The Catholic Biblical Quarterly back issues from January 2001:
Paul, Judaism, and the revisionists
Jan 01, 2001; ... THERE ARE at least four ways in which Paul's relation to nonmessianic Judaism has been understood. (1) Judaism was legalistic; Paul was right in recognizing and opposing it (so the Protestant Reformers and many of their heirs).1 (2) Judaism was not legalistic and Paul or his interpreters got it ...
The identity of "the blind and the lame" (iwwer upiseah) in 2 Samuel 5:8b
Jan 01, 2001; ... A CLOSE EXAMINATION of the passage describing David's conquest of Jerusalem in 2 Sam 5:6-10 reveals a carefully crafted literary unit. In spite of its textual and exegetical difficulties, especially in vv. 6-8, the general sense seems clear, including the references to "the blind and the lame."1 ...
Had Ezekiel known Jeremiah personally?
Jan 01, 2001; ... IS IT POSSIBLE that the prophet Ezekiel had been personally acquainted with the prophet Jeremiah before being taken into exile in Babylon? Obviously there can be no direct answer to the question: neither of the books in question mentions the other prophet, and though there are obvious ...
Alleviation of suffering in the book of Tobit: Comedy, community, and happy endings
Jan 01, 2001; ... ProQuest Information and Learning: Foreign text omitted. ABANDONED by the gods, bereft of mother, father, and brothers, Sophocles' Antigone weighs death against the measure of her present sorrow. She cries out: Die I must; that I knew well even without your edicts. But if I am ...
"Life" redefined: Wisdom and law in Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch
Jan 01, 2001; ... IN THE Sayings of the Fathers (6:7) there appears the following reflection on the Torah that reads in part: Great is Torah, which gives life to those who practice it in this world and in the world to come, for it is said, For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all ...
"Under the law": The background of a Pauline expression
Jan 01, 2001; ... (ProQuest Information and Learning: foreign text omitted) THE PHRASE "under the Law," ..., appears eight times in the Pauline corpus and is especially prominent in Galatians (Gal 3:23; 4:4-5, 21; 5:18; cf. Rom 6:14-15; 1 Cor 9:20). This prominence becomes even more significant when it ...
Paul among the rustics: The Lystran episode (Acts 14:8-20) and Lucan apologetic
Jan 01, 2001; ... ProQuest Information and Learning: Foreign characters omitted. MANY EARLY critics of the Christian movement attempted to discredit the success of its missionary efforts by claiming that most of the converts were no more than uneducated and largely uncivilized "rustics," upon whose ...
I Salmi 20-21: Nel contesto delle preghiere regali
Jan 01, 2001; ... STANISLAW BAZYLINSKI, I Salmi 20-21: Nel contesto delle preghiere regali (Rome: Miscellanea Francescana, 1999). Pp. 414. Paper L45. This study of Psalms 20-21 is the doctoral dissertation that Bazylinski defended at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in December of 1998. B's study has ...
Elia und die Monolatrie: Ein Beitrag zur religionsgeschichtlichen Ruckfrage nach dem vorschriftprophetischen Jahwe-Glauben
Jan 01, 2001; ... MARTIN BECK, Elia and die Monolatrie: Ein Beitrag zur religionsgeschichtlichen Ruckfrage nach dem vorschriftprophetischen Jahwe-Glauben (BZAW 281; Berlin/ New York: de Gruyter, 1999). Pp. x + 322. DM 178. In this book Martin Beck, former student of Hans-Christoph Schmitt, seeks "to ...
The Prophets: A Liberation-Critical Reading
Jan 01, 2001; ... CAROL J. DEMPSEY, The Prophets: A Liberation-Critical Reading (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000). Pp. xiii + 211. Paper $20. Carol Dempsey (University of Portland) has contributed a volume to the series, "A Liberation-Critical Reading of the Old Testament" to which Alice Laffey and Dianne ...
The Peshitta and the Versions: A Study of the Peshitta Variants in Joshua 1-5 in Relation to Their Equivalents in the Ancient Versions
Jan 01, 2001; ... JOHANN E. ERBES, The Peshitta and the Versions: A Study of the Peshitta Variants in Joshua 1-5 in Relation to Their Equivalents in the Ancient Versions (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 16; Uppsala: Uppsala University Library, 1999). Pp. 375. Paper SEK 270 ....
