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