Books Received — 2010

Ahn, John J. and Stephen L. Cook, eds. Thus Says the Lord: Essays on the Former and Later Prophets in Honor of Robert R. Wilson. LHBOTS 502. Pp. xvi + 327. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $140.00.

Andersson, Greger. Untamable Texts: Literary Studies and Narrative Theory in the Books of Samuel. LHBOTS 514. Pp. xii + 279. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $130.00.

Arbel, Daphna, J. R. C. Cousland, and Dietmar Neufeld. ...And So They Went Out: The Lives of Adam and Eve as Cultural Transformative Story. Pp. xvi + 189. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $130.00.

Assis, Elie. Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs. LHBOTS 503. Pp. xii + 292. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $130.00.

Balaban, Avraham. (Nine mothers and mother: Representations of motherhood in Modern Hebrew fiction). Pp. 191. Tel-Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2010. Paper.

Bar-Asher, M. and C. E. Cohen, eds. (Mas’at Aharon: Linguistic studies presented to Aron Dotan). Pp. + 644 + vii* + 54*. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2009. Cloth.

Bar-Tikva, Binyamin. (Genres and topics in provençal and catalonian piyyut). Pp. 519. Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, 2009. Cloth.

Barker, Margaret. Creation: A Biblical Vision for the Environment. Pp. xii + 326. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Paper, $29.95.

Barrett, Rob. Disloyalty and Destruction: Religion and Politics in Deuteronomy and the Modern World. Pp. xv + 280. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $130.00.

Basser, Herbert. The Mind behind the Gospels: A Commentary to Matthew 1–14. Pp. xvii + 377. Boston, Mass.: Academic Studies Press, 2009. Cloth, $69.00.

Beitzel, Barry J. The New Moody Atlas of the Bible. Pp. xii + 292. Chicago, Ill.: Moody, 2009. Cloth, $49.99.

Bird, Michael F. Crossing over Sea and Land: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period. Pp. xvi + 208. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2010. Paper, $24.95.

Blau, Joshua. Phonology and Morphology of Biblical Hebrew: An Introduction. Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic 2. Pp. xiv + 369. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2010. Cloth, $59.50.

Botta, Alejandro F. The Aramaic and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine: An Egyptological Approach. LSTS 64. Pp. xvii + 237. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $130.00.

Brenner, Rachel Feldhay. (The freedom to write: The woman-artist and the world in Ruth Almog’s fiction). Migdarim (genders). Pp. 215. Tel-Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2008. Paper.

Calvert-Koyzis, Nancy and Heather Weir, eds. Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters Who Challenged the Status Quo. LHBOTS 524. Pp. viii + 214. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $130.00.

Chung, Youn Ho. The Sin of the Calf: The Rise of the Bible’s Negative Attitude toward the Golden Calf. LHBOTS 523. Pp. xiii + 242. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $130.00.

Cohen, Zafrira Lidovsky. (“Loosen the fetters of thy tongue woman”: Concealment and revealment in the poetry of Yona Wallach). Pp. 229. Tel-Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2009. Paper.

Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Judaism Today. Pp. vii + 191. New York: Continuum, 2010. Paper, $22.95.

Collins, John J. Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Pp. xii + 266. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010. Paper, $25.00.

Cotrozzi, Stefano. Expect the Unexpected: Aspects of Pragmatic Foregrounding in Old Testament Narratives. LHBOTS 510. Pp. xviii + 290. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $120.00.

Daschke, Dereck and Andrew Kille, eds. A Cry Instead of Justice: The Bible and Cultures of Violence in Psychological Perspective. LHBOTS 499. Pp. xi + 202. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $105.00.

Day, John, ed. Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar. LHBOTS 531. Pp. xvii + 462. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $180.00.

de Lange, Nicholas. An Introduction to Judaism. 2nd Edition. Pp. xxiii + 247. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cloth, $88.99. Paper, $28.99.

de Sousa, Rodrigo F. Eschatology and Messianism in LXX Isaiah 1–12. LHBOTS 516. Pp. xiii + 189. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $110.00.

Dearman, J. Andrew. The Book of Hosea. NICOT. Pp. xiv + 408. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010. Cloth, $45.00.

Dell, Katharine, ed. Ethical and Unethical in the Old Testament: God and Humans in Dialogue. LHBOTS 528. Pp. xv + 287. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $150.00.

Démare-Lafont, Sophie and André Lemaire. Trois millénaires de formulaires juridiques. Pp. 472. Genève: Droz, 2010. Paper.

Dozeman, Thomas B. Commentary on Exodus. Eerdmans Critical Commentary. Pp. xix + 868. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2009. Paper, $55.00.

Dozeman, Thomas B., ed. Methods for Exodus. Methods in Biblical Interpretation. Pp. xiv + 254. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cloth, $85.00. Paper, $24.99.

Ebeling, Jennie R. Women’s Lives in Biblical Times. Pp. xiii + 172. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Paper, $32.95.

Evans, Craig A. and H. Daniel Zacharias, ed. Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon. LSTS 70. Pp. xiv + 322. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $140.00.

