Books Received—1996

BOOKS RECEIVED-1996* Ahituv. Shmuel. Joshua: Introduction and Commentary. ~l.,'gl M1~ ClI :ll~lil'. Mikra LeYisra'el. PP.lO + 408. Tel Aviv: Am Oved. 1995. Cloth. AVAR Ve'ATID: A Journal of Jewish Education. Culture and Discourse. ,'nll1 .,:lll 2:1 (1995) Jerusalem: The Joint Authority for Jewish-Zionist Education. Paper. Balaban, Avraham. A Different Wave ofHebrew Fiction: Postmodernist Hebrew Fiction. pp. 265. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House, 1995. Paper. Banitt, Menahem, ed. Le Glossaire de Leipzig: Texte: Volume I. pp. xv + 568. Jerusalem: The Israel Academy ofSciences and Humanities, 1995. Cloth. Bar-Asher, Moshe. Studies in Hebrew and Jewish Languages Presented to Shelomo Morag. pp. 189. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute. 1996. Cloth. Bargad, Warren. From Agnon to Oz: Studies in Modern Hebrew Literature. South Rorida Studies in the History of Judaism 126. pp. xii + 195; pp. 25, [Heb.J. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996. Cloth, $79.95. Ben-Zvi, Ehud. A Historical-Critical Study ofthe Book ofObadiah. BZAW 242. pp. x + 309. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1996. Cloth, DM 158.00. Ben-Zvi, Linda, ed. Theater in Israel. Theater: Theoryrrext!Performance. pp. xxi + 450. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1996. Cloth, $52.50. Bendor, S. The Social Structure ofAncient Israel: The Institution ofthe Family (Beit 'Ab) From the Settlement to the End of the Monarchy. Jerusalem Biblical Studies 7. pp. 352. Jerusalem: Simor Ltd., 1996. Paper, $29.00. Berg, Nancy E. Exile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq. SUNY Series in Israeli Studies. Pp. xvi + 212. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. Paper, $18.95. Berry, Donald K. An Introduction to Wisdom and Poetry ofthe Old Testament. pp. xvi + 463. Nashville: Broadman Press. 1996. Cloth. Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Sage. Priest, Prophet: Religious and Intellectual Leadership in Ancient Israel. Library of Ancient Israel. pp. xi + 191. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995. Cloth, $19.00. Boer, Roland. Jameson and Jeroboam. Semeia Studies. pp. xviii + 367. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996. Paper, $29.95. Botterweck, G. Johannes, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry, eds. Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Vol 7. David E. Green, trans. TDOT 7. Pp. xxix + 552. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995. Cloth, $42.00. Brown, William P. Character in Crisis: A Fresh Approach to the Wisdom Literature ofthe Old Testament. Pp. xi + 179. Grand Rapids. MI: Eerdmans, 1996. Paper, $17.00. Budd. Philip J. Leviticus. pp. xxiii + 395. The New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids. MI: Eerdmans, 1996. Paper, $26.00. Carr, David M. Reading the Fractures ofGenesis: Historical and Literary Approaches. pp. x + 388. Louisville: Westminster John Knox. 1996. Cloth. $39.00. • Books received in 1996 and reviewed in this issue are not listed here. Hebrew Studies 37 (1996) 236 Books Received Caspi, Mishael Maswari, and Rachel S. Havrelock. Women on the Biblical Road: Ruth, Naomi, and the Female Journey. pp. xiv + 219. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1996. Paper, $28.00. Cook, Stephen L. Prophecy and Apocalypticism: The Postexilic Social Setting. pp. x + 246. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. Paper. Cox, Claude E. Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion in Armenia. SBLSCS 42. pp. xxi + 472. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996. Cloth, $49.95. Craig, Kenneth. Reading Esther: A Casefor the Literary Carnivalesque. literary Currents in Biblical Interpretation. pp. 192. Louisville: Westminsterlohn Knox, 1995. Paper, $15.99. Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. The Ancient Library ofQumran and Modern Biblical Studies. pp. 204. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. Paper. Crow, Loren D. The Songs ofAscents (Psalms 120-134) Their Place in Israelite History and Religion. SBLDS 148. Pp. xiii + 226. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996. Paper, $19.95. Donelson, Lewis R. Old Testament Prophecy: From Oracles to Canon. Pp. x + 278. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996. Cloth, $29.00. Doniach, N. S., and A. Kahane. The Oxford English-Hebrew Dictionary. pp. xiii + 1091. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Cloth, $65.00. Edelman, Diana Vikander. The Triumph ofElohim: From Yahwisms to Judaisms. pp. xi + 262. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996. Paper, $25.00. Endo, Yoshinobu. The Verbal System of Classical Hebrew in the Joseph Story: An Approach from Discourse Analysis. SSN 32. Pp. xiii + 351. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1996. Paper. Faessler, Marc, and Francine Carrillo. L'AlIiance du Desir: Le Cantique des cantiques revisite. pp. 87. Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1995...