Index: Book of the Bible

GENESIS

Meaning of Moledet I (1) 17
Bible: The Concomitant of Human Growth II (1) 1
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil II (1) 6
Jacob’s Return to Canaan IV 121
Jacob’s Love for Rachel IV 153
Hospitality in Sodom: A Biblical Contrast V 94
Adam’s Rib VII 75
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 80
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 140
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 198
The Rape of Dinah and the Conquest of Shechem VIII 144
The Confirmation of Noah’s Blessing: An Interpretation of Genesis 8:21-9:11 IX 144
The Mystery of Genesis 36 IX 161
The Story of Creation in the Bible X 3
Jacob, Man of Destiny: His Youth X 10
Ke Yetzer Lev Haadam Rah Minurav X 32
Jacob, Man of Destiny: The Turning Point X 106
The Story of Creation: Part 2: Genesis Chapter Two X 187
The Story of Creation: Part 3: The Garden of Eden X 234
The Story of Creation: Part 4: Cain and Abel XII 15
The Living Testament of Jacob – Israel XII 30
The Babylonian Poem Enuma Elish and Genesis Chapter One XII 55
Book Review: In Light of Genesis by PW Hadas XII 55
Twins in Transition: Genesis 32:25-31 Re-Examined XII 166
A Biblical Reverie (Genesis 32) XII 184
The Emuna Elish Hoax: Biblical Creation Story not Connected with any Cuneiform Text XIII 28
Parallel Lists of Prediluvian Patriarchs: A Psychological Interpretation XIII 47
Redeeming Cain: A Comparative Literary Reading of Genesis XIII 199
Noah and the Ark – Reexamined XIII 251
Noahide Laws from Genesis to Genizah XIV 88
Rebecca’s Encounter with Abraham’s Servant XIV 124
The Akeda – A Test of God XV 19
Purchase of the Machpelah XVI 29
Dynamics of the Divine/Human Interaction XVI 51
Abraham Plants the Flag XVI 86
Isaac Tells the Akeda Story XVI 116
Judah and Tamar XVI 123
Who was Melchizedek XVI 183
Adam 1 and Adam 2 XVI 192
Genesis 14 – Meaning and Structure XVI 256
Cain and Abel XVII 40
Reflections of Readers: Genesis XVII 50
Adam’s Sin XVII 71
Isaac’s Blessing – Who was Deceived XVII 185
Jacob’s Limp XVII 222
The Testing of Abraham XVII 237
Isaac and Laughter XVIII 13
The Punishment of Cain: A Reflection in Midrashic Style XVIII 45
Garments of Skin (Genesis 3:21) XVIII 74
The Testament of Jacob: An Analysis of Genesis 49:18 XVIII 101
Rachel – A Woman Who Would Be a Mother XVIII 213
The Difficult Verse in Genesis 4:26 XVIII 257
The Meaning of Abraham’s Test: A Reexamination of the Akedah XIX 3
Jacob the Wrestler XIX 92
The Selling of the Birthright: Making Sense of a Perplexing Episode XIX 100
What Was the Actual Effect of the Tree of Knowledge XIX 105
These are the Generations of Isaac XIX 260
In Defense of Esau XX 43
The Trauma of Isaac XX 96
The Abel Syndrome XX 111
Judah and Joseph: A Study in Contrasts XXI 127
Joseph and His Brothers XXI 153
The Jacob-Esau Reunion XXI 159
The Anatomy of the Joseph Cycle XXII (1) 38
Had Noah Lived in Abraham’s Generation XXII (2) 120
They are No Longer, For God Has Taken Them XXII (4) 221
Jacob’s Deception of his Father XXII (4) 237
Isaac’s Wells and Israel’s Return: Some Parallels XXII (4) 259
The Tower of Babel Revisited XXII (4) 266
Power of Persuasion: Judah, Abigail, and Hushai XXIII (1) 9
Was Abraham Heartless? XXIII (3) 180
Rebekah’s Deceit or Isaac’s Great Test XXIII (4) 221
Ruach Elokim and a Wind from God: Genesis 1:2 XXIV (1) 9
The Anatomy of the First Lies XXIV (2) 112
Was Abram Born in Ur of the Chaldees ? XXIV (3) 156
Does Duda’Im Necessarily Mean Mandrake ? XXIV (3) 180
An Obstetric Problem XXIV (3) 188
Jacob’s Two Dreams XXIV (3) 189
The Patriarchs XXIV (4) 213
Cain: Why is he Featured so Prominently in the Bible ? XXIV (4) 233
Consequences of the Akedah XXIV (4) 241
Leah’s Eyes XXV (1) 18
Judah HaHasid XXV (1) 23
Darshanut: Genesis 33:6 vs. Genesis 33:7 XXV (2) 120
The Rape of Dinah XXV (4) 220
Pshat: An Innovative Method in Torah Commentary XXV (4) 234
Esau’s Wives XXV (4) 251
The Funeral of Jacob: A Joint Hebrew-Egyptian Affair XXVI (1) 20
From the Euphrates to the Nile XXVI (1) 39
From “Seventh Day” to “Shabbat”: Dualities in Genesis 2: 1-3 XXVI (1) 52
His Brother’s Keeper XXVI (2) 73
Joseph and Revolutionary Egypt XXVI (2) 101
The Dew of Heaven XXVI (2) 117
Why No Message From Joseph to His Father? XXVI (3) 158
Another Look at the Tree of Good and Evil XXVI (3) 184
Jacob’s Growing Understanding of His Experience at Beth-El XXVI (4) 211
Revisiting the Garden of Eden XXVI (4) 223
Nimrod Found? XXVI (4) 237
Darshanut: Enoch’s Shoes XXVI (4) 268
Obstetrical and Lexicographical Complications: The Birth of Benjamin and Death of Rachel XXVII (1) 15
Genesis and Genetics XXVII (1) 45
An Anomalous Antonym XXVII (1) 58
Darshanut: Judah: ‘This Time I Will Praise the Lord’ (Gen. 29:35) XXVII (1) 60
The Tower of Babel: God’s Towering Pride XXVII (2) 89
Mathematical Codes in the Torah XXVII (2) 119
The Power of Hebrew Names XXVII (2) 130
Saving the Akedah From the Philosophers XXVII (3) 167
Israel’s Defining Experience: From Family to Nation XXVII (3) 192
A Calculated Risk: A Speculative Excursion Into the Mind of Pharaoh’s Butler XXVII (4) 265
The Book of Zephaniah: Allusions to the Tower of Babel XXVIII (1) 3
Archetypes in the Patriarchal Family XXVIII (1) 12
Jacob: Father of a Nation XXVIII (1) 38
The Akedah: Machloket L’Shem Shamayim XXVIII (1) 56
The Preference of Ephraim XXVIII (1) 60
Darshanut: Noah and His Family Relations XXVIII (1) 62
Abraham’s Trials: Tests of Strength or Learning Experiences XXVIII (2) 73
The Education of Abraham: The Encounter Between Abraham and God Over the Fate of Sodom and Gomorrah XXVIII (2) 80
Final Judgement: The Ambiguous Moral Question That Culminates Genesis 34 XXVIII (2) 93
The Patriarchal Family in the Light of the Midrash: Part I: Abraham and Sarah XXVIII (3) 169
Darshanut: Mothers and Sons: In Defense of Lot’s Wife XXVIII (3) 198
Biblical Metaphor and the Dynamics of Jewish Demography: A Modern Midrash XXVIII (4) 222
The Significance of Joseph’s Agrarian Policy XXVIII (4) 256
Imperative Verbs Followed by the Preposition Lamed: Compulsory or Precatory? XXVIII (4) 264
Jacob’s Paradoxical Encounters XXIX (1) 40
The Problem of Deception in Genesis 27 XXIX (1) 45
Laban and Jacob XXIX (1) 60
Jacob’s Choice in Genesis 25:19-28:9 XXIX (2) 80
Bible Translators as Arbiters of Ambiguity: Part 1 XXIX (2) 96
“And Abraham Stood Yet Before the Lord” XXIX (2) 103
The Akedah: Machloket L’Shem Shamayim Sofa L’Hitkayeim XXIX (2) 118
Midrashic Implications of the Term Holid XXIX (3) 143
Bible Translators as Arbiters of Ambiguity: Part 2 XXIX (3) 156
Jacob’s Death-Bed Farewell to his Sons: According to the Rabbis XXIX (3) 167
Joseph Under Suspicion XXIX (3) 186
Switching Brides: Conspiracy and Cover-up XXIX (3) 190
The Jewish Calendar XXIX (3) 193
The Relationship Between Biblical Narrative and Biblical Law XXIX (4) 263
Joseph and Daniel: Court Jews and Dreamers XXX (1) 10
Seeking Vindication, Especially in Jonah XXX (1) 17
Genesis 1 XXX (1) 62
Displacement in the Matriarchal Home: A Psychological Study of the Abraham-Sarah Marriage XXX (2) 90
Jacob’s Blessing for Dan XXX (2) 107
Divination in the Bible XXX (2) 121
Tamar Times Three XXX (2) 127
The Mission of Abraham: Genesis 18:17-22:19 XXX (3) 155
Forget Not Your Forebears! XXX (3) 164
Suffering: Three Biblical Views XXX (3) 183
Darshanut: Bereshit and the Courage of New Beginnings XXX (3) 201
The Biblical Concept of Beauty XXX (4) 211
Why Was God Optimistic After the Flood? XXX (4) 235
Nineveh and Sodom Juxtaposed: Contrasts and Parallels XXX (4) 242
Ishmael, Son of Abraham XXX (4) 253
Isaac: A Psychological Perspective XXX (4) 262
“Foremost in Rank and Foremost in Power”: Conflict Over the First-Born in Israel XXXI (1) 17
Violence and Holiness in Biblical Dan XXXI (1) 27
Parental Love or Child Abuse? XXXI (1) 48
Albinism and Genetics in the Bible XXXI (1) 57
Abraham’s Ten Trials and a Biblical Numerical Notation XXXI (2) 73
Understanding the Beginning of Genesis: Just How Many Beginnings Were There? XXXI (2) 90
Struggling With Angels and Men XXXI (2) 126
Sleep Disorders in the Bible XXXI (3) 143
Did Abram Wage a Just War? XXXI (3) 167
The Gardens of Eden and Sodom XXXI (3) 174
The Messages of Chapter 4 of Genesis XXXI (3) 197
Darshanut: The Forgotten Figure at the Akedah XXXI (3) 201
Biblical Cosmogony: A Symbolic Interpretation of Genesis 1-4 XXXI (4) 252
Darshanut: The Seven Mitzvot of Bnai Noah: Varieties of Theft XXXI (4) 269
The Incorporation of Pre-Modern Scientific Theories Into Biblical Literature: The Case of Innate Heat XXXII (2) 73
The God of Abraham, Rebekah and Jacob XXXII (2) 91
Death in the Bible XXXII (2) 98
The Cain and Abel Narratives: Its Problems and Lessons XXXII (2) 122
Was Adam’s Action “Disobedience”? (Its Corollary – Responsible Freedom) XXXII (3) 171
Joseph’s Emotional Development XXXII (3) 181
Jacob and Esau: The Relationship Reconsidered XXXII (4) 245
The Akedah Test: What Passes and What Fails XXXII (4) 251
Beged or Simlah: Is There a Difference? XXXII (4) 266
The Legacy of Two Adams XXXIII (1) 3
Comment on “The God of Abraham, Rebekah and Jacob” XXXIII (1) 61
The Journey of Terah: To Ur-Kasdim or Urkesh? XXXIII (2) 73
Four Biblical Options of Moral Choice XXXIII (3) 153
Our Mother Rachel: Prima Inter Pares XXXIII (3) 166
God’s Voice: From Creation to the Sanctuary XXXIII (3) 184
Rashi’s View of Genesis XXXIII (3) 187
Fathers and Sons XXXIII (4) 215
Why Start Jacob and Joseph with a “J”? XXXIII (4) 246
A Latch and a Clasp Connecting Deuteronomy 33:27-29 with Genesis 3:22-24: A Proposed Interpretation XXXIV (1) 12
The Folly of Impetuous Speech: Four Biblical Incidents XXXIV (1) 16
A Significant Insignificance: The Meeting of Jacob and Pharaoh XXXIV (1) 27
Gid Hanasheh as Forgetfulness XXXIV (1) 57
Shechem: A Foreshadowing of the Future and a Metaphor XXXIV (2) 92
The Family Relationship of Simeon and Dinah XXXIV (2) 119
Dodanim/Rodanim: Three Approaches XXXIV (2) 122
Creation and the Limitations of the Creator XXXIV (2) 126
Why Shamayim as Sky XXXIV (2) 130
Distinguishing Jacob and Israel XXXIV (3) 155
Abraham’s Hospitality XXXIV (3) 168
Four Homicides: How These Were Judged by the Bible and a Speculation as to the Basis for Judgement XXXIV (4) 247
Abraham and Balaam: A Biblical Contrast XXXV (1) 28
Abraham’s Moment of Decision: According to Levinas and Rembrandt XXXV (1) 56
Chaos or Chiasm? The Structure of Abraham’s Life XXXV (2) 109
