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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
ISSN 1203-1542

List of Reviews (by author)

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Abusch, T., Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Toward a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature (Ancient Magic and Divination V; Leiden: Styx-Brill, 2002) (click here)  

Abusch ,T. and Karel van der Toorn, eds., Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical, and Interpretive Perspectives (Studies in Ancient Magic and Divination, 1; Styx, 1998). (click here)  

Andersen, Francis I., Habakkuk: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible, 25; New York: Doubleday, 2001). (click here)

Anderson, Robert T. and Terry Giles, The Keepers: An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Samaritans (Peabody, MA.: Hendrickson, 2002). (click here)  

Arthur, David, A Smooth Stone: Biblical Prophecy in Historical Perspective (New York, NY: University Press of America, 2001). (click here)

Baltzer, Klaus, Deutero-Isaiah: A Commentary on Isaiah 40-55 (Trans. Margaret Kohl; Hermeneia; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001). (click here)  
Bartelmus, Rüdiger and Norbert Nebes, eds., Sachverhalt und Zeitbezug: Semitistische und alttestamentliche Studien Adolf Denz zum 65.Geburtstag (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 4; Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 2001). (click here)  
Bellinger, W. H., Leviticus, Numbers (New International Biblical Commentary, 3; Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2001).(click here)  

Bergant, Dianne, Song of Songs. (Berit Olam, Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2001).(click here)

Berlin, Adele, JPS Torah Commentary: Esther (Philadelphia, PA.: Jewish Publication Society, 2001). (click here)

Black, Jeremy, Andrew George, and Nicholas Postgate, eds., A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian (SANTAG, 5; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1999). (click here)

Boccaccini, Gabrielle, Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History, from Ezekiel to Daniel (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002). (click here)

Brettler, Marc Zvi, The Book of Judges (Old Testament Readings; London/New York: Routledge, 2002). (click here)

Broyles, Craig C., ed., Interpreting the Old Testament: A Guide for Exegesis (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker, 2001). (click here)

Brueggemann, Walter, Spirituality of the Psalms (Minneapolis, MI.: Augsburg Fortress, 2001). (click here)

Burnett, Joel S., A Reassessment of Biblical Elohim (SBLDS, 183; Atlanta, GA.: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001). (click here)  

Cogan, Mordecai, 1 Kings. A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible 10; New York: Doubleday, 2001). (click here)

Cohn, R. L., 2 Kings (Berit Olam; Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 2000). (click here)

 

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de Lange, Nicholas, ed., Hebrew Scholarship and the Medieval World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001). (click here)

Dobbs-Allsopp, F. W., Lamentations (Interpretation; Louisville: John Knox, 2002). (click here)

Doukhan, Jacques B., Hebrew for Theologians: A Textbook for the Study of Biblical Hebrew in Relation to Hebrew Thinking (Lanham, New York & London: University Press of America, 1993). (click here)

Drane, John , Introducing the Old Testament (Completely Revised and Updated; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001). (click here)  

Gardner, Bruce K., The Genesis Calendar: The Synchronistic Tradition in Genesis 1-11 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001) (click here)

Eusebius, Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, C.F. Cruse trans. (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1998). (click here)

Gowan, Donald E., Daniel (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2001). (click here

Greenspahn, Frederick E., An Introduction to Aramaic (Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study, 38; Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999). (click here)

Greenspoon, Leonard J.  and Bryan F. LeBeau, eds., Sacred Text, Secular Times: The Hebrew Bible in the Modern World (Studies in Jewish Civilization, 10; Omaha, Nebraska: Creighton University Press, 2000). (click here)

Gunkel, Hermann, Water for a Thirsty Land: Israelite Literature and Religion (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2001). (click here)

Hadley, Judith M., The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, 57; Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000). (click here)  

Hartley, John E., Genesis (New International Commentary- Old Testament Series, 1; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2000). (click here)

Hawk, L. Daniel, Joshua (Berit Olam; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000. (click here)

Hengel, Martin and C. K. Barrett, Conflicts and Challenges in Early Christianity. Donald A. Hagner, ed. (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press, 1999), viii + 103 pp. (click here)

Husser, Jean-Marie, Dreams and Dream Narratives in the Biblical World (Biblical Seminar, 63; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). (click here)

