New Periodical: Jewish Bible Quarterly XXXVI:4

Relatively new issue of Jewish Bible Quarterly, XXXVI, no. 4 (144):

• Ecclesiastes, Fleeting and Timeless: Part I by Ethan Dor-Shav - Establishing the meaning of the word "hevel" based on the story of Kayin and Hevel (Cain and Abel)
• Two Hymns to Wisdom: Proverbs 8 and Job 28 by Shimon Bakon - What does "wisdom" mean in the Bible?
• The Covenant Between the Parts by Jed H. Abraham - Attempting to reconstruct the history of the fulfillment in Egypt of God's promise to Avraham
• Rebekah's Hoax by Dr. Guy Matalon - Exploring Rivkah's motivations in deceiving Yitzchak
• Remembering Amalek Twice by R. Allan Langer - Arguing that there were two run-ins with Amalek in the desert
• Ruth: The Legal Code for the Laws of Kindness by Dr. Russell Jay Hendel - Reading the halakhos of chessed from the book of Rus
• Blood Feud by Gerardo Sachs - Seeing the law of go'el ha-dam (blood avenger) in the context of the Ancient Near East, arguing that it sought to tone it down
• Jacob and the Spotted Sheep: The Role of Prenatal Nutrition on Epigenetics of Fur Color by Dr. Joshua Backon - Suggestion of a scientific explanation for Ya'akov's success with the spotted sheep
• The 45th Annual International Bible Contest for Jewish Youth by Joshua Adler - A report on the Chidon Ha-Tanakh

Let me add that one of the people invovled in the publication of this journal informed me that articles outside the bounds of Orthodox Jewish beliefs are not accepted. You can obtain a free subscription by sending your full name and mailing address to Dr. Josh Backon.

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