Books Received—1997

BOOKS RECEIVED-1997* Avilal, Moshe. The Yeshiva and Traditional Education in the Literature of the Hebrew Enlightenment Period. Pp. 256. Tel Aviv, 1996. Paper. Bartelt, Andrew H. The Book Around Immanuel: Style and Structure in Isaiah 2-12. Biblical and Judaic Studies 4. Pp. xi +287. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1996. Cloth. Bekkum, W. Jac. Van. A Hebrew Alexander Romance According to MS Heb. 671.5 Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale. Hebrew Language and Literature Series 1. Pp. 183. Groningen: STYX Publications, 1994. Cloth. Borgen, Peder, and Soren Giversen, eds. The New Testament and Hellenistic Judaism. pp. 293. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1997. Paper. Botterweck, G. Johannes, Helmer Ringgren. Heinz-Josef Fabry. eds. Theological Dictionary ofthe Old Testament Vol. VIII. Douglas W. Stott, trans. TOOT 8. pp. xxiii + 560. Grand Rapids. MI: Eerdmans. 1997. Cloth. $45.00. Bouzard. Walter C.• Jr. We Have Heard With Our Ears, 0 God: Sources ofthe Communal Laments in the Psalms. SBLDS 159. Pp. x + 229. Atlanta. GA: Scholars Press. 1997. Cloth. $34.95. Bradshaw, Paul F.• and Lawrence A. Hoffman, eds. Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship. Two Liturgical Traditions 4. Pp. ix + 303. Notre Dame. IN: University of Notre Dame, 1996. Cloth. $32.95. Browning, W. R. F. Dictionary ofthe Bible. Pp. xv + 412. New York: Oxford University Press. 1997. Cloth. $25.00. Clarke. Frederic. A Cumulative Index to the Grammar and Syntax ofBiblical Hebrew. pp. xii + 338. Winona Lake. IN: Eisenbrauns, 1996. Paper. $24.50. Cohen, Menachem. ed. Mikra'ot Gedolot "Haketer" Vol. 4 Isaiah. pp..,. + 406. Ramat Gan: Bar-Han University Press. 1996. Cloth. Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. and David Noel Freedman.Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry. The Biblical Resource Series. Pp. xiii + 130. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997. Paper. de Regt, L. J.• J. de Waard. and J. P. Fokkelman. eds. Literary Structure and Rhetorical Strategies in the Hebrew Bible. pp. x + 270. Assen: Van Gorcum. 1996. Cloth, $45.00. DeVries. LaMoine F. Cities 0/ the Biblical World. Pp. xviii + 398. Peabody. MA: Hendrickson. 1997. Cloth. Fine. Steven. ed. Sacred Realm: The Emergence ofthe Synagogue in the Ancient World. pp. xxix + 203. New York: Oxford University Press. 1996. Paper. $25.00. Freedman, David Noel. John R. Huddleston. ed. Divine Commitment and Human Obligation-Selected Writings ofDavid Noel Freedman. Vol. 1. Ancient Israelite History and Religion. pp. xxix + 545. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 1997. Cloth, $45.00. • Books received in 1997 and reviewed in this issue are not lislCd here. Hebrew Studies 38 (1997) 214 Books Received Freedman, David Noel. John R. Huddleston, ed. Divine Commitment and Human Obligation-Selected Writings ofDavid Noel Freedman, Vol. 2. Poetry and Orthography. pp. xxix + 545. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997. Cloth, $30.00. Gerstenberger, Erhard S. Leviticus: A Commentary. OTL. pp. xiv + 450. Louisville: WestminsterJohn Knox, 1997. Cloth. Ghay, Yehoshua. Prophecy and Prophets. SBLSS. viii + 174. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997. Paper, $24.95. Goldberg, Michael. Why Should Jews Survive? Pp. ix + 191. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Paper, $12.95. Hays, Christine Elizabeth. Between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds: Accounting for Halakhic Difference in Selected Sugyotfrom Tractate Avodah Zarah. pp. xviii + 270. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Cloth, $9.95. Hebrew Linguistics 40 (June 1996). Houtman, Alberdina. Mishnah and Tose/ta. A Synoptic Comparison of the Tractates Berakhot and Shebiit. Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum 59. Pp. xi + 255. TUbingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1996. Cloth. Houtman, Alberdina. Mishnah and Tose/ta. A Synoptic Comparison of the Tractates Berakhot and Shebiitt: Appendix Volume to TSAJ 59. Synopsis ofTosefta and Mishnah Berakhot and Shebjjt. Pp. xi + 255. TUbingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1996. Paper. Howard, David M., Jr. The Structure 0/ Psalms 93-100. Biblical and Judaic Studies 5. pp. xvi + 231. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1997. Cloth. Jones, Brian C. Howling Over Moab: Irony and Rhetoric in Isaiah 15-/6. SBLDS 157. pp. xi + 292. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996. Cloth, $29.95. Lasor, William Sanford, David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic William Bush. OldTestament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background ofthe Old Testament. Second edition. Pp. xvii + 860. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996. Paper, $40.00. Levenson, Jon D. Esther: A Commentary. OTL. Pp. 136. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox...