Books Recieved — 1998

BOOKS RECIEVED - 1998* Albani, Matthias, Jorg Frey, and Annin Lang, eds. Studies in the Book of Jubilees. Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum 65. pp. viii + 344. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1997. Ashby, Godfrey. Go Out and Meet God: A Commentary on the Book of Exodus. International Theological Commentary. pp. xiv + 146. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 1998. Bar-Yosef, Hamutal. Decadent Trends in Hebrew Literature: Bialik, Berdychevski, Brener. Pp. 416. Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 1997. Barre. Michael L.• ed. Wisdom You Are My Sister: Studies in Honor of Roland E. Mwphy, O.Carm., on the Occasion ofHis Eightieth Birthday. CBQ Monograph Series 29. pp. viii + 288. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association of America. 1997. Block, Daniell. The Book of Ezekiel: Chapters 25-48. NICOT. pp. xxiii + 826. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998. Brichto, Herbert Chanan. The Names of God. pp. xvii + 462. New York: Oxford University Press. 1998. Brody, Robert. The Geonim ofBabylonia and the Shaping of Medieval Jewish Culture. pp. 384. New Haven, Cf: Yale University Press, 1998. Brueggemann, Walter. A Commentary on Jeremiah: Exile and Homecoming. pp. xiv + 502. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998. Cogan, Mordechai, Barry Eichler, and Jeffrey Tigay, eds. Tehillah le-Moshe: Biblical and Judaic Studies in Honor ofMoshe Greenberg. pp. xliii + 349, + 257 [HebJ. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1997. Collins, John J. Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age. OlL. Pp. xii + 275. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1997. Davidson, Robert. The Vitality of Worship: A Commentary on the Book of Psalms. pp. ix + 484. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998. Davies. Philip R. Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures. Library of Ancient Israel. pp. xi + 219. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. 1998. de Vaux, Roland. Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions. Pp. xxiii + 592. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997 (reprint). Dotan. Aron. The Dawn ofHebrew Linguistics: The Book of Elegance of the Language ofthe Hebrews. by Saadia Gaon. Sources for the Studies of Jewish Culture 3. pp. 668 (2 vols). Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies. 1997. Driver, S. R. A Tretise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew and Some Other Syntactical Questions. pp. Ixxxvi + 306. Grand Rapids. MI: Eerdmans. 1998 (reprint). Estes, Daniel J. Hear. My Son: Teaching and Learning in Proverbs 1-9. New Studies in Biblical Theology. pp. 755. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. 1998. • Books received in 1998 and reviewed in this issue are not listed here. Hebrew Studies 39 (1998) 294 Books Reviewed Evans, Craig A. and Peter W. Flint. eds. Eschatology, Messianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. pp. xii + 176. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997. Fine, Stephen. This Holy Place: On the Sanctity of the Synagogue during the GrecoRoman Period. Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity Series 11. pp. ix + 280. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. Flint, Peter W. The Dead Sea Psalms Scrolls and the Book of Psalms. Studies on the Texts of the Judean Desert of Judah XVII. Pp. xxii +322. Leiden: Brill, 1997. Gershom, Levi ben. Commentary on Song ofSongs. Trans. Menachem Kellner. pp. 161. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. Gilman, Sander L. and Jack Zipes, eds. Yale Companion to Jewish Writing and Thought in German Culture. 1096-1996. pp. xxxiv + 864. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997. Goldenberg, Robert. The Nations That Know Thee Not: Ancient Jewish Attitudes Toward Other Religions. pp. xi + 215. New York: New York University Press, 1998. Goldman, E. A., ed. Jewish Law Association Studies IX: The London 1996 Conference Volume. pp. vii + 301. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1998. Gorman, Frank H., Jr. Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus. International Theological Commentary. pp. xi + 163. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997. Gruber, Mayer I. Rashi's Commentary on Psalms 1-89 (Books I-Ill). USF Studies in the History of Judaism 161. pp. xiv + 448; x + 48. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1998. Hatav, Galia. The Semantics of Aspect and Modality: Evidence from English and Biblical Hebrew. Studies in Language Companion Series. pp. x +224. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1997. Hayes, John H., and Sara R. Mandell. The Jewish People in Classical Antiquity: From Alexander to Bar Kochba. Pp. x + 246...