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Brown Judaic Studies
BJS coverBooks published by Brown Judaic Studies are produced and distributed exclusively by the Society of Biblical Literature. Brown Judaic Studies is a peer-reviewed monograph series that publishes high quality, specialized books aimed primarily at a scholarly audience. Submissions in any historical period from antiquity to the present are welcomed. BJS is particularly interested in historical, literary and philosophical studies. On occasion, collections of essays such as Festschriften, are published.

For additional information on publishing with Brown Judaic Studies, please click here or contact one of the series editors:

David C. Jacobson,
Ross S. Kraemer,
Saul M. Olyan,
Michael L. Satlow 


Books available in the Brown Judaic Studies Series are listed alphabetically by author. Click on the binding selection for more information on the title at the SBL Store.

Rhetorical Argumentation in Philo of Alexandria
by Manuel Alexandre, Jr., 1999, BJS 322

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Biblical Patterns in Modern Literature
edited by Nehama Aschkenasy and David H. Hirsch, 1985, BJS 77

 Paperback
 

Water into Wine and the Beheading of John the Baptist: Early Jewish-Christian Interpretation of Esther 1 in John 2:1-11 and Mark 6:17-29
by Roger David Aus, 1988, BJS 150

   Cloth

The Priestly Gift in Mishnah: A Study of Tractate Terumot
by Alan J. Avery-Peck, 1981, BJS 20

 Paperback
 

Mishnah’s Division of Agriculture: A History and Theology of Sedar Zeraim
by Alan J. Avery-Peck, 1985, BJS 79

 Paperback
 Cloth

Some Jewish Women in Antiquity
by Meir Bar-Ilan, 1998, BJS 317

   Cloth

Sparda by the Bitter Sea
by Jack Martin Balcer, 1984, BJS 52

 Paperback
 

Ideas in Fiction: Works of Hayim Hazaz
by Warren Bargad, 1982, BJS 31

 Paperback
 

Pharaoh’s Counsellors: Job, Jethro, and Balaam in Rabbinic and Patristic Tradition
by Judith Baskin, 1983, BJS 47

 Paperback
 

Kol Nidre: Studies in the Development of Rabbinic Votive Institutions
by Moshe Benovitz, 1998, BJS 315

   Cloth

From Philo to Origen: Middle Platonism in Transition
by Robert M. Berchman, 1985, BJS 69

 Paperback
 

Text, Artifact, and Image: Revealing Ancient Israelite Religion
edited by Gary M. Beckman and Theodore J. Lewis, 2006, BJS 346

   Cloth

The Place of Judaism in Philo’s Thought
by Ellen Birnbaum, 1996, BJS 290

   Cloth

Scrolls and Christian Origins: Studies in the Jewish Background of the New Testament
by Matthew Black, 1983, BJS 48

 Paperback
 

Approaches to Judaism in Medieval Times, Volume I
edited by David R. Blumenthal, 1984, BJS 54

 Paperback
 

Approaches to Judaism in Medieval Times, Volume II
edited by David R. Blumenthal, 1985, BJS 57

 Paperback
 

Approaches to Judaism in Medieval Times, Volume III
edited by David R. Blumenthal, 1988, BJS 134

   Cloth

Claude Montefiore and Christianity
by Maurice G. Bowler, 1988, BJS 157

   Cloth

Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions, Volume I
edited by William M. Brinner and Stephen D. Ricks, 1986, BJS 110

 Paperback
 

Support for the Poor in the Mishnaic Law of Agriculture: Tractate Peah
by Roger Brooks, 1983, BJS 43

 Paperback
 

Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue: Inscriptional Evidence and Background Issues
by Bernadette J. Brooten, 1982, BJS 36

 Paperback
 

Handbook of Synagogue Architecture
by Marilyn Joyce Segal Chiat, 1982, BJS 29

 Paperback
 

Profiles of a Rabbi
by Bruce Chilton, 1989, BJS 177

   Cloth

Diasporas in Antiquity
by Shaye J. D. Cohen and Ernest S. Frerichs, 1993, BJS 288

 Paperback
 

The Jewish Family in Antiquity
by Shaye J. D. Cohen, 1993, BJS 289

 Paperback  

Rereading Talmud: Gender, Law and the Poetics of Sugyot
by Aryeh Cohen, 1998, BJS 318

   Cloth

The Synoptic Problem in Rabbinic Literature
edited by Shaye J. D. Cohen, 2000, BJS 326

   Cloth

The Peri Pascha Attributed to Melito of Sardis: Setting, Purpose, and Sources
by Lynn H. Cohick, 2000, BJS 327

   Cloth

Fear Not Warrior: A Study of ‘al tira Pericopes in the Hebrew Scriptures
by Edgar W. Conrad, 1985, BJS 75

 Paperback
 

Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship
by Jeremy Corley, 2002, BJS 316