AARON
Why was Aaron Punished XVIII 44

ABEL
The Story of Creation: Part 4: Cain and Abel XII 15
Cain and Abel XVII 40
The Abel Syndrome XX 111

ABIGAIL
Nabal and Abigail VIII 78

ABISHAG
Abishag the Shunammite IX 78

ABRAHAM
The Jerusalem Streets Abraham Walked On VI 35
Some Psychological Insights into the Life of Abraham VII 65
The Trials of Abraham VIII 127
Abraham and Atlantis XI 189
Rebecca's Encounter with Abraham's Servant XIV 124
Abraham's Great Sin - A Re-evaluation XV 186
Five Questions of Abraham XV 244
Abraham Plants the Flag XVI 86
The Testing of Abraham XVII 237
God, Abraham, Moses: A comparison of Key Questions XIX 250
The Meaning of Abraham's Test: A Reexamination of the Akedah XIX 3
Look Unto Abraham Your Father (Isaiah 51:2) XX 262

ABSALOM
Absalom's Revolt VI 118
Absalom's Story - Drama and Tragedy XI 1


ACHAN
The Punishment of Achan: The Poetic Justice of Success and Failure XIX 25

ADAM
Adam's Rib VII 75
Adam's Conquest XII 182
Adam's Missing Years: Evolution of a Legend XVI 149
Adam 1 and Adam 2  XVI 192
Adam's Sin XVII 71


AGGADA
Aggadah in Bible Study XII 39
Bible and Aggada: The Imaginative Text; How Aggada Expands Biblical Personality XIII 188
Solomon and Sheba - Aggadic Roots of the Koran Story XVIII 172


AGONISTES
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 1  IV 56
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 2  IV 113
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 3  IV 160
Sight, Sin and Blindness in the Samson Narrative and in Milton's Samson Agonistes XV 150

AHASUERUS
Ahasuerus is the Villain XVIII 187
Reply to: Ahasuerus is the Villain XIX 34

AHAB
Ahab - A Poor Character II (4) 46

AHITOPHEL
Ahitophel of Gilo: Two Literary Portraits XVI 227

AKEDAH
Testing God: A Midrash on the Akeda VIII 98
Akedah: The Binding of Isaac XIV 112
The Akeda - A Test of God XV 19
Isaac Tells the Akeda Story XVI 116 
The Meaning of Abraham's Test: A Reexamination of the Akedah XIX 3


ALIENS
Aliens and Israelites: Part 1  IX 196
Aliens and Israelites: Part 2  X 118
Aliens and Israelites: The Age of Return XI 35
Aliens and Israelites: Under Ezra and Nehemia XI 245
Israelites and Aliens: The Period of Proselytizing XIII 220
Israelites and Aliens: The Story of Joseph and Assenath XIV 237


ALTAR
Altars and Tables in the Bible XIII 35


AMALEK
The Sin of Amalek in Bible and Midrash XI 77
Ki Yad Al Kes Kah XIV 56
In the Shadow of Amalek XVII 44 

AMEN
Amen and Hallelujah: Their Development as Liturgical Responses XIII 93

AMMON
Abstracts of Beth Mikra: The Curse Hanging on Ammon and Moab XI 261

AMOS
Amos and Hosea: Two Directions in Israel's Prophecy V 101
Amos, Prophet and Worldly Man X 183

ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE
The Ass in the Bible XIII 43
The Ant in the Bible and Midrash XIII 179
The Bee in the Bible and Midrash XIII 246
Birds in Bible and Midrash XIV 45
The Camel in the Bible and Talmud XIV 108
The Cock and the Hen in Bible and Midrash XIV 187
Canines in Bible and Midrash XV 114
The Dove, Turtle Dove and Pigeon in Bible and Midrash XV 181
The Eagle in Bible and Midrash XV 260
Fish in Bible and Midrash XVI 46
The Fox in Bible and Midrash XVI 112
The Goat in Bible and Midrash XVI 197
The Hart and Hind in Bible and Midrash XVI 271






ANNIVERSARY
Jewish Aspects of the 500th Anniversary of Printing XV 281

ANSWER
Know What to Answer: Part 1  XIV 257
Know What to Answer: Part 2  XV 49
Know What to Answer: Part 3  XV 123


ANT
The Ant in the Bible and Midrash XIII 179

ANTWERP
The Antwerp Polyglot Bible (1568-1573) A Triumph of Hebraism X 74

ARCHAEOLOGY
Book Review: Archeology of the Bible Book by Book by G. Cornfeld VII 43
The Conquest of Canaan in the Book of Joshua: Military and Archaeological Aspects XIII 141
The Layout of Decalogue on the Tablets and Archaeology XV 177
New Findings in Archeology XVII 51
Archaeology and the Bible XVII 201
Archeological Research in the Period of the Monarchy XVII 265
Excavating the Cardo and the Ophel XVIII 117
The Tel Dan Excavation XVIII 190
Archeology and the Bible XX 57
An Update on the Dead Sea Scrolls XX 187

ASENATH
Lady Asenath VII 51
Israelites and Aliens: The Story of Joseph and Assenath XIV 237

ASON (Tragedy)
Ason: A Fate Worse Than Death XX 195

ASPECT
Jewish Aspects of the 500th Anniversary of Printing XV 281
The Conquest of Canaan in the Book of Joshua: Military and Archaeological Aspects XIII 141

ASS
The Ass in the Bible XIII 43
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 1  XVI 18
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 2 XVI 104


ATLANTIS
Abraham and Atlantis XI 189

AUTHORITY
Gods, Tents and Authority: A Study of Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 XIX 230
Metzoraat Kashaleg: Leprosy: Challenges to Authority in the Bible XXI 41

AI
The Location of Ai XVII 153

BABEL
The Tower of Babel X 35

BABYLON
At the Rivers of Babylon III (3) 13
The Babylonian Captivity VII 108
Sacrificial Cult Among the Exiles in Egypt but not Babylon: Why? IX 61
A New World and a New Man: Utopias in the Era of the Babylonian Exile and the Return to Zion XI 249 
The Babylonian Poem Enuma Elish and Genesis Chapter One XII 55


BALAAM
Balaam the Magician VIII 31
Balaam - An Unauthentic Prophet IX 89
Balaam's Mission - Failure or Success XVII 112
Balaam: Did God Change His Mind? XX 159


BATHSHEBA
David and Bathsheba: Part 1 V 24
David and Bathsheba: Part 2 V 85
David and Bathsheba: Part 3 V 134

BDELLIUM
Bdellium XXI 121

BEE
The Bee in the Bible and Midrash XIII 246

BEER-HOFFMAN
Reflections: Beer-Hoffman's Image of Ruth XIX 226

BEHEMOTH
Is Behemoth Also Jewish XIV 220

BEING
The Mystery of Being XIV 247

BELSHAZZAR
Belshazzars Folly VII 119

BENJAMIN
The Obstetrical Complication of Benjamin's Birth: The Cause of Rachel's Death XIII 88

BETH MIKRA ABSTRACTS
Abstracts of Beth Mikra: The Curse Hanging on Ammon and Moab XI 261
Abstracts of Beth Mikra: Book Reviews XII 178
Abstracts from Beth Mikra XIV 127

BEE
The Bee in the Bible and Midrash XIII 246


BIBLE
Back to the Bible I (1) 12
The Bible Readers' Union and the World Jewish Bible Society I (1) 15
The Bible Exhibit I (3) 42
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 1   I (4) 1
Bible: The Concomitant of Human Growth II (1) 1
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 2   II (1) 17
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 3   II (2) 25
The Bible of My Youthful Days III (3) 19
Bible Translations and Mistranslations VII 44
Bible Mistranslations: Supplementary Note VIII 49
The Antwerp Polyglot Bible (1568-1573) A Triumph of Hebraism X 74
Aggadah in Bible Study XII 39
Matriarchal Influence in the Bible: A Medical-Psychological Study XIII 81
The Ant in the Bible and Midrash XIII 179
Bible and Aggada: The Imaginative Text; How Aggada Expands Biblical Personality XIII 188
The Bee in the Bible and Midrash XIII 246
Birds in Bible and Midrash XIV 45
The Camel in the Bible and Talmud XIV 108
Bible Trivia - Introduction XIV 126
The Cock and the Hen in Bible and Midrash XIV 187
Bible Trivia - The Tetragrammaton XIV 195
Revisionist Intellectual History and the Bible XIV 201
Bible Trivia - The Number Seven   XV 56
Canines in Bible and Midrash XV 114
The Dove, Turtle Dove and Pigeon in Bible and Midrash XV 181
Bible Trivia - Vavei Ha'amudim XV 198
Bible Trivia - Soferim Scribes Counters XV 248
The Eagle in Bible and Midrash XV 260
Maimonides' Approach to the Bible XV 289
Fish in Bible and Midrash XVI 46
The Fox in Bible and Midrash XVI 112
Bible Trivia: The First Bible Translation XVI 121
The Goat in Bible and Midrash XVI 197
The Hart and Hind in Bible and Midrash XVI 271
Archaeology and the Bible XVII 201
Archeology and the Bible XX 57
Editorial: The Bible Protests XXI 1
The Bible Lands Museum XXI 129
Bible Translations, How Reliable  XXI 189
The Bible - A Traditionalist View XXI 213
The Bible: A Secular-Humanist View XXI 218

BIBLE CONTEST
Fourth International Bible Contest for Adults IX 208
Spotlight on the Diaspora Winners of the International Bible Contest for Youth XVIII 51
Bible Contest for Youth: Veteran Immigrant from U.S. Wins XIX 55
The Annual International Bible Contest XX 61
Annual Bible Contest XXI 55

BIBLE IN LITERATURE
King Saul in World Literature I (2) 1
The Motif of Job in Modern Jewish and World Literature III (1) 15
The Sacrifice of Isaac Theme in Yiddish Literature IV 1
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 1  IV 56
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 2  IV 113
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 3  IV 160
Rehabilitation of Lilith V 66
Jabotinsky's Samson VI 74
Jephthah's Literary Vogue VI 126
Princess Hagar VIII 114
Solomon's Humiliation IX 11
William Blake and Biblical Imagery XII 260
Biblical Motifs in the Poetical Works of Chaim N. Bialik XIII 258
Sight, Sin and Blindness in the Samson Narrative and in Milton's Samson Agonistes XV 150
King Solomon's Wives: As Envisioned by David Pinski XVIII 19
Beer-Hoffman's Image of Ruth XIX 226
Abraham Cowley and the David Story XIX 265

BIRDS
Birds in Bible and Midrash XIV 45

BIRTH
The Obstetrical Complication of Benjamin's Birth: The Cause of Rachel's Death XIII 88^J

BIRTHDAY
Greetings to Ben Gurion on his 86th Birthday I (2) 29

BIRTHRIGHT
The Selling of the Birthright: Making Sense of a Perplexing Episode XIX 100

BLESSING
Was Simon Not Included in Moses' Blessing IV 51
The Confirmation of Noah's Blessing: An Interpretation of Genesis 8:21-9:11 IX 144
Isaac's Blessing - Who was Deceived XVII 185

BLINDNESS
Sight, Sin and Blindness in the Samson Narrative and in Milton's Samson Agonistes XV 150

BLOOD
The Blood Covenant in the Bible VI 94
The Blood of Naboth XX 241
The Bridegroom of Blood XXI 94

BLUE CORD
The Tassel and the Blue Cord XXI 99


BONES
What Happened to Uzziah's Bones? (II Kings 15) I (2) 5
The Vision of the Dry Bones Depicted in the Wall Drawings of the Synagogue in Dura Europos  II (1) 10

BOOK REVIEWS
Book Review: Biblical Reflections I (1) 29
Book Review: Ben Gurion Looks at the Bible  I (3) 38
Book Review: Sabbath Chapters of Talmud by Rabbi B. Elizer-Epstein I (4) 40
Book Review: Commentary on Song of Songs by Eliezer Levinger I (4) 42
Book Review: A Time for Loving by Herbert Tarr II (3) 46
Book Review: The Bible in Israeli Education by J. Schoneveld  VI 103
Book Review: Torah for the Family by Kaztoff and Lipis VI 208
Book Review: Archeology of the Bible Book by Book by G. Cornfeld VII 43
Book Review: Talks on Scripture: The Latter Prophets by B. Zvieli VIII 101
Book Review: The Seven Days of the Beginning by Eli Munk IX 211
Book Review: Tablet XI of The Gilgamesh Epic and the Biblical Flood Story by I. Rappaport X 262
Book Review: The Hebrew Word Shem and Its Original Meaning by I. Rapaport XI 131
Book Review: The Exile of the Word: From the Silence of the Bible to the Silence of Auschwitz by Andre Neher XI 199
Book Review: Lillith's Daughters: Women and Religion in Contemporary Fiction by BH Rigney XII 54
Book Review: In Light of Genesis by PW Hadas XII 55
Book Review: The Encyclopedia Biblica (Vol. 1-8)  XII 130
Abstracts of Beth Mikra: Book Reviews XII 178
Book Review: The Mark of Cain by R. Mellinkoff XII 194
Book Review: The Torah - A Modern Commentary by W. Gunther Plaut XII 258
Book Review: Biblical Themes in World Literature by Sol Liptzin XIII 128
Book Review: Lev Avot: The Essence of Ethics of the Fathers by S.P. Toperoff XIII 201
Book Review: Studies in the Period of David and Solomon and Other Essays by T. Ishida XIV 51
Book Review: Creation in the Old Testament by Bernard W. Anderson XIV 115
Book Review: The Hebrew Bible and its Modern lnterpreters by D.A. Knight and G.M. Tucker XIV 192
Book Review: Ancient Judaism, Biblical Criticism, From Max Weber to the Present by I. Zeitlin XIV 254
Book Review: Jerusalem by F.F. Peters XV 53
Book Review: Identity and Ethos: A Festschrift for Sol Liptzin XV 264
Book Review: Recipes for Better Living by Morris Mandel and Chaim Lipschitz XVI 45
Book Review: Tanakh, A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures, JPS XVI 119
Book Review: Jephthah and His Vow by David Marcus XVI 201
Book Review: The Book of Job: A Commentary by  N. C. Habel XVII 53
Book Review: The Book of Job by  S. Mitchell XVII 53
Book Review: Eschatology in the Old Testament by D. Gowan XVII 197
Book Review: Sefer Ha-aggadah: Bialik & Rawnitzki Selected and translated by Chaim Pearl XVII 260
Book Review: The Epic of the Patriarch by R. Hendel XVII 261
Book Review: Rashi by Chaim Pearl XVIII 48
Book Review: Gevuroth Haromah XVIII 120
Book Review: Lexicon Der Biblischen Personen by Martin Bocian XIX 40
Book Review: Mac Bible Version 2.0 XIX 42
Book Review: A Rabbi's Bible by  Jonathan Magonet XX 126
Book Review: Haim Gevaryahu Memorial Volume XX 274


BORN
The Saga of the First Born XVI 170

BRAMBLE
Bulrush and Bramble XIX 170

BRICKS
Tiles and Bricks in Biblical Poetry XV 160

BRIDEGROOM
The Bridegroom of Blood XXI 94


BUILDING
Building in Biblical Times VI 1

BULRUSH
Bulrush and Bramble XIX 170

BURDEN
The Burden of Job's Loneliness II (4) 4

BURNING BUSH
The Evolving Symbolism of the Burning Bush VIII 185
Moses and the Burning Bush IV 159

