Books Received—2007

BOOKS RECEIVED — 2007 Adams, Jim W. The Performative Nature and Function of Isaiah 40–55. LHBOTS 448. Pp. xvi + 259. New York: T & T Clark, 2006. Cloth. Alexander, Elizabeth Shanks. Transmitting Mishnah: The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition. Pp. xvi + 246. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Cloth. Anderson, Bernhard W. The Unfolding Drama of the Bible. Pp. 93. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988. Paper. Bakhos, Carol. Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab. Pp. viii + 207. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2006. Cloth. Bakhos, Carol, ed. Current Trends in the Study of Midrash. JSJS 106. Pp. vi + 336. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2006. Cloth. Banks, Diane. Writing the History of Israel. LHBOTS 438. Pp. xi + 248. New York: T & T Clark, 2006. Cloth. Barco, Francisco Javier del Barco del. Catálogo de Manuscritos Hebreos de la Comunidad de Madrid. Vol. 3. Pp. 275 + 38 plates + CD. Madrid: Instituto de Filología, 2006. Paper. Becker, Hans-Jürgen and Christoph Berner, eds. Avot de-Rabbi Natan: Synoptische Edition beider Versionen. Pp. xxvii + 409. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Cloth. Bell, Dean Phillip. Jews in the Early Modern World. Pp. xv + 301. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. Cloth. Paper. Bernstein, Marc S. Stories of Joseph: Narrative Migrations between Judaism and Islam. Pp. xix + 315. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 2006. Cloth. Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity. Pp. xx + 315. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2006. Paper. Boase, Elizabeth. The Fulfilment of Doom? The Dialogic Interaction between the Book of Lamentations and the Pre-Exilic/Early Exilic Prophetic Literature. Pp. x + 268. New York: T & T Clark, 2006. Cloth. Borowitz, Eugene B. The Talmud’s Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis. Pp. x + 316. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2006. Cloth. Hebrew Studies 48 (2007) 424 Books Received Botterweck, G. Johannes, Helmer Ringgren, and Heinz-Josef Fabry, eds. Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Vol. 15. Pp. xxvii + 793. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2006. Cloth. Brin, Gershon. tyslqh hawbnh twrpsb Myrqjm (Studies in the Prophetic Literature). Encyclopaedia Miqra’it 22. Pp. zf + 460. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2006. Paper. Brodsky, David. A Bride without a Blessing: A Study in the Redaction and Content of Massekhet Kallah and Its Gemara. TSAJ 118. Pp. xviii + 551. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Cloth. Brueggemann, Walter. The Book that Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology. Pp. xx + 228. Minneapolis, Minn.: Augsburg Fortress, 2005. Cloth. Brueggemann, Walter. Like Fire in the Bones: Listening for the Prophetic Word in Jeremiah. Pp. xvi + 255. Minneapolis, Minn.: Augsburg Fortress, 2006. Cloth. Campbell, Joan Cedelia. Kinship Relations in the Gospel of John. CBQMS 42. Pp. xiv + 246. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2007. Paper. Carmichael, Calum. Illuminating Leviticus: A Study of Its Laws and Institutions in the Light of Biblical Narratives. Pp. x + 212. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Cloth. Davidson, Richard M. Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament. Pp. xxix + 844. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2007. Paper. Deconick, April D. The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation: With a Commentary and New English Translation of the Complete Gospel. LNTS 287. Pp. xv + 359. New York: T & T Clark, 2006. Cloth. Ehrlich, Carl S. with Marsha C. White, eds. Saul in Story and Tradition. FAT 47. Pp. viii + 358. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Cloth. Feliks, Yehuda. twrCom tksm :ymlCwry dwmlt (The Jerusalem Talmud: Tractate Ma’asrot). Pp. 337. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2005. Cloth. Furuli, R. J. A New Understanding of the Verbal System of Classical Hebrew: An Attempt to Distinguish between Semantic and Pragmatic Factors. Pp. 508. Oslo: Awatu Publishers, 2006. Paper. Garsiel, Bat-Sheva. MyptwCm rwpys yrmwjb ylawfsqfrfnya Nwyo :Narwqw Crdm ,arqm (Bible, Midrash and Quran: An Intertextual Study of Common Narrative Materials). Pp. 219. Tel-Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2006. Paper. Hebrew Studies 48 (2007) 425 Books Received Gmirkin, Russell E. Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch. LHBOTS 433. Pp. xii + 332. New York: T & T Clark, 2006. Cloth. Goldingay, John and David Payne. Isaiah 40–55. 2 vols. ICC. Pp. vol. 1, l...