Recently added articles from The Catholic Biblical Quarterly:

"To the Rock" (2 Samuel 21:10)

Jul 01, 2008; Walters, Stanley D ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) THE STORY in 2 Sam 21:1-14 could easily strike a reader as the OT at its worst: unpronounceable personal names and gratuitous violence seemingly authorized by God. A marginal cross-reference in the MT, however, suggests a figural reading ...

Nathan's Oracle (2 Samuel 7) and Its Interpreters

Jul 01, 2008; Miscall, Peter D ... MICHAEL AVIOZ, Nathan's Oracle (2 Samuel 7) and Its Interpreters (Bern: Peter Lang, 2005). Pp. xx + 230. $48.95. Avioz analyzes David's dynastic oracle in 2 Samuel as it stands and then looks at the parallels and allusions to it in 1 Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. (The text of 2 Samuel 7 ...

Qohelet on Life "Under the Sun"

Jul 01, 2008; Janzen, J Gerald ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) THE EXPRESSION "UNDER THE SUN"- ...-is a signature idiom in the Book of Ecclesiastes, occurring twenty-nine times there in contrast to its absence in the rest of the OT. Conversely, the expression "under the heavens" occurs sixteen times ...

Paraenesis, Identity-defining Norms, or Both? Galatians 5:13-6:10 in the Light of Social Identity Theory

Jul 01, 2008; Ukwuegbu, Bernard O ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) GALATIANS 5:13-6:10 has been generally treated under the genre of ... ("paraenesis") in the history of biblical interpretation. As a genre of form criticism, paraenesis was introduced by Martin Dibelius over four decades ago to describe a ...

Betrothal Journey Narratives

Jul 01, 2008; Martin, Michael W ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) IN THIS STUDY I aim to identify and define a convention of biblical literature I call the betrothal journey narrative. The betrothal journey narrative is an archetypal narrative pattern repeatedly employed in biblical literature, often ...

2 Corinthians and the Pistis Christou Debate

Jul 01, 2008; Schenck, Kenneth ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) By now the ... debate is a path so well trodden ingly difficult to believe that any new insight will emerge that has not already received at least passing mention in one or another of the major treatments thus far. As is well rehearsed, ...

Welcome Back, Daughter of Zion!

Jul 01, 2008; Floyd, Michael H ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) IN 1965, W. F. Stinespring published an article arguing that the phrase ... should be understood as an appositional genitive. According to Stinespring, the two nouns ... and ... do not have the possessive relationship that is typically ...

Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey

Jul 01, 2008; Lessing, Reed ... BRYAN E. BEYER, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007). Pp. 303. Paper $24.99. The Book of Isaiah is one of the most complex and theologically significant books in the Hebrew Bible. Beyer's book seeks to make its message ...

The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah

Jul 01, 2008; Hayes, Katherine ... WALTER BRUEGGEMANN, The Theology of the Book of Jeremiah (Old Testament Theology; Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007). Pp. xviii + 213. Paper $18.99. This volume is part of a series intended to provide an ample venue for both describing the theology of a biblical book ...

Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith

Jul 01, 2008; Gnuse, Robert ... TERENCE E. FRETHEIM, Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith (Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament; Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2007). Pp. xviii + 262. $44.95. Terence Fretheim's close literary reading and theological commentary on the Genesis traditions of Abraham ...

Singing the Ethos of God: On the Place of Christian Ethics in Scripture

Jul 01, 2008; Elliott, Mark W ... BRIAN BROCK, Singing the Ethos of God: On the Place of Christian Ethics in Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007). Pp. xxii + 386. Paper $34. I have a problem with the word "ethos" in the title because Brock never seems to define it. The closest he gets to a definition is toward the ...

Mediating the Divine: Prophecy and Revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism

Jul 01, 2008; Collins, John J ... ALEX P. JASSEN, Mediating the Divine: Prophecy and Revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Judaism (STDJ 68; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2007). Pp. xix + 443. $195. In this revised dissertation (New York University, 2006), Jassen provides a comprehensive account of prophecy and ...

JHWH und die Unterwelt: Spuren einer Kompetenzausweitung JHWHs im Alten Testament

Jul 01, 2008; Lang, Bernhard ... GÖNKE EBERHARDT, JHWH und die Unterwelt: Spuren einer Kompetenzausweitung JHWHs im Alten Testament (FAT 2/23; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007). Pp. xii + 450. Paper euro79. The shades of the dead, resident in Sheol, do not praise Yhwh, because the netherworld is outside his sphere of ...

Gender, Power, and Persuasion: The Genesis Narratives and Contemporary Portraits

Jul 01, 2008; Steinberg, Naomi ... MIGNON R. JACOBS, Gender, Power, and Persuasion: The Genesis Narratives and Contemporary Portraits (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007). Pp. 272. Paper $21.99. In this book, Mignon Jacobs, professor of OT at Fuller Theological Seminary, contributes to the ongoing conversation intended to expose ...

From the Damascus Covenant to the Covenant of the Community: Literary, Historical, and Theological Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Jul 01, 2008; Goff, Matthew ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) STEPHEN HULTGREN, From the Damascus Covenant to the Covenant of the Community: Literary, Historical, and Theological Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls (STDJ 66; Leiden/ Boston: Brill, 2007). Pp. xvi + 621. $246. The author of this ...

Esther

Jul 01, 2008; Laniak, Timothy S ... LINDA DAY, Esther (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Nashville: Abingdon, 2005). Pp. xi + 177. Paper $25.50. Linda Day's commentary on Esther is a fitting addition to the Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries series. By design this series provides a compact summary of literary and ...

Ezra and Nehemiah

Jul 01, 2008; Redditt, Paul L ... MATTHEW LEVERING, Ezra and Nehemiah (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible; Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2007). Pp. 236. $29. The editors of mis series deliberately enlist theologians, not biblical scholars, to prepare the volumes in an attempt to recover the concern with Scripture shown ...

Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel

Jul 01, 2008; Hjelm, Ingrid ... MEGAN bishop moore, Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 435; London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. x + 205. $115. This book is a publication of Moore's dissertation, written at Emory University under the supervision ...

Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture

Jul 01, 2008; Gane, Roy E ... JAMES W. WATTS, Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture (Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007). Pp. xx + 257. $85. This is an important study that subsequent research on Leviticus and the development of the biblical canon should take seriously ....

After Eden: Church Fathers and Rabbis on Genesis 3:16-21

Jul 01, 2008; Cook, Joan E ... HANNEKE REULING, After Eden: Church Fathers and Rabbis on Genesis 3:16-21 (Jewish and Christian Traditions 10; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2006). Pp. xx + 371. $176. Reuling analyzes six patristic and rabbinic interpretations of Gen 3:16-21 in order to compare and contrast various ...