CAIN
Cain, The Anti-Establishment Hero VI 27
The Story of Creation: Part 4: Cain and Abel XII 15
Redeeming Cain: A Comparative Literary Reading of Genesis XIII 199
Cain and Abel XVII 40
The Punishment of Cain: A Reflection in Midrashic Style XVIII 45

CALENDAR
The Biblical Beginning of the Jewish Calendar XX 182

CALF, GOLDEN
The Golden Calf in Exodus 32: A Foundry Engineer's Interpretation VIII 181

CAMEL
The Camel in the Bible and Talmud XIV 108

CANAAN
Jacob's Return to Canaan IV 121
The Conquest of Canaan in the Book of Joshua: Military and Archaeological Aspects XIII 141

CANINES
Canines in Bible and Midrash XV 114

CAPTAIN
Joab, Captain of the Host V 159

CAPTIVITY
The Babylonian Captivity VII 108

CAPTURED
How David Captured Jerusalem XV 43

CARDO
Excavating the Cardo and the Ophel XVIII 117


CEDAR
Said the Thistle to the Cedar (II Kings 14) I (2) 12

CHAPTER
The Book of Joshua: Chapters 23-24: Part One III (2) 2
The Book of Joshua: Chapters 23-24: Part Two III (2) 15
Irony in I Samuel (Chapters 8-15) VI 17
Was Jonathan Guilty: A Study of I Samuel Chapter 14   VII 153
The Story of Creation: Part 2: Genesis Chapter Two  X 187
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter One XI 159
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Two XI 234
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Three XII 45
The Babylonian Poem Enuma Elish and Genesis Chapter One XII 55
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapters Four and Five XII 115
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Six XII 173
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Seven XII 253
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Eight XIII 53
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Nine XIII 117
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Ten XIII 194
A Guide to Isaiah Chapters 11-12 XIII 268
The Symbolic Acts of Ezekiel (Chapters 3-5) XIX 120
Citing Chapter and Verse XX 234 


CHARACTERISTICS
The Physical Characteristics of a Torah Scroll VIII 86

CHARACTER
Ahab - A Poor Character II (4) 46

CHARISMATIC
Three Charismatic Judges and Their Strategies IV 8


CHILD
A Missing Hexateuchal Narrative Concerning Child Sacrifice XV 38
The Illegitimate Child (Mamzer) in Jewish Law XVIII 6

CHOSEN PEOPLE
The Problem of the Chosen People XVIII 165

CHRISTIAN
The Jewish and Christian Covenants and the Holocaust XVII 97

CHRONICLES
The Book of Chronicles: Its History and Purpose XVII 190

CHRONOLOGY
Chronology of Ancient Hebrew History XX 164
Chronology in the Book of Judges XXI 31

CITING
Citing Chapter and Verse XX 234 

CITY
Heart of Israel - City of Man II (3) 5
Holy Cities in the Land of Ephraim Revisited VII 187
From the City of David to Jerusalem XIV 175
City of David XVIII 260

CLASSROOM QUESTIONS
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 1  XVI 18
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 2 XVI 104

COCK
The Cock and the Hen in Bible and Midrash XIV 187

COMMANDMENT
The Third Commandment XXI 24

COMMONER
King and Commoner in Proverbs and Near Eastern Sources X 210

COMMUNICATION
Communication Problems XVI 245

COMPARATIVE
Redeeming Cain: A Comparative Literary Reading of Genesis XIII 199

COMPUTATION
The Computation of the New Moon V 56

COMPUTER
Isaiah and the Computer VIII 37


CONCEPT
Two Concepts of the Covenant XXI 109

CONFESSION
Jonah's Confession XX 189

CONFRONTATION
The Book of Jonah: An Ethical Confrontation Between God and Prophet XIV 11

CONQUER
Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho XIX 52

CONTRAST
Judah and Joseph: A Study in Contrasts XXI 127

CONTRITE
The Contrite Heart II (2) 5

CORD, BLUE
The Tassel and the Blue Cord XXI 99

COUNTERS
Bible Trivia - Soferim Scribes Counters XV 248

COURT
Justice in Solomon's Court: Anonymous versus Anonymous X 170

COVENANT
The Blood Covenant in the Bible VI 94
The Jewish and Christian Covenants and the Holocaust XVII 97
Two Concepts of the Covenant XXI 109


COWLEY
Abraham Cowley and the David Story XIX 265

CREATION
The Story of Creation in the Bible X 3
The Story of Creation: Part 2: Genesis Chapter Two  X 187
The Story of Creation: Part 3: The Garden of Eden X 234
The Story of Creation: Part 4: Cain and Abel XII 15
The Enuna Elish Hoax: Biblical Creation Story not Connected with any Cuneiform Text XIII 28
Creation and Commandment XIII 166
The How, What and Why of Creation XIV 245
Man, The Pinnacle of Creation XIX 239

CRUELTY
Prevention of Cruelty XV 97

CULT
Sacrificial Cult Among the Exiles in Egypt but not Babylon: Why ? IX 61

CUNEIFORM
The Flood Story in Bible and Cuneiform Literature: Tablet XI of the Gilgamesh Epic Wrongly Interpreted XII 95
The Emuna Elish Hoax: Biblical Creation Story not Connected with any Cuneiform Text XIII 28

CURSE
Abstracts of Beth Mikra: The Curse Hanging on Ammon and Moab XI 261

CYLINDER
The Cyrus Cylinder and Isaiah 40-50 XVI 164

CYRUS
Cyrus in the Perspective of Bible and History I (3) 1
The Cyrus Cylinder and Isaiah 40-50 XV 164


DAN
The New Settlement of the Tribe of Dan III (1) 10
The Tel Dan Excavation XVIII 190

DANIEL
The Book of Daniel: Its Significance and Meaning XI 181
Dating the Book of Daniel: The Legitimacy of the Traditional View XIII 120

DARSHANIM
Darshanim Project VIII 52

DARWIN
On Darwin's Theory of Evolution XVI 99

DAVID
David and Bathsheba: Part 1 V 24
David and Bathsheba: Part 2 V 85
David and Bathsheba: Part 3 V 134
The Love of David and Michal X 96
King David's Aging: A Psychodynamic Dimension XIII 98
Book Review: Studies in the Period of David and Solomon and Other Essays by T. Ishida XIV 51
From the City of David to Jerusalem XIV 175
How David Captured Jerusalem XV 43
City of David XVIII 260
An Elegy of David XIX 155
Abraham Cowley and the David Story XIX 265
David's Marriage to Michal XX 79



DAYENU
A Problem Verse in Dayenu XIV 162

DEAD SEA SCROLLS
An Update on the Dead Sea Scrolls XX 187
The Dead Sea Scrolls, 40 Years Later XXI 256

DEATH
The Death of Moses VI 18O
The Obstetrical Complication of Benjamin's Birth: The Cause of Rachel's Death XIII 88
A Note on Job 6:8-10: Suicide and Death Wishes XV 173
Josiah: The Impact of his Life and Death XVII 163
Ason: A Fate Worse Than Death XX 195

DEBORAH
Deborah, the Wife of Lapidot XVIII 135

DECALOGUE
The Layout of Decalogue on the Tablets and Archaeology XV 177

DECEIVED
Isaac's Blessing - Who was Deceived XVII 185

DEMOCRACY
The Biblical Tradition of Popular Democracy VIII 161

DEPRESSION
Elijah's Recovery from Depression XVII 34

DESTROY
Do Not Destroy the Fruit Trees (II Kings 3) I (2) 9

DESTRUCTION
The Destruction of the Wicked XIX 22
Ezekiel, From Destruction to Redemption XX 144

DEUTERONOMY
Dor and Generation I (4) 38
Prophet, King and Priest in Israel III (4) 9
Was Simon Not Included in Moses' Blessing IV 51
The Death of Moses VI 18O
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 124
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 166
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 258
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 40
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 102
A Unique Biblical Law XV 190
Free to Set a King Over Thee XVI 142
Polarization in the Mosaic Period XVI 263

DIALECTIC
The Dialectic of Faith and Doubt in the Philosophy of Socrates and Piety of Job VIII 197

DIALOGUES, TORAH
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 80
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 140
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 198
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 44
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 94
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 140
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 210
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus IX 44
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 100
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 150
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 206
Torah Dialogues: Numbers X 28
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 124
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 166
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 258
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 40
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 102

DIASPORA
Spotlight on the Diaspora Winners of the International Bible Contest for Youth XVIII 51

DINAH
The Rape of Dinah and the Conquest of Shechem VIII 144

DIVINE
The Divine Name El-Shaddai: He Who Created Families IX 72
About Some Scriptural Divine Designations XV 29
Dynamics of the Divine/Human Interaction XVI 51

DOCTRINE
The Doctrine of Reward V 75

DOOR
The Hand on the Door VII 62

DOR
Dor and Generation I (4) 38

DOVE
The Dove, Turtle Dove and Pigeon in Bible and Midrash XV 181

DRAMA
Absalom's Story - Drama and Tragedy XI 1
Job, A Universal Drama (1) XXI 13
Job, A Universal Drama (2) XXI 80

DRY BONES
The Vision of the Dry Bones Depicted in the Wall Drawings of the Synagogue in Dura Europos  II (1) 10

DUKHAN
On Dukhan IX 195

EAGLE
The Eagle in Bible and Midrash XV 260

EARTH
Flattering Earth XVII 268

EARTHQUAKE
The Earthquake that Turned the Course of the War (Psalm 60) II (2) 13

ECCLESTIASTES (see also KOHELET)
Koheleth- A Reinterpretation V 29
Introduction to a new Kohelet commentary IX 46
Ecclesiastes 1:4 A Proof Text for Reincarnation XXI 28

ECOLOGY
Ecological Motifs in the Bible VI 7

EDEN
The Story of Creation: Part 3: The Garden of Eden X 234

EDITORIAL
From the Editor XVI 74
Editorial XVIII 61
Editorial XVIII 132
Editorial XVIII 201
Editorial XIX 1
Editorial XIX 81
Editorial XIX 151
Editorial: Honoring Sol Liptzin XIX 223
Editorial XX 1
Editorial XX 71
Editorial XX 141
Editorial XX 223
Editorial: The Bible Protests XXI 1
Editorial XXI 71
Editorial: Laws of Nature and of Morality XXI 141
Editorial XXI 211


EDOM
Israel and Edom (Obadiah 1:21) II (1) 25
Who is Afraid of Edom: Reflections of a Theme in Lamentations  V 178


EDUCATION
Book Review: The Bible in Israeli Education by J. Schoneveld  VI 103
Compulsory Education XVI 242
Jonah: Toward the Re-education of the Prophets XVII 10

EDUCATOR
The Author of the Haggadah as an Educator XIV 157

EGYPT
Thou Shalt Not Abhor an Egyptian III (1) 6
Egypt and Israel XI 3
Thus They Stripped the Egyptians XVI 41
How Many Hebrews Left Egypt XVIII 230

EKRON
And Ekron as a Jebusite (Zechariah 9:7) XXI 170

EL SHADDAI
The Divine Name El-Shaddai: He Who Created Families IX 72
El-Shaddai XVI 186 

ELEGY
An Elegy of David XIX 155

ELIHU
The Enigma of Elihu XII 217
Elihu: The Provenance and Content of his Speeches XVI 90


ELIJAH
Elijah in Yiddish Literature I (3) 7
Elijah - The Unique Prophet III (3) 16
Elijah IX 22
Elijah's Recovery from Depression XVII 34


ENCOUNTER
Rebecca's Encounter with Abraham's Servant XIV 124

ENDOR
Saul and the Witch of Endor V 16


ENGINEER
The Golden Calf in Exodus 32: A Foundry Engineer's Interpretation VIII 181

ENGLISH
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: XI 176
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Hebrew Loanwords XI 178
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Parts 3 and 4 XI 240
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Parts 5,6  XII 49
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Parts 7,8  XII 123
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Some Afterthoughts XIII 241

ENGRAVED
Engraved With the Names XXI 143

ENIGMA
The Enigma of Elihu XII 217
Judah and Tamar: A Scriptural Enigma XII 246

ENOCH
The Enoch Tradition XVIII 181

ENUMA ELISH
The Babylonian Poem Enuma Elish and Genesis Chapter One XII 55
The Enuma Elish Hoax: Biblical Creation Story not Connected with any Cuneiform Text XIII 28

EPHRAIM
Holy Cities in the Land of Ephraim Revisited VII 187

ESAU
Justice to Esau XII 229
The Jacob-Esau Reunion XXI 159
In Defense of Esau XX 43

ESCHATOLOGY
National and Eschatological Messianism: Biblical Writers of the Second Commonwealth VI 147
Book Review: Eschatology in the Old Testament by D. Gowan XVII 197

ESTHER
Themes in the Book of Esther V 111
Esther Hamalkah the Royal Mistress and Mordecai Hayehudi the Jewish Judge VI 116
Esther's Plan to Save the Jews: Overall Strategy, Initial Failures, Ultimate Success XI 153
Book of Esther - A Novelle XIV 142
The Art of Narration in the Scroll of Esther XIV 152
The Hidden Hand of God XVIII 183
Ahasuerus is the Villain XVIII 187
Reply to: Ahasuerus is the Villain XIX 34
The Book of Esther: Some Questions and Responses XIX 186
Esther is a Story of Jewish Defense not a Story of Jewish Revenge XXI 3 

ETHICAL
Psalm XV- A Liturgical or Ethical Psalm V 124
The Book of Jonah: An Ethical Confrontation Between God and Prophet XIV 11

EVERYTHING
Let Everything Praise the Lord II (4) 11

EVIL
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil II (1) 6
Excess: The Hidden Root of Evil XII 237

EVOLUTION
Evolution's Fateful Implication XIV 242
On Darwin's Theory of Evolution XVI 99



EXCAVATION
Excavating the Cardo and the Ophel XVIII 117^JThe Tel Dan Excavation XVIII 190
The Tel Dan Excavation XVIII 190

EXCESS
Excess: The Hidden Root of Evil XII 237

EXILIC
Gynomorphic Imagery in Exilic Isaiah XII 71

EXILE
The Secret of the Returning Exiles III (3) 10
The Siberian Exile and his Book: Review of a Study in Wisdom Literature  VI 44
Sacrificial Cult Among the Exiles in Egypt but not Babylon: Why? IX 61
A New World and a New Man: Utopias in the Era of the Babylonian Exile and the Return to Zion XI 249

EXODUS
Moses and the Burning Bush IV 159
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 44
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 94
The Golden Calf in Exodus 32: A Foundry Engineer's Interpretation VIII 181
Face to Face: Panim el Panim XIII 151
Ki Yad Al Kes Kah XIV 56
The Route of the Exodus XIV 209
Thus They Stripped the Egyptians XVI 41
Eye for Eye XVI 158
In the Shadow of Amalek XVII 44 
Where Was the Mountain of God  XVII 211
The Evolving Symbolism of the Burning Bush VIII 185
Why Did God Want to Kill Moses XVIII 222
How Many Hebrews Left Egypt XVIII 230
Could Moses' Hands Make War XIX 114
Gods, Tents and Authority: A Study of Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 XIX 230
Moses' Three Signs: Symbol and Augury XX 115
The Miracle at the Red Sea XX 250
The Call of Moses XX 256
Why Moses XX 271
The Third Commandment XXI 24
The Bridegroom of Blood XXI 94
The Incident at the Lodging House XXI 236

