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Jacob studied in the Rabbinical Seminary and University of his native Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland). He served as a rabbi between the years 18 ...
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Walter Jacob
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Thomas Mann
Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novell ...
. ''
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of America, 1951. In ''Proceedings of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative Movement 1927–1970'', volume 3 (Responsa), pages 1109–34. Jerusalem: The Rabbinical Assembly and The Institute of Applied Hallakhah, 1997.
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
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. ''The Sabbath''. New York:
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, 1951. Reprinted 2005.
*Abraham Joshua Heschel. ''Man's Quest for God: Studies in Prayer and Symbolism'', page 18. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954.
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. ''A Commentary on the Book of Exodus''. Jerusalem, 1951. Translated by Israel Abrahams, pages 255–316. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press,
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*Herbert B. Huffmon. "Exodus 23:4–5: A comparative Study." In ''A Light unto My Path: Old Testament Studies in Honor of Jacob M. Myers''. Edited by Howard N. Bream, Ralph D. Heim, and Carey A. Moore, pages 271–78. Philadelphia:
Temple University Press
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, 1974.
*
Jacob Milgrom
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. "First fruits, OT." In ''The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible''. Supp, volume, pages 336–37. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon, 1976.
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Elie Munk. ''The Call of the Torah: An Anthology of Interpretation and Commentary on the Five Books of Moses''. Translated by E.S. Mazer, volume 2, pages 292–361. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 1995. Originally published as ''La Voix de la Thora''.
Paris
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: Fondation Samuel et Odette Levy, 1981.
*Jacob Milgrom. "'You Shall Not Boil a Kid in Its Mother's Milk': An archaeological myth destroyed." ''
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"Torts and Torah."(1986). ''Journal of Law & Religion'', volume 4 (1986): pages 161, 164–167.
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Pinchas H. Peli. ''Torah Today: A Renewed Encounter with Scripture'', pages 75–79. Washington, D.C.: B'nai B'rith Books, 1987.
*Ben Zion Bergman
"A Question of Great Interest: May a Synagogue Issue Interest-Bearing Bonds?"New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 1988. YD 167:1.1988a. In ''Responsa: 1980–1990: The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative Movement''. Edited by David J. Fine, pages 319–23. New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 2005.
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"Dissent: A Matter of Great Interest"New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 1988. YD 167:1.1988b. In ''Responsa: 1980–1990: The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative Movement''. Edited by David J. Fine, pages 324–28. New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 2005.
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Mark S. Smith. ''The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel'', pages xx, 59, 100–01, 112, 148–49, 155, 157, 163. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1990.
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Harvey J. Fields. ''A Torah Commentary for Our Times: Volume II: Exodus and Leviticus'', pages 51–60. New York: UAHC Press, 1991.
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Nahum M. Sarna
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. ''The JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation'', pages 117–55, 273–76. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1991.
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Lawrence Kushner
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Biography
Born in Detroit in 1943, Kushner graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Cincinnati and went on ...
. ''God Was in This Place and I, I Did Not Know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning'', pages 32–33. Jewish Lights Publishing, 1993. (the Place).
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Nehama Leibowitz. ''New Studies in Shemot (Exodus)'', volume 2, pages 361–458. Jerusalem: Haomanim Press, 1993. Reprinted as ''New Studies in the Weekly Parasha''. Lambda Publishers, 2010.
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Aaron Wildavsky
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A native of Brooklyn in New York, Wildavsky was th ...
. ''Assimilation versus Separation: Joseph the Administrator and the Politics of Religion in Biblical Israel'', pages 3–4. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1993.
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Walter Brueggemann
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. "The Book of Exodus." In ''
The New Interpreter's Bible''. Edited by Leander E. Keck, volume 1, pages 855–83. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994.
*Russell Fuller
"Exodus 21:22-23: The Miscarriage Interpretation and the Personhood of the Fetus."''
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*Judith S. Antonelli. "Female Servitude." In ''In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah'', pages 185–202.
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, 1995.
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Hayim Lapin Hayim Lapin is an American Jewish studies and history scholar, currently Robert H. Smith Professor of Jewish Studies and History and director of the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, ...
"Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Literature of the Second Temple Period."''Jewish Studies Quarterly'', volume 2, number 2 (1995): pages 149–83. (analysis of law of deposits in ).
*Hayim Lapin. ''Early Rabbinic Civil Law and the Social History of Roman Galilee: A Study of Mishnah Tractate'' Baba' Mesi'a'.
Atlanta
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: Scholars Press, 1995. (analysis of law of deposits in ).
*Jacob Milgrom. "'The Alien in Your Midst': Every nation has its ger: the permanent resident. The Torah commands us, first, not to oppress the ger, and then to befriend and love him." ''Bible Review'', volume 11, number 6 (December 1995).
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Ellen Frankel. ''The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman's Commentary on the Torah'', pages 121–29. New York:
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, 1996.
*Marc Gellman. "The Commandments on Moses' Sleeves." In ''God's Mailbox: More Stories About Stories in the Bible'', pages 60–67. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996.
