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Further Reading:
Canon
ReViews ( BAR 30:03, May/Jun 2004)
The 34 Gospels ( BR 18:03, Jun 2002)
Esther Not Judith ( BR 18:01, Feb 2002)
The Birth of the Canon ( BR 18:01, Feb 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
The Shepherd of Hermas ( BR 10:05, Oct 1994)
Bible Books ( BR 10:01, Feb 1994)
Book Notes ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
The Gospels that Didn’t Make the Cut ( BR 9:04, Aug 1993)
How the Books of the New Testament Were Chosen ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
The Emergence of the New Testament Shifting Canonical Lists from the Second to the Fourth Centuries ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
The Old Testament Among Christian Theologians ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
Glossary ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Glossary ( BR 5:04, Aug 1989)
Bible Books ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
I: The Text Behind the Text of the Hebrew Bible ( BR 1:02, Summer 1985)
Gospels
Introduction: Defining the Problem (The Search for Jesus, 1994)
A Mysterious Gospel Known Only from Oxyrhynchus: POxy 840 ( BAR 37:02, Mar/Apr 2011)
Biblical Views: Making Sense of the Unlikely Easter Story ( BAR 37:02, Mar/Apr 2011)
Jesus of History vs. Jesus of Tradition ( BAR 36:06, Nov/Dec 2010)
“Secret Mark”: Introduction ( BAR 35:06, Nov/Dec 2009)
“Secret Mark”: An Amazing Discovery ( BAR 35:06, Nov/Dec 2009)
“Secret Mark”: Morton Smith—Forger ( BAR 35:06, Nov/Dec 2009)
“Secret Mark”: Was Morton Smith a Great Thespian and I a Complete Fool? ( BAR 35:06, Nov/Dec 2009)
“Secret Mark”: Restoring a Dead Scholar’s Reputation ( BAR 35:06, Nov/Dec 2009)
ReViews: Archaeological Anthropology ( BAR 34:06, Nov/Dec 2008)
What Did Jesus’ Tomb Look Like? ( BAR 32:01, Jan/Feb 2006)
How Historical is the Gospel of John? ( BAR 31:05, Sep/Oct 2005)
The Secret Gospel of Mark ( BAR 31:01, Jan/Feb 2005)
Why Doesn’t God Answer Prayers? ( BR 20:02, Apr 2004)
What Jesus Learned from the Essenes ( BAR 30:01, Jan/Feb 2004)
How Pilate Became a Saint ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
The Dark Side of Pilate ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
Mel Gibson’s Passion Play ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
Literacy in the Time of Jesus ( BAR 29:04, Jul/Aug 2003)
Treasures in the Storeroom ( BAR 29:04, Jul/Aug 2003)
What Jesus Really Meant by “Render Unto Caesar” ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Parallel Paths to Heaven ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Gallery ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Gallery ( BR 19:01, Feb 2003)
Gallery ( BR 18:06, Dec 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 18:04, Aug 2002)
The 34 Gospels ( BR 18:03, Jun 2002)
The Un-Gospel of John ( BR 18:01, Feb 2002)
Was Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder? ( BR 17:05, Oct 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:05, Oct 2001)
The Favored One ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:03, Jun 2000)
Bible Books ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
O Little Town of…Nazareth? ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Bethlehem…Of Course ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Response and Surresponse ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
What Really Happened at Gethsemane? ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 13:04, Aug 1997)
Introduction ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Why the Ugly Attacks? ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Buyer Beware! ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Jefferson’s Bible ( BR 13:01, Feb 1997)
Who the Devil is Beelzebul? ( BR 13:01, Feb 1997)
Why Christians Must Search for the Historical Jesus ( BR 12:02, Apr 1996)
Just Published ( BR 12:01, Feb 1996)
A Gospel Among the Scrolls? ( BR 11:06, Dec 1995)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Q ( BR 11:05, Oct 1995)
Is There a Gospel of Q? ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:01, Feb 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 10:03, Jun 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:03, Jun 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:01, Feb 1994)
Jesus in Four Colors ( BR 9:06, Dec 1993)
Q ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Matthew and Luke’s Dependence on a Sayings Gospel ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
The Gospels that Didn’t Make the Cut ( BR 9:04, Aug 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Bible Books ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