EYE
Eye for Eye XVI 158

EZEKIEL
The Aspaklaria of Prophetic Vision I (4) 27
The Vision of the Dry Bones Depicted in the Wall Drawings of the Synagogue in Dura Europos  II (1) 10
The Lesson of Ezekiel's Temple (Ezekiel 40-48) II (1) 13
The Origin of the Synagogue VII 27
Ezekiel, the Neglected Prophet XVII 117
Parents Have Eaten Sour Grapes XVIII 1
The Symbolic Acts of Ezekiel (Chapters 3-5) XIX 120
Ezekiel, From Destruction to Redemption XX 144


EZION-GEBER
Ezion-Geber, Solomon's Seaport XX 122

EZRA
Ezra, The Scribe VI 87
Aliens and Israelites: Under Ezra and Nehemia XI 245

FACE TO FACE 
Face to Face: Panim el Panim XIII 151

FAILURE
Esther's Plan to Save the Jews: Overall Strategy, Initial Failures, Ultimate Success XI 153
Balaam's Mission - Failure or Success XVII 112
The Punishment of Achan: The Poetic Justice of Success and Failure XIX 25

FALL
Fall of Samaria: Biblical Historiosophy on Trial XVII 26
The Rise and Fall of Israel in the Sinai Desert XVIII 32

FAMILY
The Divine Name El-Shaddai: He Who Created Families IX 72
Understanding Redemption Through the Metaphor of the Family: A Prophetic Vision XXI 248

FATEFUL
Evolution's Fateful Implication XIV 242

FATE
Ason: A Fate Worse Than Death XX 195

FERTILITY
Hoseah and the Fertility Cult XV 84

FIRSTBORN
The Rebellion of the Bechorim XIV 77
The Saga of the First Born XVI 170

FISH
Fish in Bible and Midrash XVI 46

FLAG
Abraham Plants the Flag XVI 86

FLOOD
The Flood Story in Bible and Cuneiform Literature: Tablet XI of the Gilgamesh Epic Wrongly Interpreted XII 95

FOUNDRY
The Golden Calf in Exodus 32: A Foundry Engineer's Interpretation VIII 181

FOX
The Fox in Bible and Midrash XVI 112

FREE
Free to Set a King Over Thee XVI 142 

FRIENDS
Were Job's Friends Gentiles XVIII 107


GAMLIEL (see also: Gamaliel)
Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh XV 273

GARDEN 
The Story of Creation: Part 3: The Garden of Eden X 234
My Beloved is Gone Down to his Garden to the Beds of Spices (Songs of Songs 6:3) II (3) 22
A Garden of Vegetables XIX 123

GARMENTS
Garments of Skin (Genesis 3:21) XVIII 74

GAV
What is a Gav  XX 17

GENERATIONS
Dor and Generation I (4) 38
The Book of Jonah: A Lesson For All Generations VII 21
These are the Generations of Isaac XIX 260

GENESIS
Meaning of Moledet I (1) 17
Bible: The Concomitant of Human Growth II (1) 1
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil II (1) 6
Jacob's Return to Canaan IV 121
Jacob's Love for Rachel IV 153
Hospitality in Sodom: A Biblical Contrast V 94
Adam's Rib VII 75
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 80
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 140
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 198
The Rape of Dinah and the Conquest of Shechem VIII 144
The Confirmation of Noah's Blessing: An Interpretation of Genesis 8:21-9:11 IX 144
The Mystery of Genesis 36   IX 161
The Story of Creation in the Bible X 3
Jacob, Man of Destiny: His Youth X 10
Ke Yetzer Lev Haadam Rah Minurav X 32
Jacob, Man of Destiny: The Turning Point X 106
The Story of Creation: Part 2: Genesis Chapter Two  X 187
The Story of Creation: Part 3: The Garden of Eden X 234
The Story of Creation: Part 4: Cain and Abel XII 15
The Living Testament of Jacob - Israel XII 30
The Babylonian Poem Enuma Elish and Genesis Chapter One XII 55
Book Review: In Light of Genesis by PW Hadas XII 55
Twins in Transition: Genesis 32:25-31 Re-Examined XII 166
A Biblical Reverie (Genesis 32) XII 184
The Emuna Elish Hoax: Biblical Creation Story not Connected with any Cuneiform Text XIII 28
Parallel Lists of Prediluvian Patriarchs: A Psychological Interpretation XIII 47
Redeeming Cain: A Comparative Literary Reading of Genesis XIII 199
Noah and the Ark - Reexamined XIII 251
Noahide Laws from Genesis to Genizah XIV 88
Rebecca's Encounter with Abraham's Servant XIV 124
The Akeda - A Test of God XV 19
Purchase of the Machpelah XVI 29
Dynamics of the Divine/Human Interaction XVI 51
Abraham Plants the Flag XVI 86
Isaac Tells the Akeda Story XVI 116 
Judah and Tamar XVI 123
Adam 1 and Adam 2  XVI 192
Cain and Abel XVII 40
Reflections of Readers: Genesis XVII 50
Adam's Sin XVII 71
Isaac's Blessing - Who was Deceived XVII 185
Jacob's Limp XVII 222
The Testing of Abraham XVII 237
Isaac and Laughter XVIII 13
The Punishment of Cain: A Reflection in Midrashic Style XVIII 45
Garments of Skin (Genesis 3:21) XVIII 74
The Testament of Jacob: An Analysis of Genesis 49:18  XVIII 101
Rachel - A Woman Who Would Be a Mother XVIII 213
The Difficult Verse in Genesis 4:26  XVIII 257
Who was Melchizedek XVI 183
Genesis 14 - Meaning and Structure XVI 256
Jacob's Limp XVII 222
The Meaning of Abraham's Test: A Reexamination of the Akedah XIX 3
Jacob the Wrestler XIX 92
The Selling of the Birthright: Making Sense of a Perplexing Episode XIX 100
What Was the Actual Effect of the Tree of Knowledge  XIX 105
These are the Generations of Isaac XIX 260
In Defense of Esau XX 43
The Trauma of Isaac XX 96
The Abel Syndrome XX 111
Judah and Joseph: A Study in Contrasts XXI 127
Joseph and His Brothers XXI 153
The Jacob-Esau Reunion XXI 159

GENIZAH
Noahide Laws from Genesis to Genizah XIV 88

GENTILES
Were Job's Friends Gentiles XVIII 107

GEOGRAPHY
Shemittah and the Geography of Israel XV 163

GEVARYAHU
In Memorium: Haim Gevaryahu XVIII 203
Book Review: Haim Gevaryahu Memorial Volume XX 274

GIBEAH
The Concubine of Gibeah (Judges 19-21) XVIII 111


GILGAL
Gilgal, Site of the First Passover VI 137

GILGAMESH EPIC
Book Review: Tablet XI of The Gilgamesh Epic and the Biblical Flood Story by I. Rappaport X 262
The Flood Story in Bible and Cuneiform Literature: Tablet XI of the Gilgamesh Epic Wrongly Interpreted XII 95

GILO
Ahitophel of Gilo: Two Literary Portraits XVI 227

GOAT
The Goat in Bible and Midrash XVI 197

GOD
God's Plan in Isaiah (8:10) I (2) 25
God's Reply to Job III (1) 25
Testing God: A Midrash on the Akeda VIII 98
Reverence: For God and For the Lord XI 15
In the Image of God XII 181
The Book of Jonah: An Ethical Confrontation Between God and Prophet XIV 11
The Akeda - A Test of God XV 19
Oded: Prophet of God XV 256
For I am God and Not Man XVII 243
Where Was the Mountain of God  XVII 211
The Hidden Hand of God XVIII 183
Why Did God Want to Kill Moses XVIII 222
God, Abraham, Moses: A comparison of Key Questions XIX 250
Balaam: Did God Change His Mind? XX 159
God and Man on Trial XXI 226

GODS
Gods, Tents and Authority: A Study of Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 XIX 230

GOLDEN
The Golden Calf in Exodus 32: A Foundry Engineer's Interpretation VIII 181
King Solomon's Golden Wealth XIX 136

GOLIATH
Who Killed Goliath? XVIII 37
Who Killed Goliath - A Response to Steven Moss XVIII 114

GOVERNMENT
The Biblical Concept of Government XIV 16

GRAPES
Parents Have Eaten Sour Grapes XVIII 1

GREEK LOGIC
Greek Logic in the Book of Job XV 166

GUIDE
Micah's Ideals, Stevenson's Guide IV 79
The Book of Proverbs: Everyman's Guide to the Higher Life IV 71
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter One XI 159
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Two XI 234
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Three XII 45
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapters Four and Five XII 115
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Six XII 173
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Seven XII 253
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter 8 XIII 53
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter 9 XIII 117
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter 10 XIII 194
A Guide to Isaiah Chapters 11-12 XIII 268

GUILTY
Was Jonathan Guilty: A Study of I Samuel Chapter 14   VII 153

GYNOMORPHIC IMAGERY
Gynomorphic Imagery in Exilic Isaiah XII 71

HABAKUK (see also: Habakkuk)
Habakuk 3:13  A Problematic Verse XIII 105

HABIRU
The Habiru and the Hebrews: From a Social Class to an Ethnic Group VII 101

HAGAR
Princess Hagar VIII 114

HAGGADAH
The Author of the Haggadah as an Educator XIV 157
A Problem Verse in Dayenu XIV 162

HALACHA (see also: Halakhah)
Prophecy and Halacha VIII 61

HALLELUJAH
Amen and Hallelujah: Their Development as Liturgical Responses XIII 93

HALLEL
Purim and Hallel XI 104

HA'MIKRA (see also: Cantillation)
Observations on Ta-amay Hamikra XII 84

HAMMURABI
Hammurabi and Biblical Laws Compared VII 89

HAMSIN
The Hamsin and the Rain XIII 184

HANDS
The Hand on the Door VII 62
The Hidden Hand of God XVIII 183
Could Moses' Hands Make War XIX 114

HART 
The Hart and Hind in Bible and Midrash XVI 271

HASMONEAN STATE
Was the Hasmonean State Secular in Orientation: Part 1  XII 104
Was the Hasmonean State Secular in Orientation: Part 2  XII 186



HEART
The Contrite Heart II (2) 5


HEBRAIC MOTIFS
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 1  IV 56
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 2  IV 113
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 3  IV 160

HEBRAISM
The Antwerp Polyglot Bible (1568-1573) A Triumph of Hebraism X 74

HEBREW
The Hebrew Word Shem: A New Interpretation of Several Biblical Passages X 144
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: XI 176
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Hebrew Loanwords XI 178
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Parts 3 and 4 XI 240
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Parts 5,6  XII 49
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Parts 7,8  XII 123
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Some Afterthoughts XIII 241

HEBREWS
The Habiru and the Hebrews: From a Social Class to an Ethnic Group VII 101
How Many Hebrews Left Egypt XVIII 230

HEIFER, RED
The Mystery of the Red Heifer XV 267
The Red Heifer Mystery XVIII 176

HEN
The Cock and the Hen in Bible and Midrash XIV 187

HERITAGE
Inheritance - Heritage XVI 122

HERO
Cain, The Anti-Establishment Hero VI 27

HEROD
Reconstructing Herod's Temple in Jerusalem XIX 274

HEXATEUCHAL
A Missing Hexateuchal Narrative Concerning Child Sacrifice XV 38

HEZEKIAH
King Hezekiah's Pesach in Jerusalem III (3) 21
Hezekiah and Josiah: A Comparison VIII 201
Two Righteous Men: Isaiah and Hezekiah XII 211
Isaiah and Hezekiah: Prophet and King XVI 78 
Hezekiah's Second Passover XIX 195

HEN
The Cock and the Hen in Bible and Midrash XIV 187

HIDDEN
Excess: The Hidden Root of Evil XII 237
The Hidden Hand of God XVIII 183

HIND
The Hart and Hind in Bible and Midrash XVI 271

HISTORIOSOPHY
Fall of Samaria: Biblical Historiosophy on Trial XVII 26

HISTORY
Cyrus in the Perspective of Bible and History I (3) 1
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 1  I (2) 15
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 2  I (3) 18
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 3  I (4) 31
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 4  II (2) 39
Sources on the History of Torah Reading II (4) 21
Revisionist Intellectual History and the Bible XIV 201
The Book of Chronicles: Its History and Purpose XVII 190
The Strange History of Kasher XXI 164
Chronology of Ancient Hebrew History XX 164


HOAX
The Enuma Elish Hoax: Biblical Creation Story not Connected with any Cuneiform Text XIII 28

HOLINESS
Kedushah - Holiness XVI 2

HOLY
Holy Cities in the Land of Ephraim Revisited VII 187
Restoration of a Holy Nation (445 BCE) VII 127
Book Review: Tanakh, A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures, JPS XVI 119
Isaiah: How the Book Entered Holy Writ  XVIII 206


HONORING
Editorial: Honoring Sol Liptzin XIX 223

HOSEAH
Amos and Hosea: Two Directions in Israel's Prophecy V 101
Hoseah's True Marriage XV 79
Hoseah and the Fertility Cult XV 84
Hosea - His Message XV 88

HOSPITALITY
Hospitality in Sodom: A Biblical Contrast V 94

HOUSE
The Incident at the Lodging House XXI 236

HOW
The How, What and Why of Creation XIV 245
The Multiple Functions of "How" in the Tanakh XVIII 84
How Many Hebrews Left Egypt XVIII 230

HUMAN
Bible: The Concomitant of Human Growth II (1) 1
Dynamics of the Divine/Human Interaction XVI 51

HUMILATION
Solomon's Humiliation IX 11

HUMPTY DUMPTY
The Humpty Dumpty Principle in Biblical Translation XVIII 141

ILLEGITIMATE
The Illegitimate Child (Mamzer) in Jewish Law XVIII 6

IMAGE
In the Image of God XII 181
Reflections: Beer-Hoffman's Image of Ruth XIX 226

IMAGERY
Gynomorphic Imagery in Exilic Isaiah XII 71
William Blake and Biblical Imagery XII 260

IMPLICATIONS
Evolution's Fateful Implication XIV 242
Biblical Monotheism, Some of its Implications XIX 83

INCENSE
Sense and Incense XXI 242

INCIDENT
The Incident at the Lodging House XXI 236

INCISED
Incised Stone Fragment Korban: From Southern Wall of Temple Mount XIII 235

INDECISION
Moses: Man of Indecision IX 33

INFLUENCE
Semitic Influences and the Biblical Text X 90
Matriarchal Influence in the Bible: A Medical-Psychological Study XIII 81
Biblical Influence on Shakespeare's Hamlet XIX 29

INHERITANCE
Inheritance - Heritage XVI 122

INN
Moses at the Inn: New Light on an Obscure Text XIV 31

INSIGHTS
Some Psychological Insights into the Life of Abraham VII 65

INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Revisionist Intellectual History and the Bible XIV 201

INTELLIGENCE, MILITARY
Military Intelligence in the Bible: Part 1 V 183
Military Intelligence in the Bible: Part 2 VI 191
Military Intelligence in the Bible: Part 3 IX 185
Military Intelligence in the Bible: Part 4 XI 44

INTERACTION
Dynamics of the Divine/Human Interaction XVI 51

INTERCOURSE
Three Nuances of Sexual Intercourse - Yadah, Bah El, Shachav Im   XVIII 92

INTERMARRIAGE
Biblical and Talmudic Attitudes towards Intermarriage XVII 107
Rabbinic Attitudes towards Intermarriage XVII 170

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE CONTEST
Fourth International Bible Contest for Adults IX 208
Spotlight on the Diaspora Winners of the International Bible Contest for Youth XVIII 51
The Annual International Bible Contest XX 61

