The LAB is important for the history of biblical exegesis, for understanding of Jewish life and thought in the first century (centuries) of our era, and for knowledge of the New Testament and early Christianity. The author's translation is from the (reconstructed) Hebrew original; thus it differs substantively from other translations which are based on a Latin translation of a Greek translation of a Hebrew original. The new translation appears here in this two-volume set with D.J. Harrington's Latin text, and with the author's extensive commentary. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.