 

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Isserlin, B. J. S. I, The Israelites (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001). (click here)

The JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh (Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 1999). (click here)

Kalimi, Isaac, The Book of Chronicles. Historical Writing and Literary Devices (The Biblical Encyclopaedia Library 18; Jerusalem: Mosad Bialik, 2000; in Modern Hebrew, no English Summary) (click here)    

Kee, Howard Clark, and Lynn H. Cohick, eds., Evolution of the Synagogue: Problems and Progress (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press, 1999). (click here)

Korpel, Marjo and Josef Oesch, eds., Delimitation Criticism. A New Tool in Biblical Scholarship (Pericope. Scripture as Written and Read in Antiquity 1; Assen: Van Gorcum, 2000). (click here)  

Kugel, James L., The Bible as It Was (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997). (click here)

Kutsko, John F., Between Heaven and Earth: Divine Presence and Absence in the Book of Ezekiel (Biblical and Judaic Studies from the University of California, San Diego, 7; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2000). (click here)  

Lehmann, Winfred P., Esther Raizen, and Helen-Jo Jakusz Hewitt, Biblical Hebrew: An Analytical Introduction (San Antonio, TX.: Wings Press, 1999).
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Lipínski, Edward, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 100; Leuven: Peeters, 2000). (click here)

Loning Karl and Erich Zenger, To Begin With, God Created . . . Biblical Theologies of Creation (ET Omar Kaste; Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2000). (click here)

Metzger, Bruce M., The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker, 2001). (click here)

 

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Nasuti, Harry P., Defining the Sacred Songs: Genre, Tradition and the Post-Critical Interpretation of the Psalms, (JSOT Supplement Series 218; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). (click here)

Prosecky, Jiri, ed., Intellectual Life in the Ancient Near East: Papers Presented at the 43rd Rencontre assyriologique internationale, Prague, July 1-5, 1996 (Prague: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Oriental Institute, 1998). (click here)

Ross, Allen P., Introducing Biblical Hebrew (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Academic, 2001). (click here)

Sarna, Nahum M., Studies in Biblical Interpretation (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2000). (click here)

Schneider, Tammi, J. Judges (Berit Olam; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000). (click here)

Schroer, Silvia, Wisdom Has Built Her House: Studies on the Figure of Sophia in the Bible Translated by Linda M. Maloney and William McDonough (Collegeville, MI: Liturgical Press, 2000). (click here)

Schultz, R. L., The Search for Quotation: Verbal Parallels in the Prophets (JSOTS 180; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) (click here)

Schwemer, Daniel, Wettergottgestalten. Die Wettergottgestalten Mesopotamiens und Nordsyriens im Zeitalter der Keilschriftkulturen: Materialien und Studien nach den schriftlichen Quellen (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001) (click here)

Sherwood, Yvonne, A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). (click here)  

Simon, Uriel, Jonah ( JPS Bible Commentary; Philadelphia, PA.: Jewish Publication Society, 1999). (click here)

Smith, Mark S., The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). (click here)

Smith, Mark S., Untold Stories: The Bible and Ugaritic Studies in the Twentieth Century (Peabody, MA.: Hendrikson, 2001). (click here)

Staubli, Thomas and Silvia Schroer, Body Symbolism in the Bible (Translated by Linda M. Maloney; Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2001) (click here)

Sternberg, Meir, Hebrews Between Cultures: Group Portraits and National Literature (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998). (click here)

 

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Thiede, C. P. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity (New York: Palgrave, 2000). (click here)

Tov, Emanuel, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (2nd revised edition; Minneapolis, MI: Augsburg Fortress, 2001). (click here)

Van de Mieroop, Marc, Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History (Approaching the Ancient World, 6; Routledge: London, 1999). (click here)

Walsh, Jerome T., Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001). (click here)

Wood, Joyce Rilett, Amos in Song and Book Culture (JSOTS 337; Sheffield: Sheffield University Press, 2002) (click here)

Weitzman, M. P., The Syriac version of the Old Testament. An Introduction (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 56; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999). (click here)

Zevit, Ziony, The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches (London and New York: Continuum, 2001). (click here)

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