1 and 2 Samuel
Jan 01, 2001; ... MARY J. EVANS, I and 2 Samuel (NIBC 6; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson; Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2000). Pp. xiv + 267. Paper $11.95. Mary Evans' commentary on the Book of Samuel is in the New International Biblical Commentary series, which is based on the New International Version and ...
Illusions et salut dans la predication prophetique de Jeremie
Jan 01, 2001; ... JOELLE FERRY, Illusions et salut dans la predication prophetique de Jeremie (BZAW 269; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1999). Pp. xiii + 428. DM 218. This monograph is the published form of a doctoral dissertation submitted to the theology faculty of the Institut Catholique de Paris and to ...
Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts
Jan 01, 2001; ... KELVIN G. FRIEBEL, Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts (JSOTSup 283; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). Pp. 535. 60, $90. Kelvin Friebel, in this contribution to the JSOT Supplemental Series, tackles the issue of prophetic sign-acts. This work, a significant revision of his 1989 ...
Les Douze Prophetes: Joel, Abdiou, Jonas, Naoum, Ambakoum, Sophonie
Jan 01, 2001; ... MARGUERITE HARL, CECILE DOGNIEZ, LAURECE BROTTIER, MICHEL CASEVITZ, and PIERRE SANDEVOIR (eds. & trans.), Les Douze Prophetess Joel, Abdiou, Jonas, Naoum, Ambakoum, Sophonie (La Bible d'Alexandrie 12.4-9; Paris: Editions du Cerf, 1999). Pp. 417. Paper N.P. This fine volume is the ...
The Three Biblical Altar Laws: Developments in the Sacrificial Cult in Practice and Theology; Political and Economic Background
Jan 01, 2001; ... PAUL HEGER, The Three Biblical Altar Laws: Developments in the Sacrificial Cult in Practice and Theology; Political and Economic Background (BZAW 279; Berlin/ New York: de Gruyter, 1999). Pp. xi + 463. DM 238. This volume, though organized around three passages in the Torah requiring ...
Der Gott des Alten Testaments: Wesen und Wirken. Theologie des Alten Testaments, Teil 2: Jahwe, der Gott Israels, Schopfer der Welt und des Menschen
Jan 01, 2001; ... OTTO KAISER, Der Gott des Alten Testaments: Wesen and Wirken. Theologie des Alten Testaments, Teil 2: Jahwe, der Gott Israels, Schopfer der Welt and des Menschen (UniTaschenbucher fur Wissenschaft 2024; Gottingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1998). Pp. 320. DM 36.80. In this brief review ...
Wort Gottes und Schuld Israels: Untersuchungen zu Motiven deuteronomistischer Theologie im Deuterojesajabuch mit einem Ausblick auf das Verhaltnis von Jes 40-55 zum Deuteronomismus
Jan 01, 2001; ... ANIJE: LABAHN, Wort Gottes and Schuld Israels: Untersuchungen zu Motiven deuteronomistischer Theologie im, Deuterojesajabuch mit einem Ausblick auf das Verhaltnis von Jes 40-55 zum Deuteronornisnus (BWA[N]T 143/8, 3; Stuttgart/Berlin/ Cologne: Kohlhammer, 1999). Pp. 320. Paper DM 70,60 ....
Cultic Sites in the Tribe of Benjamin: Benjaminite Prominence in the Religion of Israel
Jan 01, 2001; ... SCOTT M. LANGSTON, Cultic Sites in the Tribe of Benjamin: Benjaminite Prominence in the Religion of Israel (American University Studies, series 7: Theology and Religion 2000; Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York: Lang, 1998). Pp. [ix] + 275. $46.95. Langston seeks to sort out the complex ...
Ruth / Esther
Jan 01, 2001; ... TOD LINAFELT, Ruth, and TIMOTHY K. BEAL, Esther (Bent Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 1999). Pp. xxv + 90; xxii + 130. $34.95. This work is one of the most recent offerings in the Berit Olam series begun by The Liturgical ...
Surviving Lamentations: Catastrophe, Lament, and Protest in the Afterlife of a Biblical Book
Jan 01, 2001; ... TOD LINAFELT, Surviving Lamentations: Catastrophe, Lament, and Protest in the Afterlife of a Biblical Book (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000). Pp. x + 180. Cloth $30.00. In this remarkable book, Linafelt reads Lamentations "after" the post-Holocaust literature of survival ...
