Mr Harrison should note how Doron Mendels simply disregarded the Rabbinic sources when he composed his volume on the rise of Jewish nationalism in the Anchor Bible Supplement series. Mendels' approach cannot be faulted. NPL Niels Peter Lemche Dep. Biblical Studies University of Copenhagen Phone: 45 49 13 81 24 Fax: 45 49 13 81 28 e-mail: npl@teol.ku.dk