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Zion (Sai-on). Original name of the Jerusalem fortress built by King David. In time it was used as a synonym for Jerusalem and its inhabitants dwelling under the blessing and in the presence of God. For Further Reading Coogan, Michael, Marc Brettler, Carol Newsom, Pheme Perkins, eds. The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version . 5th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. A readable edition of the complete Apocrypha, with study notes. deSilva, David A. Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, Significance . 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018. DeSilva is a leading scholar in the interpretation of the Apocrypha. ______. The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha . New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. DeSilva shows the relevance of the study of the Apocrypha for understanding the teachings of Jesus, James, and Jude. Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Tobit . Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature. Boston: de Gruyter, 2003. A scholarly commentary on the book of Tobit.