I loved loved loved being at LimmudSE 2023. I loved teaching and learning with everyone! Here is my selected bibliography!

Bialik, Hayim Nahman, and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky, eds. The Book of Legends: Sefer Ha’Aggadah – Legends from the Talmud and Midrash. Translated by William G. Braude. New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1992.

Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Fourth Edition. Vol. Volume 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments. 2 vols. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1983. [Melchizedek!]

Collins, John J. Daniel: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel. Hermeneia – A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1993. [Gabriel!]

Eskenazi, Tamara Cohn, and Andrea L. Weiss, eds. The Torah: A Woman’s Commentary. New York, NY: Women of Reform Judaism, 2008.

Firestone, Reuven. An Introduction to Islam for Jews. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 2008.

The Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy – A New Translation with Introductions, Commentary, and Notes by Everett Fox. Vol. 1. The Schocken Bible. New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1995.

The Early Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings – A New Translation with Introductions, Commentary, and Notes by Everett Fox. Vol. 2. The Schocken Bible. NY: Schocken Books, 2014.

Kaltner, John. Inquiring of Joseph: Getting to Know a Biblical Character through the Quran. Interfaces. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003.

*Levine, Amy-Jill, and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds. The Jewish Annotated New Testament with the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Bible Translation. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2011.

*Nasr, Seyyed Hossein, ed. The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary. First Edition. New York: HarperOne: An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.

Reeves, John C. “Some Explorations of the Intertwining of Bible and Qur’an.” In Bible and Qur’an: Essays in Scriptural Intertextuality, 43–60. SBL Symposium Series 24. Atlanta, Georgia: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Sarna, Nahum, ed. Genesis: The JPS Torah Commentary. Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society, 1989.

Sarna, Nahum, ed. Exodus: The JPS Torah Commentary. New York, NY: The Jewish Publication Society, 1991.

Trible, Phyllis, and Letty M. Russell, eds. Hagar, Sarah, and Their Children: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.

*Other books you can borrow from the library or from teachers and friends. However, these two books – in my humble opinion – are essential for anyone interested in interfaith text study.

NOTE: I also mentioned the film The Muslims are Coming! in a few discussions and sessions. What a great film! And what a rich “text” for interfaith discussion!