INTERPRETATION
Midrash and Pesher: Two Classical Forms of Biblical Interpretation IV 103
The Golden Calf in Exodus 32: A Foundry Engineer's Interpretation VIII 181
The Confirmation of Noah's Blessing: An Interpretation of Genesis 8:21-9:11 IX 144
The Hebrew Word Shem: A New Interpretation of Several Biblical Passages X 144
The Flood Story in Bible and Cuneiform Literature: Tablet XI of the Gilgamesh Epic Wrongly Interpreted XII 95
Parallel Lists of Prediluvian Patriarchs: A Psychological Interpretation XIII 47

INTRODUCTION
Introduction to a New Kohelet Commentary IX 46
Bible Trivia - Introduction XIV 126

IRONY
Irony in I Samuel (Chapters 8-15) VI 17
Irony in the Book of Job XIII 41
Concealment and Irony in the Samson Story XIII 71
Two Biblical Parables: Irony and Self-entrapment XV 11

ISAAC
The Sacrifice of Isaac Theme in Yiddish Literature IV 1
Rebekah's Beguilement of Isaac XII 22
Was Father Isaac a Co-Conspirator XIII 225
Akedah: The Binding of Isaac XIV 112
Isaac Tells the Akeda Story XVI 116 
Isaac's Blessing - Who was Deceived XVII 185
Isaac and Laughter XVIII 13
These are the Generations of Isaac XIX 260
The Trauma of Isaac XX 96

ISAIAH
God's Plan in Isaiah (8:10) I (2) 25
Prophetic Solution for Near Eastern Peoples (Isaiah 19:24) I (2) 27
Cyrus in the Perspective of Bible and History I (3) 1
The New Kotel Discovery (Isaiah 66:14) I (3) 24
The Direction and Purpose of Time: Isaiah's Vision and the End of Days  III (3) 7
Isaiah and the Computer VIII 37
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter One XI 159
For the Sake of My Name XI 169
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Two XI 234
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Three XII 45
Gynomorphic Imagery in Exilic Isaiah XII 71
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapters Four and Five XII 115
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Six XII 173
Two Righteous Men: Isaiah and Hezekiah XII 211
A Guide to Isaiah: Chapter Seven XII 253
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Eight XIII 53
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Nine XIII 117
A Guide to Isaiah Chapter Ten XIII 194
A Guide to Isaiah Chapters 11-12 XIII 268
Isaiah and Hezekiah: Prophet and King XVI 78 
The Cyrus Cylinder and Isaiah 40-50 XVI 164
A Drop of a Bucket (Isaiah 40:15) XVII 199
The School of Isaiah: Biography and Transmission of the Book of Isaiah XVIII 62
Isaiah: How the Book Entered Holy Writ  XVIII 206
Isaiah and his Audience XX 10
Look Unto Abraham Your Father (Isaiah 51:2) XX 262




ISRAEL
Israel and Edom (Obadiah 1:21) II (1) 25
The Suk in Ancient Israel: Where was the Jerusalem Makhtesh II (2) 1
Heart of Israel - City of Man II (3) 5
Prophet, King and Priest in Israel III (4) 9
Amos and Hosea: Two Directions in Israel's Prophecy V 101
The Cathexis of Israel to Egypt V 128
The Symbols of Nature in Israel and in the Ancient Near East IX 132
The Makers of Israel: A Note on Psalm 149  X 122
Mesopotamia and Israel XI 23
Egypt and Israel XI 111
The Living Testament of Jacob - Israel XII 30
The Two Seasons in Israel XIV 26
Names of Settlements in lsrael: Biblical Terms Turned into Names XIV 82
Shemittah and the Geography of Israel XV 163
The Paradigm of Job: Suffering and the Redemptive Destiny of Israel XVII 121
The Rise and Fall of Israel in the Sinai Desert XVIII 32
Israel Museum Exhibit XXI 253
The Subsistence Struggles of Early Israel XXI 197

ISRAELITE
Aliens and Israelites: Part 1  IX 196
Aliens and Israelites: Part 2  X 118
Aliens and Israelites: The Age of Return XI 35
Aliens and Israelites: Under Ezra and Nehemia XI 245
Israelites and Aliens: The Period of Proselytizing XIII 220
Israelites and Aliens: The Story of Joseph and Assenath XIV 237
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 1 XV 1
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 2 XV 71
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 3 XV 141
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 4 XV 215
Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho XIX 52


JABOTINSKY
Jabotinsky's Samson VI 74

JACOB
Jacob's Return to Canaan IV 121
Jacob's Love for Rachel IV 153
Jacob, Man of Destiny: His Youth X 10
Jacob, Man of Destiny: The Turning Point X 106
The Living Testament of Jacob - Israel XII 30
Jacob's Limp XVII 222
The Testament of Jacob: An Analysis of Genesis 49:18  XVIII 101
Jacob the Wrestler XIX 92
The Jacob-Esau Reunion XXI 159

JEBUSITE
And Ekron as a Jebusite (Zechariah 9:7) XXI 170

JEPHTHAH
Jephthah's Literary Vogue VI 126
Book Review: Jephthah and His Vow by David Marcus XVI 201

JEREMIAH
Jeremiah's Struggle with his Calling I (4) 21
The Lachish Letters I (4) 23
The Trial of Jeremiah XII 36
Parents Have Eaten Sour Grapes XVIII 1
Jeremiah, A Tragedy: Thou Hast Enticed Me, and I was Enticed XIX 176
A Stylistic-Exegetical Analysis of Jeremiah 46:1-12  XX 84

JERICHO
Rahab of Jericho IX 111
Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho XIX 52

JERUSALEM
Jerusalem and the Bible: Part 1  I (3) 13
Jerusalem and the Bible: Part 2 I (4) 6
The Suk in Ancient Israel: Where was the Jerusalem Makhtesh II (2) 1
Jerusalem and the Bible: Part 3 II (2) 20 
Jerusalem and the Bible: Part 4 II (4) 6
Bet Hatenakh in Jerusalem III (2) 29
Jerusalem and the Bible: Part 5 III (2) 31
King Hezekiah's Pesach in Jerusalem III (3) 21
Jerusalem and the Bible: Part 6 III (3) 27
The Jerusalem Streets Abraham Walked On VI 35
Jerusalem in the Days of Jeremiah VI 81
Jerusalem in the Bible and Talmud XIV 119
From the City of David to Jerusalem XIV 175
Jerusalem in Rabbinic Literature XIV 179
How David Captured Jerusalem XV 43
Jerusalem in Rabbinic Literature (Part 2)  XV 45
Book Review: Jerusalem by F.F. Peters XV 53
Jerusalem in Jewish Law   XV 118
Reconstructing Herod's Temple in Jerusalem XIX 274

JEWISH
The Bible Readers' Union and the World Jewish Bible Society I (1) 15
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 1   I (4) 1
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 2   II (1) 17
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 3   II (2) 25
The Jewish Way of Loving II (3) 26
The Motif of Job in Modern Jewish and World Literature III (1) 15
Esther Hamalkah the Royal Mistress and Mordecai Hayehudi the Jewish Judge VI 116
Is Job After All Jewish XIV 39
Is Behemoth Also Jewish XIV 220
Jerusalem in Jewish Law   XV 118
Jewish Aspects of the 500th Anniversary of Printing XV 281
Jewish Origins of the Lord's Prayer XVII 37
The Jewish and Christian Covenants and the Holocaust XVII 97
The Illegitimate Child (Mamzer) in Jewish Law XVIII 6
The Biblical Beginning of the Jewish Calendar XX 182
Esther is a Story of Jewish Defense not a Story of Jewish Revenge XXI 3 


JEWS
Esther's Plan to Save the Jews: Overall Strategy, Initial Failures, Ultimate Success XI 153

JOAB
Joab, Captain of the Host V 159

JOB
Job and Faust II (4) 1
The Burden of Job's Loneliness II (4) 4
The Motif of Job in Modern Jewish and World Literature III (1) 15
In the Days of Job III (1) 21
God's Reply to Job III (1) 25
The Dialectic of Faith and Doubt in the Philosophy of Socrates and Piety of Job VIII 197
Speculations on Job X 128
The Enigma of Elihu XII 217
Irony in the Book of Job XIII 41
Is Job After All Jewish XIV 39
Is Behemoth Also Jewish XIV 220
Greek Logic in the Book of Job XV 166
A Note on Job 6:8-10: Suicide and Death Wishes XV 173
Elihu: The Provenance and Content of his Speeches XVI 90
Job: The Third Cycle - Dissipating a Mirage XVI 217
Job: The Third Cycle - Dissipating a Mirage, Part 2   XVII 19
Book Review: The Book of Job: A Commentary by  N. C. Habel XVII 53
Book Review: The Book of Job by  S. Mitchell XVII 53
The Paradigm of Job: Suffering and the Redemptive Destiny of Israel XVII 121
The Liberation of Job XVII 128
Jot, Tittle, and Waw (Job 19:25) XVII 230
Were Job's Friends Gentiles XVIII 107
The Volcano in Job 28  XVIII 234
Science in the Book of Job XIX 18
Bulrush and Bramble XIX 170
What is a Gav XX 17
The Problem of Job: The Question Still Remains  XX 105
Job, A Universal Drama (1) XXI 13
Job, A Universal Drama (2) XXI 80
God and Man on Trial XXI 226

JOEL
Joel and His Message II (1) 22
And a Fountain Shall Come Forth From the House of the Lord X 48

JONAH
The Book of Jonah I (1) 4
Jonah - Transition From Seer to Prophet VII 1
The Literary Impact of Jonah VII 9
The Book of Jonah: A Lesson For All Generations VII 21
The Universalism of the Book of Jonah According to the Teaching of Yehezkel Kaufman X 20
Jonah and Nineveh: The Tragedy of Jonah  XII 4 
Eastward and Westward: The Movement of Prophecy and History in the Book of Jonah XIII 16
Maftir Jonah XIV 3
The Book of Jonah: An Ethical Confrontation Between God and Prophet XIV 11
Jonah's Race to Nineveh XVI 10
Jonah: Toward the Re-education of the Prophets XVII 10
Jonah's Confession XX 189

JONATHAN
Noble Jonathan V 2
Was Jonathan Guilty: A Study of I Samuel Chapter 14   VII 153

JOSEPH
Why did Joseph Let his Father Mourn for him IX 191
Joseph and his Brothers: The Midrashic Approach versus Josephus' Approach XIII 11
Joseph and the Biblical Echo XIII 161
Joseph and his Brothers: Vengeance or Reconciliation XIV 183
Israelites and Aliens: The Story of Joseph and Assenath XIV 237
Judah and Joseph: A Study in Contrasts XXI 127
Joseph and His Brothers XXI 153

JOSEPHUS
Joseph and his Brothers: The Midrashic Approach versus Josephus' Approach XIII 11

JOSHUA
The Book of Joshua: Chapters 23-24: Part One III (2) 2
The New Settlement of the Tribe of Dan III (1) 10
The Book of Joshua: Chapters 23-24: Part Two III (2) 15
Gilgal, Site of the First Passover VI 137
The Three-Day Syndrome XIII 111
The Conquest of Canaan in the Book of Joshua: Military and Archaeological Aspects XIII 141
The Location of Ai XVII 153
The Punishment of Achan: The Poetic Justice of Success and Failure XIX 25

JOSIAH
Hezekiah and Josiah: A Comparison VIII 201
Moses and Josiah: A Rabbi's Experience with his Congregation XV 199
Josiah: The Impact of his Life and Death XVII 163

JOT
Jot, Tittle, and Waw (Job 19:25) XVII 230


JUDAISM
From Biblical Religion to Judaism VI 173
Book Review: Ancient Judaism, Biblical Criticism, From Max Weber to the Present by I. Zeitlin XIV 254

JUDAH
Judah and Tamar: A Scriptural Enigma XII 246
Judah and Tamar XVI 123
Judah and Joseph: A Study in Contrasts XXI 127

JUDGE 
Esther Hamalkah the Royal Mistress and Mordecai Hayehudi the Jewish Judge VI 116

JUDGES
Three Charismatic Judges and Their Strategies IV 8
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 1  IV 56
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 2  IV 113
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 3  IV 160
Who Was Shamgar Ben Anat XIV 105
Samson in Timnah: Judges 14-15: Form and Function XV 249 
The Concubine of Gibeah (Judges 19-21) XVIII 111
Deborah, the Wife of Lapidot XVIII 135
Chronology in the Book of Judges XXI 31

JUSTICE
Justice in Solomon's Court: Anonymous versus Anonymous X 170
Justice to Esau XII 229
The Punishment of Achan: The Poetic Justice of Success and Failure XIX 25

KADDISH
Kaddish and the Lord's Prayer XIX 164

KASHALEG
Metzoraat Kashaleg: Leprosy: Challenges to Authority in the Bible XXI 41

KASHER
The Strange History of Kasher XXI 164

KATZOFF
Book Review: Torah for the Family by Kaztoff and Lipis VI 208
Tribute to Louis Katzoff X 1

KAUFMAN
The Universalism of the Book of Jonah According to the Teaching of Yehezkel Kaufman X 20

KEDUSHAH
Kedushah - Holiness XVI 2

KEY QUESTIONS
God, Abraham, Moses: A comparison of Key Questions XIX 250

KILL
Why Did God Want to Kill Moses XVIII 222

KILLED
Who Killed Goliath? XVIII 37
Who Killed Goliath - A Response to Steven Moss XVIII 114

KING
King Saul in World Literature I (2) 1
Ahab - A Poor Character II (4) 46
King Hezekiah's Pesach in Jerusalem III (3) 21
Prophet, King and Priest in Israel III (4) 9
The Prophet and the King IV 75
The Prophet and the King VIII 111
Justice in Solomon's Court: Anonymous versus Anonymous X 170
King and Commoner in Proverbs and Near Eastern Sources X 210
The Prophet Samuel & King Saul XI 202
King David's Aging: A Psychodynamic Dimension XIII 98
Isaiah and Hezekiah:Prophet and King XVI 78 
Free to Set a King Over Thee XVI 142 
Elijah's Recovery from Depression XVII 34
Josiah: The Impact of his Life and Death XVII 163
King Solomon's Wives: As Envisioned by David Pinski  XVIII 19
The Molten Sea and the Value of Pi  XIX 127
King Solomon's Golden Wealth XIX 136
An Elegy of David XIX 155
Hezekiah's Second Passover XIX 195
The Prophet Samuel and King Saul XX 225
The Blood of Naboth XX 241

KINGS, BOOK OF
Do Not Destroy the Fruit Trees (II Kings 3) I (2) 9
Said the Thistle to the Cedar (II Kings 14) I (2) 12
What Happened to Uzziah's Bones? (II Kings 15) I (2) 5
Gods, Tents and Authority: A Study of Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 XIX 230


KINGSHIP
Saul's Kingship - The Tragedy of a Leader XI 210

KISH
What Ailed the Son of Kish XIX 244

KNOWLEDGE
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil II (1) 6
What Was the Actual Effect of the Tree of Knowledge  XIX 105

KOHELETH
Koheleth- A Reinterpretation V 29
Introduction to a New Kohelet Commentary IX 46

KORACH
Spies, Princes and Korach's Rebellion X 220

KORAN
Solomon and Sheba - Aggadic Roots of the Koran Story XVIII 172

KORBAN
Incised Stone Fragment Korban: From Southern Wall of Temple Mount XIII 235

