The Catholic Biblical Quarterly back issues from April 2005:
Written That You May Believe: John 20 and Narrative Rhetoric
Apr 01, 2005; ... JOHN 20 IS A CHAPTER of climax. The disciples experience the risen Lord and see his glory (20:19-20). They are given the Spirit and are sent out as he was sent (20:21-23). The chapter ends with a paradigmatic confession by Thomas, "My Lord and my God!" (20:28), and the epitome of christological ...
The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Interpretation
Apr 01, 2005; ... GEORGE ATHAS, The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Interpretation (JSOTSup 360; Copenhagen International Seminar 12; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002). Pp. xii + 331. $165. Athas here publishes his doctoral dissertation, which was submitted to the University of ...
1 Samuel
Apr 01, 2005; ... ANTONY F. CAMPBELL, S.J., 1 Samuel (FOIL 7; Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2003). Pp. xviii + 350. Paper $55. As part of the Forms of the Old Testament Literature series, Campbell's commentary on 1 Samuel follows its format of Structure (an outline), Textual Issues, Discussion, Genre, ...
The Psalms: A Historical and Spiritual Commentary, with an Introduction and New Translation
Apr 01, 2005; ... JOHN EATON, The Psalms: A Historical and Spiritual Commentary, with an Introduction and New Translation (London/New York: Clark, 2003). Pp. x + 536. $49.95. John Baton's previous publications on the Psalms will be known to many readers of this journal and are indicative of some of his ...
Der barmherzige und gnädige Gott: Die Gnadenrede vom Sinai (Exodus 34, 6-7) und ihre Parallelen im alten Testament und seiner Umwelt
Apr 01, 2005; ... MATTIAS FRANZ, Der barmherzige und gnädige Gott: Die Gnadenrede vom Sinai (Exodus 34, 6-7) und ihre Parallelen Im alten Testament und seiner Umwelt (BWA(N)T 160/20; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2003). Pp. x + 294. Paper euro35. The study is a dissertation written for Marburg University and ...
The Book of Ezekiel
Apr 01, 2005; ... MOSHE H. GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN and SHEMARYAHU TALMON (eds.), The Book of Ezekiel (Hebrew University Bible Project; Jerusalem: Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2004). Pp. 40-1-231+lxi. $90. The Hebrew University Bible Project (HUBP) was the vision of the late Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, who ...
The Old Testament Apocrypha: An Introduction
Apr 01, 2005; ... OTTO KAISER, The Old Testament Apocrypha: An Introduction (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2004). Pp. xiv + 125. Paper $16.95. Three issues arise from a reading of this volume. The first issue concerns Kaiser's choices of which books to include. K. discusses every book in the Vg, an obvious ...
The Temple Mount: Where Is the Holy of Holies?
Apr 01, 2005; ... ASHER SELlG KAUFMAN, The Temple Mount: Where Is the Holy of Holies? (Temple of Jerusalem 3; Jerusalem: Har Yera'eh Press, 2004). Pp. xxxii + 184. $40. The book is the labor of love of Asher Kaufman, a physicist who has made a huge interdisciplinary leap into the world of archaeology. A ...
How the Bible Became a Book: Textualization of Ancient Israel
Apr 01, 2005; ... WILLIAM M. SCHNIEDEWIND, How the Bible Became a Book: Textualization of Ancient Israel (Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004). Pp. xiv + 257. $27. This is one instance when the subtitle of a work is crucial to understanding the author's purpose. The word "book" in the ...
Targum and Translation: A Reconsideration of the Qumran Aramaic Version of Job
Apr 01, 2005; ... DAVID SHEPHERD, Targum and Translation: A Reconsideration of the Qumran Aramaic Version of Job (SSN 45; Assen: Van Gorcum, 2004). Pp. x + 317. euro79.50. In this volume Shepherd presents the results of his doctoral research done under the direction of Timothy Lim and Peter Hayman. In the ...
The Book of Tobit: Texts from the Principal Ancient and Medieval Traditions: With Synopsis, Concordances, and Annotated Texts in Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac
Apr 01, 2005; ... STUART WEEKS, SIMON GATHERCOLE, and LOREN STUCKENBRUCK (eds.), The Book of Tobit: Texts from the Principal Ancient and Medieval Traditions: With Synopsis, Concordances, and Annotated Texts in Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac (Fontes et Subsidia 3; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2004). Pp ....
