The Catholic Biblical Quarterly back issues from October 2007:
We Have Seen the Enemy, and He Is Only a "She": The Portrayal of Warriors as Women
Oct 01, 2007; ... (ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) HOW DO WARRIORS BEHAVE when they are about to lose a war? How do they feel when a lethal crisis threatens to overwhelm them? The Hebrew Bible gives two, seemingly similar answers. Warriors who are about to lose a war can be metaphorically ...
Different Perspectives on Divine Pathos: An Examination of Hermeneutics in Biblical Theology
Oct 01, 2007; ... ABRAHAM HESCHEL's BOOK THE PROPHETS is one of the most significant biblical works of the twentieth century. It bears primary responsibility for the importance that divine pathos has received in biblical and theological studies.1 Disrupting conventional notions of divine impassibility and ...
Malachi 3:24 and the Eschatological Restoration of the "Family"
Oct 01, 2007; ... THE AFRICA HALL IN ADDIS ABABA houses Afewerk Tekle's Africa: Past, Present, and Future (1959-61), a series of three stained glass windows telling the story of Africa's peoples. Intriguingly, Tekle depicts the disputatious nations of Africa's past as a scattered family. This family stands ...
The Alphabetic Acrostic in the Book of Lamentations
Oct 01, 2007; ... THE FIRST FOUR POEMS of the Book of Lamentations are in the form of alphabetical acrostics.1 Each poem has twenty-two verses: in chaps. 1, 2, and 3 there are three lines in each stanza; in chap. 4, two lines; and in chap. 5, one line. In Lamentations 1, 2, and 4, only the first letter of the ...
Episteusa, dio elalesa (2 Corinthians 4:13): Paul's Christological Reading of Psalm 115:1a LXX
Oct 01, 2007; ... RICHARD B. HAYS HAS ARGUED THAT, from early on, Christians read certain psalms as utterances of Christ.1 He notes that the NT offers ample evidence of this hermeneutical convention. Paul, the Synoptic writers, John, and the author of Hebrews all make use of this interpretive tradition.2 What ...
Christos as Pistos: The Faith(fulness) of Jesus in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Oct 01, 2007; ... No small number of contemporary Pauline interpreters are now inclined to render (and similar expressions in Paul's letters) as the "faith(fulness) of Christ" (the so-called subjective genitive reading).1 Although such a construal of is not a new development in Pauline studies, it continues to ...
In Memoriam: Robert G. North, S.J.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Robert North was born on March 25, 1916. In 1931, at age fifteen, he arrived at the novitiate of the Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus at Florissant, at that time a farm community on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, to begin his life as a Jesuit. He was fresh from high school ...
Writing the History of Israel
Oct 01, 2007; ... DIANE BANKS, Writing the History of Israel (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 438; London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. xiv + 248. $145. Banks locates significant OT historians in their respective intellectual contexts to demonstrate how the ideas of each of them resonated with ...
Report of the Seventieth International Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America
Oct 01, 2007; ... The seventieth international meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association of America was held August 4-7, 2007, at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. The opening general session was held on Saturday evening, August 4. The president of the university, Paul Locatelli, S.J., greeted ...
The Fulfilment of Doom: The Dialogic Interaction between the Book of Lamentations and Pre-Exilic/Early Exilic Prophetic Literature
Oct 01, 2007; ... ELIZABETH BOASE, The Fulfilment of Doom: The Dialogic Interaction between the Book of Lamentations and Pre-Exilic/Early Exilic Prophetic Literature (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 437; London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. x + 268. $145. Despite its exorbitant price, Boase's ...
Las características de la versión Siríaca de los Salmos (Sal 90-150 de la Peshitta)
Oct 01, 2007; ... IGNACIO CARBAJOSA, Las características de la versión Siríaca de los Salmos (Sal 90-150 de la Peshitta) (AnBib 162; Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 2006). Pp. 465. Paper euro 30. Originally submitted as a doctoral dissertation at the Pontifical Biblical Institute under the direction ...
The Bible after Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age
Oct 01, 2007; ... JOHN J. COLLINS, The Bible after Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005). Pp. x + 201. Paper $18. With candor and clarity, John Collins offers readers a remarkable work that addresses a current growing problem in the field of biblical studies and ...
4 Maccabees: Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Sinaiticus
Oct 01, 2007; ... DAVID A. DESILVA, 4 Maccabees: Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Sinaiticus (Septuagint Commentary Series; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2006). Pp. xliv + 303. $156. This volume by David deSilva represents, by his own admission, the culmination of a "longstanding research ...
