§06§ §15§ §15§tifical Biblical Institute, Rome) "[...] the Bible is not just a 6th-5th century BCE or a 1st-2nd century CE document. It is equally an 8th century, 12th century, 16th century, and 20th century CE document. [...] With the publication of the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, it is now possible to respond to the intellectual challenge of that insight. With its unparalleled combination of historical critical and reception historical articles, the EBR reconfigures the very conception of what it means to do biblical studies and invites a veritable paradigm shift in the discipline."(Dr. Carol A. Newsom, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology, Emory University) "So what must one know nowadays in order to be a biblical scholar? That's simple: everything - from the text itself through the Dead Sea Scrolls, Christian Scripture, Origen, Augustine, Rashi, Abarbanel, Calvin, Spinoza, Wellhausen, etc., etc., right up to the contributions of fe §15§minist and postcolonial criticism, queer studies, Bible and mass media - whatever happens to be on someone's scholarly agenda. Of course no one can know all of that stuff. More important than knowing it all, however, is recognizing how essential it all is to what we do. I am grateful to the editors and publisher of EBR for sharing that recognition, devoting 30 volumes to this fabulous repository of knowledge, and putting it at our disposal."(Alan Cooper, Professor of Bible at Union Theological Seminary and at Jewish Theological Seminary) "So wächst hier ein Werk heran, das schon jetzt seinesgleichen sucht und das, wenn es so weitergeht, einmal konkurrenzlos sein wird. Dass Verbesserungen auf dem Weg dorthin immer möglich und auch wünschenswert sind, ist jedem mit der Materie Befassten klar. Die Herausgeber und der Verlag können auf das bisher Erreichte jedenfalls stolz sein, während die scientific community es ihnen zu danken weiß."Bernd Janowski in: Theologische Literaturzeitung §15§ 4/2014 "Highly rec
