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ACKNOWLEDGmENTs

The translations of Psalm 6 on page 311 and of Proverbs 31 on
pages 478 are from Samuel Sandmel, The Hebrew Scriptures
An Introduction to Their Literature and Religious Ideas (New York,
Alfred A. Knopf, 1963). Psalm. 33 on page 310 was specially
translated by Dr. Sandmel. The Psahns of Ascent on pages 328.
329 were translated for this book by scholars in Israel.
Other Biblical quotations are from the King James Version,
except the words of St. Paul on page 291, which are taken from
11 Timothy 4: 7-8 in the Revised Standard Version, and those
passages from Deuteronomy specifically noted on pages 187-188,
which are from The Torah, the Five Books of Moses. A new trans-
lation of The Holy Scriptures according to the Masorefic Text
(Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1962).
The response which appears on pages 941-942 has been adapted
with permission from Rabbi Ephraim Oshry, Responsa from the
Depths (Brooklyn, 1959).
Archaeological drawings used throughout the book are the
work of Ruth Ovadia, research scholar in the Department of
Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Four of these
drawings were adapted from illustrations in The Guide to Israel,
by Zev Vilnay (Jerusalem, 1963).
Certain Jewish documents are cited from C K. Barrett, The
New Testament Background. Selected Documents (New York,
Harper and Brothers, 1961).
Direct quotations from the sayings of Rabbi Akiba have been
adapted either from the tractate Pirke Abot of the Mishna or