Books received

Biblical Theology Bulletin, Summer, 2002

Akenson, Donald Harman. SURPASSING WONDER. THE INVENTION OF THE BIBLE AND THE TALMUDS. Chicago, IL/London, UK: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Pp. xii 658. Paper; $25.00.

Amit, Yairah. READING BIBLICAL NARRATIVES: LITERARY CRITICISM AND THE HEBREW BIBLE Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001. Pp. xii 188. Paper; $18.00.

Arnal, William E. JESUS AND THE VILLAGE SCRIBES: GALILEAN CONFLICTS AND THE SETTING OF Q. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001. Pp. xiv 290. Paper, $20.00.

Baltzer, Klaus. DEUTERO-ISAIAH: A COMMENTARY. Hermeneia Series. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001. Pp. xxv 597. Cloth, $78.00.

Bergant, Dianne. THE SONG OF SONGS. Berit Olam Series. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001. Pp. xvi 123. Hardcover, $29.95.

Bergant, Dianne, with Richard Fragomeni. PREACHING THE NEW LECTIONARY: YEAR A. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001. Pp. x 474. Paper, $29.95.

Brettler, Marc Zvi. THE BOOK OF JUDGES. London & New York: Routledge, 2002. Pp. xv 144. Paper, $38.95.

Brueggemann, Walter. DEUTERONOMY. Abingdon CT Commentaries. Nashville, TN: Abingdon. Pp. 306. Paper, $21.00.

Blount, Brian K. THEN THE WHISPER PUT ON FLESH: NEW TESTAMENT ETHICS IN AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTEXT. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2001. Pp. 232. Paper, $21.00.

Brodie, Thomas L. GENESIS AS DIALOGUE: A LITERARY, HISTORICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL COMMENTARY. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. xxxiii 579. Cloth, $65.00.

Bruteau, Beatrice, ed. JESUS THROUGH JEWISH EYES. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001. Pp. xii 191. Paper, $20.00.

Carson, D.A., Peter T O'Brien, & Mark A. Seifrid. JUSTIFICATION AND VARIEGATED NOMISM. Volume 1: THE COMPLEXITIES OF SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic/Tuebingen, Germany: Morh Siebeck, 2001. Pp. xii 619. Paper, $44.99.

Cartlidge, David R., & J. Keith Elliott. ART AND THE CHRISTIAN APOCRYPHA. London, UK/New York, NY: Routledge, 2001. Pp. xvi 277. Paper, $30.00.

Cassidy, Richard J. PAUL IN CHAINS: ROMAN IMPRISONMENT AND THE LETTERS OF ST. PAUL. New York, NY: Crossroad Books, 2001. Pp. xv 317. Paper, $24.95.

Coffey, David M. THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION. Lex Orandi Series. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001. Pp. xix 189. Paper; $19.95.

Dever, William G. WHAT DID THE BIBLICAL WRITERS KNOW AND WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT? Grand Rapids, MI/Cambridge, UK: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001. Pp. xiii 313. Cloth, $25.00.

Drane, John. INTRODUCING THE OLD TESTAMENT. Completely revised and updated. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2001. Pp. 366. Cloth, $26.00.

Geyer, Douglas W. FEAR, ANOMALY, AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK. Lanham, MD/London, UK: The Scarecrow Press, 2002. Pp. xi 339. Cloth, $58.00.

Gorringe, T. J. THE EDUCATION OF DESIRE: TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF THE SENSES. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2002. Pp. xii 144. Paper, $16.00.

Gowen, Daniel E. DANIEL. Abingdon CT Commentaries. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2001. Pp. 172. Paper, $18.00.

Gunkel, Hermann. WATER FOR A THIRSTY LAND: ISRAELITE LITERATURE AND RELIGION. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2001. Pp. x 182. Paper, $16.00.

Hellerman, Joseph H. THE ANCIENT CHURCH AS FAMILY. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001. Pp. xv 295. Paper, $23.00.

Horsley, Richard A. HEARING THE WHOLE STORY: THE POLITICS OF PLOT IN MARK'S GOSPEL. Louisville, KY/London, UK/Leiden, Netherlands: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Pp. 312. Paper, $29.95.

Horsley, Richard A., & Neil Asher Silberman. THE MESSAGE AND THE KINGDOM: HOW JESUS AND PAUL IGNITED A REVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMED THE ANCIENT WORLD. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2002. Original 1997 edition published by Grosset/Putnam, a member of Penguin Putnam, Inc. Pp. xiii 290. Paper, $18.00.

Izal, Jose Javier Pardo. PASION POR UN FUTUR IMPOSIBLE: ESTUDIO LITERARIO-TEOLOOO DE JEREMIAS 32. Rome, Italy: Gregorian University, 2000. Pp. 406. $24.00.

Leclerc, Thomas L. YAHWEH IS EXALTED IN JUSTICE: SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT IN ISAIAH. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001. Pp. x 229. Paper, $20.00.

Limburg, James. PSALMS FOR SOJOURNERS. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2002. Pp. xii 128. Paper, $9.00.

Nanos, Mark D. THE IRONY OF GALATIANS: PAUL'S LETTER IN FIRST-CENTURY CONTEXT. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2002. Pp. xiii 376. Paper, $26.00.

Nickelsburg, George W. E. 1 ENOCH: A COMMENTARY. Hermeneia series. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001. Pp. xxxvi 617. Cloth, $58.00.

Perdue, Leo G., ed. THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2001. Pp. xxx 471. Cloth, $170.00.

Rolin, Patrice. LES CONTROVERSES DANS L'EVANGILE DE MARC. Paris, France: Gabalda, 2001. Pp. 300. Paper, 300 E

Staubli, Thomas, & Silvia Schroer. BODY SYMBOLISM AND THE BIBLE. Translated by Linda M. Maloney. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001. Pp. xi 249. Paper, $39.95.

Thompson, Marianne Meye. THE GOD OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. Grand Rapids, MI/Cambridge, UK: William B. Eerdmans, 2001. Pp. x 269. Paper, $22.00.

Topel, L. John. CHILDREN OF A COMPASSIONATE GOD: A THEOLOGICAL EXEGESIS or LUKE 6:20-49. Pp. xvii 340. Paper, $29.95.