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	Roger S. Bagnall & Peter Derow, eds., Greek Historical Documents: The Hellenistic Period. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1982. Pbk. ISBN: 0891304967. pp.288. {Amazon.com}
	John Barton, The Biblical World, Vol. 1. London: Hardcover Publisher: Routledge, 2002. Hbk. ISBN: 0415275733. pp. xxiii + 525. {Amazon.com}
	John Barton, The Biblical World, Vol. 2. London: Hardcover Publisher: Routledge, 2002. Hbk. ISBN: 0415275741. pp. viii + 539. {Amazon.com}
	Michael D. Coogan, The Oxford History of the Biblical World, new edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 0195139372. pp.500. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
	Patricia Cox, Biography in Late Antiquity: A Quest for the Holy Man. The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 5. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Hbk. ISBN: 0520046129. pp.182. {Amazon.com}
	W. Dean-Boer, "Graeco-Roman historiography in its relation to biblical and modern thinking," History and Theory 9 (1968): 60-75.
	Robert C. Dentan, ed. The Idea of History in the Ancient Near East. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1966. Pbk. ISBN: 0300000685. {Amazon.com}
	Baruch Halpern, The First Historians. The Hebrew Bible and History. Pennylvania State University Press, 1996. Pbk. ISBN: 0271016159. pp.285. {Amazon.com}
	R.K. Harrison, "The Biblical Problem of Hyssop," The Evangelical Quarterly 26.4 (1954): 218-224.
	R.K. Harrison, "The Mandrake and the Ancient World," The Evangelical Quarterly 28.2 (1956): 87-92.
	Michael Patrick O'Connor, Backgrounds for the Bible. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1987. Hbk. ISBN: 0931464307. pp.xii + 369. {Amazon.com}
	Harry Sidebottom, Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pbk. ISBN: 0192804707. pp.188. {Amazon.com}