The Evasive Text: Zechariah 1-8 and the Frustrated Reader
Jan 01, 2001; ... MARK CAMERON LOVE, The Evasive Text: Zechariah 1-8 and the Frustrated Reader (JSOTSup 296; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). Pp. 265. 49, $82. Love divides his work into three sections. The "(Ante)Thesis" consists of three chapters in which he defines his approach, the ...
Meine Starke und mein Schutz is der Herr: Poetologisch-theologische Studie zu Psalm 118
Jan 01, 2001; ... MARTIN MARK, Meine Starke and mein Schutz is der Herr: Poetologisch-theologische Studie zu Psalm 118 (FB 92; Wurzburg: Echter Verlag, 1999). Pp. 550. Paper DM 64. This monograph by Martin Mark began as the author's dissertation at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz (Catholic ...
Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords in North-West Semitic
Jan 01, 2001; ... YOSHIYUKI MUCHIKI, Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords in North-West Semitic (SBLDS 173; Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1999). Pp. xxv + 357. $48. This work offers more than the title suggests. In this revision of his 1990 dissertation, Muchiki catalogs the Egyptian names and words occurring ...
Praying by the Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism
Jan 01, 2001; ... JUDITH H. NEWMAN, Praying by the Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism (SBLEJL 14; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1999). Pp. x + 283. $49. This book is a revision of a 1996 Harvard doctoral dissertation. Newman, the author, defines scripturalization as ". . . the ...
Teologia dell'Antico Testamento
Jan 01, 2001; ... MARCO NOBILE, Teologia dell Antico Testamento (Logos, Corso di Studi Biblici 8/1; Leumann (Torino): Editrice Elle di Ci, 1998). Pp. 261. N.P. The purpose of the Logos series is to provide biblical resources for advanced students of the Bible from Italian scholars. Volume 8/2 will ...
Exodus 1-18: A New Translation and Commentary
Jan 01, 2001; ... WILLIAM H. C. PROPP, Exodus 1-18: A New Translation and Commentary (AB 2; New York/London/Toronto: Doubleday, 1999). Pp. xl + 680. $44.95. Given the central role of the exodus in late-twentieth-century biblical scholarship, it is surprising how few comprehensive, critical commentaries ...
Zemah and Zerubbabel: Messianic Expectations in the Early Postexilic Period
Jan 01, 2001; ... WOLTER H. ROSE, Zemah and Zerubbabel: Messianic Expectations in the Early Postexilic Period (JSOTSup 304; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). Pp. 285. $82.50. ProQuest Information and Learning: Foreign characters omitted( ...) In this revision of a D.Phil. dissertation ...
The Holiness Legislation: Studies in the Priestly Code
Jan 01, 2001; ... BARUCH J. SCHWARTZ, The Holiness Legislation: Studies in the Priestly Code (Jerusalem: Magnes/The Hebrew University Press, 1999). Pp. [viii] + 448 + [vi]. N.P. Hebrew. The last decade has brought a revolution to the study of the priestly code. On the one hand, the long-awaited ...
La voce di Dio: Per capire i Profeti
Jan 01, 2001; ... AMBROGIO SPREAFICO, La voce di Dio: Per capire i Profeti (Studi biblici 33; Rome: Edizioni Dehoniane, 1998). Pp. 296. Paper Lit. 34.000. Spreafico combines a historical-critical rehearsal of themes traditionally found in introductions to prophetic literature with a literary-critical ...
Theology, History, and Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah
Jan 01, 2001; ... ANDREW G. VAUGHN, Theology, History, and Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah (Archaeology and Biblical Studies 4; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1999). Pp. xviii + 240. Paper $39. This monograph is a revised doctoral dissertation written under the supervision of Patrick D ....
Reading Law: The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch
Jan 01, 2001; ... JAMES W. WATTS, Reading Law: The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch (Biblical Seminar 59; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). Pp. 189. Paper 14.95, $19.95. This well-researched book joins an expanding bibliography on rhetoric and the Hebrew Bible. The particular focus on law ...