The Kiss of Esau XXXV (2) 127
Esau and Jacob Revisited: Demon Versus Tzadik? XXXV (3) 153
Patriarchal History: Action and Reaction XXXV (3) 161
Sacrificing Isaac: A New Interpretation XXXV (3) 173
Self-Effacement in the Bible XXXV (3) 179
Balaam is Laban XXXV (4) 222
The Enigma of the Joseph Narrative XXXV (4) 260
Meeting an Angel XXXV (4) 269
“But Abraham Stood Yet Before the Lord” XXXVI (1) 12
Torah and Rabbinic Compromises with Human Nature XXXVI (1) 25
Who Counted Righteousness to Whom? Two Clashing Views by Shadal on Genesis 15:6 XXXVI (1) 28
Glimpses of the Past in Genesis-Exodus XXXVI (1) 49
What Sarah Saw: Envisioning Genesis 21:9-10 XXXVI (1) 54
When Does the Day Begin? XXXVI (2) 81
The Duality of Man: A Study in Talmudic Allegorical Interpretations XXXVI (2) 102
Shalem: City or Safely? XXXVI (2) 121
Sons of Elokim as Used in Genesis XXXVI (2) 125
Creation: Something From Something, Something From Nothing or Something From Hardly Anything? XXXVI (3) 187
Reuben: The Predicament of the Firstborn XXXVI (3) 196
The Covenant Between the Parts XXXVI (4) 231
Rebekah’s Hoax XXXVI (4) 243
Jacob and the Spotted Sheep: The Role of Prenatal Nutrition on the Epigenetics of Fur Color XXXVI (4) 263
Spirit is Thicker Than Blood XXXVII (1) 53
And Dinah the Daughter of Leah Went Out: The Meaning of Yatz’anit in Rashi’s Commentary XXXVII (2) 121
Biblical Onomastics: What’s in a Name? XXXVII (2) 124
For in His Days the Earth Was Divided: Classic Jewish Sources for a Physical Division of the Earth XXXVII (2) 129
Lot’s Failed Trial XXXVII (3) 153
Interpreting B-R-KH in Genesis 47 XXXVII (3) 175
At the Crossroads of Halakha and Narrative XXXVII (3) 181
The Function of the Root Y-R-KH in Genesis XXXVII (3) 189
Seize the Moment XXXVII (3) 197
Which Anokhi Did Jacob Not Know? XXXVII (4) 223
Four Acts of Vowing in the Bible XXXVII (4) 231
The Hidden Mission of Biblical Angels XXXVIII (1) 21
Could Pre-Hebrew be the Safa Ahat of Genesis 11:1? XXXVIII (1) 55
The Transition to the Second Trip to Egypt: Narrative Devices in Genesis 43:1-14 XXXVIII (2) 73
Early Traditions on the Kidnapping and Sale of Joseph: Part 1 XXXVIII (2) 106
Who Wrestled with Jacob? XXXVIII (2) 119
Flood, Salt, and Sacrifice: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in Genesis XXXVIII (2) 124
Early Traditions on the Kidnapping and Sale of Joseph: Part II XXXVIII (3) 143
Isaac Betrayed and Triumphant XXXVIII (3) 166
My Brother’s Keeper XXXVIII (3) 202
Saving Zoar: How Did Lot Succeed? XXXVIII (4) 211
The Deceiver Deceived: Rereading Genesis 27 XXXIX (1) 46
Thoughts on Creation XXXIX (1) 59
Listening to Her Voice XXXIX (1) 63
The Torah Reading for Rosh Ha-Shanah XXXIX (2) 83
In Search of the Biblical Hammurabi XXXIX (3) 159
Ten Generations from Adam to Noah Versus Ten Generations from Noah to Abraham XXXIX (3) 165
Adam: Created in the Image and Likeness of God XXXIX (3) 181
Did the Earth Rebel Against God on the Third Day of Creation? XXXIX (3) 187
Joseph: A Biblical Approach to Dream Interpretation XXXIX (4) 231
The Lion, Judah XXXIX (4) 239
The Ages of the Personalities in Genesis XXXIX (4) 258
Observations on the Character of Joseph in Egypt XXXIX (4) 263
Sons of God, Daughters of Men? 40 (1) 15
Eve- The First Feminist: John Milton’s Midrash on Genesis 3:6 40 (1) 19
Joseph and the Eglah Arufah 40 (1) 25
Heinous Sin: Harbinger of Catastrophe or Redemption? 40 (2) 81
Noah’s Ark as Metaphor 40 (2) 89
Isaac: A Life of Bitter Laughter 40 (2) 105
Kotonot Or (Genesis 3:21): Skin, Leather, Light, or Blind? 40 (2) 116
Jacob and the Angel: Terror and Divine Providence 40 (2) 125
The City of Babel and its Tower 40:3 171
A Study on the Dual Form of Mayim, Water 40:3 183
What’s in a Name? Ya’akov and/or Yisrael 40:4 241
Peril and Deliverance and the Akedah-Sinai Narrative Structure 40:4 247
Pharaoh’s Dreams: An Extended Interpretation 40:4 253
Genesis 31: Jacob’s Peculiar Dream 40:4 259
Noah and the Dove: The Intergral Connection Between Noah and Jonah 40:4 261
A New Interpretation of Akarah…Ein Lah Valad (Gen. 11:30) Based on the Talmud: “Unattached Follicle” 40:4 265
Rescue From Fiery Death: Daniel Chapter 3 and Genesis Chapter 38 41:1 24
A Torah With 70 Different Faces 41:1 28
The Garden of Eden as God’s First Sanctuary 41:2 73
The “Bloody Bridegroom” in Light of the Joseph Narrative 41:2 113
God Rested on the Seventh Day 41:2 130
The Book of Jubilees and the Midrash on the Early Chapters of Genesis 41:3 143
Subtleties in the Story of Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 41:3 171
Be-Dorotav: Noah’s “Generations” in Light of Antediluvian Longevity 41:3 187
Note on a Latin Term in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan 41:3 191
Outsmarting God: Egyptian Slavery and the Tower of Babel 41:3 200
Sarah’s Treatment of Hagar (Genesis 16): Morals, Messages and Mesopotamia 41:4 211
From Noah to Abraham: The Onomastics of the Period 41:4 250
Wordplay in Genesis 2:25-3:1 42:1 3
And He Called by the Name of the Lord 42:1 8
Serah Bat Asher in Rabbinic Literature 42:1 45
The Tower of Babel in Eliezer Ashkenazi’s Sefer Ma’aseh Hashem 42:2 83
The Book of Jubilees and the Midrash: Part 2: Noah and the Flood 42:2 103
Why Isaac Wasn’t Permitted to Resist at the Akedah: Legal Requirement to Obey the Command of a Prophet 42:2 131
Rashi’s Midrashic Comments are Supported by a Broad Range of Biblical Texts 42:3 143
The Book of Jubilees and the Midrash: Part 3: The Tower of Babel 42:3 165
A Soothing Savor 42:3 169
“Heeling” in the Torah: A Psychological-Spiritual Reading of the Snake and Jacob’s Wrestling Match 42:3 178
The Wives of Esau 42:4 211
The Story of Judah, the Hero: An Analysis of Genesis 38 42:4 238
Rachel, A Mother of Israel 43:1 7
Isaac’s Personality and the Meaning of La-Suah Ba-Sadeh 43:1 29
The Use of the Term “Pharaoh” in the Bible 43:1 47
The Ages of the Patriarchs/Matriarchs: A Preliminary Study 43:1 49
Va-Yafog Libbo (Gen. 45:26) When Jacob was Informed that Joseph was Alive 43:1 59
Note on the Term Pakad: Implications Regarding Sarah’s Infertility 43:2 116
What did the Dove Bring to Noah? 43:3 172
The Philistines: Bitter Enemy of Israel 43:3 176
A Journey to Succoth 43:3 185
The Creation Theme in Genesis 1, Psalm 104, and Job 38-42 44:1 29
Can One Criticize the Biblical Heroes? 44:2 73
Rewarding a Mitzvah: Etymology of Issakhar 44:2 91
Camels in the Bible 44:2 103
Cain and Abel: (Mis)Managing Rejection and Unmet Expectations 44:2 116
The Anti-Hybridization Laws and Sodom and Gomorrah: An Inquiry into an Explanation of the Hybridization Prohibition 44:3 175
The First Biblical Family: When Did They Live? 44:3 197
Why Doesn’t Noah Have More Children After the Flood? 44:4 211
Nahmanides’ Understanding of Abraham’s Mesopotamian Origins 44:4 233
The Role of Terah in the Foundational Stories of the Patriarchal Family 44:4 251
The Big-Bang Theory of Creation: Bara as Sudden Expansion 44:4 266
Noah’s Survival and Enduring Legacy 45:1 27
The Submission of Abraham 45:2 73
Rachel’s Burial 45:2 111
Isaac’s Counter Legacy 45:3 143
The Meaning of Damesek Eliezer 45:3 188
Babel or Babylon? A Lexical Grammatical Analysis of Genesis 10:10 and 11:9 45:4 237
The Word-Pair Morning/Evening as a Parallel Word-Pair in Biblical Poetry 45:4 260
God, Man and the Trees of Eden: Readings of Peshat and Derash 46:1 3
Joseph’s Self-Imposed Estrangement 46:1 25
Nations and Super-Nations of Canaan 46:2 73
The Role of Destiny in the Joseph Story 46:2 109
Septuagint Readings as Additional Exegetical Layers 46:2 124
Esau and Jacob: Brothers Clash, Reconcile and Separate 46:3 143
More on the Seven Nations: Girgashite Flight and the Canaanite Nation 46:3 158
Jacob and the Wife-Sister Stories 46:4 226
Biblical Interpretations Based on Physical Characteristics of Hebrew Letters 46:4 252
Joseph and the Enslavement of the Egyptians 47:1 39
Did the Patriarchs Know God’s Name? 47:1 45
Joseph: The Tzaddik Who Rarely Prayed 47:3 143
Jubilees: Rewriting Rebecca’s Reputation 47:3 189
The Image of God and the Literary Interdependence of Genesis 1 and Genesis 2-3 47:4 211
Barukh Ha-Shem: The Unique Role of Gentiles in the Bible 48:1 3
The Nation of Isaac 48:1 16
Judah and Tamar: Self-Esteem Lost and Partially Redeemed 48:1 23
Two Notes on the Exceptional Shalshelet 48:1 33
What Does I Will be Built From/Through Her in Genesis 16:2 and Genesis 30:3 Mean? 48:1 40
Patriarch Without a Narrative: Deconstructing/ Reconstructing the Saga of Isaac in Genesis 25-26 48:2 73
Was Cain the Father of Civilization? 48:2 111
Nimrod: The Pitfalls of Power 48:2 128
A Matter of Words and Assumptions in the Household of Jacob 48:3 143
Master of Life: Why God Commands Abraham to Sacrifice Isaac (Gen. 22) 48:3 185
Giving Birth on Someone’s Knees: The Meaning of Genesis 30:3 48:4 211
A Patriarch Reviews the Past to Impact the Future 49:1 55
Joseph and his Brothers: Sibling Rivalry Revisited 49:2 103
Jacob’s Farewell Interdependence Address: Blending Individuation and Union 49:2 109
Joseph and His Brothers: The Unexpected Encounter 49:3 158
The Garden of God 49:4 247
Allusions to the Jacob-Esau Story in the Book of Esther 50:1 5
God Called: Abraham! Abraham! Jacob! Jacob! Moses! Moses! Samuel! Samuel! 50:1 36
Lech Lecha: Rearranging the Chronology and Rehabilitating Terach 50:1 43
Death Sentences: The Torah’s Treatment of its Major Characters’ Deaths 50:2 105
“How Much is She Worth?” A Comparison of Six Ancient Near East Laws Relating to Bride Price, Dowry, Inheritance and Divorce 50:3 143
The Westcar Papyrus and Genesis 42-44: An Overlooked Reference? 50:3 192
Abraham and Isaac: Human Frailty and Trauma in Genesis 50:4 211
The Cries of Our Rivals 50:4 233
And When He Saw the ‘Agalot Joseph Had Sent to Carry Him Back, the Spirit of Their Father Jacob Revived (Gen. 45:27) – Why? 51:1 3
Tamar Triumphant: Rewritten Bibles 51:1 53
The Repeated Use of “Vayo’mer” Within One Character’s Speech 51:2 73
Tamar Triumphant: Targumim 51:2 126
Looking Through the Window: For Better or for Worse 51:4 227
Enoch and Elijah: Ascent to Heaven? 51:4 237
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54
Abraham and Jacob, and God, at Beth El 52:2 73
On the Presence of Dragons in the Hebrew Bible 52:2 94
Tamar Triumphant and the Deception of Judah: Contemporary Scholarship/ Feminist Views 52:3 177
Why did Joseph not Send a Messenger to his Father? A Tragedy of Errors 52:3 193