KOTEL
The New Kotel Discovery (Isaiah 66:14) I (3) 24

LACHISH
The Lachish Letters I (4) 23

LAMENTATIONS
Who is Afraid of Edom: Reflections of a Theme in Lamentations  V 178

LA'MIKRA
Ayin Lamikra III (3) 45 

LANGUAGE
In the Language of Man IX 139

LAND
Holy Cities in the Land of Ephraim Revisited VII 187
For the Love of the Land XIII 56
The Bible Lands Museum XXI 129

LAPIDOT
Deborah, the Wife of Lapidot XVIII 135

LARGE NUMBERS
The Large Numbers in the Bible XXI 116


LAUGHTER
Isaac and Laughter XVIII 13

LAWS
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 1  V 35
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 2  V 91
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 3  V 138
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 4  V 192
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 1  VI 41
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 2  VI 99
The Laws of the Shabbat: Biblical Sources: Part 3  VI 153
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 4  VI 204
Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 5  VII 41
Hammurabi and Biblical Laws Compared VII 89
Changing Laws IX 120
The Laws of Marriage: Biblical Sources: Part 1  XI 123
The Laws of Marriage: Biblical Sources: Part 2  XI 194
Noahide Laws from Genesis to Genizah XIV 88
Jerusalem in Jewish Law   XV 118
A Unique Biblical Law XV 190
The Illegitimate Child (Mamzer) in Jewish Law XVIII 6
Editorial: Laws of Nature and of Morality XXI 141

LEADER
Saul's Kingship - The Tragedy of a Leader XI 210

LEGEND
Adam's Missing Years: Evolution of a Legend XVI 149

LEPROSY
Metzoraat Kashaleg: Leprosy: Challenges to Authority in the Bible XXI 41

LESSON
The Lesson of Ezekiel's Temple (Ezekiel 40-48) II (1) 13
The Book of Jonah: A Lesson For All Generations VII 21

LETTERS, LACHISH
The Lachish Letters I (4) 23

LEV (also see: HEART)
Ke Yetzer Lev Haadam Rah Minurav X 32

LEVIRATE
The Problem of the Levirate Marriage XIX 11

LEVITICUS
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 140
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 210
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus IX 44
And Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself IX 104
Sense and Incense XXI 242

LEX TALIONIS (also see: EYE FOR EYE)
The Lex Talionis in the Torah XXI 183
Eye for Eye XVI 158

LIBERATION
The Liberation of Job XVII 128

LIFE
The Book of Proverbs: Everyman's Guide to the Higher Life IV 71
Some Psychological Insights into the Life of Abraham VII 65
Moses: The Tragedy of His Personal Life XI 141
What About the Tree of Life XV 270
Josiah: The Impact of his Life and Death XVII 163

LILITH
Rehabilitation of Lilith V 66
Book Review: Lillith's Daughters: Women and Religion in Contemporary Fiction by BH Rigney XII 54

LIMP
Jacob's Limp XVII 222

LINGUISTIC
Linguistic Elements in the Book of Ruth XVI 267

LIPS
Service of the Lips XIV 101

LIPTZIN
Book Review: Biblical Themes in World Literature by Sol Liptzin XIII 128
Book Review: Identity and Ethos: A Festschrift for Sol Liptzin XV 264
Editorial: Honoring Sol Liptzin XIX 223

LISTS
Parallel Lists of Prediluvian Patriarchs: A Psychological Interpretation XIII 47

LITERARY
Jephthah's Literary Vogue VI 126
The Literary Impact of Jonah VII 9
Phenomenology and Prophecy: Emergence of Literary Prophecy VIII 70
Redeeming Cain: A Comparative Literary Reading of Genesis XIII 199
Ahitophel of Gilo: Two Literary Portraits XVI 227
Literary Patterns in the Song of Songs XVII 179

LITERATURE
King Saul in World Literature I (2) 1
Elijah in Yiddish Literature I (3) 7
The Motif of Job in Modern Jewish and World Literature III (1) 15
The Sacrifice of Isaac Theme in Yiddish Literature IV 1
The Siberian Exile and his Book: Review of a Study in Wisdom Literature  VI 44
The Flood Story in Bible and Cuneiform Literature: Tablet XI of the Gilgamesh Epic Wrongly Interpreted XII 95
Book Review: Biblical Themes in World Literature by Sol Liptzin XIII 128
Jerusalem in Rabbinic Literature XIV 179
Jerusalem in Rabbinic Literature (Part 2)  XV 45
Numerological Structure in Biblical Literature XX 50

LITURGY
Psalm XV- A Liturgical or Ethical Psalm V 124
Amen and Hallelujah: Their Development as Liturgical Responses XIII 93

LOANWORDS
The Hebrew Element in Everyday English: Hebrew Loanwords XI 178

LOCATION
The Location of Ai XVII 153

LODGING
The Incident at the Lodging House XXI 236

LOGIC
Greek Logic in the Book of Job XV 166

LONELINESS
The Burden of Job's Loneliness II (4) 4

LOOKING
Looking and Privacy XVI 146

LORD
Let Everything Praise the Lord II (4) 11
And A Fountain Shall Come Forth From the House of the Lord X 48
Reverence: For God and For the Lord XI 15
Jewish Origins of the Lord's Prayer XVII 37
Kaddish and the Lord's Prayer XIX 164

LOST TRIBES
The Ten Lost Tribes III (4) 4

LOVE
The Jewish Way of Loving II (3) 26
Jacob's Love for Rachel IV 153
And Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself IX 104
The Love of David and Michal X 96
For the Love of the Land XIII 56
The Song of Songs: The Bible's Celebration of Love XIX 199

MACCABEES
The Maccabees and the Transmission of the Text of the Torah IV 67
The Last of the Maccabees XII 112

MACHPELAH
Purchase of the Machpelah XVI 29

MAFTIR
Maftir Jonah XIV 3

MAGIC
Balaam the Magician VIII 31
Residual Magic in the Bible XVII 255

MAIMONIDES
Maimonides' Approach to the Bible XV 289

MAKHTESH
The Suk in Ancient Israel: Where was the Jerusalem Makhtesh II (2) 1

MAMZER
The Illegitimate Child (Mamzer) in Jewish Law XVIII 6

MAN
Shazar: The Man of Many Crowns II (1) 41
Heart of Israel - City of Man II (3) 5
Moses: Man of Indecision IX 33
In the Language of Man IX 139
Jacob, Man of Destiny: His Youth X 10
Jacob, Man of Destiny: The Turning Point X 106
Amos, Prophet and Worldly Man X 183
A New World and a New Man: Utopias in the Era of the Babylonian Exile and the Return to Zion XI 249 
For I am God and Not Man XVII 243
Biblical Man and his Questions of Faith XVIII 41
Man, The Pinnacle of Creation XIX 239
God and Man on Trial XXI 226





MANNERS
Sodom: Manners, Morals, Misdeeds XVI 211

MAPS
Midrash on Maps XXI 46

MARRIAGE
The Laws of Marriage: Biblical Sources: Part 1  XI 123
The Laws of Marriage: Biblical Sources: Part 2  XI 194
Hoseah's True Marriage XV 79
The Problem of the Levirate Marriage XIX 11
David's Marriage to Michal XX 79

MATRIARCHAL INFLUENCE
Matriarchal Influence in the Bible: A Medical-Psychological Study XIII 81

MAC BIBLE
Book Review: Mac Bible Version 2.0 XIX 42

MEANING
Meaning of Mikhtam in Psalms II (2) 9
Book Review: The Hebrew Word Shem and Its Original Meaning by I. Rapaport XI 131
The Book of Daniel: Its Significance and Meaning XI 181
Double Meanings in the Song of Songs XVI 249
Genesis 14 - Meaning and Structure XVI 256
The Meaning of Abraham's Test: A Reexamination of the Akedah XIX 3

MEDEA
Ruth and Medea V 151

MEDICAL
Matriarchal Influence in the Bible: A Medical-Psychological Study XIII 81

MELCHIZEDEK
Who was Melchizedek XVI 183


MEMORIAL
In Memorium: Haim Gevaryahu XVIII 203
Book Review: Haim Gevaryahu Memorial Volume XX 274

MENORAH
The Menorah (Numbers 8:2) I (3) 21

MESOPOTAMIA
Mesopotamia and Israel XI 23

MESSAGE
Joel and His Message II (1) 22
Hosea - His Message XV 88

MESSIANISM
National and Eschatological Messianism: Biblical Writers of the Second Commonwealth VI 147

METAPHOR
Metaphors of the Vine and the Olive Tree II (3) 15
Understanding Redemption Through the Metaphor of the Family: A Prophetic Vision XXI 248

MEZUZAH
The Development of the Mezuzah V 6

MICAH
Micah's Ideals, Stevenson's Guide IV 79
For the Statutes of Omri are Kept (Micah 6:16)  XVIII 69

MICHAL
The Love of David and Michal X 96
David's Marriage to Michal XX 79


MIDRASH
Midrash and Pesher: Two Classical Forms of Biblical Interpretation IV 103
Testing God: A Midrash on the Akeda VIII 98
The Sin of Amalek in Bible and Midrash XI 77
Joseph and his Brothers: The Midrashic Approach versus Josephus' Approach XIII 11
The Ant in the Bible and Midrash XIII 179
The Bee in the Bible and Midrash XIII 246
Birds in Bible and Midrash XIV 45
The Cock and the Hen in Bible and Midrash XIV 187
Canines in Bible and Midrash XV 114
The Dove, Turtle Dove and Pigeon in Bible and Midrash XV 181
The Eagle in Bible and Midrash XV 260
Fish in Bible and Midrash XVI 46
The Fox in Bible and Midrash XVI 112
The Goat in Bible and Midrash XVI 197
The Hart and Hind in Bible and Midrash XVI 271
The Punishment of Cain: A Reflection in Midrashic Style XVIII 45
Midrash on Maps XXI 46

MIKHTAM
Meaning of Mikhtam in Psalms II (2) 9

MILITARY
Military Intelligence in the Bible: Part 1 V 183
Military Intelligence in the Bible: Part 2 VI 191
Military Intelligence in the Bible: Part 3 IX 185
Military Intelligence in the Bible: Part 4 XI 44
The Conquest of Canaan in the Book of Joshua: Military and Archaeological Aspects XIII 141

MILTON
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 1  IV 56
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 2  IV 113
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 3  IV 160
Sight, Sin and Blindness in the Samson Narrative and in Milton's Samson Agonistes XV 150

MIND
The Biblical Mind IV 107
Torah Study and Peace of Mind XI 53
Balaam: Did God Change His Mind? XX 159


MIRACLE
The Miracle at the Red Sea XX 250

MIRAGE
Job: The Third Cycle - Dissipating a Mirage XVI 217
Job: The Third Cycle - Dissipating a Mirage, Part 2   XVII 19


MISDEEDS
Sodom: Manners, Morals, Misdeeds XVI 211


MISSION
Balaam's Mission - Failure or Success XVII 112

MISTRANSLATIONS
Bible Translations and Mistranslations VII 44
Bible Mistranslations: Supplementary Note VIII 49

MISTRESS
Esther Hamalkah the Royal Mistress and Mordecai Hayehudi the Jewish Judge VI 116

MOAB
Abstracts of Beth Mikra: The Curse Hanging on Ammon and Moab XI 261

MOBY DICK
Moby Dick and the Wisdom of Solomon V 170

MODERN
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 1   I (4) 1
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 2   II (1) 17
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 3   II (2) 25
The Motif of Job in Modern Jewish and World Literature III (1) 15
Book Review: The Torah - A Modern Commentary by W. Gunther Plaut XII 258
Book Review: The Hebrew Bible and its Modern lnterpreters by D.A. Knight and G.M. Tucker XIV 192
Modern Biblical Translations XVII 141

MOLEDET
Meaning of Moledet I (1) 17

MOLOCH
The Cult of Moloch XI 82

MOLTEN SEA
The Molten Sea and the Value of Pi  XIX 127

MONARCHY
Monarchy and the Bible V 51
Why Did Samuel Initially Reject Monarchy ? VIII 171
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 1 XV 1
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 2 XV 71
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 3 XV 141
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 4 XV 215
Archeological Research in the Period of the Monarchy XVII 265


MONOTHEISM
Biblical Monotheism, Some of its Implications XIX 83

MOON, NEW
The Computation of the New Moon V 56

MORALITY
Editorial: Laws of Nature and of Morality XXI 141

MORALS
Sodom: Manners, Morals, Misdeeds XVI 211

MORDECAI
Esther Hamalkah the Royal Mistress and Mordecai Hayehudi the Jewish Judge VI 116

MORIAH
From Mount Sinai to Mount Moriah XI 96

MOSAIC PERIOD
Polarization in the Mosaic Period XVI 263

MOSES
Was Simon Not Included in Moses' Blessing IV 51
Moses and the Burning Bush IV 159
The Death of Moses VI 18O
Moses: Man of Indecision IX 33
Schiller on Moses IX 179
Moses: The Tragedy of His Personal Life XI 141
Moses the Inarticulate XII 121
Moses and the Spies XII 196
Moses at the Inn: New Light on an Obscure Text XIV 31
Moses and Josiah: A Rabbi's Experience with his Congregation XV 199
Why Did God Want to Kill Moses XVIII 222
Could Moses' Hands Make War XIX 114
God, Abraham, Moses: A comparison of Key Questions XIX 250
Moses' Three Signs: Symbol and Augury XX 115
The Call of Moses XX 256
Why Moses XX 271
The Incident at the Lodging House XXI 236

MOTHER
Rachel - A Woman Who Would Be a Mother XVIII 213

MOTIF
The Motif of Job in Modern Jewish and World Literature III (1) 15
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 1  IV 56
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 2  IV 113
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 3  IV 160
Ecological Motifs in the Bible VI 7
Biblical Motifs in the Poetical Works of Chaim N. Bialik  XIII 258

MOUNTAIN OF GOD
Where Was the Mountain of God  XVII 211

MOURNING
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 1  V 35
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 2  V 91
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 3  V 138
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 4  V 192
Why did Joseph Let his Father Mourn for him IX 191

MOUTH
At the Mouth of Two Witnesses XII 141

MULTIPLE
The Multiple Functions of "How" in the Tanakh XVIII 84

MUSEUM
The Bible Lands Museum XXI 129
Israel Museum Exhibit XXI 253

MUSIC
Music in the Bible VI 161
Music and Prophecy XIV 94
Sing to Me XVI 127

MUTILATION
A Unique Biblical Law XV 90

MYSTERY
The Mystery of Genesis 36 IX 161
The Mystery of Being XIV 247
The Mystery of the Red Heifer XV 267
The Red Heifer Mystery XVIII 176

NABAL
Nabal and Abigail VIII 78

NABOTH
The Blood of Naboth XX 241

NA'ER
The Verb Naer in the Bible XVIII 27

NAME
The Divine Name El-Shaddai: He Who Created Families IX 72
What's in a Biblical Name IX 148
For the Sake of My Name XI 169
Names of Settlements in lsrael: Biblical Terms Turned into Names XIV 82
The Names of Biblical Verses XVIII 251
Engraved With the Names XXI 143

NARRATION
The Art of Narration in the Scroll of Esther XIV 152

NARRATIVE
The Nuzi Tablets: Reflections on the Patriarchal Narratives VIII 12
A Missing Hexateuchal Narrative Concerning Child Sacrifice XV 38
Sight, Sin and Blindness in the Samson Narrative and in Milton's Samson Agonistes XV 150
The Art of Biblical Narrative - Part 1   XVII 1
The Art of Biblical Narrative - Part 2   XVII 91