Micah
Jan 01, 2001; ... EHUD BEN ZVI, Micah (FOTL 21B; Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2000). Pp. xvi + 189. Paper $35. Ben Zvi makes his focus the final form of Micah and its reception by its original audience. This approach results in, or from, a number of basic observations. First, B.Z. concentrates on ...
Academic Constraints in Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament: An Introduction to a Rhetoric of Power
Jan 01, 2001; ... J. DAVID HESTER AMADOR, Academic Constraints in Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament: An Introduction to a Rhetoric of Power (JSNTSup 174; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). Pp. 354. 55, $85. This dissertation, presented to the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley in ...
Health Care and the Rise of Christianity
Jan 01, 2001; ... HECTOR AVALOS, Health Care and the Rise of Christianity (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999). Pp. ix + 166. Paper $12.95. This short book about the health-care system of early Christianity continues Avalos's interest in combining medical anthropology and biblical studies, while his large ...
L'Enigme de la lettre aux Ephesiens
Jan 01, 2001; ... M.-E. BOISMARD, O.P., L'Enigme de la lettre aux Ephesiens (EBib ns 39; Paris: Gabalda, 1999). Pp. 189. Paper 160F. After completing in 1997 a source-critical study of the Lucan infancy narrative, M.-E. Boismard, a professor emeritus at the Ecole biblique et archeologique franqaise in ...
Jewish Temple Imagery in the Book of Revelation
Jan 01, 2001; ... ROBERT A. BRIGGS, Jewish Temple Imagery in the Book of Revelation (Studies in Biblical Literature 10; Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York: Lang, 1999). Pp. xvi + 275. $49.95. This monograph is a revision of Robert A. Briggs's doctoral dissertation presented at The Southern Baptist ...
The Son of Man Debate: A History and Evaluation
Jan 01, 2001; ... DELBERT BURKETT, The Son of Man Debate: A History and Evaluation (SNTSMS 107; Cambridge/New York/Oakleigh: Cambridge University Press, 1999). Pp. xiv + 176. $54.95. Delbert Burkett has provided NT scholars with a much-needed synthesis and evaluation of the complex Son of Man debate. B ....
Gli inni di Paolo: Una sinfonia a Cristo Signore
Jan 01, 2001; ... ALFIO MARCELLO BUSCEMI, Gli inni di Paolo: Una sinfonia a Cristo Signore (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Analecta 48; Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 2000). Pp. [viii] + 189. Paper $20. Buscemi picks four "hymns" from the Pauline corpus containing a significant focus on Christ, ...
Sexual Ethics and the New Testament: Behavior and Belief
Jan 01, 2001; ... RAYMOND F. COLLINS, Sexual Ethics and the New Testament: Behavior and Belief (Companions to the New Testament; New York: Crossroad, 2000). Pp. xvi + 200. Paper $17.95. One of the most important directives of the Second Vatican Council was that moral theology "should draw more fully on ...
Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Jan 01, 2001; ... BART D. EHRMAN, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (New York/ Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999). Pp. xi + 274. $25. Bart Ehrman's compelling study of Jesus as an eschatologically minded prophet breaks little new ground in the current historical Jesus debates, but does ...
Conflict and Authority in Luke 19:47 to 21:4
Jan 01, 2001; ... BLAKE R. GRANGAARD, Conflict and Authority in Luke 19:47 to 21:4 (Studies in Biblical Literature 8; Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York: Lang, 1999). Pp. xiii + 236. $49.95. Grangaard reexamines conflict in Luke in this slightly revised version of his dissertation, composed under Jack Dean ...
Jesus, Justice, and the Reign of God: A Ministry of Liberation
Jan 01, 2001; ... WILLIAM R. HERZOG II, Jesus, Justice, and the Reign of God: A Ministry of Liberation (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000). Pp. xvi + 316. Paper $26.95. A companion piece to Herzog's Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed (Louisville: Westminster ...
Limited and Universal Salvation: A Text-Oriented and Hermeneutical Study of Two Perspectives in Paul
Jan 01, 2001; ... SVEN HILLERT, Limited and Universal Salvation: A Text-Oriented and Hermeneutical Study of Two Perspectives in Paul (ConBT 31: Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1999). Pp. 272. Paper SEK 206. The purpose of the present work, the author's doctoral dissertation presented at Uppsala ...