Poor Banished Children of Eve: Woman as Evil in the Hebrew Bible
Apr 01, 2005; ... GALE A. YEE, Poor Banished Children of Eve: Woman as Evil in the Hebrew Bible (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003). Pp. xii + 298. Paper $24. Yee has written a book that, as Walter Brueggemann states, "significantly advances our critical thinking about the ways in which ideology permeates ...
Christ as Devotio: The Argument of Galatians 3:1-14
Apr 01, 2005; ... BASIL S. DAVIS, Christ as Devotio: The Argument of Galatians 3:1-14 (Lanhatn, MD/New York/Oxford: University Press of America, 2002). Pp. [iv] + 270. $68. There are few Pauline texts more difficult to penetrate than the one examined in this revised dissertation, supervised by Harold W ....
Food Offered to Idols in Roman Corinth: A Social-Rhetorical Reconsideration of 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1
Apr 01, 2005; ... JOHN FOTOPOULOS, Food Offered to Idols in Roman Corinth: A Social-Rhetorical Reconsideration ofl Corinthians 8:1-11:1 (WUNT 2/151; Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003). Pp. xiv +298. Paper euro54. This volume is a revised and enlarged version of John Fotopoulos's doctoral dissertation ...
Die Gottesvorstellung im Markusevangelium
Apr 01, 2005; ... GUDRUN GUTTENBERGER, Die Gottesvorstellung Im Markusevangelium (BZNW 123; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2004). Pp. x + 477. $142. After a long, detailed chapter on the history of interpretation of Mark and the method of the present study, Gudrun Guttenberger sets out to discuss the image ...
Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics
Apr 01, 2005; ... CHARLES W. HEDRICK, Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern Critics (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2004). Pp. xvi + 142. Paper $19.95. Many years ago, while working in parish education, I came across a Sunday School text from the early 190Os. Its explication of the parable of ...
Giudei o cristiani? I seguaci di Gesù in cerca di una propria identità
Apr 01, 2005; ... GIORGIO JOSSA, Giudei o cristiani? I seguaci di Gesù in cerca di una propria identità (Studi biblici 142; Brescia: PaideiaEditrice, 2004). Pp. 206. Paper euro16.80. The three lengthy chapters of this treatise deal with the Jews from 4 B.C. to A.D. 100, Christians from A.D. 30 to 100, and ...
Joseph Barnabas: His Life and Legacy
Apr 01, 2005; ... BERND KOLLMANN, Joseph Barnabas: His Life and Legacy (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003). Pp. vii + 68. Paper$12.95. In this translation of Joseph Barnabas: Leben und Wirkungsgeschichte [SBS 175; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1998], Bernd Kollmann attempts to reclaim Barnabas ...
The Septuagint, Sexuality, and the New Testament: Case Studies on the Impact of the LXX in Philo and the New Testament
Apr 01, 2005; ... WILLIAM LOADER, The Septuagint, Sexuality, and the New Testament: case Studies on the Impact of the LXX in Philo and the New Testament (Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2004). Pp. x + 163. Paper $20. In this detailed study, Loader asks, "[T]o what extent has the way that the LXX text ...
Beyond the Passion: Rethinking the Death and Life of Jesus
Apr 01, 2005; ... STEPHEN J. PATTERSON, Beyond the Passion: Rethinking the Death and Life of Jesus (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004). Pp. x + 161. Paper $18. Stephen Patterson notes in the introduction that he was moved to write the book after being asked by a member of the audience, "Is Jesus dead?" For P., ...
Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way
Apr 01, 2005; ... WALTER WINK, Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way (Facets; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003). Pp. 117. $6. Walter Wink, best known for his work on the "powers" of the world and the Christian faith's challenge to those powers through human transformation, here offers a short and accessible ...
David and Zion: Biblical Studies in Honor of J. J. M. Roberts
Apr 01, 2005; ... BERNARD F. BATTO and KATHRYN L. ROBERTS (eds.), David and ZÎ'OTI: Biblical Studies in Honor of J. J. M. Roberts (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004). Pp. xxvi + 444. $49.50. A native Texan, Jimmy J. Roberts was educated at Abilene Christian College, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard ...
