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By James C. VanderKam

Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah: A Historical and Literary Introduction

George W.E. Nickelsburg
(Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005) 2nd edition, with CD-ROM (100 images), 445 pp., $45.00 (hardcover) $29.00 (paperback)

Although the Hebrew Bible is the best-known text from the Jewish past, Jews wrote far more literature than the books that now constitute the Bible. A significant portion of this additional material has survived. And more has been discovered in the past century or so.

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