The First Christmas ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Beatitudes Found Among Dead Sea Scrolls ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
How Mary Magdalene Became a Whore ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Did Jesus Really Die on the Cross? ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
The Baptism of Jesus and a New Dead Sea Scroll ( BAR 18:02, Mar/Apr 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:01, Feb 1992)
Heavens Torn Open ( BR 7:04, Aug 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:01, Feb 1991)
Glossary ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:05, Oct 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:04, Aug 1990)
The Gospel of Thomas ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Parallels Between Thomas and Q ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
The Gospels ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
What Did Jesus Really Say? ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
The Resurrection in Recent Scholarly Research ( BR 5:04, Aug 1989)
My Odyssey in New Testament Interpretation ( BR 5:03, Jun 1989)
A Pilgrimage to the Site of the Swine Miracle ( BAR 15:02, Mar/Apr 1989)
Can Scholars Take the Virgin Birth Seriously? ( BR 4:05, Oct 1988)
Hosanna ( BR 4:02, Apr 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 4:01, Feb 1988)
What Really Happened at the Transfiguration? ( BR 3:03, Fall 1987)
The Baptism of Jesus ( BR 1:03, Fall 1985)
Books in Brief ( BAR 10:01, Jan/Feb 1984)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 7:04, Jul/Aug 1981)
The Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke—Of History, Theology and Literature ( BAR 7:02, Mar/Apr 1981)
Books in Brief ( BAR 6:03, May/Jun 1980)
Joseph
How to Tell a Canaanite from an Israelite (The Rise of Ancient Israel, 1991)
Why Did Joseph Shave? ( BAR 33:04, Jul/Aug 2007)
Lions, Lilies and Mousetraps ( BR 18:06, Dec 2002)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 27:05, Sep/Oct 2001)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 27:03, May/Jun 2001)
Holy Targets: Joseph’s Tomb Is Just the Latest ( BAR 27:01, Jan/Feb 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Dreamer, Schemer, Slave and Prince ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Why Didn’t Joseph Call Home? ( BR 9:04, Aug 1993)
Bible Books ( BR 7:02, Apr 1991)
Books in Brief ( BAR 15:02, Mar/Apr 1989)
Joseph—the Brilliant Failure ( BR 2:01, Spring 1986)
New Testament
No Promised Land: Rejecting the Authority of the Bible (Feminist Approaches to the Bible, 1995)
From Jewish to Gentile ( BAR 38:06, Nov/Dec 2012)
Biblical Views: Spirited Discourse About God Language in the New Testament ( BAR 38:03, May/Jun 2012)
ReViews: How Jewish Is the New Testament? ( BAR 38:03, May/Jun 2012)
What Jews (and Christians too) Should Know About the New Testament ( BAR 38:02, Mar/Apr 2012)
Strata: In Their Own Words ( BAR 38:01, Jan/Feb 2012)
ReViews: A Vision of Paul ( BAR 36:03, May/Jun 2010)
A God of Love and Justice ( BR 20:02, Apr 2004)
Israel Antiquities Authority’s Report Deeply Flawed ( BAR 29:06, Nov/Dec 2003)
Asking the Right Question ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Rhetorically Writing ( BR 18:06, Dec 2002)
The Short List: The New Testament Figures Known to History ( BAR 28:06, Nov/Dec 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 18:05, Oct 2002)
How an American Coal Miner Acquired Sacred Biblical Papyri ( BR 18:04, Aug 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 18:04, Aug 2002)
The 34 Gospels ( BR 18:03, Jun 2002)
Was the Early Church Jewish? ( BR 17:06, Dec 2001)
Was Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder? ( BR 17:05, Oct 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:05, Oct 2001)
The Favored One ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:05, Sep/Oct 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:04, Aug 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:03, Jun 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:03, May/Jun 2000)
All in the Family ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
Jesus’ Family Tree ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
Bible Books ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
O Little Town of…Nazareth? ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Bethlehem…Of Course ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Response and Surresponse ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Bethsaida Rediscovered ( BAR 26:01, Jan/Feb 2000)
A Return to Origins (Again) ( BR 15:06, Dec 1999)
Triumph over Temptation ( BR 15:04, Aug 1999)
