Vol. 44, No. 4 (176)               OCTOBER – DECEMBER  2016

WHY DOESN’T NOAH HAVE MORE CHILDREN AFTER THE FLOOD?
Ami Hordes

SAMSON, ABSALOM, AND THE PITFALLS OF NEZIRUT
Alex Maged

ADDENDA TO PSALM 145
Raymond Apple

NAHMANIDES’ UNDERSTANDING OF ABRAHAM’S MESOPOTAMIAN ORIGINS
Reuven Chaim Klein

ORPHANS AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Gil Student

THE MISHKAN AND THE AESTHETIC
Shubert Spero

THE ROLE OF TERAH IN THE FOUNDATIONAL STORIES OF THE PATRIARCHAL FAMILY
Ari Berman

HE SAID: “IT’S AN EVENT NOT PURE, FOR IT’S NOT PURE” (I SAM. 20:26b): A POLITICAL ANALYSIS
Daniel M. Zucker

IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR (DANIEL 2:1)
Zvi Ron

THE BIG-BANG THEORY OF CREATION: BARA AS SUDDEN EXPANSION
Joshua Backon

BOOK REVIEW: THE ETHICS OF GENESIS
Simcha Rosenberg

THE FIFTH ANNUAL BIBLE CONTEST FOR ADULTS
Joshua J. Adler