Books Received—1994

BOOKS RECEIVED-1994* Albertz, Rainer. 101m Bowden, trans. A History ofIsraelite Religion in the Old Testament Period. Volume I: From the Beginnings to the End of the Monarchy. The Old Testament Library. pp. xvi + 367. Louisville: Westminster/1ohn Knox, 1994. Cloth, S32.99. Alden, Robert L. Job. The New American Commentary Vol. II. pp. 432. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1993. Cloth. Alter, Robert. Hebrew and Modernity. pp. xi + 192. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994. Paper, S1O.95. Balentine, Samuel E. Prayer in the Hebrew Bible: The Drama ofDivine·Human Dialogue. Overtures to Biblical Theology. pp. xvi + 311. Minneapolis: Fonress Press, 1993. Papel', SI3.95. Banon, David. Le Bruissement du Twe: Notes sur les lectures hebdomadaires du Pentateuque Preface d'Alexandre Safran. pp. 277. Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1993. Paper, SF 39.00. Ben Zvi, Ehud, Maxine Hancock, and Richard Beinert. Readings in Biblical Hebrew: An Intermediate Textbook. pp. xiv + 241. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Cloth, $35.00. Ben-Rafael, Eliezer. Language, Identity, and Social Division: The Case of Israel. Oxford Studies in Language ContacL pp. xi + 289. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Cloth, S52.00. Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer. T. Muraoka, trans. A Dream Come True. Modem Hebrew Classics. pp. viii + 126. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. Cloth, S29.95. Boyarin, Daniel.lntertextuality and the Reading ofthe Midrash. pp. xii + 161. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994. Paper, S9.95. Burden, Terry L. The Kerygma of the Wilderness Traditions in the Hebrew Bible. American University Studies. Series VII, Theology and Religion 163. New York: Lang, 1994. Cloth, $47.95. Caquot, Andre and Philippe Dc Robert. Les Uvres De Samuel. Commentaire De L'Ancient Testament VI. pp. 649. Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1994. Paper. Comay, loan. Who's Who in the Old Testament: Together with the Apocrypha. pp. xxi + 398. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Paper, SI5.95. Cooper, Lamar Eugene, Sr. Ezekiel. The New American Commentary Vol. 17. pp. 440. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1994. Cloth. Craig, Kenneth M., Jr. A Poetics ofJonah: Art in the Service ofIdeology. pp. xiii + 221. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1993. Cloth, S34.95. Doren, Pinchas.lnterpretation ofDifficult Passages in Rashi: Part W: Deuteronomy. pp. 445. New York: Sepher-Hennon Press, 1994. Cloth, SI9.95. Exum, 1. Cheryl. Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives. pp. 223. Philadelphia: Trinity Press, 1993. Paper, $14.95. Fassberg, Steven E. .M1'o., ,.~ n"l1O [Studies in Biblical Syntax/. pp. 202. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1994. Cloth, 512.50. *Books received in 1994 and reviewed in this issue are notlislCd here. Hebrew Studies 35 (1994) 243 Books Received Fisch, H. ,"P'!:ll''I!I'I Mnll tr1pD m-m [SlUral Miqra: Biblical Poetics and Interpretation}. pp. 208. Ramal Gan: Bar lIan University Press, 1993. Cloth, $23.00. Friedlander, Yehuda..0 "iT iTl'D:l iTlIl.,nl1 n''1:lll11 m'cltO:l C'P'D :11"01'0.'1 ~:lIBemisterei Hasatira- Volume 3: Hebrew Satire in Europe in the Nineteenth Century}. pp. 232. Ramat Gan: Bar lIan University Press, 1994. Cloth. Gaon, Salomon. The Influence ofthe Catlwlic Theologian AlfollSO Tostado on the Pentateuch Commentary ofIsaac Abravanel. pp. x + 120. Hoboken: KTAV Publishing House, 1993. Cloth, $19.95. Gikatilla, Joseph. Avi Weinslein, trans. Gates of Light: Sha'are Orah. pp. xxxiv + 401. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994. Cloth, $30.00. Gunn, David M. and Danna Nolan Fewell. Narrative in the Hebrew Bible. The Oxford Bible Series. pp. xiii + 263. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Cloth, $16.95. Hezser, Catherine. Form. Function. and Historical Significance of the Rabbinic Story in Yerushalmi Neziqin. Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum 37. pp. 437. Tilbingen: Mohr (paul Siebeck), 1993. Cloth, DM 228.00. Howard, David M. An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Booles. pp. 394. Chicago: Moody Press, 1993. Cloth. Janzen, J. Gerald. Genesis 12-50: Abraham and All the Families of the Earth. International Theological Commentary. pp. xiii + 215. Grand Rapids: Eerdman's, 1993. Paper, $17.99. Japhet Sara. I & /I Chronicles. The Old Testament Library. pp. xxv + 1077. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1993. Cloth, $48.00. Kaufman, SlCphen A., and Michael Sokoloff. A Key-Word·ln-Context Concordance to Targum Neofiti: A Guide to the Complete Palestinian...