NATION
A Nation Without a State IV 17
Restoration of a Holy Nation (445 BCE) VII 127

NATIONAL
National and Eschatological Messianism: Biblical Writers of the Second Commonwealth VI 147

NATIONALIST
The Prophets: Nationalists or Universalists VIII 206

NATURE
The Symbols of Nature in Israel and in the Ancient Near East IX 132
Editorial: Laws of Nature and of Morality XXI 141

NAZIRITE
Did Pythagoras Follow Nazirite Rules XX 35

NEAR EAST
Prophetic Solution for Near Eastern Peoples (Isaiah 19:24) I (2) 27
The Symbols of Nature in Israel and in the Ancient Near East IX 132
King and Commoner in Proverbs and Near Eastern Sources X 210

NEGEV
The Negev XVII 159

NEGLECTED
Ezekiel, the Neglected Prophet XVII 117

NEHEMIA (also see: NEHEMIAH)
A Note on "Watergate" in the Tenakh II (2) 17
Aliens and Israelites: Under Ezra and Nehemia XI 245

NEIGHBOR
And Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself IX 104

NESHAMA
Neshama Yetayra (Poem) III (3) 9

NINEVEH
Jonah and Nineveh: The Tragedy of Jonah  XII 4 
Jonah's Race to Nineveh XVI 10

NOAH
The Confirmation of Noah's Blessing: An Interpretation of Genesis 8:21-9:11 IX 144
Noah and the Ark - Reexamined XIII 251

NOAHIDE LAWS
Noahide Laws from Genesis to Genizah XIV 88

NOBLESSE
Noblesse Oblige XVI 213 

NOBLE
Noble Jonathan V 2

NOVELLE
Book of Esther - A Novelle XIV 142

NUANCES
Three Nuances of Sexual Intercourse - Yadah, Bah El, Shachav Im   XVIII 92

NUMBERS
Bible Trivia - The Number Seven   XV 56
The Large Numbers in the Bible XXI 116

NUMBERS, BOOK OF
The Menorah (Numbers 8:2) I (3) 21
Balaam the Magician VIII 31
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 100
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 150
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 206
Torah Dialogues: Numbers X 28
Spies, Princes and Korach's Rebellion X 220
The Striking of the Rock XII 152
Balaam's Mission - Failure or Success XVII 112
The Rise and Fall of Israel in the Sinai Desert XVIII 32
Why was Aaron Punished XVIII 44
Balaam: Did God Change His Mind? XX 159
The Tassel and the Blue Cord XXI 99

NUMEROLOGICAL STRUCTURE
Numerological Structure in Biblical Literature XX 50

NUZI
The Nuzi Tablets: Reflections on the Patriarchal Narratives VIII 12
From the Nuzi Tablets XIII 216

OBADIAH
Israel and Edom (Obadiah 1:21) II (1) 25

OBLIGATORY
Obligatory War and Voluntary War III (1) 30

OBLIGE
Noblesse Oblige XVI 213 

OBSCURE
Moses at the Inn: New Light on an Obscure Text XIV 31

OBSTETRICAL
The Obstetrical Complication of Benjamin's Birth: The Cause of Rachel's Death XIII 88^J

ODED
Oded: Prophet of God XV 256

OEDIPUS
The Oedipus Complex and its Biblical Parallels XX 24

OLIVE
Metaphors of the Vine and the Olive Tree II (3) 15

OMRI
For the Statutes of Omri are Kept (Micah 6:16)  XVIII 69

OPHEL
Excavating the Cardo and the Ophel XVIII 117

OPTION
Pharaoh Now Has Only One Option VII 202

ORGANS OF STATECRAFT
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 1 XV 1
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 2 XV 71
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 3 XV 141
Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy Part 4 XV 215

ORIENTATION
Was the Hasmonean State Secular in Orientation: Part 1  XII 104
Was the Hasmonean State Secular in Orientation: Part 2  XII 186

ORIGINAL
The Original Palestinians X 243
Book Review: The Hebrew Word Shem and Its Original Meaning by I. Rapaport XI 131

ORIGIN
The Origin of the Synagogue VII 27
The Synagogue: Its Origin and Development XIV 71
Jewish Origins of the Lord's Prayer XVII 37


OTH
Sign - Oth  XVIII 241

PALESTINIANS
The Original Palestinians X 243

PANIM EL PANIM
Face to Face: Panim el Panim XIII 151

PARABLE
Two Biblical Parables: Irony and Self-entrapment XV 11

PARADIGM
The Paradigm of Job: Suffering and the Redemptive Destiny of Israel XVII 121

PARALLEL
Parallel Lists of Prediluvian Patriarchs: A Psychological Interpretation XIII 47
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 1  XVI 18
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 2 XVI 104
The Oedipus Complex and its Biblical Parallels XX 24

PARENTS
Parents Have Eaten Sour Grapes XVIII 1

PASSAGES
The Hebrew Word Shem: A New Interpretation of Several Biblical Passages X 144

PASSOVER
Gilgal, Site of the First Passover VI 137
Hezekiah's Second Passover XIX 195


PATRIARCH
The Nuzi Tablets: Reflections on the Patriarchal Narratives VIII 12
Parallel Lists of Prediluvian Patriarchs: A Psychological Interpretation XIII 47
Book Review: The Epic of the Patriarch by R. Hendel XVII 261

PATTERN
Psalm 23: A Pattern Poem XI 71
Literary Patterns in the Song of Songs XVII 179


PEACE
Torah Study and Peace of Mind XI 53
Biblical Teachings of Peace XVI 125

PECULIARITIES
Scribal Peculiarities in the Sefer Torah XIV 135

PEOPLE
Prophetic Solution for Near Eastern Peoples (Isaiah 19:24) I (2) 27
The Problem of the Chosen People XVIII 165

PERIOD
Israelites and Aliens: The Period of Proselytizing XIII 220
Book Review: Studies in the Period of David and Solomon and Other Essays by T. Ishida XIV 51
Polarization in the Mosaic Period XVI 263
Archeological Research in the Period of the Monarchy XVII 265

PERPLEXING
The Selling of the Birthright: Making Sense of a Perplexing Episode XIX 100

PERSONAL
Moses: The Tragedy of His Personal Life XI 141

PERSONALITY, BIBLICAL
Bible and Aggada: The Imaginative Text; How Aggada Expands Biblical Personality XIII 188

PERSPECTIVE
Cyrus in the Perspective of Bible and History I (3) 1
Reaction to Terror - A Biblical Perspective XV 125

PESACH
King Hezekiah's Pesach in Jerusalem III (3) 21

PESHER
Midrash and Pesher: Two Classical Forms of Biblical Interpretation IV 103

PHARAOH
Pharaoh Now Has Only One Option VII 202

PHENOMENOLOGY
Prophecy: A Phenomenological Approach VII 160
The Phenomenology of Prophecy: Little Known Prophets VIII 21
Phenomenology and Prophecy: Emergence of Literary Prophecy VIII 70

PHILOSOPHY
The Dialectic of Faith and Doubt in the Philosophy of Socrates and Piety of Job VIII 197

PHYSICAL
The Physical Characteristics of a Torah Scroll VIII 86

PIGEON
The Dove, Turtle Dove and Pigeon in Bible and Midrash XV 181

PIETY
The Dialectic of Faith and Doubt in the Philosophy of Socrates and Piety of Job VIII 197

PIGEON
The Dove, Turtle Dove and Pigeon in Bible and Midrash XV 181

PINNACLE
Man, The Pinnacle of Creation XIX 239

PLAGUE
The Plague in I Samuel 5-6 X 157

PLAN
God's Plan in Isaiah (8:10) I (2) 25
Esther's Plan to Save the Jews: Overall Strategy, Initial Failures, Ultimate Success XI 153

POEM
Psalm 23: A Pattern Poem XI 71
The Babylonian Poem Enuma Elish and Genesis Chapter One XII 55

POETIC
Biblical Motifs in the Poetical Works of Chaim N. Bialik  XIII 258
The Punishment of Achan: The Poetic Justice of Success and Failure XIX 25

POETRY
Tiles and Bricks in Biblical Poetry XV 160

POLARIZATION
Polarization in the Mosaic Period XVI 263

POOR
Ahab - A Poor Character II (4) 46

POPULAR
Biblical Tradition of Popular Democracy VIII 161

PORTRAITS
Ahitophel of Gilo: Two Literary Portraits XVI 227

PRAISE
Let Everything Praise the Lord II (4) 11
Praise Waiteth for Thee: Psalm 65:2  XVI 179

PRAYER
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 1 III (3) 32
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 2 III (4) 19
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 3 IV  24
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 4 IV  81
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 5 IV  134
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 5 IV  176
The Development of Biblical Prayer IX 172
Service of the Lips XIV 101
Jewish Origins of the Lord's Prayer XVII 37
Kaddish and the Lord's Prayer XIX 164

PREDILUVIAN
Parallel Lists of Prediluvian Patriarchs: A Psychological Interpretation XIII 47

PREVENTION
Prevention of Cruelty XV 97

PRINCES
Spies, Princes and Korach's Rebellion X 220

PRINCESS
Princess Hagar VIII 114

PRINCIPLE
The Humpty Dumpty Principle in Biblical Translation XVIII 141

PRINTING
Jewish Aspects of the 500th Anniversary of Printing XV 281

PRIVACY
Looking and Privacy XVI 146

PROBLEMATIC
Habakuk 3:13  A Problematic Verse XIII 105

PROBLEMS
A Problem Verse in Dayenu XIV 162
Problem of the Theodicy XV 223
Communication Problems XVI 245
The Problem of the Chosen People XVIII 165
The Problem of the Levirate Marriage XIX 11
The Problem of Job: The Question Still Remains  XX 105

PROOF TEXT
Ecclesiastes 1:4 A Proof Text for Reincarnation XXI 28

PROPHECY
Amos and Hosea: Two Directions in Israel's Prophecy V 101
Speech and Silence in Prophecy VI 61
Prophecy: A Phenomenological Approach VII 160
The Phenomenology of Prophecy: Little Known Prophets VIII 21
Prophecy and Halacha VIII 61
Phenomenology and Prophecy: Emergence of Literary Prophecy VIII 70
Eastward and Westward: The Movement of Prophecy and History in the Book of Jonah XIII 16
Music and Prophecy XIV 94

PROPHET
Prophet, King and Priest in Israel III (4) 9
The Phenomenology of Prophecy: Little Known Prophets VIII 21
The Prophets: Nationalists or Universalists VIII 206
Book Review: Talks on Scripture: The Latter Prophets by B. Zvieli VIII 101
Isaiah and Hezekiah: Prophet and King XVI 78 
Jonah: Toward the Re-education of the Prophets XVII 10

PROPHETIC
Prophetic Solution for Near Eastern Peoples (Isaiah 19:24) I (2) 27
The Aspaklaria of Prophetic Vision I (4) 27
Samuel and Saul: The Prophetic Dimension XI 223
Understanding Redemption Through the Metaphor of the Family: A Prophetic Vision XXI 248

PROSELYTIZING
Israelites and Aliens: The Period of Proselytizing XIII 220

PROTEST
Editorial: The Bible Protests XXI 1

PROVENANCE
Elihu: The Provenance and Content of his Speeches XVI 90

PROVERBS
Who Was the Teacher in Biblical Days? II (4) 14
A Perfect Wife (Proverbs 31:10) II (4) 17
The Book of Proverbs: Everyman's Guide to the Higher Life IV 71
King and Commoner in Proverbs and Near Eastern Sources X 210

PSALMS (also see: TEHILLIM)
The Contrite Heart II (2) 5
Meaning of Mikhtam in Psalms II (2) 9
The Earthquake that Turned the Course of the War (Psalm 60) II (2) 13
Sparks From the Psalms II (3) 10
Metaphors of the Vine and the Olive Tree II (3) 15
Let Everything Praise the Lord II (4) 11
Psalms of Zion III (4) 1
Psalm 130: A Cry of the Heart III (4) 15
Psalm 24 IV 63
Psalm XV- A Liturgical or Ethical Psalm V 124
Quiz  on the Book of Psalms V 205
The Makers of Israel: A Note on Psalm 149  X 122
Psalm 23: A Pattern Poem XI 71
Praise Waiteth for Thee: Psalm 65:2  XVI 179
Tehilim - The Book of Psalms (Part 1) XVI 235 
Tehilim - the Book of Psalms (Part 2) XVII 83
Tehillim, The Psalms XIX 191
The Theology of Psalm 145 (Part 1) XX 3
The Theology of Psalm 145 (Part 2) XX 73
The Historical Background of Psalm 24  XX 268

PSYCHODYNAMIC DIMENSION
King David's Aging: A Psychodynamic Dimension XIII 98
Sibling Relationships in the Bible: A Psychodynamic Dimension XIV 228





PSYCHOLOGICAL
Some Psychological Insights into the Life of Abraham VII 65
Samuel and Saul - The Psychological Dimension XI 217
Parallel Lists of Prediluvian Patriarchs: A Psychological Interpretation XIII 47
Matriarchal Influence in the Bible: A Medical-Psychological Study XIII 81


PSYCHO-THEOLOGICAL
The Tabernacle: A Psycho-theological Enterprise XVIII 

PUNISHED
Why was Aaron Punished XVIII 44

PUNISHMENT
The Punishment of Achan: The Poetic Justice of Success and Failure XIX 25

PURCHASE
Purchase of the Machpelah XVI 29

PURIM
Purim and Hallel XI 104

PURPOSE
The Direction and Purpose of Time: Isaiah's Vision and the End of Days  III (3) 7
The Book of Chronicles: Its History and Purpose XVII 190

PYTHAGORAS
Did Pythagoras Follow Nazirite Rules XX 35

PI
The Molten Sea and the Value of Pi  XIX 127

QUEEN OF SHEBA
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba VII 172

QUESTION
Five Questions of Abraham XV 244
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 1  XVI 18
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 2 XVI 104
Biblical Man and his Questions of Faith XVIII 41
The Book of Esther: Some Questions and Responses XIX 186
God, Abraham, Moses: A comparison of Key Questions XIX 250
The Problem of Job: The Question Still Remains  XX 105

RABBINIC
Jerusalem in Rabbinic Literature XIV 179
Jerusalem in Rabbinic Literature (Part 2)  XV 45
Rabbinic Attitudes towards Intermarriage XVII 170

RACHEL
Jacob's Love for Rachel IV 153
The Obstetrical Complication of Benjamin's Birth: The Cause of Rachel's Death XIII 88
Rachel - A Woman Who Would Be a Mother XVIII 213

RACE
Race Relations XXI 90

RAHAB
Rahab of Jericho IX 111

RAIN
The Hamsin and the Rain XIII 184

RAPE
The Rape of Dinah and the Conquest of Shechem VIII 144
The Rape of Tamar XX 174

RASHI
Book Review: Rashi by Chaim Pearl XVIII 48

RE-EDUCATION
Jonah: Toward the Re-education of the Prophets XVII 10

REBEKAH
Rebekah's Beguilement of Isaac XII 22
Rebecca's Encounter with Abraham's Servant XIV 124

REBELLION
Spies, Princes and Korach's Rebellion X 220
The Rebellion of the Bechorim XIV 77

RECONCILIATION
Joseph and his Brothers: Vengeance or Reconciliation XIV 183

RECOVERY
Elijah's Recovery from Depression XVII 34

REDEEMING
Redeeming Cain: A Comparative Literary Reading of Genesis XIII 199

REDEMPTION
Redemption in the Bible X 229
Ezekiel, From Destruction to Redemption XX 144
Redemption: Time and Space XXI 178
Understanding Redemption Through the Metaphor of the Family: A Prophetic Vision XXI 248