EXODUS

Moses and the Burning Bush IV 159
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 44
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 94
The Golden Calf in Exodus 32: A Foundry Engineer’s Interpretation VIII 181
Face to Face: Panim el Panim XIII 151
Ki Yad Al Kes Kah XIV 56
The Route of the Exodus XIV 209
Thus They Stripped the Egyptians XVI 41
Eye for Eye XVI 158
In the Shadow of Amalek XVII 44
Where Was the Mountain of God XVII 211
The Evolving Symbolism of the Burning Bush XVIII 185
Why Did God Want to Kill Moses XVIII 222
How Many Hebrews Left Egypt XVIII 230
Could Moses’ Hands Make War XIX 114
Gods, Tents and Authority: A Study of Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 XIX 230
Moses’ Three Signs: Symbol and Augury XX 115
The Miracle at the Red Sea XX 250
The Call of Moses XX 256
Why Moses XX 271
The Third Commandment XXI 24
The Bridegroom of Blood XXI 94
The Incident at the Lodging House XXI 236
The Fourth Commandment XXII (1) 26
The Nature of the Decalogue XXII (3) 173
Pomegranates as Temple Requisites XXII (4) 264
Why Moses Smashed the Tablets XXIII (1) 33
Dating the Exodus: A New Perspective XXIII (1) 44
Eye for an Eye – An Old Canard XXIII (2) 79
We Will Do and We Will Hearken XXIII (4) 229
The Destruction of the Golden Calf: A Reply XXIII (4) 242
And the Writing Was the Writing of God XXV (1) 3
Zipporah and the Passover XXIV (1) 46
Exodus: How Big was the Population? XXIV (2) 115
Creation, Tabernacle and Sabbath XXV (2) 79
The Dilemma of the Sanctuary XXV (3) 185
The Sabbath Commandment: Its Two Versions XXV (3) 188
Pshat: An Innovative Method in Torah Commentary XXV (4) 234
Darshanut: Jethro – Who Was He? XXVI (1) 268
The Code of Hammurabi and the Laws of the Torah XXVI (2) 107
The Speech Defect of Moses XXVI (2) 121
Why Does the Seder Begin with Karpas? XXVII (2) 104
A Pair of Contradictory Texts XXVII (2) 125
The Ten and the Torah XXVII (3) 186
The Fertility of the Early Israelites XXVII (3) 195
Decalogue or Dodecalogue? XXVIII (4) 233
The Horns of Moses XXVII (4) 245
Reading the Pentateuch Politically XXVII (4) 251
Pi-Hahirot: The Mouth of Freedom XXVII (4) 259
Imperative Verbs Followed by the Preposition Lamed: Compulsory or Precatory? XXVIII (4) 264
The Liturgical Function of Exodus 33:16-34:26 XXIX (1) 27
The Ninth Plague XXIX (1) 48
Darshanut: The Price of Assimilation XXIX (1) 63
Yom Adonai and the Ninth Plague XXIX (3) 197
Biblical Literature and Contemporary Parallels: Alike But Different XXIX (4) 239
The Prophet Versus the King XXX (1) 45
Forget Not Your Forebears! XXX (3) 164
Moses: Intermediary or Teacher? XXX (3) 196
Moses and Samuel: Israel’s Era of Charismatic Leadership XXX (4) 257
Polemical Considerations Among the Four Children: From the Bible to the Haggadah XXXI (1) 9
The Golden Calf and Ra XXXI (1) 43
Three Unlikely Leaders XXXI (1) 53
Darshanut: From Enemy to Friend XXXI (1) 60
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron XXXI (3) 190
And the Bush Was Not Consumed XXXI (4) 219
“And Theses are the Judgments That You Shall Set Before Them” (Ex. 21:1): “As a Set Table” (Mekhilta) XXXII (1) 16
Biblical Reiteration: Expansion and Chronology XXXII (1) 20
You Shall Not Boil a Kid in its Mother’s Milk: Beyond Exodus 23:19 XXXII (2) 84
The Names of God XXXII (2) 104
Jethro/Hobab’s Detainment XXXII (2) 115
Rashi’s Conjectures XXXII (2) 125
The Prophetic Visions of God’s Abode XXXII (3) 162
Shabbat: Three Stages in Israel’s Experience XXXII (3) 167
Elijah the Zealot: A Foil to Moses XXXII (3) 174
Derekh Hokhma: Two Aspects of the Exodus Narrative: Part 1 XXXII (4) 224
The Expanding Perspectives of the Sabbath XXXII (4) 239
An Inner Light XXXII (4) 270
Dover and M’Daber XXXIII (1) 40
Derekh Hokhma: Part 2: Theological Implications of the Exodus Narrative XXXIII (1) 53
Hatan Damim – The Bridegroom of Blood XXXIII (2) 120
Darkness and Light XXXIII (2) 131
God’s Voice: From Creation to the Sanctuary XXXIII (3) 184
A Comment on You Shall Not Boil a Kid in its Mother’s Milk XXXIII (3) 196
A God Who Cares XXXIII (3) 198
Fathers and Sons XXXIII (4) 215
The Gold of the Ark XXXIII (4) 253
The Sabbath: To Remember, To Observe, To Make XXXIV (2) 104
End of Exile? XXXIV (2) 131
Four Homicides: How These Were Judged by the Bible and a Speculation as to the Basis for Judgement XXXIV (4) 247
The Role of the Shoe in the Bible XXXV (1) 41
The Weight of the Ark of the Covenant XXXV (2) 115
Shakespeare’s Forgivable Portrayal of Shylock XXXV (3) 187
Was the Egyptian Experience Necessary? XXXV (3) 198
The Circumcision Performed by Zipporah XXXV (4) 255
Glimpses of the Past in Genesis-Exodus XXXVI (1) 49
Fraternal Strife in the Bible XXXVI (2) 108
The Numerical Expression of Two Fundamental Ideas in the Torah XXXVI (2) 124
Extra-Biblical Evidence of the Exodus XXXVI (3) 157
The Ninth Plague XXXVI (3) 201
Remembering Amalek Twice XXXVI (4) 251
Reflections of Readers: The Pharaoh of the Exodus XXXVI (4) 268
How God Introduced Himself to the Patriarchs XXXVII (2) 118
Serving God Out of Gratitude XXXVII (3) 192
The Golden Calves: What Happened? XXXVII (4) 250
What’s in a Name? Reflections upon Divine Names and the Attraction of God to Israel XXXVII (4) 265
The Hidden Mission of Biblical Angels XXXVIII (1) 21
The Ten Commandments as Positive Affirmations XXXVIII (1) 32
Pharaoh’s Three Offers, Moses’ Rejection and the Issues they Foreshadowed XXXVIII (2) 93
Significant Anonymity in Exodus 2 XXXVIII (2) 115
Miriam Rediscovered XXXVIII (3) 183
My Brother’s Keeper XXXVIII (3) 202
“What Is It?”: Interpreting Exodus 16:15 XXXVIII (4) 230
Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh XXXVIII (4) 244
Tzefarde’a: Frogs or Crocodiles? XXXVIII (4) 251
The Pharaohs Who Knew Moses XXXIX (1) 3
Moses at the Waters of Meribah XXXIX (1) 31
Ramah: Upswept, Uplifted, Upraised XXXIX (2) 95
The Religion of the Israelites in Egypt XXXIX (3) 195
Book Review: Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Exodus: Explorations in Text and Meaning XXXIX (4) 268
Signaling in Biblical Warfare and Moses’ Role as Military Commander 40 (2) 74
The Mixed Multitude According to the Zohar 40 (2) 128
The Corner Boards of the Tabernacle 40:3 143
Divine and Human Anger and Grace: Scroll of Esther and Exodus 32-34 40:3 151
The Leadership Qualities of Pharaoh 40:3 190
Responsive Voices in the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15:1-21) 40:4 211
Peril and Deliverance and the Akedah-Sinai Narrative Structure 40:4 247
The Ten Plagues: Debunking Egyptian Polytheism 40:4 255
Jethro the Convert 41:2 89
The “Bloody Bridegroom” in Light of the Joseph Narrative 41:2 113
Outsmarting God: Egyptian Slavery and the Tower of Babel 41:3 200
Sinai Upside-Down: The Theological Message of a Midrash 41:4 243
Why Did the Bible Allow Servitude? 42:2 89
The Three-Day Plan 42:2 95
Moses: Not a Man of Words 42:2 128
Rashi’s Midrashic Comments are Supported by a Broad Range of Biblical Texts 42:3 143
Metallurgy in the Bible: Ironworking and the Disposal of the Golden Calf 42:4 262
God vs. the Sea: Lessons of Psalms and the Midrash 43:1 22
The Use of the Term “Pharaoh” in the Bible 43:1 47
Resetting the Exodus Mission: Deciphering Exodus Chapter Six 43:3 158
The Mystery of the Urim Ve-Tummim 43:4 241
Why Moses Did Not Circumcise His Son 44:1 50
Moses is Cured of Leprosy 44:3 166
How Long was the Sojourn in Egypt: 210 or 430 Years? 44:3 183
Orphans and Affirmative Action 44:4 241
The Mishkan and the Aesthetic 44:4 245
The Exodus Syndemic: The Epidemiology of the Tenth Plague 45:1 3
The Status of Women in Exodus 25:2 45:1 48
Shirat Ha’Yam: Miriam’s Song 45:2 99
An Electric Ark: The History of an Interpretation 45:3 169
Modern Searches for Aviv Barley in the Context of the Hebrew Calendar: A First Description of the Israeli Barley Observation Data 45:3 179
Shemot’s Missing Names 45:3 193
Amnenhotep III and the Exodus: Echoes of the Biblical Narrative Prophecy from Egypt’s Golden Age 45:4 211
The Sound of Music: A Phonetic Analysis of Shirat Ha-Yam 46:1 19
Is Pesah Passover? 46:1 33
The Magical Sound of Priestly Bells 46:1 41
Why Was Hametz So Strictly Forbidden on Passover? 46:1 47
Septuagint Readings as Additional Exegetical Layers 46:2 124
The Plague of Darkness: Hysterical Blindness? 46:3 179
A Poetical Approach to “Evening” and “Morning” in Exodus 16:6-12 46:4 211
The Gems in the High Priest’s Breastplate: A Pragmatic View 46:4 241
How Chapter Six Put the Exodus Back on Track 46:4 266
Meat/Bread as a Parallel Word-Pair in Biblical Poetry: A Key to Understanding Exodus 16:1-15 47:1 3
She Named Him Moses: But Who Was She? 47:1 50
An Examination of Aaron’s Role in the Sin of the Golden Calf 47:1 64
The Lesson at Marah: Israel’s First Experience in the Desert: Understanding Exodus 15:22-26 as a Unified Text 47:2 75
Moses in Cush: Development of the Legend 47:2 113
Glorification of God at the Sea 47:2 120
The Sojourn in Egypt: A Different Approach to the Chronological Problem 47:2 128
The Seven Weeks That Turned Newly-Freed Slaves Into a Nascent People of God 47:3 170
Moses’ Misplaced Speech Inviting His Father-in-Law to Join the Israelites 47:4 237
The Reason for Matzah on Passover is Clear; But Why no Chametz Whatsoever? 47:4 260
Two Polyphonic Narrations: The Splitting of the Red Sea and the Treaty With the Givonites 48:2 117
Moses’s Non-Genealogy 48:3 179
The Seventy Israelites Who Went to Egypt 48:3 196
Milk: A Potent Nectar 48:4 230
Moses, King Arthur and Lot: Staff, Sword and Cross According to Midrashic and Non-Jewish Sources 49:2 73
God Called: Abraham! Abraham! Jacob! Jacob! Moses! Moses! Samuel! Samuel! 50:1 36
The Exodus Census: Evading the Evil Eye or Military Stratagem? 50:2 127
The Cries of Our Rivals 50:4 233
“Ones Who Have Fallen Out” (nefel): Spontaneous, Accidental and Intentional: Miscarriage Laws in Ancient Israel 50:4 255
“Chattel or…?”: Laws Relating to Female Slaves in Ancient Israel 51:1 33
The Repeated Use of “Vayo’mer” Within One Character’s Speech 51:2 73
Azazel: The Scapegoat in the Bible and Ancient Near East 51:2 85
I am the LORD Who Heals You (Exodus 15:26) 51:3 157
The Meaning and Interpretation of Saf 51:3 165
Avoiding Amalek: Three Approaches 51:4 256
The Form and Function of the Luchot 52:1 45
Shifra, Shfoferet and an Ancient Therapeutic Technique 52:1 54
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54
Shiphrah and Puah: Two Strong Women in Exodus 52:2 100