Franke, Chris and Julia M. O’Brien, eds. Aesthetics of Violence in the Prophets. LHBOTS 517. Pp. xii + 187. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $110.00.

Good, Roger. The Septuagint’s Translation of the Hebrew Verbal System in Chronicles. VTSup 136. Pp. xiii + 300. Leiden: Brill, 2010. Cloth, $154.00.

Grabbe, Lester L. An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel and Jesus. Pp. xvi + 150. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $90.00. Paper, $27.95.

Grossman, Maxine L., ed. Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Assessment of Old and New Approaches and Methods. Pp. xiii + 318. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010. Paper, $28.00.

Gurtner, Daniel M. Second Baruch: A Critical Edition of the Syriac Text with Greek and Latin Fragments, English Translation, Introduction, and Concordances. Jewish and Christian Texts in Contexts and Related Studies 5. Pp. xviii + 222. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $130.00.

Hackett, Jo Ann. A Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. Pp. xxv + 302 + CD. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2010. Cloth, $39.95.

Hakak, Lev. The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Creativity in Babylon, 1735–1950. Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Pp. xi + 258. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Paper, $39.95.

Hall, Sarah Lebhar. Conquering Character: The Characterization of Joshua in Joshua 1–11. LHBOTS 512. Pp. xii + 231. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $120.00.

Heil, John Paul. Hebrews: Chiastic Structures and Audience Response. CBQMS 46. Pp. xiii + 475. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2010. Paper, $25.00.

Hiers, Richard H. Justice and Compassion in Biblical Law. Pp. xi + 243. New York: Continuum, 2009. Paper, $34.95.

Japhet, Sara. (Collected studies in biblical exegesis). Pp. 424. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2008. Cloth.

Kalimi, Isaac. The Retelling of Chronicles in Jewish Tradition and Literature: A Historical Journey. Pp. xx + 395. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2009. Cloth, $59.50.

Kamionkowski, S. Tamar and Wonil Kim, eds. Bodies, Embodiment, and Theology of the Hebrew Bible. LHBOTS 465. Pp. x + 250. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $120.00.

Kearney, Jonathan. Rashi—Linguist Despite Himself: A Study of the Linguistic Dimension of Rabbi Solomon Yishaqi’s Commentary on Deuteronomy. LHBOTS 532. Pp. x + 210. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $110.00.

Keen, Ralph. Exile and Restoration in Jewish Thought: An Essay in Interpretation. Pp. x + 171. New York: Continuum, 2009. Cloth, $130.00.

Kessler, Edward. An Introduction to Jewish-Christian Relations. Pp. xix + 243. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cloth, $95.00. Paper, $29.99.

Knoppers, Gary N., Lester L. Grabbe, and Deirdre Fulton, eds. Exile and Restoration Revisited: Essays on the Babylonian and Persian Periods in Memory of Peter R. Ackroyd. LSTS 73. Pp. xi + 225. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $130.00.

Krašovec, Jože. The Transformation of Biblical Proper Names. LHBOTS 418. Pp. xiii + 152. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $110.00.

Labovitz, Gail. Marriage and Metaphor: Constructions of Gender in Rabbinic Literature. Pp. x + 289. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. Cloth, $70.00.

Levering, Mathew. Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Life of Wisdom: Engagements with the Theology of David Novak. Pp. xiv + 204. New York: Continuum, 2010. Cloth, $120.00.

Lewis, Donald M. The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftesbury and Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland. Pp. xiii + 365. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cloth, $90.00.

Lim, Bo H. The “Way of the Lord” in the Book of Isaiah. Pp. ix + 201. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $110.00.

Linafelt, Tod, Claudia V. Camp, and Timothy Beal, eds. The Fate of King David: The Past and Present of a Biblical Icon. LHBOTS 500. Pp. xxxi + 313. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $170.00.

Loader, William. The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Sectarian and Related Literature at Qumran. Pp. x + 439. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2009. Paper, $44.00.

Maschler, Yael. Metalanguage in Interaction: Hebrew Discourse Markers. Pp. xvi + 258. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2009. Cloth, $143.00.

Matt, Daniel C. The Zohar, Vol. 5. Daniel C. Matt.—Translation and Commentary. Pritzker Edition. Pp. xiii + 633. Stanford University, 2009. Cloth, $49.95.

McKenzie, Steven L. Introduction to the Historical Books: Strategies for Reading. Pp. vii + 169. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010. Paper, $18.00.

Mendelson-Maoz, Adia. (Literature as a moral laboratory: Reading selected 20th-century Hebrew prose). Pp. 275. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2009. Paper.

Mendelson-Maoz, Adia and Nurith Gertz. (Amoz Oz and A. B.Yehoshua: Early writing, vol. 1). Pp. 163. Raanana: Open University of Israel, 2010. Paper.

Mendelson-Maoz, Adia and Nurith Gertz. (Amoz Oz and A. B.Yehoshua: Early writing, vol. 2). Pp. 278. Raanana: Open University of Israel, 2010. Paper.

Mendelson-Maoz, Adia and Nurith Gertz. (Amoz Oz and A. B.Yehoshua: Early writing, vol. 3). Pp. 264. Raanana: Open University of Israel, 2010. Paper.