Unveiling Empire: Reading Revelation Then and Now
Jan 01, 2001; ... WES HOWARD BROOK and ANTHONY GWYTHER, Unveiling Empire: Reading Revelation Then and Now (Bible and Liberation; Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1999). Pp xxxi + 313. Paper $24. Wes Howard-Brook, American, is Program Director for the Intercommunity Center in Seattle and conducts adult Bible study; ...
Integrating Women into Second Temple History
Jan 01, 2001; ... TAL ILAN, Integrating Women into Second Temple History (TSAJ 76; Tubingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1999). Pp. xiii + 296. DM 168. Tal Ilan sets out to return women to the history of Second Temple Judaism. Rightly noting that the sources (and most histories since then) basically either ignore ...
God, Israel, and the Gentiles: Rhetoric and Situation in Romans 9-11
Jan 01, 2001; ... JOHANN D. KIM, God, Israel, and the Gentiles: Rhetoric and Situation in Romans 9-11 (SBLDS 176; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 1999). Pp. xvii + 178. $45. In this dissertation, completed under the supervision of Paul Achtemeier at Union Theological Seminary in 1999, ...
The Religious Contex of Early Christianity: A Guide to Graeco-Roman Religions
Jan 01, 2001; ... HANS-JOSEF KLAUCK, The Religious Context of Early Christianity: A Guide to Graeco-- Roman Religions (trans. Brian McNeil; Studies of the New Testament and Its World; Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2000). Pp. xxvii + 516. $59.95. Klauck, formerly Professor of NT Exegesis at Munich, now at ...
The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
Jan 01, 2001; ... DENNIS P. MACDONALD, The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark (New Haven/ London: Yale University Press, 2000). Pp. x + 262. $30. The thesis of this book is that "the author of the earliest gospel ... used the Odyssey as his primary literary inspiration but also imitated Books 22 and 24 ...
The Cultic Origins of Christianity: The Dynamics of Religious Development
Jan 01, 2001; ... W. W. MEISSNER, S.J., The Cultic Origins of Christianity: The Dynamics of Religious Development (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 2000). Pp. xxxiv + 261. Paper $27.95. Meissner, a psychoanalyst by training, attempts to conduct an interdisciplinary investigation of the ...
"Zerstort die Werke der Weiblichkeit!": Maria Magdalena, Salome und andere Jungerinne Jesus in christlich-gnostischen Schriften
Jan 01, 2001; ... SILKE PERERSEN, "Zerstort die Werke der Weiblichkeit!": Maria Magdalena, Salome and andere Angerinnen Jesus in christlich-gnostischen Schriften (NH[M]S 48; Leiden/ New York/Cologne: Brill, 1999). Pp. ix + 383. NLG 211,56, $118. This revision of a Hamburg dissertation is a model of ...
Deconstructing Jesus
Jan 01, 2001; ... ROBERT M. PRICE, Deconstructing Jesus (Amherst/New York: Prometheus Books, 2000). Pp. 285. $31.95. Robert M. Price has found that some recent NT historical criticism comes close to the conclusions of much earlier work, especially that of the history of religions school, in terms of ...
The First and Second Letters to Timothy: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary
Jan 01, 2001; ... JEROME D. QUINN and WILLIAm c. WACKER, The First and Second Letters to Timothy: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary (Eerdmans Critical Commentary; Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2000). Pp. lxxvii + 918. $65. A great debt of gratitude is owed William Wacker for his work in ...
Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence
Jan 01, 2001; ... ROBERT E. VAN VOORST, Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence (Studying the Historical Jesus; Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2000). Pp. xiv + 248. Paper $22. Van Voorst's claimed purpose is to present in one place, in fresh translation, with ...
The Voice of Jesus in the Social Rhetoric of James
Jan 01, 2001; ... WESLEY HIRAM WACHOB, The Voice of Jesus in the Social Rhetoric of James (SNTSMS 106; Cambridge/New York/Oakleigh: Cambridge University Press, 2000). Pp. xiv + 251. $59.95. If the spate of recent commentaries and monographs on the letter of James is any indication, it will soon be no ...