The Book of Esther in Modern Research
Apr 01, 2005; ... SIDNIE WHITE CRAWFORD and LEONARD J. GREENSPOON (eds.), The Book of Esther in Modern Research (JSOTSup 380; London/New York: Clark, 2003). Pp. xii + 266. $140. With the exception of the entry by Scott M. Langston, this book is a collection of papers presented at the Esther 2000 ...
Leqach 4: Mitteilungen und Beiträge
Apr 01, 2005; ... FORSCHUNGSSTELLE JUDENTUM THEOLOGISCHE FAKULTÄT, LEIPZIG (ed.), Leqach 4: Mitteilungen und Beiträge (Leipzig: Thomas, 2004). Pp. 170. Paper N.P. The title is meant to present reports and contributions of the research center concerning the study of Judaism under the aegis of the ...
One Scripture or Many? Canon from Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Perspectives
Apr 01, 2005; ... CHRISTINE HELMER and CHRISTOF LANDMESSER (eds.), One Scripture or Many? Canon from Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Perspectives (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Pp. xii + 249. $95. The following essays are included in this volume: Christine Helmer and Christof ...
The Earliest Text of the Hebrew Bible: The Relationship between the Masoretic Text and the Hebrew Base of the Septuagint Reconsidered
Apr 01, 2005; ... ADRIAN SCHENKER (ed.), The Earliest Text of the Hebrew Bible: The Relationship between the Masoretic Text and the Hebrew Base of the Septuagint Reconsidered (SBLSCS 52; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003). Pp. xii + 153. Paper $29.95. The Hebrew biblical manuscripts discovered ...
The Art of Reading Scripture
Apr 01, 2005; ... ELLEN F. DAVIS and RICHARD B. HAYS (eds.), The Art of Reading Scripture (Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2003). Pp. xx + 334. Paper $32. This collection grew out of "The Scripture Project," a four-year collaboration sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton. The ...
The Dharma of Jesus
Apr 01, 2005; ... GEORGE M. SOARES-PRABHU, The Dharma of Jesus (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2003). Pp. viii + 296. Paper $30. These essays, written by Soares-Prabhu in the 1970s through the 1990s, were all previously published in journals and collections of essays in India. This book brings them together in a ...
Early Christian Voices: In Texts, Traditions, and Symbols. Essays in Honor of François Bovon
Apr 01, 2005; ... DAVID H. WARREN, ANN GRAHAM BROCK, and DAVID w. PAO (eds.), Early Christian Voices: In Texts, Traditions, and Symbols. Essays in Honor of François Bovon (Biblical Interpretation Series 66; Boston/Leiden: Brill, 2003). Pp. xxiv + 471. $193. The thirty-two essays of this rich volume honor ...
Hosea and "the Son of the Living God" in Matthew 16:16b
Apr 01, 2005; ... MATTHEW'S GOSPEL is UNIQUE among the canonical Gospels in using the epithet "living God."' The first occurrence of the epithet is found in Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi (Matt 16:16b) and the second comes later in Jesus' trial before the Sanhedrin (26:63). My primary interest is in the ...
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum of Tokyo, Forty-eighth Annual Report
Apr 01, 2005; ... The work of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum told of in last year's report continued during the year 2004, namely, the revision and coordination of its individual thirty-seven volumes of the annotated translation published 1958 through 2002 in view of the publication of a one-volume edition of ...
Psalms 73-150
Apr 01, 2005; ... RICHARD J. CLIFFORD, Psalms 73-150 (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Nashville: Abingdon, 2003). Pp. 334. Paper $28. It is admittedly a difficult assignment to assess a single volume of a multivolume commentary. This book, including Books 3, 4, and 5 of the Psalter, follows Richard ...
Genesis' Numerology
Apr 01, 2005; ... MEIR BAR-ILAN, Genesis' Numerology (2nd ed.; Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University; Rehovot: Association for Jewish Astrology and Numerology, 2003). Pp. vi + 218. N.P. Hebrew. Gematria is eisegesis; numerology is exegesis. To explain the Hebrew Scriptures by means of the cryptographic ...
La visione contraddetta: La dialettica fra visibilità e non-visibilità divina nella Bibbia ebraica
Apr 01, 2005; ... ROBERTO FORNARA, La visione contraddetta: La dialettica fra visibilità e non-visibilità divina nella Bibbia ebraica (AnBib 155; Rome: Biblical Institute, 2004). Pp. 620. Paper euro32. In the OT, there are passages in which God is invisible, and there are passages in which God is visible ....