Ambiguity in Ecclesiastes
Oct 01, 2007; ... DOUG Ingram, Ambiguity in Ecclesiastes (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 431; London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. xii + 299. $155. This timely and engaging study is a revision, with updated bibliography, of a 1996 University of Stirling Ph.D. dissertation supervised by Keith ...
Old Testament Theology, Volume 2, Israel's Faith
Oct 01, 2007; ... JOHN GOLDINGAY, Old Testament Theology, Volume 2, Israel's Faith (Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity; Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2006). Pp. 891. $45. This is the second volume of a proposed three-volume OT theology by John Goldingay. In the first volume G. considered the narrative ...
Competing for Honor: A Social-Scientific Reading of Daniel 1-6
Oct 01, 2007; ... SHANE KIRKPATRICK, Competing for Honor: A Social-Scientific Reading of Daniel 1-6 (BIS 74; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2006). Pp. xviii + 196. $127. This volume began as a Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Notre Dame under the direction of Eugene Ulrich. As such, it is a thoroughly ...
The Sanctuary of Bethel and the Configuration of Israelite Identity
Oct 01, 2007; ... JULES FRANCIS GOMES, The Sanctuary of Bethel and the Configuration of Israelite Identity (BZAW 368; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2006). Pp. xx + 303. euro78.50. In this Cambridge dissertation (supervised by Graham Davies), Gomes recognizes that there is no comprehensive study of the ...
Ethical Dimensions of the Prophets
Oct 01, 2007; ... JOSEPH JENSEN, O.S.B., Ethical Dimensions of the Prophets (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2006). Pp. xii + 203. Paper $24.95. In the estimate of some, what is of most theological and moral value in the OT is to be found in the books of the prophets. It is surprising, then, that ...
Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch
Oct 01, 2007; ... Russell E. GMIRKiN, Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 433; Copenhagen International Series 15; London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. xii + 332. $135. This is a strange book: on the ...
Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism
Oct 01, 2007; ... JONATHAN KLAWANS, Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006). Pp. xii + 372. $45. This new work is a worthy successor to Jonathan Klawans's first book, Impurity and Sin in Ancient ...
On the Reliability of the Old Testament
Oct 01, 2007; ... K. A. KITCHEN, On the Reliability of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2003). Pp. xii + 662. $45. The name of Kenneth Kitchen is well known to both biblical scholars and Egyptologists. The former will recall his earlier books, apologetic in nature, on the Hebrew Bible ...
Text & History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text
Oct 01, 2007; ... JENS BRUUN KOFOED, Text & History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005). Pp. xiii + 298. $37.50. With publication of this revised version of his Ph.D. thesis, submitted to the University of Aarhus, Denmark, in 2002, Kofoed enters into ...
Untersuchungen zur verbalen Valenz im biblischen Hebräisch
Oct 01, 2007; ... MICHAEL MALESSA, Untersuchungen zur verbalen Valenz im biblischen Hebräisch (SSN 49; Assen: Van Gorcum, 2006). Pp. xiv + 248. euro85. Malessa's study of verbal valency (his dissertation, written at Leiden University and directed by Takamitsu Muraoka) fills a significant gap in research ...
The Levitical Authorship of Ezra-Nehemiah
Oct 01, 2007; ... KYUNG-JIN MIN, The Levitical Authorship of Ezra-Nehemiah (JSOTSup 409; London/New York: Clark, 2004). Pp. xii + 179. $110. In this revision of the author's dissertation (University of Durham, 2002, directed by Stuart Weeks), Min argues for Levitical authorship of Ezra-Nehemiah (E-N) ....
The IVP Atlas of Bible History
Oct 01, 2007; ... PAUL LAWRENCE, The IVP Atlas of Bible History (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006). Pp. 190. $40. Lawrence's work is a very attractive, large-format publication. It was originally published as The Lion Atlas of Bible History by Lion Hudson PLC, Oxford, England, in 1989. The ...
The End of Wisdom: A Reappraisal of the Historical and Canonical Function of Ecclesiastes
Oct 01, 2007; ... MARTIN A. SHIELDS, The End of Wisdom: A Reappraisal of the Historical and Canonical Function of Ecclesiastes (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006). Pp. xiv + 250. $37.50. In this revised Ph.D. thesis (University of Sydney, directed by Ian Young), Shields seeks to address the age-old ...
Sin, Impurity, Sacrifice, Atonement: The Priestly Conceptions
Oct 01, 2007; ... JAY SKLAR, Sin, Impurity, Sacrifice, Atonement: The Priestly Conceptions (Hebrew Bible Monographs 2; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2005). Pp. xii + 212. $30. This monograph is a revision of Sklar's dissertation, completed at the University of Gloucestershire, under the direction of ...