Aus Israels Mitte--Heil fur die Welt: Eine narrativ-exegetische Studie zur Theologie des Lukas
Jan 01, 2001; ... GUNTER WASSERBERG, Aus Israels Mitte - Heil Ar die Well.- Eine narrativ-exegetische Studie zur Theologie des Lukas (BZNW 92; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1998). Pp. xviii + 418. DM 198. This study on the theology of Luke was presented as the author's dissertation in the autumn of 1996 ...
Lectures et relectures de la Bible: Festschrift P.-M. Bogaert
Jan 01, 2001; ... J.-M. AUWERS and A. WENIN (eds.), Lectures et relectures de la Bible: Festschrift P.-M. Bogaert (BETL 144; Leuven: Leuven University Press/Peeters, 1999). Pp. xlii + 482. Paper 3000 BF. Many years ago I had the privilege of working with Pierre-Maurice Bogaert, O.S.B. (and J. Cazeaux and ...
The Labour of Reading: Desire, Alienation, and Biblical Interpretation. The Essays in this Volume Are Presented in Honour of Robert C. Culley at the Time of His Retirement
Jan 01, 2001; ... FIONA C. BLACK, ROLAND BOER, and ERIN RUNIONS (eds.), The Labour of Reading: Desire, Alienation, and Biblical Interpretation. The Essays in this Volume Are Presented in Honour of Robert C. Culley at the Time of His Retirement (SBLSS 36; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 1999). Pp. xii + ...
Recycling Biblical Figures: Papers Read at a Noster Colloquium in Amsterdam, 12-13 May 1997
Jan 01, 2001; ... (ProQuest Information and Learning: Foreign characters omitted.) ATHALYA BRENNER and JAN WILLEM VAN HENTEN (eds.), Recycling Biblical Figures: Papers Read at a Noster Colloquium in Amsterdam, 12-13 May 1997 (Studies in Theology and Religion 1; Leiden: Deo Publishing, 1999). Pp. xv + ...
Rethinking Contexts, Rereading Texts: Contributions from the Social Sciences to Bliblical Interpretation
Jan 01, 2001; ... M. DANIEL CARROLL R. (ed.), Rethinking Contexts, Rereading Texts: Contributions from the Social Sciences to Biblical Interpretation (JSOTSup 299; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). Pp. 273. L49, $82. This collection of ten essays includes: M. Daniel Carroll R., "Introduction: ...
Chronicles and Exodus: An Analogy and Its Application
Jan 01, 2001; ... WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, Chronicles and Exodus: An Analogy and Its Application (JSOTSup 275; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998). Pp. 331. L46, $75. In this collection of essays, Johnstone works with two contemporary tendencies for describing the process of Pentateuchal formation: ...
The Dead Sea Scrolls at Fifty: Proceedings of the 1997 Society of Biblical Literature Qumran Section Meetings
Jan 01, 2001; ... ROBERT A. KUGLER and EILEEN M. SCHULLER (eds.), The Dead Sea Scrolls at Fifty: Proceedings of the 1997 Society of Biblical Literature Qumran Section Meetings (SBLEJL 15; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1999). Pp. viii + 227. Paper $49.95. The "golden anniversary" of the discovery of the Dead ...
Medicine in the Biblical Background and Other Essays on the Orings of Hebrew
Jan 01, 2001; ... ROBERT NORTH, S.J., Medicine in the Biblical Background and Other Essays on the Origins of Hebrew (AnBib 142; Rome: Biblical Institute, 1999). Pp. 192. Paper Lit. 25.000, $14. This volume contains updated versions of six previously published essays: "Medicine and Healing in the Old ...
Those Elusive Deuteronomists: The Phenomenon of Pan-Deuteronomism
Jan 01, 2001; ... LINDA SCHEARING and STEVEN L. MCKENZIE (eds.), Those Elusive Deuteronomists: The Phenomenon of Pan-Deuteronomism (JSOTSup 268; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). Pp. 288. 50, $85. In this book one of the more interesting developments in OT study is addressed-the application of ...
Jesus Two Thousand Years later
Jan 01, 2001; ... JAMES H. CHARLESWORTH and WALTER P. WEAVER (eds.), Jesus Two Thousand Years Later (Faith and Scholarship Colloquies; Harrisburg, PA: Trinity, 2000). Pp. xi + 130. Paper $14. The four papers printed in this volume were originally presented in 1998 at Florida Southern's Biblical ...