Books Received — 2008

BOOKS RECEIVED — 2008 Alexander, Philip S. The Targum of Lamentations: Translated, with a Critical Introduction, Appartus, and Notes. The Aramaic Bible 17B. Pp. xvi + 224. Collegeville, Minn.: The Liturgical Press, 2008. Cloth. Anbar, Moshe. ham Pwsm) Myyrwmah Myklmh tpwqtb :yram twdwotb MyfbCw twtyrb ,twawbn (n
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hspl f”y (Prophecy, treaty-making and tribes in the Mari documents: During the period of the Amorite Kings [From the end of the 19th century B.C.E. until 1760 B.C.E.]). The Biblical Encyclopaedia Library 23. Pp. zf + 309. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2007. Paper. Anidjar, Gil. Semites: Race, Religion, Literature. Cultural Memory in the Present. Pp. xii + 139. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University, 2008. Cloth. Paper. Aranda, Mariano Gómez. Dos Commentarios de Abraham Ibn Ezra al Libro de Ester: Edición crítica, traducción y estudio introductorio. Literatura Hispano-Hebrea 9. Pp. cxxviii + 193 + 70*. Madrid: Instituto de Filología, 2007. Paper. Bar-Asher, Moshe, Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Emanuel Tov, and Nili Wazana, eds. hrCl yiiC wnwClbw wtwnCrpb ,arqmb Myrqjm :tpy. Pp. k + 484 + xiv + 396*. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2007. Cloth. Becking, Bob and Eric Peels, eds. Psalms and Prayers: Papers Read at the Joint Meeting of the Society of Old Testament Study and Het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, Apeldoorn August 2006. OtSt 55. Pp. vi + 306. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2007. Cloth. Ben-Dov, Nitza. zwo swmow oCwhy ba ,Nwngo yC twryxyb Mynwyo :Ktlyht ayhw (Ve-Hi Tehilatekha: Studies in the works of S. Y. Agnon, A. B. Yehoshua and Amos Oz). Pp. 336. Tel Aviv: Schocken Publishing House, 2006. Paper. Berlin, Adele. The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism. Revised and Expanded. Pp. xxiv + 200. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008. Paper. Biale, David. Blood and Belief: The Circulation of a Symbol between Jews and Christians. Pp. xiii + 299. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2007. Cloth. Boccaccini, Gabriele, ed. Enoch and the Messiah Son of Man: Revisiting the Book of Parables. Pp. xv + 539. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2007. Paper. Bruckner, James K. New International Biblical Commentary: Exodus. Old Testament Series 2. Pp. xvi + 348. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2008. Paper. Chilton, Bruce. Abraham’s Curse: Child Sacrifice in the Legacies of the West. Pp. 259. New York: Doubleday, 2008. Cloth. Hebrew Studies 49 (2008) 404 Books Received Corley, Jeremy and Vincent Skemp, eds. Studies in the Greek Bible: Essays in Honor of Francis T. Gignac. CBQMS 44. Pp. xiv + 318. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2008. Paper. Cottrill, Amy C. Language, Power, and Identity in the Lament Psalms of the Individual. LHBOTS 493. Pp. vii + 184. New York: T & T Clark, 2008. Cloth. Crawford, Sidnie White. Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times. Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Pp. xii + 160. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008. Paper. Davies, Philip R. The Origins of Biblical Israel. LHBOTS 485. Pp. ix + 197. New York: T & T Clark, 2007. Cloth. Davis, Michael Thomas and Brent A. Strawn, eds. Qumran Studies: New Approaches, New Questions. Pp. xxvii + 296. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2007. Paper. Decter, Jonathan P. Iberian Jewish Literature: Between al-Andalus and Christian Europe. Pp. xiv + 303. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2007. Cloth. Dick, Michael B. Reading the Old Testament: An Inductive Introduction. Pp. xxii + 367. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2008. Cloth. Ellens, Deborah L. Women in the Sex Texts of Leviticus and Deuteronomy: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis. LHBOTS 458. Pp. xiv + 354. New York: T & T Clark, 2008. Cloth. Falk, Daniel K. The Parabiblical Texts: Strategies for Extending the Scriptures among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Library of Second Temple Studies 63. Pp. xii + 189. New York: T & T Clark, 2007. Cloth. Fleming, K. E. Greece: A Jewish History. Pp. xii + 271. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008. Cloth. Flusser, David. Judaism of the Second Temple Period. Vol. 1: Qumran and Apocalypticism. Translated by Azzan Yadin. Pp. xiii + 356. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2007. Cloth. Fonrobert, Charlotte Elisheva and Martin S. Jaffee, eds. The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic Literature. Pp. xxi + 412. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Cloth. Paper. Forti, Tova L. Animal Imagery in the Book of Proverbs. By Tova L. Forti. VTSup 118. Pp...