Books Received — 2011

Arndt, Emily. Demanding Our Attention: The Hebrew Bible as a Source for Christian Ethics. Pp. xvi + 197. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2011. Paper, $30.00.

Avraham, Nachum. (Marginal people in biblical times: Lawbreakers and banished persons, lepers and gonorrhea sufferers, homosexuals and transexuals, prostitutes and temple-prostitutes).Pp. + 199 + xi. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2011. Paper.

Bar-Aba, Esther Borochovsky. Issues in Colloquial Hebrew (in Hebrew). Pp. 306. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute, 2010. Cloth.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Creation, Un-Creation, Re-Creation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1-11. Pp. xii + 214. New York: T & T Clark, 2011. Paper, $29.95.

Bracy, R. Michael. Printing Class: 'Isa al-'Isa, Filastin, and the Textual Construction of National Identity, 1911-1931. Pp. iii + 168. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2011. Cloth, $57.00. Paper, $26.50.

Chamberlain, Gary Alan. The Greek of the Septuagint: A Supplemental Lexicon. Pp. xlii + 256. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2011. Cloth, $39.95.

Choi, John H. Traditions at Odds: The Reception of the Pentateuch in Biblical and Second Temple Period Literature. LHBOTS 518. Pp. ix + 278. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $140.00.

Chyutin, Michael. Tendentious Hagiographies: Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE. LSTS 77. Pp. x + 340. New York: T & T Clark, 2011. Cloth, $140.00.

Conklin, Blane. Oath Formulas in Biblical Hebrew. LSAWS 5. Pp. xii + 106. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2011. Cloth, $34.50.

Davidson, Steed Vernyl. Empire and Exile: Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah. LHBOTS 542. Pp. xiii + 218. New York: T & T Clark, 2011. Cloth, $140.00.

Davies, Eryl W. The Immoral Bible: Approaches to Biblical Ethics. Pp. x + 172. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Paper, $34.95.

Davies, Philip R. and Diana V. Edelman, eds. The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. Grabbe. LHBOTS 530. Pp. xiv + 238. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $140.00.

Diamond, A. R. Pete and Louis Stulman, eds. Jeremiah (Dis)Placed: New Directions in Writing/Reading Jeremiah. LHBOTS 529. Pp. xii + 317. New York: T & T Clark, 2011. Cloth, $140.00.

Drawnel, Henryk. The Aramaic Astronomical Book (4Q208-4Q211) from Qumran: Text, Translation, and Commentary. Pp. xvi + 505. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Cloth, $350.00.

Ehrlich, Carl S., ed. From an Antique Land: An Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Literature. Pp. xv + 506. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. Paper, $34.95.

Eng, Milton. The Days of Our Years: A Lexical Semantic Study of the Life Cycle in Biblical Israel. LHBOTS 464. Pp. xvi + 176. New York: T & T Clark, 2011. Cloth, $110.00.

Feiner, Shmuel and Natalie Maimark-Goldberg. Cultural Revolution in Berlin: Jews in the Age of Englightenment. Pp. x + 94. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2011. Paper, $35.00.

Feldman, Yael S. Glory and Agony: Isaac's Sacrifice and National Narrative. Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Pp. xvii + 421. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2010. Cloth, $60.00.

Finitsis, Antonios. Visions and Eschatology: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Zechariah 1-6. LSTS 79. Pp. x + 193. New York: T & T Clark, 2011. Cloth, $110.00.

Frendo, Anthony J. Pre-Exilic Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and Archaeology: Integrating Text and Artefact. LHBOTS 549. Pp. xii + 120. New York: T & T Clark, 2011. Cloth, $120.00.

Friedman, Richard Elliott and Shawna Dolansky. The Bible Now. Pp. xv + 220. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Cloth, $27.95.

Garber, Zev, ed. The Jewish Jesus: Revelation, Reflection, Reclamation. Pp. 405. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2011. Paper, $59.95.

Goering, Greg Schmidt. Wisdom's Root Revealed: Ben Sira and the Election of Israel. JSJSSup 139. Pp. xv + 313. Leiden: Brill, 2009. Cloth, $159.00.

Goodman, Martin and Philip Alexander, eds. Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late-Roman Palestine. Pp. xv + 419. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Cloth, $115.00.

Grabbe, Lester L., ed. Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIa (c. 1250-850 B.C.E.). Vol. 2: The Texts. LHBOTS 521. Pp. xi + 260. New York: T & T Clark, 2010. Cloth, $120.00.

Grabbe, Lester L. and Oded Lipschits, eds. Judah between East and West: The Transition from Persian to Greek Rule (ca. 400-200 BCE). LSTS...