Miron, Dan. From Continuity to Contiguity: Toward a New Jewish Literary Thinking. Pp. xiv + 543. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2010. Cloth, $65.00.

Morrow, Jonathan. Welcome to College: A Christ-Follower’s Guide for the Journey. Pp. 380. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel, 2008. Paper, $17.99.

Nestor, Dermot Anthony. Cognitive Perspectives on Israelite Identity. LHBOTS 519. Pp. xii + 276. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $130.00.

Neusner, Jacob. Chapters in the Formative History of Judaism: Fourth Series: Form-Historical Studies and the Documentary Hypothesis. Studies in Judaism. Pp. viii + 155. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2010. Paper, $30.00.

Neusner, Jacob. Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon. Vol. 1: From the Mishnah to the Talmuds. Studies in Judaism. Pp. xi + 139. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2010. Paper, $25.00.

Neusner, Jacob. Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon. Volume 2: The Two Talmuds. Studies in Judaism. Pp. xi + 297. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2010. Paper, $43.00.

Neusner, Jacob. The Program of the Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan A. Studies in Judaism. Pp. lxxvii + 329. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2009. Paper, $49.95.

Neusner, Jacob, ed. The Documentary History of Judaism and Its Recent Interpreters. Studies in Judaism. Pp. xii + 161. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2010. Paper, $35.00.

Pelli, Moshe. Haskalah and Beyond: The Reception of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the Emergence of Haskalah Judaism. Pp. 266. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2010. Paper, $36.99.

Pelli, Moshe. (Kerem Hemed: ‘Hochmat Israel’ as the ‘New Yavneh’: An Annotated Index to Kerem Hemed, the Hebrew Journal of the Haskalah in Galicia and Italy [1833–1856]). Pp. 374 + *xxi. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2009. Cloth, $43.00.

Petterson, Anthony R. Behold Your King: The Hope for the House of David in the Book of Zechariah. LHBOTS 513. Pp. xiv + 286. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $150.00.

Ronning, John. The Jewish Targums and John’s Logos Theology. Pp. xx + 315. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2010. Paper, $29.95.

Rosenblum, Jordan D. Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism. Pp. xiv + 223. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cloth, $85.00.

Ryzhik, Michael. (The traditions of Mishnaic Hebrew in Italy according to the medieval Jewish rituals). Pp. +437 +xix. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2008. Cloth.

Salinero, Raúl González and María Teresa Ortega Monasterio, eds. Fuentes clásicas en el judaísmo: de Sophía a Hokmah. Pp. 223. Madrid: Signifer Libros, 2009. Paper.

Sandgren, Leo Duprée. Vines Intertwined: A History of Jews and Christians from the Babylonian Exile to the Advent of Islam. Pp. xxv + 838 + CD ROM. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2010. Paper, $34.95.

Schiffman, Lawrence H. Qumran and Jerusalem: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism. Pp. xx + 483. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010. Paper, $35.00.

Segal, Miryam. A New Sound in Hebrew Poetry: Poetics, Politics, Accent. Pp. xxi + 206. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2010. Cloth, $34.95.

Singer, Itamar. (The Hittites and their civilization). The Biblical Encyclopaedia Library 26. Pp. + 312. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2009. Paper.

Smith, Mark S. God in Translation: Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World. Pp. xxvi + 382. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010. Paper, $18.00.

Smith, Richard G. The Fate of Justice and Righteousness during David’s Reign: Rereading the Court History and Its Ethics according to 2 Samuel 8:15b–20:26. LHBOTS 508. Pp. xviii + 274. New York: T & T Clark, 2009. Cloth, $135.00.

Stavrakopoulou, Francesca and John Barton, eds. Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah. Pp. xvi + 207. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Paper, $34.95.

Taylor, Bernard A. Analytical Lexicon to the Septuagint. Expanded edition. Pp. xxx + 591. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2009. Cloth, $44.95.

Tjen, Anwar. On Conditionals in the Greek Pentateuch: A Study of Translation Syntax. LHBOTS 515. Pp. xvi + 267. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $120.00.

van Wolde, Ellen. Reframing Biblical Studies: When Language and Text Meet Culture, Cognition, and Context. Pp. xiv + 402. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2009. Cloth, $44.50.

VanderKam, James C. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. 2nd Edition. Pp. xvi + 260. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010. Paper, $21.00.

Verbin, N. Divinely Abused: A Philosophical Perspective on Job and His Kin. Pp. xvi + 162. New York: Continuum, 2010. Cloth, $110.00.

Victor, Royce M. Colonial Education and Class Formation in Early Judaism: A Postcolonial Reading. LSTS 72. Pp. x + 212. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $130.00.

Webster, Brian L. The Cambridge Introduction to Biblical Hebrew. Pp. xxviii + 349 + CD-ROM. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Paper, $39.99.

Willis, Amy C. Merrill. Dissonance and the Drama of Divine Sovereignty in the Book of Daniel. LHBOTS 520. Pp. xi + 219. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $120.00.