*Jacob Milgrom. "Lex Talionis and the Rabbis: The Talmud reflects an uneasy rabbinic conscience toward the ancient law of talion, 'eye for eye, tooth for tooth.'" ''Bible Review'', volume 12, number 2 (April 1996).
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W. Gunther Plaut. ''The Haftarah Commentary'', pages 179–86. New York: UAHC Press, 1996.
*Sorel Goldberg Loeb and Barbara Binder Kadden. ''Teaching Torah: A Treasury of Insights and Activities'', pages 121–27.
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*Robert Goodman. "Shabbat" and "Pesach." In ''Teaching Jewish Holidays: History, Values, and Activities'', pages 1–19, 153–72.
Denver
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: A.R.E. Publishing, 1997.
*
Judith Hauptman
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She grew up in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, United States.
Hauptman received a degree in Talmud from the Seminary College of Jewish S ...
. "Rape and Seduction." In ''Rereading The Rabbis: A Woman's Voice'', pages 77–101.
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1997. ().
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Springfield, New Jersey: A.R.E. Publishing, 1999. ().
*''Exodus to Deuteronomy: A Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second Series)''. Edited by
Athalya Brenner
Athalya Brenner-Idan (born 17 July 1943 in Haifa, Israel) is a Dutch-Israeli biblical scholar known for her contribution to feminist biblical studies.
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Brenner studied at Haifa University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem bef ...
, pages 35–37, 39, 195. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.
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Goldstein was born ...
, pages 148–53.
Woodstock, Vermont
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, 2000.
*Martin R. Hauge. ''The Descent from the Mountain: Narrative Patterns in Exodus 19–40''.
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: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Press, 2001.
*Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg. ''The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus'', pages 288–314. New York: Doubleday, 2001.
*Lainie Blum Cogan and Judy Weiss. ''Teaching Haftarah: Background, Insights, and Strategies'', pages 413–21. Denver: A.R.E. Publishing, 2002.
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Michael Fishbane
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Fishbane (Ph.D., Brande ...
. ''The JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot'', pages 114–19. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2002.
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Joseph Telushkin
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. ''The Ten Commandments of Character: Essential Advice for Living an Honorable, Ethical, Honest Life'', pages 218–20, 275–78. New York: Bell Tower, 2003.
*
Robert Alter. ''The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary'', pages 435–59. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.
*Pamela Barmash
“Blood Feud and State Control: Differing Legal Institutions for the Remedy of Homicide During the Second and First Millennia B.C.E.”''
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*Jeffrey H. Tigay. "Exodus." In ''The Jewish Study Bible''. Edited by
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Berlin is best known for 1994 work ''Poet ...
and
Marc Zvi Brettler
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, pages 152–63. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
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*David L. Baker
"Safekeeping, Borrowing, and Rental."''
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*Bernard S. Jackson. ''Wisdom-Laws: A Study of the Mishpatim of Exodus 21:1–22:16''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
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“Why Does Deuteronomy Legislate Cities of Refuge? Asylum in the Covenant Collection (Exodus 21:12-14) and Deuteronomy (19:1–13).”''
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'', volume 125, number 1 (Spring, 2006): pages 23–49.
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James L. Kugel. ''How To Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now'', pages 59, 85, 241–42, 245–46, 249, 260–79, 282, 299, 324, 360, 404, 434, 578, 669. New York: Free Press, 2007.
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"The 'Angel of YHWH' in Exod. XXIII 20–33 and Judg. II 1–5. A Clue to the 'Deuteronom(Ist)ic' Puzzle?"''
Vetus Testamentum
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'', volume 58, number 1 (2008): pages 1–12.
*Gloria London. "Why Milk and Meat Don't Mix: A New Explanation for a Puzzling Kosher Law." ''
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Yosef Zvi Rimon. ''Shemita: From the Sources to Practical Halacha''. The Toby Press, 2008.
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Andrea L. Weiss, pages 427–50. New York:
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*James A. Diamond. "Nachmanides and Rashi on the One Flesh of Conjugal Union: Lovemaking vs. Duty." ''
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David Ellenson. "Laws and Judgments as a "Bridge to a Better World": Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18)." In ''Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible''. Edited by Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser, and David Shneer, pages 98–101. New York:
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NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, Elmer Ellsworth Brown.
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* Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–1 ...
, 2009.
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Reuven Hammer
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"Echoes of the Book of Exodus in Ezekiel."''Journal for the Study of the Old Testament'', volume 33, number 4 (June 2009): pages 489–510.
*Bruce Wells. "Exodus." In ''Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary''. Edited by
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, volume 1, pages 236–46.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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*David P. Wright. ''Inventing God's Law: How the Covenant Code of the Bible Used and Revised the Laws of Hammurabi''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
*Jonathan P. Burnside
"Exodus and Asylum: Uncovering the Relationship between Biblical Law and Narrative."''Journal for the Study of the Old Testament'', volume 34, number 3 (March 2010): pages 243–66. ().
*
Jonathan Sacks
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. ''Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible: Exodus: The Book of Redemption'', pages 157–86. Jerusalem: Maggid Books, 2010.
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"'A Young Goat in Its Mother's Milk'? Understanding an Ancient Prohibition."''Vetus Testamentum'', volume 60, number 1 (2010): pages 116–30.