Fishers of Fish, Fishers of Men ( BR 15:03, Jun 1999)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:03, Jun 1999)
Caution: Bible Critic at Work ( BR 15:01, Feb 1999)
PUNCTUATIONINTHENEWTESTAMENT ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (But Still Have a Ways to Go) ( BR 14:05, Oct 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Book Notes ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
What Really Happened at Gethsemane? ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 13:04, Aug 1997)
Bible Books ( BR 13:03, Jun 1997)
Introduction ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Why the Ugly Attacks? ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Buyer Beware! ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Jefferson’s Bible ( BR 13:01, Feb 1997)
Who the Devil is Beelzebul? ( BR 13:01, Feb 1997)
Why Christians Must Search for the Historical Jesus ( BR 12:02, Apr 1996)
Just Published ( BR 12:01, Feb 1996)
A Gospel Among the Scrolls? ( BR 11:06, Dec 1995)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Q ( BR 11:05, Oct 1995)
Is There a Gospel of Q? ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:01, Feb 1995)
Profiles in Scholarly Courage ( BR 10:05, Oct 1994)
Bible Books ( BR 10:05, Oct 1994)
Bible Books ( BR 10:03, Jun 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:03, Jun 1994)
Books in Brief ( BAR 20:03, May/Jun 1994)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 20:02, Mar/Apr 1994)
Book Notes ( BR 10:02, Apr 1994)
The Undiscovered Symmetry of the Bible—An Interview with David Noel Freedman—Part II ( BR 10:01, Feb 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:01, Feb 1994)
Jesus in Four Colors ( BR 9:06, Dec 1993)
Cast Your Net Upon the Waters: Fish and Fishermen in Jesus’ Time ( BAR 19:06, Nov/Dec 1993)
Q ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Matthew and Luke’s Dependence on a Sayings Gospel ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
The Gospels that Didn’t Make the Cut ( BR 9:04, Aug 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:02, Mar/Apr 1993)
How the Books of the New Testament Were Chosen ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
The Emergence of the New Testament Shifting Canonical Lists from the Second to the Fourth Centuries ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Bible Books ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
The First Christmas ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Beatitudes Found Among Dead Sea Scrolls ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
How Mary Magdalene Became a Whore ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
If The Bible’s So Patriarchal, How Come I Love It? ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Did Jesus Really Die on the Cross? ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
Burial Cave of the Caiaphas Family ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
The Dangers of Dividing Disciplines ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
Luke’s Holy Land and Jesus’ Company ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
Bible Lands ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
Readers Reply ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
The Baptism of Jesus and a New Dead Sea Scroll ( BAR 18:02, Mar/Apr 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:01, Feb 1992)
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity: Part One ( BR 7:06, Dec 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:05, Oct 1991)
Heavens Torn Open ( BR 7:04, Aug 1991)
Book Notes ( BR 7:04, Aug 1991)
The Testimonium ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Even Briefer ( BAR 17:03, May/Jun 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:01, Feb 1991)
Glossary ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:05, Oct 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:04, Aug 1990)
Bible Books ( BR 6:03, Jun 1990)
The Gospel of Thomas ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Parallels Between Thomas and Q ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
The Gospels ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Bible Books ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
What Did Jesus Really Say? ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Glossary ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
The Resurrection in Recent Scholarly Research ( BR 5:04, Aug 1989)
My Odyssey in New Testament Interpretation ( BR 5:03, Jun 1989)
Bible Books ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
A Pilgrimage to the Site of the Swine Miracle ( BAR 15:02, Mar/Apr 1989)
Books in Brief ( BAR 14:06, Nov/Dec 1988)
