordinates individual books and textual elements with the eras of their composition, from the early Iron Age to the arrival of Roman power in Palestine. Drawing on the biblical text itself, this work investigates the folktales, sayings, songs, etiological narratives…
