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Dr. Fox serves as director of the program in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.clarku.edu\/departments\/jewishstudies\/\">Jewish Studies<\/a><span>, and is also affiliated with the programs in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.clarku.edu\/departments\/race\/\">Race and Ethnic Relations<\/a><span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.clarku.edu\/departments\/comparativeliterature\/\">Comparative Literature<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dr. Fox&#8217;s main scholarly focus is the rhetoric and internal coherence of the Hebrew Bible, and how they may be brought out in translation. In 1995, Everett published\u00a0<em>The Five Books of Moses<\/em>, which tries to echo characteristics of the Hebrew text; in November of 1999,\u00a0<em>Give Us a King! Samuel, Saul, and David<\/em>, a translation of the book of Samuel along similar lines, appeared. He is also interested in how the Bible has been transformed at each stage by generations of Israelites, Jews, and Christians. 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