LEVITICUS

Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 140
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 210
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus IX 44
And Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself IX 104
Sense and Incense XXI 242
The Translators’ Dilemma: What is ‘Itti’ ? XXII (2) 110
Magical Transformations: Sukkoth and the Four Species XXIII (1) 27
Fasting and Atonement XXIII (4) 238
Love of Neighbor and its Antecedent Verses XXIV (1) 18
Shavuot – Zman Matan Torateinu? XXV (3) 173
The Wilderness Experience XXVI (3) 193
The True Sin of Nadav and Abihu XXVI (4) 263
Kedushah, Holiness, and Ethics XXIX (2) 106
What Never Was and Never Will Be: Rebellious Son, Subverted City, Infected House XXIX (4) 249
Is Incest with a Daughter Permissible? XXX (1) 41
Neshekh and Tarbit: Usury From the Bible to Modern Finance XXXIII (1) 13
The Blood of Life: The Hatat Offering and September 11, 2001 XXXIII (1) 47
Acharei Mot and the Strange Fire XXXIV (1) 51
The Numerical Expression of Two Fundamental Ideas in the Torah XXXVI (2) 124
Life and Death in the Power of One’s Tongue: The Case of the Son of Shelomith Bat-Dibri XXXVII (3) 187
The Acceptance of the Convert Based on Leviticus 19 XXXVII (4) 255
Ketovet Ka’aka (Leviticus 19:28): Tattooing or Branding? XXXVIII (1) 13
Sacrificial Categories and Personality Types XXXVIII (1) 41
Alcohol and the Fate of Nadab and Abihu: A Biblical Cautionary Tale Against Inebriation 41:4 219
Why Did the Bible Allow Servitude? 42:2 89
Laws of Tzara’at in Leviticus 13-14 and Medical Leprosy Compared 42:2 121
He is Like a Tree Planted Beside Streams of Water: Reflections of Trees and Men in the Bible 43:2 73
The Genesis of the Etrog (Citron) as Part of the Four Species 43:2 109
The Meaning of Bikkoret in Leviticus 19:20 44:1 3
The Anti-Hybridization Laws and Sodom and Gomorrah: An Inquiry into an Explanation of the Hybridization Prohibition 44:3 175
Toward a Humanist Understanding of Mum in the Hebrew Bible 45:2 126
Leviticus 12:2: Midrash is not Versocentric 45:3 200
Sinai and the “Shabbat Cycle” Laws 46:2 117
Sabbatical and Jubilee Regulations as a Means of Economic Recovery 46:3 196
The Meaning of Melika 47:3 177
Two Notes on the Exceptional Shalshelet 48:1 33
Inquiring of the Dead 49:3 171
“You Shall Not Eat with the Blood” 50:3 160
“Chattel or…?”: Laws Relating to Female Slaves in Ancient Israel 51:1 33
The Message of the Four Species 51:2 113
What Animal was the Tinshemet? (Leviticus Chapter 11) 51:4 256

NUMBERS

The Menorah (Numbers 8:2) I (3) 21
Balaam the Magician VIII 31
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 100
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 150
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 206
Torah Dialogues: Numbers X 28
Spies, Princes and Korach’s Rebellion X 220
The Striking of the Rock XII 152
Balaam’s Mission – Failure or Success XVII 112
The Rise and Fall of Israel in the Sinai Desert XVIII 32
Why was Aaron Punished XVIII 44
Balaam: Did God Change His Mind? XX 159
The Tassel and the Blue Cord XXI 99
From Horeb to Kadesh in Eleven Days XXII (2) 91
Balaam – Some Aspects of his Character XXIV (3) 167
Judah HaHasid XXV (1) 23
The Red Heifer Ritual XXV (1) 43
King Balak: Happy Endings XXV (1) 54
The Ritual of the Red Heifer XXVI (3) 198
The Daughters of Zelophehad XXVI (4) 260
Leadership in the Book of Numbers XXVIII (2) 125
The Daughters of Zelophehad Revisited XXV (3) 169
‘And Against All the Gods of Egypt I Will Execute Judgements…’ XXVII (2) 83
Korah and his Aspirations XXVIII (3) 177
Imperative Verbs Followed by the Preposition Lamed: Compulsory or Precatory? XXVIII (4) 264
A Puzzle in the Pentateuch? XXIX (2) 127
Midrashic Implications of the Term Holid XXIX (3) 143
Darshanut: Phineas and Micah XXIX (3) 202
Moses, Elisha and Transferred Spirit: The Height of Biblical Prophecy? Part 1 XXX (2) 73
Moses, Elisha and Transferred Spirit: The Height of Biblical Prophecy? Part 2 XXX (3) 171
Moses: Intermediary or Teacher? XXX (3) 196
Moses and Samuel: Israel’s Era of Charismatic Leadership XXX (4) 257
“Foremost in Rank and Foremost in Power”: Conflict Over the First-Born in Israel XXXI (1) 17
The Missing Thread of Blue XXXI (4) 245
Rosh Hodesh as a Woman’s Holiday XXXII (1) 58
Wherefore Mitzvot, the Divine Commandments? XXXII (2) 108
Jethro/Hobab’s Detainment XXXII (2) 115
Are Most Jews B’nai-Judah? XXXII (3) 158
Neshekh and Tarbit: Usury From the Bible to Modern Finance XXXIII (1) 13
When God’s Will Can and Cannot be Altered: The Relationship Between the Balaam Narrative and I Kings 13 XXXIII (1) 31
Eliasaph Ben-Deuel/Reuel: A Rabbinic Interpretation XXXIII (3) 191
Balaam and His Talking Donkey XXXIV (2) 83
Four Homicides: How These Were Judged by the Bible and a Speculation as to the Basis for Judgement XXXIV (4) 247
Who Authorized Israelite Settlement East of the Jordan? XXXV (1) 11
Abraham and Balaam: A Biblical Contrast XXXV (1) 28
Moses at the Waters of Meribah: A Case of Transference XXXV (2) 85
Phinehas: Hero or Vigilante? XXXV (2) 119
Self-Effacement in the Bible XXXV (3) 179
Balaam is Laban XXXV (4) 222
Balaam, Shakespeare, Shylock XXXV (4) 231
The Political Side of the Zimri-Cozbi Affair XXXVI (1) 22
Torah and Rabbinic Compromises with Human Nature XXXVI (1) 25
Eldad and Medad XXXVI (2) 88
Fraternal Strife in the Bible XXXVI (2) 108
Korah and his Fall: Observations on Holiness XXXVI (2) 118
Political and Spiritual Mutinies XXXVI (2) 126
Blood Feud XXXVI (4) 261
Four Acts of Vowing in the Bible XXXVII (4) 231
In Defense of Korah XXXVII (4) 259
The Hidden Mission of Biblical Angels XXXVIII (1) 21
Numerical Symbolism in the Dedication of the Altar XXXVIII (1) 52
Miriam Rediscovered XXXVIII (3) 183
Hot Pursuit Into Canaan XXXVIII (4) 247
Numbers: The Lawbook on Speech Morality XXXIX (2) 74
The Mystery, Meaning and Disappearance of the Tekhelet XXXIX (2) 108
Why Was Moses Barred From Leading the People Into the Promised Land? A Psychotheological Answer XXXIX (4) 211
Phineas, Elijah and Circumcision 41:1 14
The Root G-R-A in the Bible: The Case of the Daughters of Zelophehad and Beyond 41:2 107
“Moses Wrote His Book and the Portion of Balaam” (TB Bava Batra 14b) 41:3 193
The Psychology of Balaam 41:4 227
The Meaning of And He Went Shefi (Numbers 23:3) 41:4 262
The Iniquities of Ammon and Moab 43:2 93
Understanding the Mystery of the Red Heifer Ritual 43:2 106
A People That Shall Dwell Alone: Curse or Blessing? 43:2 126
Reconciling the Sacrifices of Ezekiel with the Torah 43:4 211
The Mystery of the Urim Ve-Tummim 43:4 241
From Judges to Monarchy 44:1 45
Between the Rivers Arnon and Jabbok 44:2 125
Samson, Absalom and the Pitfalls of Nezirut 44:4 221
Discerning Nahshon’s Character from Textual and Intertextual Nuance 46:3 169
Literary Art and Psychological Insight in the Korah Episode 49:1 22
Understanding Balaam’s Donkey: An Intertextual Approach 49:2 94
Death Sentences: The Torah’s Treatment of its Major Characters’ Deaths 50:2 105
“How Much is She Worth?” A Comparison of Six Ancient Near East Laws Relating to Bride Price, Dowry, Inheritance and Divorce 50:3 143
The Cries of Our Rivals 50:4 233
Moses Our Nursemaid? Toward a Proper Understanding of Omen in Numbers 11:12 51:3 143
For He Took a Cushite Woman 51:3 182
Male Virility and Biblical Power Dynamics 52:1 3
The Daughters of Zelophehad: Biblical Women’s Rights Activists (?) 52:1 25
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54

DEUTERONOMY

Dor and Generation I (4) 38
Prophet, King and Priest in Israel III (4) 9
Was Simon Not Included in Moses’ Blessing IV 51
The Death of Moses VI 18O
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 124
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 166
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 258
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 40
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 102
A Unique Biblical Law XV 190
Free to Set a King Over Thee XVI 142
Polarization in the Mosaic Period XVI 263
The Fourth Commandment XXII (1) 26
Eikev: The Consequence of God’s Judgment XXII (1) 47
Who Wrote Story of Moses’ Death XXIII (1) 52
Why is Pesach so Late? XXV (1) 12
Judah HaHasid XXV (1) 23
The Sabbath Commandment: Its Two Versions XXV (3) 188
Arami Oved Avi XXV (1) 31
Centralization of Worship XXVI (1) 26
The Bird’s Nest Mitzvah: A Personal Aggadic Interpretation XXVI (2) 127
“Upon the Doorposts” XXVII (1) 40
A Pair of Contradictory Texts XXVII (2) 125
The Treatment of Women in Deuteronomy: Moral Absolutism and Practicality: Part I XXVII (3) 152
The Ten and the Torah XXVII (3) 186
The Treatment of Women in Deuteronomy: Moral Absolutism and Practicality: Part II XXVII (4) 231
Decalogue or Dodecalogue? XXVIII (4) 233
Ecology in the Bible XXVIII (4) 260
The Evolution of a Law XXIX (2) 113
What Never Was and Never Will Be: Rebellious Son, Subverted City, Infected House XXIX (4) 249
The Relationship Between Biblical Narrative and Biblical Law XXIX (4) 263
Darshanut: Do That Which is Right and Good in the Sight of the Lord (Deut. 6:18) XXIX (4) 269
Darshanut: In the Presence XXX (1) 59
The Subtle Grammar of the Biblical Dietary Laws XXX (2) 80
Darshanut: Friends, Strangers, Enemies XXX (2) 131
The Resurrection Motif in the Hebrew Bible: Allusions or Illusions? XXX (3) 143
Moses: Intermediary or Teacher? XXX (3) 196
Moses and Samuel: Israel’s Era of Charismatic Leadership XXX (4) 257
Deuteronomy’s Definition of Jewish Learning XXXI (2) 109
Moses as Poet: Ha’azinu as Poem XXXI (4) 211
When Did We Become a Nation? XXXI (4) 260
Death in the Bible XXXII (2) 98
Wherefore Mitzvot, the Divine Commandments? XXXII (2) 108
She Shall Mourn XXXII (3) 198
The Expanding Perspectives of the Sabbath XXXII (4) 239
Neshekh and Tarbit: Usury From the Bible to Modern Finance XXXIII (1) 13
Dover and M’Daber XXXIII (1) 40
Four Biblical Options of Moral Choice XXXIII (3) 153
A Comment on You Shall Not Boil a Kid in its Mother’s Milk XXXIII (3) 196
A Latch and a Clasp Connecting Deuteronomy 33:27-29 with Genesis 3:22-24: A Proposed Interpretation XXXIV (1) 12
The Sabbath: To Remember, To Observe, To Make XXXIV (2) 104
The Role of the Shoe in the Bible XXXV (1) 41
The Torah as Divine Fire XXXV (2) 94
Shakespeare’s Forgivable Portrayal of Shylock XXXV (3) 187
Seeing the Good of Israel XXXV (3) 202
Torah and Rabbinic Compromises with Human Nature XXXVI (1) 25
After All, The Lord Does Not Ask For Much! XXXVI (3) 153
Remembering Amalek Twice XXXVI (4) 251
The Ten Commandments as Positive Affirmations XXXVIII (1) 32
Miriam Rediscovered XXXVIII (3) 183
A Closer Examination of Deuteronomy 20:19-20 XXXIX (3) 143
True and False Prophets XXXIX (3) 152
A New Understanding of the Divorce and Remarriage Legislation in Deuteronomy 24:1-4 XXXIX (4) 245
Joseph and the Eglah Arufah 40 (1) 25
The Bed of Og 40 (1) 29
The Curse of Death in War 40:4 231
Rashi’s Midrashic Comments are Supported by a Broad Range of Biblical Texts 42:3 143
Thoughts on the Death Penalty: From the Written Law to the Oral Law 42:3 173
He is Like a Tree Planted Beside Streams of Water: Reflections of Trees and Men in the Bible 43:2 73
The Iniquities of Ammon and Moab 43:2 93
Why was Mount Gerizim Chosen for the Blessing Ceremony? 43:2 122
Arami Oved Avi (Deut. 26:5): Peshat and Derash 43:3 200
The Anti-Hybridization Laws and Sodom and Gomorrah: An Inquiry into an Explanation of the Hybridization Prohibition 44:3 175
Orphans and Affirmative Action 44:4 241
Considering the Genre and Audience of Deuteronomy 9:7 45:3 169
Why Was Hametz So Strictly Forbidden on Passover? 46:1 47
How Did Moses Die? 46:2 104
Sabbatical and Jubilee Regulations as a Means of Economic Recovery 46:3 196
Did an Aramean (Try to) Kill our Father? 47:4 231
An Elucidation of the Enigmatic Levad Mimkarav Al Ha-Avot (Deut. 18:8) 48:2 103
The Sh’ma as Dynamic of Redemption 48:4 262
Inquiring of the Dead 49:3 171
Death Sentences: The Torah’s Treatment of its Major Characters’ Deaths 50:2 105
“How Much is She Worth?” A Comparison of Six Ancient Near East Laws Relating to Bride Price, Dowry, Inheritance and Divorce 50:3 143
Moses and the Books of the Pentateuch 50:3 181
Between the Judges and the Spies: The Courtroom as a Microcosm for the Battlefield and Beyond 50:4 221
The Cries of Our Rivals 50:4 233
“Chattel or…?”: Laws Relating to Female Slaves in Ancient Israel 51:1 33
Avoiding Amalek: Three Approaches 51:4 256
Conundrum: Why Wasn’t the Verse Ki Ha’adam Etz Hasadeh (Deut. 20:19) Used as a Prooftext for the Halakhic Concert of Man Being Gidulei Karka (something that grows from the ground)? 52:2 126
Is Deuteronomy 22:10 a Double Entendre? 52:3 143
Sacrifices for the Dead 52:3 161