*Jonathan P. Burnside
"A 'Missing Case' in the Biblical Laws of Homicide and Asylum?"''Vetus Testamentum'', volume 60, number 2 (2010): pages 288–91.
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Joseph Telushkin
Joseph Telushkin (born 1948) is an American rabbi, lecturer, and bestselling author of more than 15 books, including volumes about Jewish ethics, Jewish literacy, as well as the book '' Rebbe'', a ''New York Times'' bestseller released in Ju ...
. ''Hillel: If Not Now, When?'' pages 47–52. New York: Nextbook, Schocken, 2010. (''prozbol'').
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Joe Lieberman
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and
David Klinghoffer. ''The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath''. New York: Howard Books, 2011.
*
William G. Dever
William Gwinn Dever (born November 27, 1933, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American archaeologist, Old Testament scholar, and historian, specialized in the history of the Ancient Near East and the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah in biblical ...
. ''The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible Intersect'', pages 244, 290.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Shmuel Herzfeld
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. "The ''Eved Ivri'' in Culpeper, Virginia." In ''Fifty-Four Pick Up: Fifteen-Minute Inspirational Torah Lessons'', pages 105–11. Jerusalem:
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Gefen was founded in 1981 by Murray and Hana Greenfield.
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*John Makujina
"Literary Solutions to Legal Problems: The Contribution of Exodus 2.13–14 to Exodus 21.22–23."''Journal for the Study of the Old Testament'', volume 37, number 2 (December 2012): pages 151–65.
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Daniel S. Nevins Daniel S. ("Danny") Nevins (born March 18, 1966) is an American rabbi and a leader in the Conservative Judaism, Conservative Movement who is head of school at Golda Och Academy in West Orange, NJ On January 29, 2007, Rabbi Nevins was named the Dean ...
"The Use of Electrical and Electronic Devices on Shabbat."New York: Rabbinical Assembly, 2012.
*''Torah MiEtzion: New Readings in Tanach: Shemot''. Edited by Ezra Bick and Yaakov Beasley, pages 289–337. Jerusalem: Maggid Books, 2012.
*
Alissa J. Rubin"Painful Payment for Afghan Debt: A Daughter, 6."''
The New York Times
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''. (March 31, 2013). (debt servitude).
*Stephen Beard
"Britain Wants To Be Hub for Sharia Banking."''
Marketplace
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''. (July 18, 2013) (adaptation to Islam's parallel prohibition on charging interest).
*Amiel Ungar
"Tel Aviv and the Sabbath."''
The Jerusalem Report
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Founded as an independent weekly publication in 199 ...
'', volume 24, number 8 (July 29, 2013): page 37.
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Nicholas Kristof
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Born in Chicago, Kristof wa ...
"When Emily Was Sold for Sex."''The New York Times''. (February 13, 2014): page A27. (human trafficking in our time).
*Ester Bloom
"The Crazy New App For Using Your iPhone on Shabbos."''Jewniverse''. (October 1, 2014).
*Art Swift
"Americans: 'Eye for an Eye' Top Reason for Death Penalty."''
Gallup''. (October 23, 2014).
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Walk Free Foundation
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The Global Slavery Index 2014 Australia, 2014.
*Pablo Diego-Rosell and Jacqueline Joudo Larsen
"35.8 Million Adults and Children in Slavery Worldwide."''Gallup''. (November 17, 2014).
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Barack Obama
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"Address to the Nation on Immigration Reform."(November 20, 2014). ''Compilation of Presidential Documents.''
Washington, D.C.
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United States Government Printing Office
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. (paraphrasing Exodus 22:20, "Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger—we were strangers once, too. My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.").
*Simeon Chavel
“A Kingdom of Priests and its Earthen Altars in Exodus 19–24.”''
Vetus Testamentum
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'', volume 65, number 2 (2015): pages 169–222.
"The Crazy New Invention for Using Electricity on Shabbat."''Jewniverse''. (April 21, 2015).
*Jonathan Sacks. ''Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible'', pages 89–92. New Milford, Connecticut: Maggid Books, 2015.
*"The Hittites: Between Tradition and History." ''
Biblical Archaeology Review
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'', volume 42, number 2 (March/April 2016): pages 28–40, 68.
*Jonathan Sacks. ''Essays on Ethics: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible'', pages 109–15. New Milford, Connecticut: Maggid Books, 2016.
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Shai Held. ''The Heart of Torah, Volume 1: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Genesis and Exodus'', pages 175–83. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2017.
*Steven Levy and Sarah Levy. ''The JPS Rashi Discussion Torah Commentary'', pages 56–58. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2017.
*Somini Sengupta
"End Marry-Your-Rapist Laws, Activists Say. Mideast Listens."''
The New York Times
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'', July 23, 2017, § 1 (news), page 1 (modern Middle Eastern parallel to and ).
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U.S. Department of State
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''Trafficking in Persons Report: June 2018'' (slavery in the present day).
*Pallant Ramsundar
“Biblical Mistranslations to 'Euphrates' and the Impact on the Borders of Israel.”''American Journal of Biblical Theology'' (2019).
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