The Trial of Innocence: Adam, Eve, and the Yahwist
Oct 01, 2007; ... ANDRÉ LACOCQUE, The Trial of Innocence: Adam, Eve, and the Yahwist (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2006). Pp. xiv + 299. Paper $30. This book by LaCocque is an important contribution to the numerous studies on the story of paradise. L. first offers his translation of Gen 2:4b-4:1. He includes 4:1 ...
Sacrifice and Symbol: Biblical Selamîm in a Ritual Perspective
Oct 01, 2007; ... MARTIN MODÉUS, Sacrifice and Symbol: Biblical Selamîm in a Ritual Perspective (ConBOT 52; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 2005). Pp. 459. Paper SEK 190. In this dissertation (University of Lund, 2005; Tryggve N. D. Mettinger and Sten Hidal, co-advisors), Modéus argues that the ...
"Salvaci, Dio dell'Universo!" Studio dell'eucologia di Sir 36H, 1-17
Oct 01, 2007; ... MARIA CARMELA PALMISANO, "Salvaci, Dio dell'Universo!" Studio dell'eucologia di Sir 36H, 1-17 (AnBib 163; Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 2006). Pp. 468. Paper euro33. Palmisano wrote this dissertation under the direction of Maurice Gilbert and defended it at the Biblical Institute ...
The Exile and the Prophet's Wife: Historic Events and Marginal Perspectives
Oct 01, 2007; ... JOHANNA STIEBERT, The Exile and the Prophet's Wife: Historic Events and Marginal Perspectives (Interfaces; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2005). Pp. xxv + 130. Paper $14.95. As part of a series "designed for college students" and aiming to "provide young adults with relevant ...
The Standard Babylonian Creation Myth Enuma Elis: Introduction, Cuneiform Text, Transliteration, and Sign List with a Translation and Glossary in French
Oct 01, 2007; ... PHILIPPE TALON, The Standard Babylonian Creation Myth Enuma Elis: Introduction, Cuneiform Text, Transliteration, and Sign List with a Translation and Glossary in French (State Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts 4; Helsinki: University of Helsinki Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2005). Pp. xx ...
The Legend of the Septuagint: From Classical Antiquity to Today
Oct 01, 2007; ... ABRAHAM WASSERSTEIN and DAVID J. WASSERSTEIN, The Legend of the Septuagint: From Classical Antiquity to Today (Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006). Pp, xviii + 334. $75. The subject of this monograph is not the origins of the LXX, but rather what became of the legendary ...
Jesaia 56-66
Oct 01, 2007; ... BURKARD M. ZAPFT, Jesaia 56-66 (NEchtB Altes Testament 37; Würzburg: Echter, 2006). Pp. iv + 343-444. Paper euro17.40. In this addition to Die neue Echter Bibel commentary series with the official German Catholic translation, Die Einheitsübersetzung, Zapff regards Isaiah 56-66 as ...
Inchiesta su Gesù: Chi era l'uomo che ha cambiato il mondo
Oct 01, 2007; ... Corrado AUGIAS and mauro pesce, Inchiesta su Gesù: Chi era l'uomo che ha cambiato il mondo (Milan: Mondadori, 2006). Pp. [iv] + 263. euro17. Biblical scholar Pesce is interrogated by journalist, television writer, and travel author Augias, in question-and-answer format, in this attempt ...
After Jesus, Volume 1, The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years
Oct 01, 2007; ... PAUL BARNETT, After Jesus, Volume 1, The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years (Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2005). Pp. x + 230. Paper $15. Barnett takes sharp issue with John Dominic Crossan's reconstruction by the same title (The Birth of Christianity [San Francisco: ...
Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts
Oct 01, 2007; ... JOUETTE M. BASSLER, Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007). Pp. xii + 139. Paper $19.95. This collection is intended to orient readers to the significance of selected theological concepts in Paul's thought. Bassler does not ...
Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle: The Struggle for Authority
Oct 01, 2007; ... ANN GRAHAM BROCK, Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle: The Struggle for Authority (HTS 51 ; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003). Pp. xviii + 241. Paper $29.95. Ann Graham Brock's book is an unflinching advocacy for women's right to exercise authority in leadership positions in ...
Paul and the Creation of Christian Identity
Oct 01, 2007; ... WILLIAM S. CAMPBELL, Paul and the Creation of Christian Identity (Library of New Testament Studies 322; London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. xiv + 203. $120. In this cogently argued volume, William S. Campbell, reader in biblical studies at the University of Wales, argues that Paul never ...
Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament
Oct 01, 2007; ... JAIME CLARK-SOLES, Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament (London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. x + 261. $29.95. Choosing an ambitious scope of study for her theme, Clark-Soles sets out to explore death and afterlife in several NT books from the perspectives of anthropology, ...
Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (6-50 CE)
Oct 01, 2007; ... JAMES G. CROSSLEY, Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (6-50 CE) (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006). Pp. xvi + 232. Paper $24.95. Whoever selected this book's title promised more than the book intends to deliver. Crossley's next project will ...
The Letters of 2 Peter and Jude
Oct 01, 2007; ... PETER H. DAVIDS, The Letters of 2 Peter and Jude (Pillar New Testament Commentary; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; Nottingham: Apollos, 2006). Pp. xxxii + 348. $34. The Pillar Commentary series seeks to aid pastors and Bible teachers without the hindrance of technical language, and Peter H ....
Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and Its Growth
Oct 01, 2007; ... APRIL D. DECONICK, Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and Its Growth (London/New York: Clark, 2005). Pp. xvi + 290. $44.95. Throughout this fascinating, even revolutionary book DeConick argues that the Gospel of Thomas has evolved from an orally transmitted ...
Parole et récit évangéliques: Études sur l'évangile de Marc
Oct 01, 2007; ... JEAN DELORME, Parole et récit évangéliques: Études sur l'évangile de Marc (LD 209; Paris: Cerf, 2006). Pp. 327. Paper euro28. Jean Delorme, scholar, priest, and pioneer in the application of semiotics to biblical analysis, died in France in August 2005 after a long and productive ...
Forme culturali del Cristianesimo nascente
Oct 01, 2007; ... ADRIANA DESTRO and MAURO PESCE, Forme culturali del Cristianesimo nascente (Scienze umane n.s. 2; Brescia: Morcelliana, 2005). Pp. 202. Paper euro18. Anthropologist Adriana Destro and historian of Christianity Mauro Pesce, wife and husband team and colleagues at the Università di ...
Constantine's Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament
Oct 01, 2007; ... DAVID L. DUNGAN, Constantine's Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2006). Pp. xii + 224. Paper $17. Dungan's contention is that, although the consensus of practitioners creates a process of selection of Scripture, a canon must be legally defined ...
Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study
Oct 01, 2007; ... GORDON D. FEE, Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2007). Pp. xxxi + 707. $39.95. Gordon D. Fee entered the biblical academy as a practitioner of the hard science of textual criticism. Since then he has progressed/regressed/digressed into the ...
An Apocalypse for the Church and for the World: The Narrative Function of Universal Language in the Book of Revelation
Oct 01, 2007; ... RONALD HERMS, An Apocalypse for the Church and for the World: The Narrative Function of Universal Language in the Book of Revelation (BZNW 143; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2006). Pp. xvi + 299. euro82.23. This revision of Herms's dissertation (Durham University; directed by Loren T ....
Dating Acts: Between the Evangelists and the Apologists
Oct 01, 2007; ... RICHARD I. PERVO, Dating Acts: Between the Evangelists and the Apologists (Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge, 2006). Pp. xiv + 514. Paper $47.50. In this book Richard Pervo presents an extensive and detailed argument for dating Acts to 110-120 c.E. He argues that Acts is dependent on sources ...
Paul's Understanding of the Church's Mission: Did the Apostle Paul Expect Early Christian Communities to Evangelize?
Oct 01, 2007; ... ROBERT L. PLUMMER, Paul's Understanding of the Church s Mission: Did the Apostle Paul Expect Early Christian Communities to Evangelize? (Paternoster Biblical Monographs; Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2006). Pp. xviii + 190. Paper £19.99. This short book (145 pages of text) on missiology is ...
The New Testament in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Oct 01, 2007; ... RICHARD L. ROHRBAUGH, The New Testament in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Matrix: The Bible in Mediterranean Context; Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2007). Pp. xvi + 211. $25. This collection aims to enable its predominantly North American readers to close the gap, as far as possible, between their ...
Discourses in Matthew: Jesus Teaches the Church
Oct 01, 2007; ... DAVID P. SCAER, Discourses in Matthew: Jesus Teaches the Church (St. Louis: Concordia, 2004). Pp. 415. $26.99. Discourses in Matthew grows out of a conversation between David Scaer and the late C. S. Mann at a symposium on the Gospels sponsored by the late William R. Farmer in 1985. That ...
À la recherche de la Parole: Études d'exégèse et de théologie biblique
Oct 01, 2007; ... JACQUES SCHLOSSER, À la recherche de la Parole: Études d'exégèse et de théologie biblique (LD 207; Paris: Cerf, 2006). Pp. 606. Paper euro38. This work gathers twenty-five studies of the NT (one previously unpublished and three others that first appeared in German) published in ...