Old Testament Theology: Volume 1, Israel's Gospel
Apr 01, 2005; ... JOHN GOLDINGAY, Old Testament Theology: Volume 1, Israel's Gospel (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003). Pp. 940. $45. Israel's Gospel is the first of three volumes planned by John Goldingay. Since "the Old Testament faith expresses itself initially in a narrative," G.'s first volume ...
Elusions of Control: Biblical Law on the Words of Women
Apr 01, 2005; ... JIONE HAVEA, Elusions of Control: Biblical Law on the Words of Women (SBLSS 41; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003). Pp. xii + 223. Paper $29.95. Havea immediately assaults the reader's reason with disorienting neologisms. She proposes that we circumread transtextuality, ...
Gender Reversal and Cosmic Chaos: A Study in the Book of Ezekiel
Apr 01, 2005; ... S. TAMAR KAMIONKOWSKI, Gender Reversal and Cosmic Chaos: A Study in the Book of Ezekiel (JSOTSup 368; London/New York: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003). Pp. xii + 188. $95. Rather than providing a study of either gender reversal or chaos in the Book of Ezekiel as a whole, Kamionkowski ...
The God You Have: Politics and the First Commandment
Apr 01, 2005; ... PATRICK D. MILLER, The God You Have: Politics and the First Commandment (Facets; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004). Pp. x + 81. Paper $6. "This essay is the product of oral and written forays into thinking about the First Commandment." So begins Patrick D. Miller in this brief but amazingly ...
Die Vokale des Gesetzes: Die samaritanische Lesetradition als Textzeugin der Tora: Volume 1, Das Buch Genesis
Apr 01, 2005; ... STEFAN SCHORCH, Die Vokale des Gesetzes: Die samaritanische Lesetradition als Textzeugin der Tora: Volume 1, Das Buch Genesis (BZAW 339; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2004). Pp. x + 304. euro88. The Samaritans are today a group of about 650 people, almost equally divided between Kiryat ...
Africa and the Bible
Apr 01, 2005; ... EDWIN M. YAMAUCHI, Africa and the Bible (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004). Pp. 297. $26.99 Africa and the Bible contains essays by Edwin M. Yamauchi that examine Africa's presence in the Scriptures. Although scholars have devoted attention to this continent's importance for ancient ...
Women and the Historical Jesus: Feminist Myths of Christian Origins
Apr 01, 2005; ... KATHLEEN E. CORLEY, Women and the Historical Jesus: Feminist Myths of Christian Origins (Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge, 2002). Pp. [x] + 254. Paper $20. High on the list of books that students in biblical studies or theology were expected to read during the 1980s and 1990s was Elisabeth ...
Reading the Bible from the Margins
Apr 01, 2005; ... MIGUEL A. DE LA TORRE, Reading the Bible from the Margins (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002). Pp. xii + 196. Paper $20. In this volume De La Torre presents an introduction to the interpretation of the Bible from the perspective of what he terms "the margins" and from the method of what ...
The Theology of Paul's Letter to the Romans
Apr 01, 2005; ... KLAUS HAACKER, The Theology of Paul's Letter to the Romans (NTT; Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003). Pp. x + 183. Paper $20. Klaus Haacker's The Theology of Paul's Letter to the Romans is the final volume in Cambridge University Press's New Testament Theology series, a ...
Godly Fear: The Epistle to the Hebrews and Greco-Roman Critiques of Superstition
Apr 01, 2005; ... PATRICK GRAY, Godly Fear: The Epistle to the Hebrews and Greco-Roman Critiques of Superstition (SBL Academia Biblica 16; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003). Pp. xv+ 272. Paper $39.95. In this volume, a dissertation at Emory University under the direction of Carl Holladay, ...
What Is Gnosticism?
Apr 01, 2005; ... KAREN L. KING, What Is Gnosticism? (Cambridge/London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003). Pp. xiv + 343. $29.95. Karen L. King, professor of the History of Ancient Christianity at Harvard Divinity School, has written a book that is not for beginners. She presents neither a ...
The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church
Apr 01, 2005; ... CHARLES E. HILL, The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Pp. xiv + 531. $150. Seldom does one encounter a book that both challenges so trenchantly perspectives advocated by so many and makes the case so persuasively. Charles Hill, ...
