Table of Contents

A Sampling of Contributors & Articles Susan Ackerman, "Ark of the Covenant," "Idol, Idolatry" Dale C. Allison, Jr., "Sermon on the Mount" Gary A. Anderson, "Sacrifices and Offerings," "Worship, Israelite" David E. Aune, "Revelation, Book of," "Rome" Hector Avalos, "Illness and Health Care" Alan J. Avery-Peck, "Jews, Judaism" Randall C. Bailey, "Samuel, Books of" Samuel E. Balentine, "Prayer" Bruce C. Birch, "Samuel," "Saul" Lawrence Boadt, "Proverbs, Book of," "Wisdom, Wisdom Literature" Karla G. Bohmbach, "Names and Naming" Oded Borowski, "Agriculture" Joachim Braun, "Music, Musical Instruments" William P. Brown, "Creation," "Job, Book of" John T. Carroll, "Eschatology" Warren Carter, "Beatitudes," "Lord's Prayer" Sidnie White Crawford, "Apocalyptic" James L. Crenshaw, "Psalms, Book of" Peter T. Daniels, "Writing" William G. Dever, "Settlement: Archaeology" John R. Donahue, "Cross," "Crucifixion" Bart D. Ehrman, "Text of the New Testament" Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, "Ezra, Book of" Everett Ferguson, "Apostolic Fathers" Terence E. Fretheim, "God," "Jonah, Book of" Beverly Roberts Gaventa, "Mary," "First" and "Second Thessalonians" Sandra L. Gravett, "Old Testament as Literature" Joel B. Green, "Luke," "Luke, Gospel of" Judith M. Gundry-Volf, "Ephesians, Letter to the" Baruch Halpern, "David" Daniel J. Harrington, "1-2 Maccabees" Charles W. Hedrick, "Parables" Ronald S. Hendel, "Pentateuch," "Adam," "Jacob" Richard A. Henshaw, "Priesthood, Israelite," "Women in the Israelite Cult" Theodore Hiebert, "Land," "Poetry" Robert L. Hohlfelder, "Ships and Sailing" David C. Hopkins, "Trade, Commerce" Denise Dombkowski Hopkins, "Humanity" Donald Juel, "Christ," "Messiah" Ralph W. Klein, "Ezekiel, Book of" Gary N. Knoppers, "Chronicler's History," "Chronicles, Books of," "Solomon" Craig R. Koester, "Gospel of John," "Tabernacle" Charles R. Krahmalkov, "Phoenicia" Amy-Jill Levine, "Apocrypha" Thomas E. Levy, "Archaeology and the Bible" John M. Lundquist, "Temple" P. Kyle McCarter, "Abraham" Steven L. McKenzie, "Judah" Allan J. McNicol, "Church" Jodi Magness, "Pottery" Joel Marcus, "Mark, Gospel of" Steve Mason, "Pharisees," "Sadducees" Victor H. Matthews, "Kinship," "Law," "Nomadism, Pastoralism" Marvin Meyer, "Magic," "Nag Hammadi" Carol Meyers, "Deborah," "Haggai, Book of" Piotr Michalowski, "Amorites," "Ebla" J. Maxwell Miller, "Jerusalem" Paul Mirecki, "Gnosticism, Gnosis" James R. Mueller, "Pseudepigrapha" Roland E. Murphy, "Wisdom of Solomon," "Sirach" Kathleen S. Nash, "Time" Ben C. Ollenburger, "Interpretation, Biblical" Thomas W. Overholt, "Prophet, Prophecy" Stanley E. Porter, "Chronology of the New Testament" Mark Allan Powell, "Worship, New Testament" William H. C. Propp, "Moses" Anson F. Rainey, "Canaan, Canaanites," "Palestine, Land of" Stephen Breck Reid, "Daniel, Book of" John Reumann, "Romans, Letter to the" Calvin J. Roetzel, "Paul" Ronald H. Sack, "Babylonia" E. P. Sanders, "Jesus Christ" Brian B. Schmidt, "Afterlife, Afterdeath" Tammi J. Schneider, "Assyria" William Schniedewind, "History, Historiography" Donald Senior, "Son of Man" Gerald T. Sheppard, "Bible" Ronald A. Simkins, "Honor, Shame," "Nature," "Worldview" Mark S. Smith, "El" Lawrence Hull Stookey, "Baptism" Marvin A. Sweeney, "Jeremiah, Book of" Ron E. Tappy, "Samaria," "Shechem" Christopher Tuckett, "Gospel, Gospels," "Synoptic Gospels" Eugene Ulrich, "Dead Sea Scrolls" Seung Ai Yang, "Miracles" Frank J. Yurco, "Egypt"

About the Author

David Noel Freedman holds an endowed professorship in Hebrew Biblical studies at the University of California in San Diego. He is the author or editor of numerous publications, including the Anchor Bible Project, the Eerdmans Critical Commentary, and the Bible in Its World Series.

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