JOSHUA

The Book of Joshua: Chapters 23-24: Part One III (2) 2
The New Settlement of the Tribe of Dan III (1) 10
The Book of Joshua: Chapters 23-24: Part Two III (2) 15
Gilgal, Site of the First Passover VI 137
The Three-Day Syndrome XIII 111
The Conquest of Canaan in the Book of Joshua: Military and Archaeological Aspects XIII 141
The Location of Ai XVII 153
The Punishment of Achan: The Poetic Justice of Success and Failure XIX 25
Military and Archeological Aspects of the Conquest of Canaan in the Book of Joshua XXXII (1) 7
Why the Walls of Jericho Came Tumbling Down XXXIV (2) 86
“There is no Chronological Order in the Torah”: An Axiom for Understanding the Book of Joshua XXXVI (1) 3
Fraternal Strife in the Bible XXXVI (2) 108
One Book, Two Books: The Joshua-Judges Continuum XXXVI (3) 163
Moonlit Leadership: A Midrashic Reading of Joshua’s Success XXXVII (3) 144
Did the Wall of Jericho Collapse or Did the City Surrender? XXXVIII (1) 36
The Length of the Rule of Joshua and the Periods of Subjugation in the Book of Judges 41:1 32
Two Polyphonic Narrations: The Splitting of the Red Sea and the Treaty With the Givonites 48:2 117
The Fall of Jericho as an Earthquake Myth 48:3 171
The Fall of Jericho: How the People’s Shout Silenced the Scouts of Doubt 52:1 37

JUDGES

Three Charismatic Judges and Their Strategies IV 8
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton’s Samson Agonistes: Part 1 IV 56
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton’s Samson Agonistes: Part 2 IV 113
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton’s Samson Agonistes: Part 3 IV 160
Who Was Shamgar Ben Anat XIV 105
Samson in Timnah: Judges 14-15: Form and Function XV 249
The Concubine of Gibeah (Judges 19-21) XVIII 111
Deborah, the Wife of Lapidot XVIII 135
Chronology in the Book of Judges XXI 31
The Prowess of the Benjaminites XXII (2) 73
Jephthah XXIII (2) 73
Jephthah’s Daughter XXV (2) 73
The Tragedy of Jephthah XXVIII (4) 251
Rahab the Harlot and Other Philosophers of Religion XXVIII (1) 52
Gideon and the Ephraimites XXX (2) 118
Who Was Jonathan Son of Gershom in Judges 18:30? XXX (3) 191
The Parable of Jotham: The Question of Authority in Judaism XXX (4) 247
“Foremost in Rank and Foremost in Power”: Conflict Over the First-Born in Israel XXXI (1) 17
Violence and Holiness in Biblical Dan XXXI (1) 27
Three Unlikely Leaders XXXI (1) 53
Gideon or Jerubaal XXXI (3) 181
Minhag in Judaism XXXII (1) 44
Samson and Samuel: Two Styles of Leadership XXXIII (2) 108
Fathers and Sons XXXIII (4) 215
The Folly of Impetuous Speech: Four Biblical Incidents XXXIV (1) 16
Deborah: Judge, Prophetess and Poet XXXIV (2) 110
The Positive and Negative Traits of Gideon as Reflected in his Sons Jotham and Abimelech XXXIV (3) 159
Samson: A Tragedy in Three Acts XXXV (1) 34
Fraternal Strife in the Bible XXXVI (2) 108
One Book, Two Books: The Joshua-Judges Continuum XXXVI (3) 163
Lord Byron’s Midrashic Lyrics: Part 1: Saul and Others XXXVII (1) 24
Jephthah’s Daughter XXXVII (1) 57
Suicide in the Bible XXXVII (3) 157
Four Acts of Vowing in the Bible XXXVII (4) 231
A Note on Judges 13:20-21: Sorting Out the Syntax XXXVIII (1) 10
Hot Pursuit Into Canaan XXXVIII (4) 247
Themes in the Deborah Narrative (Judges 4-5) XXXIX (1) 15
Psalm 68: Echoes of the Song of Deborah? 40:4 238
The Length of the Rule of Joshua and the Periods of Subjugation in the Book of Judges 41:1 32
The Connection Between the Idol of Micah and the Concubine at Gibeah: A Rabbinic View 41:2 78
Sisera and Harosheth-Goiim 41:2 95
Tola the Judge: A New Midrashic Analysis 43:1 17
Judge Ibzan of Bethlehem: Judah or Zebulun? Peshat and Derash 43:3 154
The Book of Ruth: A Contrast to the End of the Book of Judges 43:4 223
Elon the Zebulunite of Aijalon: An Historical Theory 43:4 249
Shofetim: The Book of Judges: Anarchy vs. Monarchy 44:1 21
Between the Rivers Arnon and Jabbok 44:2 125
Samson, Absalom and the Pitfalls of Nezirut 44:4 221
Manoah’s wife in Late Second Temple Wisdom Literature 47:2 103
Samson Agonistes 47:3 151
Milk: A Potent Nectar 48:4 230
Remembering Adam Zertal 50:2 119
I’ll Sit Here Until You Come Back: Gideon and the Patience of God 50:4 245
Looking Through the Window: For Better or for Worse 51:4 227
Male Virility and Biblical Power Dynamics 52:1 3

SAMUEL

Saul and the Witch of Endor V 16
Joab, Captain of the Host V 159
Irony in I Samuel (Chapters 8-15) VI 17
Absalom’s Revolt VI 118
Was Jonathan Guilty: A Study of I Samuel Chapter 14 VII 153
The Torn Robe: A Study of I Samuel 15:26-28 VIII 136
Why Did Samuel Initially Reject Monarchy ? VIII 171
Abishag the Shunammite IX 78
The Plague in I Samuel 5-6 X 157
The Prophet Samuel & King Saul XI 202
Samuel and Saul – The Psychological Dimension XI 217
Samuel and Saul: The Prophetic Dimension XI 223
Free to Set a King Over THee XVI 142
Who Killed Goliath? XVIII 37
Who Killed Goliath – A Response to Steven Moss XVIII 114
What Ailed the Son of Kish XIX 244
David’s Marriage to Michal XX 79
The Rape of Tamar XX 174
The Prophet Samuel and King Saul XX 225
Not a Blacksmith Could be Found XXII (1) 32
Nabal, the Villain XXII (4) 249
Power of Persuasion: Judah, Abigail, and Hushai XXIII (1) 9
David’s Last Sin: Was it the Census? XXIII (2) 91
Jonathan XXIII (3) 143
A Nameless City XXIII (4) 252
Midrash on Saul XXIII (4) 257
The City of David XXIII (4) 265
David and Ahab: A Study of Crime and Punishment XXIV (2) 90
A Biblical Freudian Slip: II Samuel 12:6 XXIV (2) 107
David’s Census: Additional Reflection XXIV (4) 255
David’s Conquest of Jerusalem XXV (1) 34
Two Sinners XXV (2) 108
Expletives in the Bible XXVI (4) 255
The Saga of the Ark XXVIII (1) 28
Strife in the Household of King David XXVIII (4) 227
The Book of Samuel: A Literary Masterpiece XXIX (1) 32
Bible Translators as Arbiters of Ambiguity: Part 2 XXIX (3) 156
The Prophet Versus the King XXX (1) 45
Tamar Times Three XXX (2) 127
The Resurrection Motif in the Hebrew Bible: Allusions or Illusions? XXX (3) 143
The Elusive Mount Zion XXX (3) 179
Moses and Samuel: Israel’s Era of Charismatic Leadership XXX (4) 257
Parental Love or Child Abuse? XXXI (1) 48
Three Unlikely Leaders XXXI (1) 53
The Nature of Kinat David: Public or Private? XXXI (2) 129
Samuel and Saul: A Negative Symbiosis XXXII (1) 35
The “Other” Demonstrative Pronouns: Pejorative Colloquialisms in Biblical Hebrew XXXIII (1) 23
Samson and Samuel: Two Styles of Leadership XXXIII (2) 108
Fathers and Sons XXXIII (4) 215
Hannah’s Parallel Thoughts and Allusions XXXIII (4) 267
On and Off the Beaten Track in Tel Azeka XXXIV (1) 55
David Dances – Michal Scoffs XXXIV (4) 260
Self-Effacement in the Bible XXXV (3) 179
Fraternal Strife in the Bible XXXVI (2) 108
Suicide in the Bible XXXVII (3) 157
Four Acts of Vowing in the Bible XXXVII (4) 231
Saul and the “Witch of En-Dor” XXXIX (2) 99
When Love and Politics Mix: David and His Relationships with Saul, Jonathan, and Michal 40 (1) 41
David’s Sin: Counting the People 41:1 53
The Ghost of Samuel: Real or Imaginary? 41:2 104
Magdil and Migdol – Liturgical Responses to Textual Variants 41:2 119
Saul and Genocide 42:1 39
Prooftext That Elkanah Rather Than Hannah Consecrated Samuel as a Nazirite 42:1 52
The Destroying Angel 42:4 255
The Genre of the Call Narrative: Beyond Habel’s Model 43:1 54
Jonadab, “Friend” of Amnon 43:2 101
The Philistines: Bitter Enemy of Israel 43:3 176
Political Assassination in Biblical Israel 43:3 191
The Hidden Storyline Within the Biblical Texts Regarding David and Saul 43:4 233
From Judges to Monarchy 44:1 45
The Eternal Davidic Covenant in Samuel Chapter 7 and its Later Manifestations in the Bible 44:2 83
Literary Parallels Between Homer’s Epics and the Biblical Philistines 44:3 143
Dagon: The Fish God? 44:3 154
Samson, Absalom and the Pitfalls of Nezirut 44:4 221
He Said: It’s an Event Not Pure, For it’s Not Pure (I Sam. 20:26b): A Political Analysis 44:4 258
Height Theology: The Theological Use of Lexical Ambiguity in the David and Goliath Story 45:4 243
The English Poets’ “Rizpah” 46:4 257
Saul and Jonathan 47:2 93
The Medium of Endor and Saul: Ancient and Contemporary Views 48:4 235
Mena’anim: Musical Instruments of the People 49:1 43
Inquiring of the Dead 49:3 171
Abigail and Abel’s Wise Woman: Comparisons and Contrasts 49:4 263
God Called: Abraham! Abraham! Jacob! Jacob! Moses! Moses! Samuel! Samuel! 50:1 36
“You Shall Not Eat with the Blood” 50:3 160
Was Samuel a Priest? 51:1 16
I am the Woman: The Story and Prayer of Hannah, a Biblical Feminist Text 51:1 23
Looking Through the Window: For Better or for Worse 51:4 227
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54

