Books Recieved — 1999

BOOKS RECIEVED - 1999· Abdel-Malek, Kamal and David C. Jacobson, Israeli and Palestinian Identities in History and Literature. New York, NY: St. Martins Press, 1999. Cloth, $49.95. Abramson, Glenda. Drama and Ideology in Modern Israel. Pp. x + 265. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Cloth, $64.95. Anderson, Gary A. and Michael E. Stone, eds. A Synopsis of the Books of Adam and Eve. Second Revised Edition. pp. 194. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999. Cloth, $45.00. Avishur, Yitzhak. A Medieval Translation of the Laner Prophets into Iraqi and Syrian Judaeo-Arabic: Book I: Isaiah and Jeremiah. A Text of the Bodleian Manuscript Hunt. 206 with Introduction and Notes. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1998. Avishur, Yitzhak. The Oldest Translation of the Early Prophets into Judaeo-Arabic: A Text of the Bodleian Manuscript Poco 349 with an Introduction and Notes. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1995. Avraham, Gidon. A Bridge of Words. Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 15. Uppsala, 1999. Paper. Bradshaw, Paul F. and Lawrence A. Hoffman, eds. Passover and Easter: Origin and History to Modern Times. Two Liturgical Traditions, Vol. 5. Notre Dame, IN: Univ. Notre Dame Press, 1999. Cloth, $38.00. Bradshaw, Paul F. and Lawrence A. Hoffman, eds. Passover and Easter: The Sacred Structure of Sacred Seasons. Two Liturgical Traditions, Vol. 6. Notre Dame, IN: Univ. Notre Dame Press, 1999. Cloth, $38.00. Brown, William P. The Ethos of the Cosmos: The Genesis of Moral Imagination in the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999. Paper, $35.00. Caspi, Mishael and Jerome David Weltsch. From Slumber to Awakening: Culture and Identity of Arab Israeli Literati. Lanham, MD: University Pressof America, 1998. Paper, $37.50. Coats, George W. Exodus 1-18. FOTL IIA. pp. xiv + 178. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999. Paper, $24.00. Collins, John J. The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apolcalyptic Literature. Second Edition. The Biblical Resources Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998. Paper, $30.00. Corinaldi, Michael. Jewish Identity: The Case of Ethiopian Jewry. pp. 255. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1998. Ooth, $30.00. Crenshaw, James L. Old Testament Wisdam: An Introduction. pp. xv + 255. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox. 1998. Paper, $20.00. Danzig, Neil. A Catalogue of tht Fragments of Halakhah and Midrash from the Cairo Genizah in the Elkan Nathan Adler Collection of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary. pp. xvi + 362. New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1997. Cloth, $60.00. de Regt, L. J. Participants in Old Testament Texts and the Translator: Reference Devices and their Rhetorical Impact. Studia Semitica Neerlandica. pp. 119. Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1999. Cloth, Dfl. 140,00. Delgado, Joao Pinto, trans. David R. Slavitt. The Poem of Queen Esther. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Ooth, $19.95. • 1bis is a paniallist of books received. Books received in 1999 and reviewed in this issue are not listed here. Hebrew Studies 40 (1999) 410 Books Received Dorff, E. N. and L. E. Newman, eds. Contemporary Jewish Theology: A Reader. p. xvi +522. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Paper. Fox, Michael V. A Time to Tear Down and A Time to Build Up. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999. Paper, $30.00. Friebel, Kelvin. Jeremiah's and Ezekiel's Sign-Acts: Rhetorical Nonverbal Communication . JSOT Supp 283. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1999. Cloth, $90.00. Gabirol, Solomon ibn, trans. David R. Siavitt. A Crown for the King. pp. xii + 88. New York: Oxford, 1998. Cloth, $19.95. Gillingham, Susan E. One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999. Paper, $19.00. Goldberg, Isaac. Solomon Ibn Gabirol: A Bibliography of His Poems in Translation. Washington, DC: The Works, Inc. 1998, Paper. $35.00. Goldfajn, Tal. Word Order and Time in Biblical Hebrew Narrative. pp. xvi + 169. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Paper, $65.00. Grabbe, Lester L., ed. Society for Old Testament Study: Book List 1998. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. Paper. Greeley, Andrew M. and Jack Neusner. Virtues and Vices: Stories of the Moral Life. pp. 176. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1999. Cloth, $16.00. Hebrew Linguistics, 43 (1998). Bar-Dan University Press, Ramat Gao, Israel. Hebrew LingUistics, 44 (1999). Bar-Dan University Press, Ramat Gan, Israel. Hendel, Ronald S...