Can Scholars Take the Virgin Birth Seriously? ( BR 4:05, Oct 1988)
Hosanna ( BR 4:02, Apr 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 4:01, Feb 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 3:04, Winter 1987)
What Really Happened at the Transfiguration? ( BR 3:03, Fall 1987)
Bible Books ( BR 3:01, Spring 1987)
Bible Books ( BR 1:04, Winter 1985)
The Baptism of Jesus ( BR 1:03, Fall 1985)
Bible Books ( BR 1:03, Fall 1985)
Books in Brief ( BAR 10:04, Jul/Aug 1984)
Books in Brief ( BAR 10:01, Jan/Feb 1984)
Books in Brief ( BAR 9:05, Sep/Oct 1983)
Scholars’ Corner: New Testament Illuminated by Dead Sea Scrolls ( BAR 8:05, Sep/Oct 1982)
Books in Brief ( BAR 8:02, Mar/Apr 1982)
“Sounding Brass” and Hellenistic Technology ( BAR 8:01, Jan/Feb 1982)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 7:04, Jul/Aug 1981)
The Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke—Of History, Theology and Literature ( BAR 7:02, Mar/Apr 1981)
Books in Brief ( BAR 6:03, May/Jun 1980)
Books in Brief ( BAR 6:01, Jan/Feb 1980)
The Name of God in the New Testament ( BAR 4:01, Mar 1978)
Translations
Past Perfect: Deciphering Darius ( AO 8:05, Sep/Oct 2005)
Gilgamesh—Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before ( AO 8:04, Jul/Aug 2005)
Field Notes ( AO 8:04, Jul/Aug 2005)
How the Bible Became the Kynge’s Owne English ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
Unwrapping the Torah ( BR 18:05, Oct 2002)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 18:03, Jun 2002)
What Gets Lost in Translation ( BR 18:02, Apr 2002)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:01, Feb 1999)
Insight ( BR 14:05, Oct 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 12:01, Feb 1996)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 21:06, Nov/Dec 1995)
Lost in Translation* ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Did Ancient Israelites Have a Heart? ( BR 11:03, Jun 1995)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 21:02, Mar/Apr 1995)
Paul, “Works of the Law” and MMT ( BAR 20:06, Nov/Dec 1994)
The “House of David” and the House of the Deconstructionists ( BAR 20:06, Nov/Dec 1994)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 20:06, Nov/Dec 1994)
Up the Waterspout: How David’s General Joab Got Inside Jerusalem ( BAR 20:04, Jul/Aug 1994)
“House of David” Built on Sand: The Sins of the Biblical Maximizers ( BAR 20:04, Jul/Aug 1994)
What’s a Bamah? How Sacred Space Functioned in Ancient Israel ( BAR 20:03, May/Jun 1994)
The Gospels that Didn’t Make the Cut ( BR 9:04, Aug 1993)
Was Eve Cursed? ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
How Shifting One Letter Can Eliminate Eve’s Curse ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Bits & Pieces ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
A Pierced or Piercing Messiah?—The Verdict Is Still Out ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
The Messiah at Qumran ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
Readers Reply ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
The “Pierced Messiah” Text—An Interpretation Evaporates ( BAR 18:04, Jul/Aug 1992)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 18:04, Jul/Aug 1992)
Even Briefer ( BAR 18:03, May/Jun 1992)
Ebla and the Bible ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
The Complexities of Cuneiform ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
How a Generic Term for Skin Diseases in the Hebrew Bible Became “Leprosy” in English Translation ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
How Bible Translations Differ ( BAR 18:02, Mar/Apr 1992)
Did Sarah Have a Seminal Emission? ( BR 8:01, Feb 1992)
Eden ( BR 7:06, Dec 1991)
Glossary ( BR 7:06, Dec 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:04, Aug 1991)
Six Biblical Signatures ( BAR 17:04, Jul/Aug 1991)
“An Enormous Horde Arrayed for Battle” ( BR 6:04, Aug 1990)
Glossary ( BR 6:04, Aug 1990)
Kings Og’s Iron Bed ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Bible Books ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
Mission To Alexandria ( BR 5:04, Aug 1989)
Coarse Language In The Bible? ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
The Assassination of Eglon ( BR 4:06, Dec 1988)
Problems of Translations ( BR 4:04, Aug 1988)
BRiefs ( BR 4:04, Aug 1988)
Readers Reply ( BR 4:04, Aug 1988)
Hosanna ( BR 4:02, Apr 1988)
Did Moses Have Horns? ( BR 4:01, Feb 1988)
Computers and The Bible ( BR 4:01, Feb 1988)
Readers Reply ( BR 1:02, Summer 1985)
Words That Occur in the Bible Only Once—How Hard Are They to Translate? ( BR 1:01, Spring 1985)
Even Briefer ( BAR 9:06, Nov/Dec 1983)



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