KINGS

Do Not Destroy the Fruit Trees (II Kings 3) I (2) 9
Said the Thistle to the Cedar (II Kings 14) I (2) 12
What Happened to Uzziah’s Bones? (II Kings 15) I (2) 5
Gods, Tents and Authority: A Study of Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 XIX 230
Checkmate: The King is Dead XXII (3) 151
Sound and Silence XXII (4) 228
They are No Longer, For God Has Taken Them XXII (4) 221
The Rabshakeh’s Speech (II Kg. 18-25): A Study of Rhetorical Intimidation XXIII (4) 213
The Marriage and the Dowry XXIII (4) 248
The Great Ladies XXIV (1) 26
David and Ahab: A Study of Crime and Punishment XXIV (2) 90
Isaiah and Cyrus XXIV (3) 173
Two Sinners XXV (2) 108
Royal Building Projects and the Ethics of Royalty XXV (3) 201
Pronounciation: A Key to Meaning: I Kings 3:16-28 XXV (4) 246
Characteristics of Biblical Historiography XXVI (3) 177
Divided They Stand: The United Monarchy Split in Twain XXVII (4) 211
The Temple Plan Revealed: A Mishnaic Formula for Building the Temple XXVII (4) 238
A Fresh Look at Nebuchadnezzar XXVIII (3) 185
The Queen of Sheba: A Queen of Egypt or Ethiopia? XXIX (3) 151
The Tragic King XXIX (3) 180
Elisha the Prophet XXIX (4) 242
Moses, Elisha and Transferred Spirit: The Height of Biblical Prophecy? Part 1 XXX (2) 73
The Resurrection Motif in the Hebrew Bible: Allusions or Illusions? XXX (3) 143
Forget Not Your Forebears! XXX (3) 164
Moses, Elisha and Transferred Spirit: The Height of Biblical Prophecy? Part 2 XXX (3) 171
The Wrath of Moab XXX (4) 216
“Foremost in Rank and Foremost in Power”: Conflict Over the First-Born in Israel XXXI (1) 17
Turning to Jerusalem in Prayer XXXI (2) 97
The Words Minhag and Masoret XXXI (3) 186
The Incorporation of Pre-Modern Scientific Theories Into Biblical Literature: The Case of Innate Heat XXXII (2) 73
Death in the Bible XXXII (2) 98
Are Most Jews B’nai-Judah? XXXII (3) 158
Elijah the Zealot: A Foil to Moses XXXII (3) 174
The “Other” Demonstrative Pronouns: Pejorative Colloquialisms in Biblical Hebrew XXXIII (1) 23
When God’s Will Can and Cannot be Altered: The Relationship Between the Balaam Narrative and I Kings 13 XXXIII (1) 31
Fathers and Sons XXXIII (4) 215
The Rise of the House of Omri XXXIII (4) 223
The Biblical View of Tyre XXXIV (2) 73
Seder Olam and the Sabbaticals Associated With the Two Destructions of Jerusalem: Part 1 XXXIV (3) 173
Seder Olam and the Sabbaticals Associated With the Two Destructions of Jerusalem: Part 2 XXXIV (4) 252
Hopping Between Two Opinions: Understanding the Biblical Portrait of Ahab XXXV (1) 3
The Solomon and Sheba Story in Ethiopia XXXV (1) 60
The Rebellion of Jehu XXXV (4) 211
Zedekiah: Last King of Judah XXXVI (2) 93
Fraternal Strife in the Bible XXXVI (2) 108
Lord Byron’s Midrashic Lyrics: Part 1: Saul and Others XXXVII (1) 24
Suicide in the Bible XXXVII (3) 157
Nivhaz or Nivhan? XXXVII (4) 239
Solomon: The Too Wise King XXXIX (2) 91
Cut the Baby in Half: Understanding Solomon’s Divinely-Inspired Wisdom XXXIX (3) 189
Egypt: Nemesis of Israel and Judah 40 (1) 9
Elijah’s Battle for the Soul of Israel 40 (1) 52
The Disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant 40:3 174
Elijah and Elisha: Part 1: Moses and Joshua 40:4 225
A Lost Battle of King Ahab Rediscovered 41:1 3
Elijah and Elisha: Part 2: Similarities and Differences 41:1 19
The Prophet Micaiah in Kings and Chronicles 41:3 156
Ruth and Elisha: A Comparative Study 41:4 236
Queen Athaliah: The Daughter of Ahab or Omri? 42:1 11
The Reign of King Solomon: Diplomatic and Economic Perspectives 42:3 151
The Pillars of the Temple 42:4 221
The Triple Tragedy of the Gedaliah Assassination 42:4 247
The Genre of the Call Narrative: Beyond Habel’s Model 43:1 54
The Siege of Jerusalem: Part 1: Assyria the World Power 43:2 83
The Siege of Jerusalem: Part 2: The Enigmatic Rabshakeh 43:3 163
Political Assassination in Biblical Israel 43:3 191
Book Review: I Kings – Torn in Two 43:4 265
Jeroboam Ben Nabat: A Reappraisal 44:2 97
Gehazi and the Miracle Staff of Elisha 45:2 103
The Annihilation of Sennacherib’s Army: A Case of Septicemic Plague? 45:4 222
The Leap-Month Fabricated by Jeroboam 46:1 13
Raised from the Dead: Rationalist Approaches? 46:3 189
Miketz Ersim Shana: Revisiting Mishpat Shlomo Twenty Years On 49:1 3
Jehu Ben Nimshi in Light of Ishmael Ben Nethaniah: An Inner-Biblical Interpretation 49:1 29
King David’s Spear, the Weapons of the Carians, and the Overthrow of Athaliah in II Kings 11 49:4 257
The Assassination of King Amon of Judah 50:3 165
The Altar of Ahaz and Monarchial Polytheism 51:3 171
Enoch and Elijah: Ascent to Heaven? 51:4 237
Male Virility and Biblical Power Dynamics 52:1 3
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54

ISAIAH

God’s Plan in Isaiah (8:10) I (2) 25
Prophetic Solution for Near Eastern Peoples (Isaiah 19:24) I (2) 27
Cyrus in the Perspective of Bible and History I (3) 1
The New Kotel Discovery (Isaiah 66:14) I (3) 24
The Direction and Purpose of Time: Isaiah’s Vision and the End of Days III (3) 7
Isaiah and the Computer VIII 37
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter One XI 159
For the Sake of My Name XI 169
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Two XI 234
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Three XII 45
Gynomorphic Imagery in Exilic Isaiah XII 71
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapters Four and Five XII 115
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Six XII 173
Two Righteous Men: Isaiah and Hezekiah XII 211
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Seven XII 253
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Eight XIII 53
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Nine XIII 117
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Ten XIII 194
A Guide to Isaiah Chapters 11-12 XIII 268
Isaiah and Hezekiah: Prophet and King XVI 78
The Cyrus Cylinder and Isaiah 40-50 XVI 164
A Drop of a Bucket (Isaiah 40:15) XVII 199
The School of Isaiah: Biography and Transmission of the Book of Isaiah XVIII 62
Isaiah: How the Book Entered Holy Writ XVIII 206
Isaiah and his Audience XX 10
Look Unto Abraham Your Father (Isaiah 51:2) XX 262
King Cyrus, Anointed (Messiah) of the Lord XXIII (3) 188
Isaiah and Cyrus XXIV (3) 173
A Variant Text From the Isaiah Scroll XXV (3) 177
A Slip of the Reader and Not the Reed: Part I XXVI (1) 12
A Slip of the Reader and Not the Reed: Part II XXVI (2) 93
Expletives in the Bible XXVI (4) 255
The Prophet as Watcher XXVII (1) 29
The Meaning of Tzemach Hashem in Isaiah 4:2 XXVIII (1) 20
Yom Adonai and the Ninth Plague XXIX (3) 197
Learning From Isaiah XXIX (4) 211
Universalism and/or Particularism XXX (1) 3
The Resurrection Motif in the Hebrew Bible: Allusions or Illusions? XXX (3) 143
Suffering: Three Biblical Views XXX (3) 183
Foretold, Fulfilled, Copied XXXI (2) 117
Darshanut: Thou Worm Jacob XXXII (1) 62
The Prophetic Visions of God’s Abode XXXII (3) 162
Both are the Words of the Living God XXXV (4) 242
The Prophets of Israel: Both Universalist and Particularist XXXV (4) 249
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73
Prophecy as Potential: The Consolations of Isaiah 1-12 in Context XXXVII (1) 3
The Real “Suffering Servant”: Decoding a Controversial Passage in the Bible XXXVII (1) 35
Isaiah’s Suffering Servant: A New View XXXVII (4) 243
The Day of the Lord XXXVIII (3) 149
Cyrus as Messiah 40:3 159
Isaiah 7:14B in New Major Christian Bible Translations 41:3 175
Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty 42:3 185
Grave Matters: Sheol in the Hebrew Bible 44:3 145
The Word-Pair Morning/Evening as a Parallel Word-Pair in Biblical Poetry 45:4 260
A Note on the Aramaic Cognate of ‘Almah in the Targumim 46:1 55
Septuagint Readings as Additional Exegetical Layers 46:2 124
Inquiring of the Dead 49:3 171
Let My Outcasts, Moab, Find Asylum in You: Compassion for Fugitives from Disaster in Isaiah 15-16 51:2 97
On the Presence of Dragons in the Hebrew Bible 52:2 94
Sacrifices for the Dead 52:3 161

JEREMIAH

Jeremiah’s Struggle with his Calling I (4) 21
The Lachish Letters I (4) 23
The Trial of Jeremiah XII 36
Parents Have Eaten Sour Grapes XVIII 1
Jeremiah, A Tragedy: Thou Hast Enticed Me, and I was Enticed XIX 176
A Stylistic-Exegetical Analysis of Jeremiah 46:1-12 XX 84
Atbash in Jeremiah and its Literary Significance: Part 1 XXIV (2) 82
Atbash in Jeremiah and its Literary Significance: Part 2 XXIV (3) 160
Atbash in Jeremiah and its Literary Significance: Part 3 XXIV (4) 247
Baruch Ben-Neriah: The Man Who Was Not a Prophet XXV (3) 150
A Slip of the Reader and Not the Reed: Part I XXVI (1) 12
A Slip of the Reader and Not the Reed: Part II XXVI (2) 93
The Prophet as Watcher XXVII (1) 29
Foretold, Fulfilled, Copied XXXI (2) 117
Is the “Queen of Heaven” in Jeremiah the Goddess Anat? XXXII (1) 55
Jeremiah, the Suffering Prophet and Ezekiel, the Visionary XXXII (4) 233
Dover and M’Daber XXXIII (1) 40
Retroversion in Medieval Jewish Biblical Exegesis: A Study in the Book of Jeremiah XXXIV (4) 237
The Prophets of Israel: Both Universalist and Particularist XXXV (4) 249
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73
Zedekiah: Last King of Judah XXXVI (2) 93
True and False Prophets XXXIX (3) 152
The Trial of Jeremiah and the Killing of Uriah the Prophet 42:1 27
Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty 42:3 185
The Triple Tragedy of the Gedaliah Assassination 42:4 247
Judean Mindset Throughout the Babylonian Exile: Literary Study of Jeremiah and Baruch in Historical Context 43:1 35
Reconstructing the DEstruction of the Tabernacle of Shiloh 44:1 7
The Eternal Davidic Covenant in Samuel Chapter 7 and its Later Manifestations in the Bible 44:2 83
Jeremiah’s Trial as a False Prophet (Chapter 26): A Window Into the Complex Religious State of the People 45:1 13
The Religious Significance of Bavel in the Book of Jeremiah 46:2 86
Jehu Ben Nimshi in Light of Ishmael Ben Nethaniah: An Inner-Biblical Interpretation 49:1 29
Jeremiah and Hananiah: A Study of True and False Prophecy 50:2 113
The Tensions Between Jews and Christians as Reflected in Hayyun’s Commentary on Jeremiah 51:4 211
Ishmael Ben Nethaniah’s Massacre of the Self-Gashing Pilgrims in Jeremiah 41 51:4 249

EZEKIEL

The Aspaklaria of Prophetic Vision I (4) 27
The Vision of the Dry Bones Depicted in the Wall Drawings of the Synagogue in Dura Europos II (1) 10
The Lesson of Ezekiel’s Temple (Ezekiel 40-48) II (1) 13
The Origin of the Synagogue VII 27
Ezekiel, the Neglected Prophet XVII 117
Parents Have Eaten Sour Grapes XVIII 1
The Symbolic Acts of Ezekiel (Chapters 3-5) XIX 120
Ezekiel, From Destruction to Redemption XX 144
The Prophet as Watcher XXVII (1) 29
Yom Adonai and the Ninth Plague XXIX (3) 197
Calendar Notations in the Prophets XXIX (4) 255
The Resurrection Motif in the Hebrew Bible: Allusions or Illusions? XXX (3) 143
The Words Minhag and Masoret XXXI (3) 186
The Prophetic Visions of God’s Abode XXXII (3) 162
Jeremiah, the Suffering Prophet and Ezekiel, the Visionary XXXII (4) 233
Ezekiel the Sentinel XXXII (4) 259
The “Other” Demonstrative Pronouns: Pejorative Colloquialisms in Biblical Hebrew XXXIII (1) 23
The Utopian Map in Ezekiel 48:1-35 XXXIV (1) 20
The Prophets of Israel: Both Universalist and Particularist XXXV (4) 249
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73
Zedekiah: Last King of Judah XXXVI (2) 93
The Day of the Lord XXXVIII (3) 149
Ezekiel: Priest-Prophet XXXIX (1) 35
Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty 42:3 185
Grave Matters: Sheol in the Hebrew Bible 44:3 145
Reconciling the Sacrifices of Ezekiel with the Torah 43:4 211
The Pentateuch Quoted Intact: Evidence from Ezekiel and Psalms 43:4 256
Ezekiel, the Wordsmith, and his Prophecies Against Tyre 45:2 79
Identifying the Daniel Character in Ezekiel 46:4 231
The Garden of God 49:4 247
“You Shall Not Eat with the Blood” 50:3 160
The Use of Two Synonymous Prepositions Lema’an and Le- in Ezekiel 21 52:3 170

HOSEA

Amos and Hosea: Two Directions in Israel’s Prophecy V 101
Hoseah’s True Marriage XV 79
Hoseah and the Fertility Cult XV 84
Hosea – His Message XV 88
The Prophet as Watcher XXVII (1) 29
The King of Princes: An Exegesis of Hosea 8:10 XXVIII (1) 34
Biblical Metaphor and the Dynamics of Jewish Demography: A Modern Midrash XXVIII (4) 222
The Resurrection Motif in the Hebrew Bible: Allusions or Illusions? XXX (3) 143
Hosea and Gomer Revisited XXXI (2) 84
The Prophets of Israel: Both Universalist and Particularist XXXV (4) 249
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73
Rebuke Your Mother: But Who is She? The Identity of the “Mother” and “Children” in Hosea 2:4-7 44:1 13
The Presence of the Covenant Motif in Hosea: An Intertextual Approach for the Last Oracle in the Book 45:1 34
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54