REEXAMINATION
Noah and the Ark - Reexamined XIII 251
The Meaning of Abraham's Test: A Reexamination of the Akedah XIX 3

REFLECTIONS
Book Review: Biblical Reflections I (1) 29
Who is Afraid of Edom: Reflections of a Theme in Lamentations  V 178
The Nuzi Tablets: Reflections on the Patriarchal Narratives VIII 12
Reflections on Shavuoth XVII 250
Reflections of Readers: Genesis XVII 50
The Punishment of Cain: A Reflection in Midrashic Style XVIII 45
Reflections: Beer-Hoffman's Image of Ruth XIX 226


REHABILITATION
Rehabilitation of Lilith V 66

REINCARNATION
Ecclesiastes 1:4 A Proof Text for Reincarnation XXI 28

REINTERPRETATION
Koheleth- A Reinterpretation V 29

RELATIONS
Race Relations XXI 90

RELATIONSHIPS
Sibling Relationships in the Bible: A Psychodynamic Dimension XIV 228

RELIABLE
Bible Translations, How Reliable  XXI 189

RELIGION
From Biblical Religion to Judaism VI 173
Book Review: Lillith's Daughters: Women and Religion in Contemporary Fiction by BH Rigney XII 54
Religion by the River XIV 55

REPETITIONS
Four Repetitions in the Song of Songs XVI 32

REPLY
God's Reply to Job III (1) 25
Reply to: Ahasuerus is the Villain XIX 34

RESEARCH
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 1   I (4) 1
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 2   II (1) 17
Some Features of Modern Jewish Bible Research: Part 3   II (2) 25
Archeological Research in the Period of the Monarchy XVII 265

RESIDUAL
Residual Magic in the Bible XVII 255


RESTORATION
Restoration of a Holy Nation (445 BCE) VII 127



RETURN 
Jacob's Return to Canaan IV 121
A New World and a New Man: Utopias in the Era of the Babylonian Exile and the Return to Zion XI 249
Aliens and Israelites: The Age of Return XI 35

RETURNING
The Secret of the Returning Exiles III (3) 10


REUNION
The Jacob-Esau Reunion XXI 159

REVENGE
Esther is a Story of Jewish Defense not a Story of Jewish Revenge XXI 3 

REVERENCE
Reverence: For God and For the Lord XI 15

REVERIE
A Biblical Reverie (Genesis 32) XII 184

REVISITED
Holy Cities in the Land of Ephraim Revisited VII 187

REVOLT
Absalom's Revolt VI 118

REWARD
The Doctrine of Reward V 75

RED 
The Mystery of the Red Heifer XV 267
The Red Heifer Mystery XVIII 176
The Miracle at the Red Sea XX 250

RIGHTEOUS
Two Righteous Men: Isaiah and Hezekiah XII 211

RISE
The Rise and Fall of Israel in the Sinai Desert XVIII 32

RIVER
At the Rivers of Babylon III (3) 13
Religion by the River XIV 55

RIB
Adam's Rib VII 75

ROBE
The Torn Robe: A Study of I Samuel 15:26-28  VIII 136

ROCK
The Striking of the Rock XII 152

ROOT
Solomon and Sheba - Aggadic Roots of the Koran Story XVIII 172

ROUTE
The Route of the Exodus XIV 209

ROYAL
Esther Hamalkah the Royal Mistress and Mordecai Hayehudi the Jewish Judge VI 116

RULES
Did Pythagoras Follow Nazirite Rules XX 35

RUTH
Ruth and Medea V 151
Linguistic Elements in the Book of Ruth XVI 267
Reflections: Beer-Hoffman's Image of Ruth XIX 226

SABBATH (see also: SHABBAT)
Book Review: Sabbath Chapters of Talmud by Rabbi B. Elizer-Epstein I (4) 40
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 1  VI 41
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 2  VI 99
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 4  VI 204
The Laws of the Shabbat: Biblical Sources: Part 3  VI 153 
Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 5  VII 41

SACRIFICIAL CULT
Sacrificial Cult Among the Exiles in Egypt but not Babylon: Why? IX 61

SACRIFICE
The Sacrifice of Isaac Theme in Yiddish Literature IV 1
A Missing Hexateuchal Narrative Concerning Child Sacrifice XV 38

SAMARIA
Fall of Samaria: Biblical Historiosophy on Trial XVII 26

SAMSON
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 1  IV 56
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 2  IV 113
The Hebraic Motifs of Judges 13-16 Relevant to John Milton's Samson Agonistes: Part 3  IV 160
Jabotinsky's Samson VI 74
Concealment and Irony in the Samson Story XIII 71
Sight, Sin and Blindness in the Samson Narrative and in Milton's Samson Agonistes XV 150
Samson in Timnah: Judges 14-15: Form and Function XV 249 

SAMUEL
Saul and the Witch of Endor V 16
Joab, Captain of the Host V 159
Irony in I Samuel (Chapters 8-15) VI 17
Absalom's Revolt VI 118
Was Jonathan Guilty: A Study of I Samuel Chapter 14   VII 153
The Torn Robe: A Study of I Samuel 15:26-28  VIII 136
Why Did Samuel Initially Reject Monarchy ? VIII 171
Abishag the Shunammite IX 78
The Plague in I Samuel 5-6 X 157
The Prophet Samuel & King Saul XI 202
Samuel and Saul - The Psychological Dimension XI 217
Samuel and Saul: The Prophetic Dimension XI 223
Free to Set a King Over THee XVI 142
Who Killed Goliath? XVIII 37
Who Killed Goliath - A Response to Steven Moss XVIII 114
What Ailed the Son of Kish XIX 244
David's Marriage to Michal XX 79
The Rape of Tamar XX 174
The Prophet Samuel and King Saul XX 225


SATAN
Satan: Psychologist XVIII 157

SAUL
King Saul in World Literature I (2) 1
Saul and the Witch of Endor V 16
The Prophet Samuel & King Saul XI 202
Saul's Kingship - The Tragedy of a Leader XI 210
Samuel and Saul - The Psychological Dimension XI 217
Samuel and Saul: The Prophetic Dimension XI 223
Free to Set a King Over Thee XVI 142
What Ailed the Son of Kish XIX 244
The Prophet Samuel and King Saul XX 225

SCHILLER
Schiller on Moses IX 179

SCIENCE
Science in the Book of Job XIX 18

SCRIBAL
Scribal Peculiarities in the Sefer Torah XIV 135

SCRIBE
Ezra, The Scribe VI 87
Bible Trivia - Soferim Scribes Counters XV 248

SCRIPTURAL
Judah and Tamar: A Scriptural Enigma XII 246
About Some Scriptural Divine Designations XV 29

SCROLL
The Physical Characteristics of a Torah Scroll VIII 86
The Art of Narration in the Scroll of Esther XIV 152
An Update on the Dead Sea Scrolls XX 187
The Dead Sea Scrolls, 40 Years Later XXI 256

SEA
The Miracle at the Red Sea XX 250
The Molten Sea and the Value of Pi  XIX 127
An Update on the Dead Sea Scrolls XX 187
The Dead Sea Scrolls, 40 Years Later XXI 256

SEASONS
The Two Seasons in Israel XIV 26


SECULAR
Was the Hasmonean State Secular in Orientation: Part 1  XII 104
Was the Hasmonean State Secular in Orientation: Part 2  XII 186

SEER
Jonah - Transition From Seer to Prophet VII 1

SEFER TORAH
Scribal Peculiarities in the Sefer Torah XIV 135

SELLING
The Selling of the Birthright: Making Sense of a Perplexing Episode XIX 100

SEMITIC
Semitic Influences and the Biblical Text X 90

SENSE
The Selling of the Birthright: Making Sense of a Perplexing Episode XIX 100
Sense and Incense XXI 242

SERVICE
Service of the Lips XIV 101

SET
Free to Set a King Over Thee XVI 142 

SETTLEMENT
Names of Settlements in lsrael: Biblical Terms Turned into Names XIV 82

SEXUAL
Three Nuances of Sexual Intercourse - Yadah, Bah El, Shachav Im   XVIII 92

SEX
Sex and Violence in the Bible IV 125

SHAKESPEARE
Biblical Influence on Shakespeare's Hamlet XIX 29

SHAMGAR
Who Was Shamgar Ben Anat XIV 105

SHAVUOTH
Reflections on Shavuoth XVII 250

SHAZAR
Shazar: The Man of Many Crowns II (1) 41
My Youth in the Company of Shazar III (3) 3

SHEBA
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba VII 172
Solomon and Sheba - Aggadic Roots of the Koran Story XVIII 172

SHECHEM
The Rape of Dinah and the Conquest of Shechem VIII 144

SHEMITTAH   
Shemittah and the Geography of Israel XV 163

SHEM
The Hebrew Word Shem: A New Interpretation of Several Biblical Passages X 144
Book Review: The Hebrew Word Shem and Its Original Meaning by I. Rapaport XI 131

SHULAMIT
Shulamit Unallegorized VIII 1

SHUNAMMITE
Abishag the Shunammite IX 78

SIBERIAN
The Siberian Exile and his Book: Review of a Study in Wisdom Literature  VI 44

SIBLING 
Sibling Relationships in the Bible: A Psychodynamic Dimension XIV 228

SIGHT
Sight, Sin and Blindness in the Samson Narrative and in Milton's Samson Agonistes XV 150

SIGNATURE, BIBLICAL
Six Biblical Signatures Discovered XX 279

SIGN
Sign - Oth  XVIII 241
Moses' Three Signs: Symbol and Augury XX 115

SILENCE
Speech and Silence in Prophecy VI 61
Book Review: The Exile of the Word: From the Silence of the Bible to the Silence of Auschwitz by Andre Neher XI 199

SIMEON
Was Simon Not Included in Moses' Blessing IV 51
Simeon the Scapegoat XX 168

SIN
The Sin of Amalek in Bible and Midrash XI 77
Sight, Sin and Blindness in the Samson Narrative and in Milton's Samson Agonistes XV 150
Abraham's Great Sin - A Re-evaluation XV 186
Adam's Sin XVII 71

SINAI
From Mount Sinai to Mount Moriah XI 96
The Rise and Fall of Israel in the Sinai Desert XVIII 32

SING
Sing to Me XVI 127

SITE
Gilgal, Site of the First Passover VI 137

SKIN
Garments of Skin (Genesis 3:21) XVIII 74

SLAVERY
Slavery in the Bible X 204

SOCIAL
The Habiru and the Hebrews: From a Social Class to an Ethnic Group VII 101

SOCRATES
The Dialectic of Faith and Doubt in the Philosophy of Socrates and Piety of Job VIII 197

SODOM
Hospitality in Sodom: A Biblical Contrast V 94
Sodom: Manners, Morals, Misdeeds XVI 211

SOFERIM
Bible Trivia - Soferim Scribes Counters XV 248

SOLOMON
Moby Dick and the Wisdom of Solomon V 170
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba VII 172
Solomon's Humiliation IX 11
Justice in Solomon's Court: Anonymous versus Anonymous X 170
The Judgement of Solomon X 177
Book Review: Studies in the Period of David and Solomon and Other Essays by T. Ishida XIV 51
The Song of Solomon - A Dream Ballet XIV 166
King Solomon's Wives: As Envisioned by David Pinski  XVIII 19
Solomon and Sheba - Aggadic Roots of the Koran Story XVIII 172
King Solomon's Golden Wealth XIX 136
Ezion-Geber, Solomon's Seaport XX 122

SOLUTION
Prophetic Solution for Near Eastern Peoples (Isaiah 19:24) I (2) 27

SON
What Ailed the Son of Kish XIX 244

SONG OF SONGS
Book Review: Commentary on Song of Songs by Eliezer Levinger I (4) 42
My Beloved is Gone Down to his Garden to the Beds of Spices (Songs of Songs 6:3) II (3) 22
The Jewish Way of Loving II (3) 26
The Hand on the Door VII 62
The Song of Solomon - A Dream Ballet XIV 166
The Theme of the Song of Songs XV 106
Four Repetitions in the Song of Songs XVI 32
Double Meanings in the Song of Songs XVI 249
Literary Patterns in the Song of Songs XVII 179
The Song of Songs: The Bible's Celebration of Love XIX 199


SOURCES
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 1  I (2) 15
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 2  I (3) 18
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 3  I (4) 31
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 4  II (2) 39
Sources on the History of Torah Reading II (4) 21
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 1  III (3) 32
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 2  III (4) 19
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 3  IV 24
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 4  IV 81
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 5  IV 134
Biblical Sources Relating to Prayer: Part 6  IV 176
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 1  V 35
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 2  V 91
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 3  V 138
The Laws of Mourning: Biblical Sources: Part 4  V 192
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 1  VI 41
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 2  VI 99
The Laws of the Shabbat: Biblical Sources: Part 3  VI 153
The Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 4  VI 204
Laws of Sabbath: Biblical Sources: Part 5  VII 41
King and Commoner in Proverbs and Near Eastern Sources X 210
The Laws of Marriage: Biblical Sources: Part 1  XI 123
The Laws of Marriage: Biblical Sources: Part 2  XI 194

SOUR GRAPES
Parents Have Eaten Sour Grapes XVIII 1

SPACE
Redemption: Time and Space XXI 178

SPARKS
Sparks From the Psalms II (3) 10

SPECULATIONS
Speculations on Job X 128

SPEECH
Speech and Silence in Prophecy VI 61
Elihu: The Provenance and Content of his Speeches XVI 90

SPICES
My Beloved is Gone Down to his Garden to the Beds of Spices (Songs of Songs 6:3) II (3) 22

SPIES
Spies, Princes and Korach's Rebellion X 220
Moses and the Spies XII 196

STATUTES
For the Statutes of Omri are Kept (Micah 6:16)  XVIII 69

STATE
A Nation Without a State IV 17
Was the Hasmonean State Secular in Orientation: Part 1  XII 104
Was the Hasmonean State Secular in Orientation: Part 2  XII 186

STONE
Incised Stone Fragment Korban: From Southern Wall of Temple Mount XIII 235

STRANGE
The Strange History of Kasher XXI 164

STRATEGY
Three Charismatic Judges and Their Strategies IV 8
Esther's Plan to Save the Jews: Overall Strategy, Initial Failures, Ultimate Success XI 153

STREET
The Jerusalem Streets Abraham Walked On VI 35

STRIKING
The Striking of the Rock XII 152

STRUCTURE
Genesis 14 - Meaning and Structure XVI 256
Numerological Structure in Biblical Literature XX 50

STUDY
The Siberian Exile and his Book: Review of a Study in Wisdom Literature  VI 44
Was Jonathan Guilty: A Study of I Samuel Chapter 14   VII 153
The Torn Robe: A Study of I Samuel 15:26-28  VIII 136
Torah Study and Peace of Mind XI 53
Aggadah in Bible Study XII 39
Matriarchal Influence in the Bible: A Medical-Psychological Study XIII 81
Gods, Tents and Authority: A Study of Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 XIX 230
Judah and Joseph: A Study in Contrasts XXI 127


STUDY GUIDES
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 124
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 166
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 258
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 40
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 102
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 80
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 140
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 198
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 44
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 94
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 140
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 210
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus IX 44
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 100
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 150
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 206
Torah Dialogues: Numbers X 28
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 124
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 166
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 258
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 40
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 102
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 44
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 94

