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The New Jerusalem Bible: Notes is unavailable, but you can change that!

Edited by distinguished Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough, The New Jerusalem Bible presents the entire Old and New Testaments in engaging and accessible prose ideal for study and reading. Engage each biblical book through informative introductions that address basic questions of authorship, provenance, and other issues of historical importance. The New Jerusalem Bible also gathers an...

f. ‘I shall snatch’ versions; ‘he will snatch’ Hebr. g. Opening and closing the doors of ‘the king’s palace’ was one of the functions of the Egyptian chief minister, to whom the master of the palace corresponded in Judah. h. This prose supplement refers to the disgrace of Eliakim himself; his whole family, which had profited by his rise to power, was dragged down with him. a. A difficult prophecy announcing the unexpected and spectacular ruin of the impregnable city of Tyre and describing the
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