The work commonly known as “Strack-Billerbeck” is a rich compendium of rabbinic sources that help illustrate the language and thinking of many of the authors and initial readers of the New Testament. It is an invaluable resource that has been underused, partly because it was in German and partly because its aim and character was misunderstood by many scholars. Hermann Strack’s academic life was devoted to combating anti-Semitism based on
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