The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature.
Edward Adams, The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: Cosmic Catastrophe in the New Testament and Its World
Reviewed by Lorenzo DiTommaso
William Sanger Campbell, The “We” Passages in the Acts of the Apostles: The Narrator as Narrative Character
Reviewed by Jean-François Racine
Andrew D. Clarke, A Pauline Theology of Church Leadership
Reviewed by Stephan Joubert
Benjamin Fiore, The Pastoral Epistles: First Timothy, Second Timothy, and Titus
Reviewed by Korinna Zamfir
Bas ter Haar Romeny, ed., The Peshitta: Its Use in Literature and Liturgy: Papers Read at the Third Peshitta Symposium
Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen
Daniel Hillel, The Natural History of the Bible: An Environmental Exploration of the Hebrew Scriptures
Reviewed by Norman Habel
Werner G. Jeanrond and Andrew D. H. Mayes, eds., Recognising the Margins: Developments in Biblical and Theological Studies
Reviewed by Peter R. Rodgers
Matthew Levering, Ezra and Nehemiah
Reviewed by Ralph W. Klein
Graham S. Ogden, Qoheleth
Reviewed by Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger
R. J. R. Plant, Good Figs, Bad Figs: Judicial Differentiation in the Book of Jeremiah
Reviewed by Mark Brummitt
Fernando F. Segovia and R. S. Sugirtharajah, eds., A Postcolonial Commentary on the New Testament Writings
Reviewed by Jonathan A. Draper
Reviewed by Hans Leander
Robert B. Stewart, ed., Intelligent Design: William A. Dembski and Michael Ruse in Dialogue
Reviewed by Christopher Heard
Ilse Wegner, Eine Einführung in die hurritische Sprache
Reviewed by Ignacio Marquez Rowe
Stephen Westerholm, Understanding Matthew: The Early Christian Worldview of the First Gospel
Reviewed by David C. Sim
RBL Newsletter, 3 October 2008
The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature.
Andrew Bernhard, Other Early Christian Gospels: A Critical Edition of the Surviving Greek Manuscripts
Reviewed by Christopher Tuckett
Augusto Cosentino, Il battesimo gnostico: Dottrine, simboli e riti iniziatici nello gnosticismo
Reviewed by Birger A. Pearson
Katharine J. Dell, The Book of Proverbs in Social and Theological Context
Reviewed by Dorothy Akoto
Karin Finsterbusch, Armin Lange, and K.F. Diethard Römheld, eds., Human Sacrifice in Jewish and Christian Tradition
Reviewed by James W. Watts
Joel B. Green, 1 Peter
Reviewed by Paul J. Achtemeier
John Paul Hozvicka, A Primer on Biblical Studies
Reviewed by John Vassar
Steven L. McKenzie and John Kaltner, The Old Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content
Reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton
Daniel Patte, ed., Global Bible Commentary
Reviewed by Alexander Negrov
Finny Philip, The Origins of Pauline Pneumatology: The Eschatological Bestowal of the Spirit upon Gentiles in Judaism and in the Early Development of Paul’s Theology
Reviewed by Justin K. Hardin
Aicha Rahmouni; J. N. Ford, trans., Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts
Reviewed by James R. Getz Jr.
Varda Sussman, Oil-Lamps in the Holy Land: Saucer Lamps: From the Beginning to the Hellenistic Period: Collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority
Reviewed by Noam Adler
Ben Witherington III, Matthew
Reviewed by David C. Sim
Andrew Bernhard, Other Early Christian Gospels: A Critical Edition of the Surviving Greek Manuscripts
Reviewed by Christopher Tuckett
Augusto Cosentino, Il battesimo gnostico: Dottrine, simboli e riti iniziatici nello gnosticismo
Reviewed by Birger A. Pearson
Katharine J. Dell, The Book of Proverbs in Social and Theological Context
Reviewed by Dorothy Akoto
Karin Finsterbusch, Armin Lange, and K.F. Diethard Römheld, eds., Human Sacrifice in Jewish and Christian Tradition
Reviewed by James W. Watts
Joel B. Green, 1 Peter
Reviewed by Paul J. Achtemeier
John Paul Hozvicka, A Primer on Biblical Studies
Reviewed by John Vassar
Steven L. McKenzie and John Kaltner, The Old Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content
Reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton
Daniel Patte, ed., Global Bible Commentary
Reviewed by Alexander Negrov
Finny Philip, The Origins of Pauline Pneumatology: The Eschatological Bestowal of the Spirit upon Gentiles in Judaism and in the Early Development of Paul’s Theology
Reviewed by Justin K. Hardin
Aicha Rahmouni; J. N. Ford, trans., Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts
Reviewed by James R. Getz Jr.
Varda Sussman, Oil-Lamps in the Holy Land: Saucer Lamps: From the Beginning to the Hellenistic Period: Collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority
Reviewed by Noam Adler
Ben Witherington III, Matthew
Reviewed by David C. Sim
RBL Newsletter, 26 September 2008
The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature.
Craig D. Allert, A High View of Scripture? The Authority of the Bible and the Formation of the New Testament Canon
Reviewed by Garwood P. Anderson
Philip R. Amidon, Philostorgius: Church History
Reviewed by Alanna M. Nobbs
Stephen Bertman, Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Reviewed by Aren M. Maeir
Sebastian P. Brock, The Wisdom of St. Isaac of Nineveh
Reviewed by Lucas Van Rompay
Michael J. Gorman, Reading Paul
Reviewed by Stephen Finlan
Joseph H. Hellerman, Jesus and the People of God: Reconfiguring Ethnic Identity
Reviewed by Vernon Robbins
Christophe Nihan, From Priestly Torah to Pentateuch: A Study in the Composition of the Book of Leviticus
Reviewed by Jeffrey Stackert
Barbara E. Reid, Taking up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations through Latina and Feminist Eyes
Reviewed by Mary J. Marshall
Bernard Renaud, «Proche est ton Nom»: De la révélation à l'invocation du Nom de Dieu
Reviewed by Jean-Paul Michaud
Joseph B. Soloveitchik; David Shatz, Joel B. Wolowelsky, and Reuven Ziegler, eds., Abraham’s Journey: Reflections on the Life of the Founding Patriarch
Reviewed by Dan W. Clanton Jr.
Craig D. Allert, A High View of Scripture? The Authority of the Bible and the Formation of the New Testament Canon
Reviewed by Garwood P. Anderson
Philip R. Amidon, Philostorgius: Church History
Reviewed by Alanna M. Nobbs
Stephen Bertman, Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Reviewed by Aren M. Maeir
Sebastian P. Brock, The Wisdom of St. Isaac of Nineveh
Reviewed by Lucas Van Rompay
Michael J. Gorman, Reading Paul
Reviewed by Stephen Finlan
Joseph H. Hellerman, Jesus and the People of God: Reconfiguring Ethnic Identity
Reviewed by Vernon Robbins
Christophe Nihan, From Priestly Torah to Pentateuch: A Study in the Composition of the Book of Leviticus
Reviewed by Jeffrey Stackert
Barbara E. Reid, Taking up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations through Latina and Feminist Eyes
Reviewed by Mary J. Marshall
Bernard Renaud, «Proche est ton Nom»: De la révélation à l'invocation du Nom de Dieu
Reviewed by Jean-Paul Michaud
Joseph B. Soloveitchik; David Shatz, Joel B. Wolowelsky, and Reuven Ziegler, eds., Abraham’s Journey: Reflections on the Life of the Founding Patriarch
Reviewed by Dan W. Clanton Jr.