STYLE
The Punishment of Cain: A Reflection in Midrashic Style XVIII 45
A Stylistic-Exegetical Analysis of Jeremiah 46:1-12  XX 84

SUBSISTENCE
The Subsistence Struggles of Early Israel XXI 197

SUCCESS
Esther's Plan to Save the Jews: Overall Strategy, Initial Failures, Ultimate Success XI 153
Balaam's Mission - Failure or Success XVII 112
The Punishment of Achan: The Poetic Justice of Success and Failure XIX 25

SUFFERING
The Paradigm of Job: Suffering and the Redemptive Destiny of Israel XVII 121

SUICIDE
A Note on Job 6:8-10: Suicide and Death Wishes XV 173

SUK
The Suk in Ancient Israel: Where was the Jerusalem Makhtesh II (2) 1

SYMBOLIC
The Symbolic Acts of Ezekiel (Chapters 3-5) XIX 120

SYMBOLISM
The Evolving Symbolism of the Burning Bush VIII 185

SYMBOLS
The Symbols of Nature in Israel and in the Ancient Near East IX 132
Moses' Three Signs: Symbol and Augury XX 115

SYNAGOGUE
The Vision of the Dry Bones Depicted in the Wall Drawings of the Synagogue in Dura Europos  II (1) 10
The Origin of the Synagogue VII 27
The Synagogue: Its Origin and Development XIV 71


SYNDROME
The Three-Day Syndrome XIII 111
The Abel Syndrome XX 111

TA'AMAY HAMIKRA
Observations on Ta-amay Hamikra XII 84

TABERNACLE
The Tabernacle: A Psycho-theological Enterprise XVIII 

TABLET
The Nuzi Tablets: Reflections on the Patriarchal Narratives VIII 12
From the Nuzi Tablets XIII 216
The Layout of Decalogue on the Tablets and Archaeology XV 177
The Two Tablets of the Covenant XXI 73

TABLES
Altars and Tables in the Bible XIII 35

TALIONIS, LEX
The Lex Talionis in the Torah XXI 183

TALMUD
The Camel in the Bible and Talmud XIV 108
Jerusalem in the Bible and Talmud XIV 119
Biblical and Talmudic Attitudes towards Intermarriage XVII 107

TAMAR
Judah and Tamar: A Scriptural Enigma XII 246
Judah and Tamar XVI 123
The Rape of Tamar XX 174

TANAKH
A Note on "Watergate" in the Tenakh II (2) 17
The Multiple Functions of "How" in the Tanakh XVIII 84

TASSEL
The Tassel and the Blue Cord XXI 99

TEACHER
Who Was the Teacher in Biblical Days? II (4) 14

TEACHING
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 1  XVI 18
Questions by the Serpent and the Ass: Analysis and Parallels with Classroom Teaching: Part 2 XVI 104
Biblical Teachings of Peace XVI 125

TEHILLIM (also see: PSALMS)
Loyt a Kapitel Tehillim (Poem) III (3) 18
Tehilim - The Book of Psalms (Part 1) XVI 235 
Tehilim - the Book of Psalms (Part 2) XVII 83
Tehillim, The Psalms XIX 191

TEL DAN
The Tel Dan Excavation XVIII 190

TEMPLE
The Lesson of Ezekiel's Temple (Ezekiel 40-48) II (1) 13
Incised Stone Fragment Korban: From Southern Wall of Temple Mount XIII 235
Was There a Fourth Temple XIX 206
Reconstructing Herod's Temple in Jerusalem XIX 274

TENTS
Gods, Tents and Authority: A Study of Exodus 32 and I Kings 12 XIX 230

TERMS
Names of Settlements in lsrael: Biblical Terms Turned into Names XIV 82

TERROR
Reaction to Terror - A Biblical Perspective XV 125

TERUAH
What is Teruah XII 1

TEST
The Meaning of Abraham's Test: A Reexamination of the Akedah XIX 3

TESTING
Testing God: A Midrash on the Akeda VIII 98
The Testing of Abraham XVII 237

TETRAGRAMMATON
Bible Trivia - The Tetragrammaton XIV 195

TEXT
Bible and Aggada: The Imaginative Text; How Aggada Expands Biblical Personality XIII 188

THEMES
The Sacrifice of Isaac Theme in Yiddish Literature IV 1
Themes in the Book of Esther V 111
Who is Afraid of Edom: Reflections of a Theme in Lamentations  V 178
Book Review: Biblical Themes in World Literature by Sol Liptzin XIII 128
The Theme of the Song of Songs XV 106

THEODICY
Theodicy in the Bible XIII 174
Problem of the Theodicy XV 223

THEOLOGY
The Theology of Psalm 145 (Part 1) XX 3
The Theology of Psalm 145 (Part 2) XX 73

THEORY
On Darwin's Theory of Evolution XVI 99

THIRD
The Third Commandment XXI 24

THISTLE
Said the Thistle to the Cedar (II Kings 14) I (2) 12

THREE
Three Charismatic Judges and Their Strategies IV 8
The Three-Day Syndrome XIII 111
Three Nuances of Sexual Intercourse - Yadah, Bah El, Shachav Im   XVIII 92
Three Women XIX 204
Moses' Three Signs: Symbol and Augury XX 115

TILES
Tiles and Bricks in Biblical Poetry XV 160

TIME
The Direction and Purpose of Time: Isaiah's Vision and the End of Days  III (3) 7
Redemption: Time and Space XXI 178

TIMES, BIBLICAL
Building in Biblical Times VI 1
Water in Biblical Times XV 195

TIMNAH
Samson in Timnah: Judges 14-15: Form and Function XV 249 

TITTLE
Jot, Tittle, and Waw (Job 19:25) XVII 230

TORAH
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 1  I (2) 15
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 2  I (3) 18
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 3  I (4) 31
Sources on the History of Torah Reading: Part 4  II (2) 39
Sources on the History of Torah Reading II (4) 21
The Maccabees and the Transmission of the Text of the Torah IV 67
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 80
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 140
Torah Dialogues: Genesis VII 198
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 44
The Physical Characteristics of a Torah Scroll VIII 86
Torah Dialogues: Exodus VIII 94
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 140
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus VIII 210
Torah Dialogues: Leviticus IX 44
Torah Study and Peace of Mind XI 53
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 100
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 150
Torah Dialogues: Numbers IX 206
Torah Dialogues: Numbers X 28
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 124
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 166
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy X 258
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 40
Torah Study and Peace of Mind XI 53
Torah Dialogues: Deuteronomy XI 102
Scribal Peculiarities in the Sefer Torah XIV 135
Words of Torah XIV 196
Words of Torah XIV 261
Words of Torah XV 58
Words of Torah XV 129
Words of Torah XV 202
Words of Torah XV 272
Words of Torah XVI 57
The Lex Talionis in the Torah XXI 183

TORN
The Torn Robe: A Study of I Samuel 15:26-28  VIII 136

TOWER OF BABEL
The Tower of Babel X 35

TRADITION
The Biblical Tradition of Popular Democracy VIII 161
The Enoch Tradition XVIII 181

TRADITIONAL VIEW
Dating the Book of Daniel: The Legitimacy of the Traditional View XIII 120

TRAGEDY
Tragedy in the Bible IX 3
Absalom's Story - Drama and Tragedy XI 1
Moses: The Tragedy of His Personal Life XI 141
Saul's Kingship - The Tragedy of a Leader XI 210
Jonah and Nineveh: The Tragedy of Jonah  XII 4 
Jeremiah, A Tragedy: Thou Hast Enticed Me, and I was Enticed XIX 176
Ason: A Fate Worse than Death  XX 195

TRANSITION
Jonah - Transition From Seer to Prophet VII 1
Twins in Transition: Genesis 32:25-31 Re-Examined XII 166

TRANSLATION
Bible Translations and Mistranslations VII 44
Bible Trivia: The First Bible Translation XVI 121
Modern Biblical Translations XVII 141
The Humpty Dumpty Principle in Biblical Translation XVIII 141
Bible Translations, How Reliable  XXI 189

TRANSMISSION
The Maccabees and the Transmission of the Text of the Torah IV 67
The School of Isaiah: Biography and Transmission of the Book of Isaiah XVIII 62

TRAUMA
The Trauma of Isaac XX 96

TREE
Do Not Destroy the Fruit Trees (II Kings 3) I (2) 9
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil II (1) 6
Metaphors of the Vine and the Olive Tree II (3) 15
What About the Tree of Life XV 270
What Was the Actual Effect of the Tree of Knowledge  XIX 105

TRIAL
The Trials of Abraham VIII 127
The Trial of Jeremiah XII 36
Fall of Samaria: Biblical Historiosophy on Trial XVII 26
God and Man on Trial XXI 226

TRIBES
The New Settlement of the Tribe of Dan III (1) 10
The Ten Lost Tribes? III (4) 4

TRIVIA, BIBLE
Bible Trivia - Introduction XIV 126
Bible Trivia - The Tetragrammaton XIV 195
Bible Trivia - The Number Seven   XV 56
Bible Trivia - Vavei Ha'amudim XV 198
Bible Trivia - Soferim Scribes Counters XV 248
Bible Trivia: The First Bible Translation XVI 121

TURTLE
The Dove, Turtle Dove and Pigeon in Bible and Midrash XV 181

TWINS
Twins in Transition: Genesis 32:25-31 Re-Examined XII 166

TWO
Amos and Hosea: Two Directions in Israel's Prophecy V 101
At the Mouth of Two Witnesses XII 141
Two Righteous Men: Isaiah and Hezekiah XII 211
Midrash and Pesher: Two Classical Forms of Biblical Interpretation IV 103
The Two Seasons in Israel XIV 26
Two Biblical Parables: Irony and Self-entrapment XV 11
Ahitophel of Gilo: Two Literary Portraits XVI 227
The Two Tablets of the Covenant XXI 73
Two Concepts of the Covenant XXI 109

UNIQUE
Elijah - The Unique Prophet III (3) 16
A Unique Biblical Law XV 190

UNIVERSALISTS
The Prophets: Nationalists or Universalists VIII 206

UNIVERSALISM
The Universalism of the Book of Jonah According to the Teaching of Yehezkel Kaufman X 20

UNIVERSAL
Job, A Universal Drama (1) XXI 13
Job, A Universal Drama (2) XXI 80

UTOPIAS
A New World and a New Man: Utopias in the Era of the Babylonian Exile and the Return to Zion XI 249

UZZIAH
What Happened to Uzziah's Bones? (II Kings 15) I (2) 5

VALUE
The Molten Sea and the Value of Pi  XIX 127

VEGETABLES
A Garden of Vegetables XIX 123

VENGEANCE
Joseph and his Brothers: Vengeance or Reconciliation XIV 183

VERSE
Habakuk 3:13  A Problematic Verse XIII 105
A Problem Verse in Dayenu XIV 162
Comments on Biblical Verses XVIII 46
The Names of Biblical Verses XVIII 251
The Difficult Verse in Genesis 4:26  XVIII 257
Citing Chapter and Verse XX 234 

VERB
The Verb Naer in the Bible XVIII 27

VETERAN
Bible Contest for Youth: Veteran Immigrant from U.S. Wins XIX 55

VILLAIN
Ahasuerus is the Villain XVIII 187
Reply to: Ahasuerus is the Villain XIX 34
Who is the Villain XX 153 

VINE
Metaphors of the Vine and the Olive Tree II (3) 15

VIOLATION OF WOMEN
A Biblical Protest Against the Violation of Women VIII 194

VIOLENCE
Sex and Violence in the Bible IV 125

VISION
The Aspaklaria of Prophetic Vision I (4) 27
The Vision of the Dry Bones Depicted in the Wall Drawings of the Synagogue in Dura Europos  II (1) 10
The Direction and Purpose of Time: Isaiah's Vision and the End of Days  III (3) 7
Understanding Redemption Through the Metaphor of the Family: A Prophetic Vision XXI 248

VOGUE
Jephthah's Literary Vogue VI 126

VOLCANO
The Volcano in Job 28  XVIII 234

VOLUNTARY WAR
Obligatory War and Voluntary War III (1) 30

WALL, WESTERN
The Western Wall: Part I  VI 141
The Western Wall: Part 2  VI 198
The Western Wall: Part 3  VII 35
The Western Wall: Part 4  VlI 84
The Western Wall: Part 5  VII 136
The Western Wall: Part 6  VII 193
Incised Stone Fragment Korban: From Southern Wall of Temple Mount XIII 235

WAR
The Earthquake that Turned the Course of the War (Psalm 60) II (2) 13
Obligatory War and Voluntary War III (1) 30
Could Moses' Hands Make War XIX 114

WATER
Water in Biblical Times XV 195

WATERGATE
A Note on "Watergate" in the Tenakh II (2) 17

WAW
Jot, Tittle, and Waw (Job 19:25) XVII 230

WEALTH
King Solomon's Golden Wealth XIX 136

WESTERN WALL
The Western Wall: Part I  VI 141
The Western Wall: Part 2  VI 198
The Western Wall: Part 3  VII 35
The Western Wall: Part 4  VlI 84
The Western Wall: Part 5  VII 136
The Western Wall: Part 6  VII 193

WESTARD
Eastward and Westward: The Movement of Prophecy and History in the Book of Jonah XIII 16

WICKED, DESTRUCTION OF
The Destruction of the Wicked XIX 22

WIFE
A Perfect Wife (Proverbs 31:10) II (4) 17
Deborah, the Wife of Lapidot XVIII 135

WISDOM
Moby Dick and the Wisdom of Solomon V 170
The Siberian Exile and his Book: Review of a Study in Wisdom Literature  VI 44

WISHES, SUICIDE AND DEATH
A Note on Job 6:8-10: Suicide and Death Wishes XV 173

WITCH
Saul and the Witch of Endor V 16

WITCHCRAFT
Witchcraft in the Bible XV 234

WITNESSES
At the Mouth of Two Witnesses XII 141

WOMEN
A Biblical Protest Against the Violation of Women VIII 194
Book Review: Lillith's Daughters: Women and Religion in Contemporary Fiction by BH Rigney XII 54
Rachel - A Woman Who Would Be a Mother XVIII 213
Three Women XIX 204

WORLD
King Saul in World Literature I (2) 1
The Motif of Job in Modern Jewish and World Literature III (1) 15
A New World and a New Man: Utopias in the Era of the Babylonian Exile and the Return to Zion XI 249

WORLDLY
Amos, Prophet and Worldly Man X 183

WORSE
Ason: A Fate Worse Than Death XX 195

WRESTLER
Jacob the Wrestler XIX 92

WRITERS, BIBLICAL
National and Eschatological Messianism: Biblical Writers of the Second Commonwealth VI 147

YAVNEH
Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh XV 273

YEARS
Adam's Missing Years: Evolution of a Legend XVI 149
The Dead Sea Scrolls, 40 Years Later XXI 256

YETZER
Ke Yetzer Lev Haadam Rah Minurav X 32

YIDDISH
Elijah in Yiddish Literature I (3) 7
The Sacrifice of Isaac Theme in Yiddish Literature IV 1

ZECHARIAH
And Ekron as a Jebusite (Zechariah 9:7) XXI 170

ZEPHANIAH
The Suk in Ancient Israel: Where was the Jerusalem Makhtesh II (2) 1

ZERUBBABEL
Zerubbabel XVIII 148

ZION
Psalms of Zion III (4) 1
A New World and a New Man: Utopias in the Era of the Babylonian Exile and the Return to Zion XI 249