JOEL

Joel and His Message II (1) 22
And a Fountain Shall Come Forth From the House of the Lord X 48
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73
The Day of the Lord XXXVIII (3) 149
The Prophecy of Joel: The Prophet’s Message, Beliefs, and Prophetic Style XXXIX (4) 221
I Will Pour Out My Spirit on All Flesh (Joel 3:1) 41:2 123

AMOS

Amos and Hosea: Two Directions in Israel’s Prophecy V 101
Amos, Prophet and Worldly Man X 183
Amos XXVII (1) 20
Observations on Some Cruxes in Amos: Part 1 XXIX (1) 18
Observations on Some Cruxes in Amos: Part 2 XXIX (2) 87
Observations on Some Cruxes in Amos: Part 3 XXIX (3) 171
Observations on Some Cruxes in Amos: Part 4 XXIX (4) 232
Observations on Some Cruxes in Amos: Part 5 XXX (1) 51
Amos 5:24: Prophetic, Chastising, Surprising, Poetic XXX (4) 227
The Role of the Shoe in the Bible XXXV (1) 41
Amos the Prophet: A Meditation on the Richness of “Justice” XXXVI (1) 15
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73
The Day of the Lord XXXVIII (3) 149

OBADIAH

Israel and Edom (Obadiah 1:21) II (1) 25
Obadiah: The Smallest Book in the Bible XXVI (4) 231

JONAH

The Book of Jonah I (1) 4
Jonah – Transition From Seer to Prophet VII 1
The Literary Impact of Jonah VII 9
The Book of Jonah: A Lesson For All Generations VII 21
The Universalism of the Book of Jonah According to the Teaching of Yehezkel Kaufman X 20
Jonah and Nineveh: The Tragedy of Jonah XII 4
Eastward and Westward: The Movement of Prophecy and History in the Book of Jonah XIII 16
Maftir Jonah XIV 3
The Book of Jonah: An Ethical Confrontation Between God and Prophet XIV 11
Jonah’s Race to Nineveh XVI 10
Jonah: Toward the Re-education of the Prophets XVII 10
Jonah’s Confession XX 189
The Book of Jonah as Allegory XXVII (3) 141
Darshanut: Jonah: A Transitional Prophet XXVII (3) 199
Darshanut: Jonah and Yom Kippur XXVI (3) 201
Thoughts on an Allegorical Reading of Jonah XXVIII (3) 143
The Epilogue to Jonah XXVIII (3) 146
Seeking Vindication, Especially in Jonah XXX (1) 17
Nineveh and Sodom Juxtaposed: Contrasts and Parallels XXX (4) 242
Dover and M’Daber XXXIII (1) 40
Jonah’s Conflict With God’s Mercy Toward Even the Most Worthy of Pagans XXXIV (1) 3
Jonah, the Reluctant Prophet: Prophecy and Allegory XXXV (2) 103
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73
Jonah the Rebellious Prophet: A Look at the Man Behind the Prophecy Based on Biblical and Rabbinic Sources XXXVII (1) 45
Jonah: The Conscientious Objector XXXVII (2) 95
Noah and the Dove: The Integral Connection Between Noah and Jonah 40:4 261
Jonah Chapter 2 as a Prophetic Vision 50:3 174

MICAH

Micah’s Ideals, Stevenson’s Guide IV 79
For the Statutes of Omri are Kept (Micah 6:16) XVIII 69
Darshanut: Phineas and Micah XXIX (3) 202
Questions and Response in Micah 6:6-8 XXXIII (3) 157
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73
Psalm 72 and Micah 5:1: The Primordial Messiah 48:2 90

NAHUM

Nahum: The Little-Known Prophet XXVIII (3) 182
Nahum’s Theological Perspectives XXXII (3) 148
Nahum – The Prophet and his Message XXXIII (2) 81
Nahum 1: Acrostic and Authorship XXXIV (2) 97

HABAKUK

Habakuk 3:13 A Problematic Verse XIII 105
The Prophet as Watcher XXVII (1) 29
Problems and Solutions of Habakkuk 3:8 XXXI (1) 3
A Reconstruction of Matzor: Habakkuk 2:1 XXXI (3) 161
Was Habakkuk Presumptuous? XXXII (1) 27
Historical Allusions in the Book of Habakkuk XXXVI (3) 143
Biblical Prayers and Rabbinic Responses: Balancing Truthfulness and Respect Before God XXXVIII (1) 3
Habakkuk: From Perplexity to Faith XXXIX (1) 25

ZEPHANIAH

The Suk in Ancient Israel: Where was the Jerusalem Makhtesh II (2) 1
A Slip of the Reader and Not the Reed: Part I XXVI (1) 12
A Slip of the Reader and Not the Reed: Part II XXVI (2) 93
The Book of Zephaniah: Allusions to the Tower of Babel XXVIII (1) 3
Yom Adonai and the Ninth Plague XXIX (3) 197
The Day of the Lord XXXVIII (3) 149

HAGGAI

Zerubbabel: A Riddle XXIV (1) 14
Zerubabbel: The Messianic Hope of the Returnees XXIV (4) 221
Calendar Notations in the Prophets XXIX (4) 255
The Prophets of Israel: Both Universalist and Particularist XXXV (4) 249
Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty 42:3 185

ZECHARIAH

And Ekron as a Jebusite (Zechariah 9:7) XXI 170
Zerubbabel: A Riddle XXIV (1) 14
Zerubabbel: The Messianic Hope of the Returnees XXIV (4) 221
The Warhorse of the Lord XXVIII (3) 163
Calendar Notations in the Prophets XXIX (4) 255
Zechariah: A Prophet During a Pivotal Time XXXI (1) 36
Foretold, Fulfilled, Copied XXXI (2) 117
The “Other” Demonstrative Pronouns: Pejorative Colloquialisms in Biblical Hebrew XXXIII (1) 23
Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty 42:3 185
The Meaning of Tzantrot (Zechariah 4:12) 51:2 108

MALACHI

Malachi: A Prophet for His Time XXVI (3) 149
The Prophets of Israel: Both Universalist and Particularist XXXV (4) 249
Were the Prophets Opposed to Sacrifice? XXXVI (2) 73

PSALMS

The Contrite Heart II (2) 5
Meaning of Mikhtam in Psalms II (2) 9
The Earthquake that Turned the Course of the War (Psalm 60) II (2) 13
Sparks From the Psalms II (3) 10
Metaphors of the Vine and the Olive Tree II (3) 15
Let Everything Praise the Lord II (4) 11
Psalms of Zion III (4) 1
Psalm 130: A Cry of the Heart III (4) 15
Psalm 24 IV 63
Psalm XV- A Liturgical or Ethical Psalm V 124
Quiz on the Book of Psalms V 205
The Makers of Israel: A Note on Psalm 149 X 122
Psalm 23: A Pattern Poem XI 71
Praise Waiteth for Thee: Psalm 65:2 XVI 179
Tehilim – The Book of Psalms (Part 1) XVI 235
Tehilim – the Book of Psalms (Part 2) XVII 83
Tehillim, The Psalms XIX 191
The Theology of Psalm 145 (Part 1) XX 3
The Theology of Psalm 145 (Part 2) XX 73
The Historical Background of Psalm 24 XX 268
Al Hasetumot Bamizmor (Commentary on the Psalms) (Aharon Pollack) XXII (2) 125
Creation and the Torah in Psalm 19 XXII (4) 241
A Rabbi Reads the Psalms (Jonathan Magonet) XXIII (1) 57
Psalm 119 XXIII (1) 55
Psalm 47: Numerical and Geometrical Devices Used to Emphasize the Author’s Message XXIII (4) 258
Psalm 145: Its Two Faces XXIV (4) 229
The Earth is Full of Your Creations (Psalm 104:24) XXIV (4) 251
Hinds in Psalm 29 XXIV (4) 258
A Dead Sea Psalm XXV (1) 57
Some Surprises in Psalm 78 XXVI (4) 246
On the Inadequacy of Translation as Exemplified by a Literary Analysis of Four Translations of Psalm 102: Part I XXVII (2) 73
Psalm 147 XXVII (2) 115
On the Inadequacy of Translation as Exemplified by a Literary Analysis of Four Translations of Psalm 102: Part II XXVII (3) 174
Hesed – Mercy or Loyalty? XXVII (3) 183
A Psalm for Sabbath? A Literary View of Psalm 92 28 (4) 211
A First Century CE Date for the Closing of the Book of Psalms? XXVIII (2) 102
Psalm 91 as Responsory XXVIII (2) 117
Particularism and Universalism in Psalms XXIX (1) 13
A Suggested Translation of Psalm 91:1-2 XXIX (1) 43
Was Psalm 50 Misplaced? XXX (1) 26
The Resurrection Motif in the Hebrew Bible: Allusions or Illusions? XXX (3) 143
Exile and Return XXXI (2) 101
Sleep Disorders in the Bible XXXI (3) 143
The “Name” of God in Psalms XXXI (4) 230
The Riddle of Psalm 49 XXXIII (3) 143
Four Biblical Options of Moral Choice XXXIII (3) 153
God’s Voice: From Creation to the Sanctuary XXXIII (3) 184
Restructuring Psalm 85 XXXV (1) 47
Restructuring Psalm 47 XXXV (3) 166
Self-Effacement in the Bible XXXV (3) 179
The Menorah Psalm XXXVII (1) 11
Down to the Sea in Ships XXXVII (2) 73
Lord Byron’s Midrashic Lyrics: Part 2: The Fall of Jerusalem XXXVII (2) 80
Critical Notes to Psalm 22:30 XXXVII (3) 169
Biblical Prayers and Rabbinic Responses: Balancing Truthfulness and Respect Before God XXXVIII (1) 3
The Differences Between the Wise and the Foolish in Psalms: Theodicy, Understanding Providence, and Religious Responses XXXVIII (3) 157
Psalm 118 (2) 115
Psalm 24:3-4: Nafshi or Nafsho: His Soul or My Name? 40 (1) 63
The Happy Man of Psalm 1 40:3 179
Psalm 68: Echoes of the Song of Deborah? 40:4 238
Understanding Psalm 46 41:1 35
What is Keseh in Psalm 81:4? 41:1 55
Magdil and Migdol – Liturgical Responses to Textual Variants 41:2 119
The Psalms of the Day 42:2 114
Midrashic Interpretation of Psalms 6 and 20 42:3 159
Psalms Chapter 63: David in the Wilderness 42:4 244
Who Were the “Fearers of the Lord” (Yirei Hashem) in Psalms? 42:4 247
God vs. the Sea: Lessons of Psalms and the Midrash 43:1 22
Grave Matters: Sheol in the Hebrew Bible 44:3 145
The Pentateuch Quoted Intact: Evidence from Ezekiel and Psalms 43:4 256
The Creation Theme in Genesis 1, Psalm 104, and Job 38-42 44:1 29
The Eternal Davidic Covenant in Samuel Chapter 7 and its Later Manifestations in the Bible 44:2 83
The Weekday Amidah and Biblical Psalms 44:3 190
Addenda to Psalm 145 44:4 227
The Problem of Theodicy in Psalms 45:1 43
He That Formed the Eye, Shall He Not See? 45:1 51
Variations on a Theme in Biblical Psalmody 45:2 115
Understanding the ‘Split’ and ‘Half’ Hallel 45:4 253
The Word-Pair Morning/Evening as a Parallel Word-Pair in Biblical Poetry 45:4 260
Psalm 34: Does the Heading Fit? 46:2 97
Psalm 22: The Esther Connection 47:4 225
Psalm 72 and Micah 5:1: The Primordial Messiah 48:2 90
Psalm 116: Conditional or Unconditional Love of God? 48:2 99
Psalm 113: Is Verse 9 the Woman’s Voice? 48:3 163
Psalm 92, Shabbat, and the Temple 48:4 245
Of David, a Psalm on Carrying the Ark Into the City of David 49:3 187
Psalms 37:25 and 34:11: After-Meal Theology 50:4 264
Do the Liturgical Uses of Psalm 29 Suggest Different Interpretations of the Psalm? 51:1 46
Who Was the First Jewish Commentator to Connect Psalm 50 With Christianity? 51:3 191
When Peace Fails: Psalm 120 51:4 247
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54
On the Presence of Dragons in the Hebrew Bible 52:2 94
Sacrifices for the Dead 52:3 161
Who Wrote the Psalms? Controversy and Confusion Regarding Authorship 52:4 227
Psalm 19 Revisited 52:4 257

PROVERBS

Who Was the Teacher in Biblical Days? II (4) 14
A Perfect Wife (Proverbs 31:10) II (4) 17
The Book of Proverbs: Everyman’s Guide to the Higher Life IV 71
King and Commoner in Proverbs and Near Eastern Sources X 210
Proverbs 31: 10-31: The Woman of Valor as Allegory XXVII (1) 36
The Biblical Concept of Beauty XXX (4) 211
Sleep Disorders in the Bible XXXI (3) 143
Prolegomena to the Book of Proverbs XXXIV (4) 218
Two Hymns to Wisdom: Proverbs 8 and Job 28 XXXVI (4) 222
The Two Wise Women of Proverbs Chapter 31 XXXIX (3) 175
A Husband of Valor: Who Can Find? The Husband’s Role in Proverbs 31:10-31 49:3 143
1. Intertextuality and Idealism in the Rabbinic Reading of Eishet Hayil 52:3 184