The Comical Doctrine: An Epistemology of New Testament Hermeneutics
Oct 01, 2007; ... ROSALIND SELBY, The Comical Doctrine: An Epistemology of New Testament Hermeneutics (Paternoster Biblical Monographs; Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2006). Pp. xvi + 282. Paper £19.99. The Paternoster Biblical Monographs series contains theses and other monographs on biblical scholarship ...
New Chapters in the Life of Paul: The Relative Chronology of His Career
Oct 01, 2007; ... GREGORY TATUM, O.P., New Chapters in the Life of Paul: The Relative Chronology of His Career (CBQMS 41 ; Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2006). Pp. x+ 145. Paper $9. There is currently no consensus on the relative chronology of Paul's letters. Most scholars ...
First Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary
Oct 01, 2007; ... ANTHONY c. THISELTON, First Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006). Pp. xvi + 325. $30. Those familiar with Thiselton's massive exegetical work in the New International Greek Testament Commentary series will find the present volume a very ...
The Spirit of the New Testament
Oct 01, 2007; ... JOHN CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, The Spirit ofthe New Testament (Leiden: Deo; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005). Pp. xiv + 283. Paper $19.95. Thomas seeks to reveal both the Spirit in the NT and the spirit ofthe NT by illuminating aspects of Pentecostal theology, exploring texts that ...
1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary
Oct 01, 2007; ... BEN WITHERINGTON III, 1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary (Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2006). Pp. xvi + 286. $30. Ben Witherington's commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians represents significant paradigm shifts in the study of Pauline letters and is a welcome addition ...
Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil
Oct 01, 2007; ... JAMES L. CRENSHAW, Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005). Pp. x + 275. $35. A dynamic that permeates much of the Bible is the struggle to balance the qualities of divine justice and mercy. This struggle becomes ...
A Farewell to the Yahwist? The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation
Oct 01, 2007; ... THOMAS B. DOZEMAN and KONRAD SCHMID (eds.), A Farewell to the Yahwist? The Composition of the Pentateuch in Recent European Interpretation (SBLSymS 34; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006). Pp. viii + 197. Paper $24.95. This collection comprises the following essays: Thomas B ....
Die deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerke: Redaktions- und religionsgeschichtliche Perspektiven zur "Deuteronomismus"-Diskussion in Tora und Vorderen Propheten
Oct 01, 2007; ... MARKUS WITTE, KONRAD SCHMID, DORIS PRECHEL, and JAN CHRISTIAN GERTZ (eds.), Die deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerke: Redaktions- und religionsgeschichtliche Perspektiven zur "Deuteronomismus "-Diskussion in Tora und Vorderen Propheten (BZAW 365; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2006). Pp. xviii + ...
Those Outside: Noncanonical Readings of Canonical Gospels
Oct 01, 2007; ... GEORGE AICHELE and RICHARD WALSH (eds.), Those Outside: Noncanonical Readings of Canonical Gospels (London/New York: Clark, 2005). Pp. xvi + 215. Paper $32. This volume includes a preface-"Interpretive Thieves," by Richard Walsh and George Aichele (pp. vii-xvi)-and then seven essays: ...
The Reality of the Apocalypse: Rhetoric and Politics in the Book of Revelation
Oct 01, 2007; ... DAVID L. BARR (ed.), The Reality of the Apocalypse: Rhetoric and Politics in the Book of Revelation (SBLSymS 39; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006). Pp. ? + 306. Paper $34.95. The essays in this volume represent the seven-year-long "Seminar on the Apocalypse: The Intersection ...
Raconter, voir, croire: Parcours narratifs du quatrième évangile
Oct 01, 2007; ... YVES-MARIE BLANCHARD, ELIE LATOUR, FRANÇOISE MIRGUET, and BÉATRICE OIRY (eds.), Raconter, voir, croire: Parcours narratifs du quatrième évangile (CahRB 61; Paris: Gabalda, 2005). Pp. 90. Paper euro30. This volume is a collection of essays written in the context of a seminar in ...
A Royal Priesthood? The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically: A Dialogue with Oliver O'Donovan
Oct 01, 2007; ... CRAIG BARTHOLOMEW, JONATHAN CHAPLIN, ROBERT SONG, and AL WOLTERS (eds.), A Royal Priesthood? The Use of the Bible Ethically and Politically: A Dialogue with Oliver O'Donovan (Scripture and Hermeneutics Series; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002). Pp. 446. $34.99. Biblical studies is somewhat ...