Der Prozess des Paulus: Eine exegetische und rechtshistorische Untersuchung der Apostelgeschichte
Apr 01, 2005; ... HEIKE OMERZU, Der Prozess des Paulus: Eine exegetische und rechtshistorische Untersuchung der Apostelgeschichte (BZNW 115; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2002). Pp. xiii + 615. $166. In her introduction to this exegetical-juridical-historical study of Acts, Omerzu mourns the relative lack ...
Livre de Samuel et récits de résurrection: Le messie ressuscité «selon les Ecritures»
Apr 01, 2005; ... PHILIPPE LEFEBVRE, Livre de Samuel et récits de résurrection: Le messie ressuscité «selon les Ecritures» (LD 196; Paris: Cerf, 2004). Pp. 504. Paper euro46. This is a literary-theological study of 1 and 2 Samuel that examines the portrayals of Saul and David as the first "messiahs" of ...
Understanding the Book of Hebrews: The Story Behind the Sermon
Apr 01, 2005; ... KENNETH SCHENCK, Understanding the Book of Hebrews: The Story Behind the Sermon (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2003). Pp. viii + 144. Paper $19.95. Because historical inquiries into the Epistle to the Hebrews often end in a cul-de-sac, scholars in recent decades have turned to other ...
Psalms in Community: Jewish and Christian Textual, Liturgical, and Artistic Traditions
Apr 01, 2005; ... HAROLD W. ATTRIDGE and MARGOT E. FASSLER (eds.), Psalms in Community: Jewish and Christian Textual, Liturgical, and Artistic Traditions (SBLSymS 25; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003). Pp. xiii + 474. Paper $49.95. This unique volume had its genesis in a Tercentennial ...
From Prophecy to Testament: The Function of the Old Testament in the New
Apr 01, 2005; ... CRAIG A. EVANS (ed.), From Prophecy to Testament: The Function of the Old Testament in the New (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2004). Pp. xx + 280. $29.95. The use of the OT in the NT is a topic that time never exhausts, and the present treatise provides an entry into the subject as well as a ...
Sefer Moshe: The Moshe Weinfeld Jubilee Volume. Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Qumran, and Post-Biblical Judaism
Apr 01, 2005; ... CHAIM COHEN, AVI HURVITZ, and SHALOM M. PAUL (eds.), Sefer Moshe: TheMoshe Weinfeld Jubilee Volume. Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Qumran, and Post-Biblical Judaism (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2004). Pp. xlvi + 512. $49.50. This collection of essays in Bible, ancient ...
The Chronicler as Theologian: Essays in Honor of Ralph W. Klein
Apr 01, 2005; ... M. PATRICK GRAHAM, STEVEN L. MCKENZIE, and GARY N. KNOPPERS (eds.), The Chronicler as Theologian: Essays in Honor of Ralph W. Klein (JSOTSup 371 ; London/New York: Clark, 2003). Pp. xvi + 285. $180. This collection of articles is a fitting tribute to a scholar whose name has long been ...
The Wisdom Texts from Qumran and the Development of Sapiential Thought
Apr 01, 2005; ... C. HEMPEL, A. LANGE, and H. LICHTENBERGER (eds.), The Wisdom Texts from Qumran and the Development of Sapiential Thought (BETL 159; Leuven: Leuven University Press/ Peelers, 2002). Pp. xii + 502. Paper euro80. The contents of this collection are the following: Part 1, Introductory and ...
Marriage and Family in the Biblical World
Apr 01, 2005; ... KEN M. CAMPBELL (ed.), Marriage and Family in the Biblical World (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003). Pp. xvi + 286. Paper $22. Six authors here contribute to a helpful collection of essays-helpful, that is, except one. In chap. 1 ("Marriage and Family in the Ancient Near East," pp ....
Distant Voices Drawing Near: Essays in Honor of Antoinette Clark Wire
Apr 01, 2005; ... HOLLY E. HEARON (ed.), Distant Voices Drawing Near: Essays in Honor of Antoinette Clark Wire (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004). Pp. 280. Paper $29.95. To honor Antoinette Clark Wire's years of commitment to "giving voice to those whose voices have been obscured and marginalized" ...
Jesus and Gospel
Apr 01, 2005; ... GRAHAM N. STANTON, Jesus and Gospel (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004). Pp. xii +239. £15.95. Stanton is Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Fitzwilliam College. This new collection, which is not to be confused with his The ...