RBL Newsletter, 1 July 2008

The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature.

Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, S.J., and Tom Thatcher, eds., John, Jesus, and History: Volume 1, Critical Appraisals of Critical Views
Reviewed by Mark A. Matson

Carol Bakhos, ed., Current Trends in the Study of Midrash
Reviewed by Siam Bhayro

David Catchpole, Jesus People: The Historical Jesus and the Beginnings of Community
Reviewed by Paul Foster

John Granger Cook, The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism
Reviewed by David Lincicum

Hubertus R. Drobner; Siegfried Schatzmann, trans., The Fathers of the Church: A Comprehensive Introduction
Reviewed by Wilhelm Pratscher

Zev Garber, ed., Mel Gibson’s Passion: The Film, the Controversy, and Its Implications
Reviewed by W. R. Telford

Brad E. Kelle, Ancient Israel at War 853–586 BC
Reviewed by T. M. Lemos

Thomas J. Kraus, Ad fontes: Original Manuscripts and Their Significance for Studying Early Christianity: Selected Essays
Reviewed by Christopher Tuckett

Amy-Jill Levine, ed., with Maria Mayo Robbins, A Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha
Reviewed by Heike Omerzu

Yuzuru Miura, David in Luke-Acts: His Portrayal in the Light of Early Judaism
Reviewed by Steven Cox

Stephen W. Need, The Gospels Today: Challenging Readings of John, Mark, Luke and Matthew
Reviewed by Peter J. Judge

Birger A. Pearson, Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature
Reviewed by Philip L. Tite

Richard D. Phillips, Hebrews
Reviewed by Knut Backhaus

Brant Pitre, Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile: Restoration Eschatology and the Origin of the Atonement
Reviewed by John A. Dennis

Shmuel Safrai, Zeev Safrai, Joshua Schwartz, and Peter J. Tomson, eds., The Literature of the Sages: Second Part: Midrash and Targum, Liturgy, Poetry, Mysticism, Contracts, Inscriptions, Ancient Science and the Languages of Rabbinic Literature
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Rivka Ulmer, ed., Discussing Cultural Influences: Text, Context, and Non-Text in Rabbinic Judaism
Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Laurence M. Vance, Guide to Prepositions in the Greek New Testament
Reviewed by Paul Elbert

Robby Waddell, The Spirit of the Book of Revelation
Reviewed by Jan A. du Rand

Mark Wilson, Charts on the Book of Revelation: Literary, Historical, and Theological Perspectives
Reviewed by Jan G. van der Watt

Magnus Zetterholm, ed., The Messiah in Early Judaism and Christianity
Reviewed by James H. Charlesworth