JOB

Job and Faust II (4) 1
The Burden of Job’s Loneliness II (4) 4
The Motif of Job in Modern Jewish and World Literature III (1) 15
In the Days of Job III (1) 21
God’s Reply to Job III (1) 25
The Dialectic of Faith and Doubt in the Philosophy of Socrates and Piety of Job VIII 197
Speculations on Job X 128
The Enigma of Elihu XII 217
Irony in the Book of Job XIII 41
Is Job After All Jewish XIV 39
Is Behemoth Also Jewish XIV 220
Greek Logic in the Book of Job XV 166
A Note on Job 6:8-10: Suicide and Death Wishes XV 173
Elihu: The Provenance and Content of his Speeches XVI 90
Job: The Third Cycle – Dissipating a Mirage XVI 217
Job: The Third Cycle – Dissipating a Mirage, Part 2 XVII 19
Book Review: The Book of Job: A Commentary by N. C. Habel XVII 53
Book Review: The Book of Job by S. Mitchell XVII 53
The Paradigm of Job: Suffering and the Redemptive Destiny of Israel XVII 121
The Liberation of Job XVII 128
Jot, Tittle, and Waw (Job 19:25) XVII 230
Were Job’s Friends Gentiles XVIII 107
The Volcano in Job 28 XVIII 234
Science in the Book of Job XIX 18
Bulrush and Bramble XIX 170
What is a Gav XX 17
The Problem of Job: The Question Still Remains XX 105
Job, A Universal Drama (1) XXI 13
Job, A Universal Drama (2) XXI 80
God and Man on Trial XXI 226
Three Singular Plurals, Job 18:2,3 XXII (1) 21
Sparks Flying ? Job 5:7 XXIII (1) 3
Another Look At Job 18:2,3 XXIII (3) 159
The Book of Job: Its True Significance XXIV (1) 3
The Punishment of Job’s Friends XXV (4) 211
Semantic Parallels in Job 5: Part I XXVI (3) 143
Semantic Parallels in Job 5: Part II XXVI (4) 227
The Book of Job: A Prelude to Prophecy XXVII (4) 222
Implications of the Wager in the Book of Job XXVIII (2) 119
Suffering: Three Biblical Views XXX (3) 183
The Incorporation of Pre-Modern Scientific Theories Into Biblical Literature: The Case of Innate Heat XXXII (2) 73
The Fall and Rise of Job the Dissenter XXXIII (4) 257
The Book of Job as a Book of Morality XXXIV (1) 30
Job’s Perspectives on Death XXXV (2) 73
Two Hymns to Wisdom: Proverbs 8 and Job 28 XXXVI (4) 222
Lord Byron’s Midrashic Lyrics: Part 1: Saul and Others XXXVII (1) 24
Malbim on Job Chapter 42: The Happy Ending XXXIX (4) 251
Grave Matters: Sheol in the Hebrew Bible 44:3 145
The Creation Theme in Genesis 1, Psalm 104, and Job 38-42 44:1 29
The Book of Job as a Way of Relating to Jewish National Suffering 44:3 157
Meanwhile, Back at Job’s Ranch: Dual Storylines in the Book of Job 52:2 83
On the Presence of Dragons in the Hebrew Bible 52:2 94

SONG OF SONGS

Book Review: Commentary on Song of Songs by Eliezer Levinger I (4) 42
My Beloved is Gone Down to his Garden to the Beds of Spices (Songs of Songs 6:3) II (3) 22
The Jewish Way of Loving II (3) 26
The Hand on the Door VII 62
The Song of Solomon – A Dream Ballet XIV 166
The Theme of the Song of Songs XV 106
Four Repetitions in the Song of Songs XVI 32
Double Meanings in the Song of Songs XVI 249
Literary Patterns in the Song of Songs XVII 179
The Song of Songs: The Bible’s Celebration of Love XIX 199
Song of Songs XXII (4) 211
“Awesome” Artistry: Ayummah Kannidgalot in Song of Songs 6:4, 10 51:2 91

RUTH

Ruth and Medea V 151
Linguistic Elements in the Book of Ruth XVI 267
Reflections: Beer-Hoffman’s Image of Ruth XIX 226
A Problem in the Book of Ruth XXII (3) 178
Notes on Megillat Ruth – Chapter 4 XXIV (3) 183
The Use of Symbolism and Hidden Messages in the Book of Ruth XXX (2) 110
Naomi’s Mission: A Commentary on the Book of Ruth XXXII (1) 46
A Midrashic View of Ruth Amidst a Sea of Ambiguity XXXIII (2) 91
The Role of the Shoe in the Bible XXXV (1) 41
Ruth and Naomi: Foremothers of David XXXV (3) 192
Ruth: The Legal Code for the Laws of Kindness XXXVI (4) 254
The Genealogical List in the Book of Ruth: A Symbolic Approach XXXVIII (2) 85
The Mantle of the Matriarchs: Ruth 4:11-15 XXXVIII (4) 237
Heinous Sin: Harbinger of Catastrophe or Redemption? 40 (2) 81
The Eschatological Meaning of the Book of Ruth: “Blessed be God: Aher Lo Hishbit Lakh Go’el” 40:3 163
Ruth and Elisha: A Comparative Study 41:4 236
The Book of Ruth: A Contrast to the End of the Book of Judges 43:4 223
The Romance of Ruth, the Ruse of Boaz, and the Goel’s Real Fear 49:3 180

LAMENTATIONS

Who is Afraid of Edom: Reflections of a Theme in Lamentations V 178
Lord Byron’s Midrashic Lyrics: Part 2: The Fall of Jerusalem XXXVII (2) 80
Lamentations: A Comparison Between Mesopotamia and Judea 45:2 87
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54
Who Was Lamenting and Why? Lamentations and the Sumerian City Laments 52:4 237

ECCLESTIASTES

Koheleth- A Reinterpretation V 29
Introduction to a New Kohelet Commentary IX 46
Ecclesiastes 1:4 A Proof Text for Reincarnation XXI 28
Koheleth and the Modern Temper XXV (3) 143
Koheleth XXVI (3) 168
Darshanut: Bread on Water XXVIII (4) 268
Bible Translators as Arbiters of Ambiguity: Part 2 XXIX (3) 156
Determinism and Anti-Determinism in the Book of Koheleth XXX (2) 97
Self-Effacement in the Bible XXXV (3) 179
Ecclesiastes, Fleeting and Timeless: Part 1 XXXVI (4) 211
Ecclesiastes, Fleeting and Timeless: Part 2 XXXVII (1) 17
Koheleth and Goethe’s Faust XXXVII (2) 103
The Advantage of a Country in Ecclesiastes 5:8 XXXVII (4) 211
How Should We Understand Ecclesiastes 2:26? XXXVIII (4) 219
Ecclesiastes: Part 1: Authorship 41:2 81
Ecclesiastes: Part 2: Themes 41:3 163
The Provincial Who Married a Princess 52:1 20

ESTHER

Themes in the Book of Esther V 111
Esther Hamalkah the Royal Mistress and Mordecai Hayehudi the Jewish Judge VI 116
Esther’s Plan to Save the Jews: Overall Strategy, Initial Failures, Ultimate Success XI 153
Book of Esther – A Novelle XIV 142
The Art of Narration in the Scroll of Esther XIV 152
The Hidden Hand of God XVIII 183
Ahasuerus is the Villain XVIII 187
Reply to: Ahasuerus is the Villain XIX 34
The Book of Esther: Some Questions and Responses XIX 186
Esther is a Story of Jewish Defense not a Story of Jewish Revenge XXI 3
Esther 3:3, the Question with No Response XXII (2) 103
The Funniest Word in the Bible: Purim Torah XXII (2) 115
The Paradox in the Book of Esther XXIII (2) 116
Vashti – An Unsung Heroine XXIV (2) 103
The Book of Esther and its Motifs XXV (2) 101
Reclaiming Esther: From Sex Object to Sage XXVI (1) 3
No Happy Ending for Esther XXIX (1) 3
Purim and Adloyada XXIX (4) 259
Irrevocability of Persian Law in the Scroll of Esther XXXI (2) 94
Ha’achashtranim Bnei Ha’ramachim: Translating Esther 8:10 XXXVI (1) 33
Divine and Human Anger and Grace: Scroll of Esther and Exodus 32-34 40:3 151
The Hidden Message of the Book of Esther: Assimilation is not the Way to Salvation 43:4 246
Reworking the Midrash in Light of History: Achashverosh and the Temple 44:3 169
Mishloach Manot on Purim and Rosh Hashanah 46:1 51
Biblical Interpretations Based on Physical Characteristics of Hebrew Letters 46:4 252
Psalm 22: The Esther Connection 47:4 225
Tattenai and Haman 47:4 254
The Lo Yada Dissociation Syndrome of the Book of Esther 49:1 35
Allusions to the Jacob-Esau Story in the Book of Esther 50:1 5
The Meaning and Interpretation of Saf 51:3 165
Some Unattested Occurrences of Zeh as a Derogatory Demonstrative 52:1 56 52:1 54
Month Naming and Ideology in Esther 52:3 155

DANIEL

The Book of Daniel: Its Significance and Meaning XI 181
Dating the Book of Daniel: The Legitimacy of the Traditional View XIII 120
Daniel XXVIII (3) 156
The Book of Daniel: A Guide for Judaism in Exile XXIX (2) 73
Joseph and Daniel: Court Jews and Dreamers XXX (1) 10
Turning to Jerusalem in Prayer XXXI (2) 97
Exile and Return XXXI (2) 101
A Dream of a Dream in Daniel 2 XXXIII (4) 231
The Book of Daniel: Part 1: A Theological-Political Tractate Addressed to Judean Hasidim Under Seleucid-Greek Rule XXXVIII (2) 97
The Book of Daniel: Part 2: The Influence of Daniel’s Prophetic Moral Lessons on the Structure and Themes of the Passover Haggadah XXXVIII (3) 175
The “Wise Courtier” in Rabbinic Literature XXXIX (3) 169
Rescue From Fiery Death: Daniel Chapter 3 and Genesis Chapter 38 41:1 24
In the Second Year of the Reign of Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:1) 44:4 261
Daniel as the Embodiment of Exile and Redemption 45:1 21
Biblical Interpretations Based on Physical Characteristics of Hebrew Letters 46:4 252
Allegorical Interpretation of Daniel 12:2 47:2 123
How Nebuchadnezzar Became a Dwarf: Midrash and the Book of Daniel 49:2 85
Looking Through the Window: For Better or for Worse 51:4 227
The Transition to and from Aramaic in the Book of Daniel 52:2 120

EZRA

Ezra, The Scribe VI 87
Aliens and Israelites: Under Ezra and Nehemia XI 245
Ezra Rejects Patrilineal Descent XXVI (4) 250
Exile and Return XXXI (2) 101
The Literary Significance of the Name Lists in Ezra-Nehemiah XXXV (3) 143
Ezra’s Radical Solution to Judean Assimilation 40 (2) 93
Was Ezra a High Priest? 41:3 181
Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty 42:3 185
The First Confrontation with the Samaritans 43:2 117
Ezra, the First Rabbi 44:1 37
Tattenai and Haman 47:4 254

NEHEMIAH

A Note on “Watergate” in the Tenakh II (2) 17
Aliens and Israelites: Under Ezra and Nehemia XI 245
The Relationship Between Biblical Narrative and Biblical Law XXIX (4) 263
Exile and Return XXXI (2) 101
The Literary Significance of the Name Lists in Ezra-Nehemiah XXXV (3) 143
Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty 42:3 185
Mishloach Manot on Purim and Rosh Hashanah 46:1 51
Biblical Interpretations Based on Physical Characteristics of Hebrew Letters 46:4 252
Jacob the Heretic and Zecharia Meshulam and the Translation and Punctuation of Nehemiah 8:4 47:3 163
Naming Nehemiah 48:3 157
The Final Verse of Nehemiah 50:1 51

CHRONICLES

The Book of Chronicles: Its History and Purpose XVII 190
Kimchi and Tanhum Ben Joseph HaYerushalmi on Chronicles XXVI (1) 45
The Biblical View of Tyre XXXIV (2) 73
Dodanim/Rodanim: Three Approaches XXXIV (2) 122
Zedekiah: Last King of Judah XXXVI (2) 93
Chronicles: The Neglected Books of the Bible XXXVII (2) 113
Worship and Four Kings in Chronicles XXXIX (2) 118
Egypt: Nemesis of Israel and Judah 40 (1) 9
Chronicles: The Neglected Books of the Bible: Part II 40 (1) 35
The Disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant 40:3 174
The Prophet Micaiah in Kings and Chronicles 41:3 156
Queen Athaliah: The Daughter of Ahab or Omri? 42:1 11
Downplaying the Davidic Dynasty 42:3 185
Chronicles’ Levitical Covenant 42:4 229
The Destroying Angel 42:4 255
Who Was Jabez? 49:1 50
In Search of Bithiah Bat Pharaoh and the Meaning of I Chronicles 4:18 50:2 94
The Assassination of King Amon of Judah 50:3 165
The Altar of Ahaz and Monarchial Polytheism 51:3 171