Recently added articles from The Catholic Biblical Quarterly:
Mark as Historian of God's Kingdom
Jan 01, 2009; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) Was the Buffalo chicken wing invented when Teressa Bellissimo thought of splitting it in half and deep-frying it and serving it with celery and blue-cheese dressing? Was it invented when John Young started using mambo sauce and thought of ...
Scripture: History and Interpretation
Jan 01, 2009; ... DIANNE BERGANT, Scripture: History and Interpretation (Engaging Theology: Catholic Perspectives; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2008). Pp. xiii + 174. Paper $19.95. This book is a slim member of a finite series designed to move beginners in theology from an incipient, perhaps modern ...
Holy Anger: Jacob, Job, Jesus
Jan 01, 2009; ... LYTTA BASSET, Holy Anger: Jacob, Job, Jesus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007). Pp. 295. Paper $28. The fundamental thesis of this book is that anger, usually thought of as an emotion opposing faith, can actually, when properly expressed, give structure to a living faith (pp. 12-14). An ...
An Appraisal of Abraham's Role in Postexilic Covenants
Jan 01, 2009; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) DURING THE EXILIC PERIOD, the covenant with Abraham was a theological datum of ever-increasing importance.1 This trend accelerated in the postexilic period.2 It was the Priestly writer who drew attention to the centrality of covenant in ...
The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature (2000-2006)
Jan 01, 2009; ... RUTH A. CLEMENTS AND NADAV SHARON, The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature (2000-2006) (STDJ 71; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2007). Pp. x + 328. $170. This volume contains a bibliography produced by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls ...
The Power of Prophecy: A Septuagintal Echo in John 20:19-23
Jan 01, 2009; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) CATHOLIC THEOLOGIANS commonly agree that the Council of Trent, although infallibly and definitively establishing the dogmatic meaning of John 20:22-23, did not thereby rule out further discussion concerning the original sense of this ...
Rethinking Judges
Jan 01, 2009; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, the exegetes' approach to the canonical Book of Judges has undergone a major change, amounting to a paradigm shift. Although, in keeping with the long-standing tradition of critical scholarship, commentaries on ...
What Is a Gnostic Gospel?
Jan 01, 2009; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) BOTH CATEGORIES IN MY TITLE are disputed. Some scholars find the adjective "gnostic" too loaded with assumptions to be useful.1 On that point I would counter that the term as an indication of genus rather than species is no more ...
God, Pharaoh and Moses: Explaining the Lord's Actions in the Exodus Plagues Narrative
Jan 01, 2009; ... WILLIAM A. FORD, God, Pharaoh and Moses: Explaining the Lord's Actions in the Exodus Plagues Narrative (Paternoster Biblical Monographs; Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2006). Pp. xx + 248. Paper £ 19.99. Biblical scholars have recognized for years that, for the Hebrews, the exodus from ...
Lost in Translation: Did It Matter If Christians "Thanked" God or "Gave God Glory"?
Jan 01, 2009; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) THE MEANING OF WORDS resides in the cultural use of them, not in lexica. Moreover, the greater the chronological distance between the culture of the NT and ours, the more likely the meanings of words will be "lost in translation." The ...
Biographical Texts from Ramessid Egypt
Jan 01, 2009; ... ELIZABETH FROOD, Biographical Texts from Ramessid Egypt (SBLWAW 26; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007). Pp. xx + 301. Paper $24.95. Without question, Elizabeth Frood's Biographical Texts from Ramessid Egypt makes a worthy addition to SBL's Writings from the Ancient World ...
From Astruc to Zimmerli: Old Testament Scholarship in Three Centuries
Jan 01, 2009; ... RUDOLF SMEND, From Astruc to Zimmerli: Old Testament Scholarship in Three Centuries (trans. Margaret Kohl; Tübingen: Mohr, 2007). Pp. viii + 265. Paper euro29. This book consists of fifteen biographical sketches first written independently of one another for a variety of occasions, ...
Weisheit aus der Begegnung: Bildung nach dem Buch Ben Sira
Jan 01, 2009; ... FRANK UEBERSCHAER, Weisheit aus der Begegnung: Bildung nach dem Buch Ben Sira (BZAW 379; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2007). Pp. x + 446. euro91.59. Ben Sira's activity as a wisdom teacher (saper) implies that he undoubtedly had his own view and ideas of education, which Ueberschaer ...
The Copper Scroll and the Search for the Temple Treasure
Jan 01, 2009; ... HERSHEL shanks, The Copper Scroll and the Search for the Temple Treasure (Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 2007). Pp. xiv +113. $24.95. This book does indeed read like a mystery story! The Copper Scroll, with its cryptic directions for finding buried treasure, namely, the ...
Introducing the Women's Hebrew Bible
Jan 01, 2009; ... Susanne Scholz, Introducing the Women 's Hebrew Bible (Introductions to Feminist Theology 13; London/New York: Clark, 2007). Pp. ? + 142. Paper $29.95. Whether this monograph actually introduces the women's Hebrew Bible, I am not certain. It does contain useful information about women in ...
Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church
Jan 01, 2009; ... JAMES W. AAGESON, Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church (Library of Pauline Studies; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2008). Pp. xv + 235. Paper $24.95. This book deals with Paul's legacy or, as Aageson, Professor at Concordia College, says on p. 1 : "What happened to Paul after ...
Moses: Envoy of God, Envoy of His People; Leadership and Crisis from the Exodus to the Plains of Moab
Jan 01, 2009; ... MOSHEH lichtenstein, Moses: Envoy of God, Envoy of His People; Leadership and Crisis from the Exodus to the Plains ofMoab (Jersey City: Ktav, in association with Alon Shevut, Israel: Yeshivat Har Etzion, 2008). Pp. xvii + 286. $35. This book offers a fresh opportunity for an academic and ...
Messianism within the Scriptural Scrolls of Isaiah
Jan 01, 2009; ... RANDALL HESKETT, Messianism within the Scriptural Scrolls of Isaiah (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 456; London/New York: Clark, 2007). Pp. xvi + 353. $160. In this revision of his Emmanuel College dissertation under the direction of Gerald Sheppard (2001), Randall Heskett ...
Sapienza e storia in Dn 7-12
Jan 01, 2009; ... marco settembrini, Sapienza e storia in Dn 7-12 (AnBib 169; Rome: Biblical Institute, 2007). Pp. iv + 263. Paper euro28. Settembrini's doctoral dissertation for the Biblical Institute (directed by Agustinus Gianto, S.J.) is an interesting study of the wisdom underlying the narratives and ...
Fruchtbarkeit und Geburt in den Psalmen
Jan 01, 2009; ... MARIANNE GROHMANN, Fruchtbarkeit und Geburt in den Psalmen (FAT 53; Tübingen: Mohr, 2007). Pp. xii + 370. euro89. This thorough study of selected metaphors originated as a Habilitationsschrift at Vienna University (directed by James A. Loader). In it Grohmann aims at clarifying the ...