Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (JHS)

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)

Arnold Bill T., and Bryan E. Beyer, eds., Readings from the Ancient Near East: Primary Sources for Old Testament Study (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Academic, 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)

Ben-Dov, Meir, Historical Atlas of Jerusalem. (Translated by David Louvish; New York and London: Continuum, 2002). (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)

Brueggemann, Walter, Deuteronomy (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2001). (click here)

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

Burstein, Chaya M., The Kids Cartoon Bible (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2002). (click here)

Chavalas, Mark W. and K. Lawson Younger, eds., Mesopotamia and the Bible: Comparative Explorations (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker, 2002). (click here)

Charlesworth, James H. et al., eds., The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translations, vol. 6B Pesharim, Other Commentaries, and Related Documents (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck/ Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. (click here)

Chilton, Bruce, Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002). (click here)

Ciraolo, Leda and Jonathan Seidel, eds., Magic and Divination in the Ancient World (Ancient Magic and Divination II; Leiden: Brill, 2002) (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)

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)

Donner, Herbert and Wolfgang Röllig, Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften. Band 1, 5., erweiterte und überarbeitete Auflage (Wiesbaden: Harrassowiz Verlag, 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)

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

Evans, M. J., 1 and 2 Samuel (New International Biblical Commentary, Old Testament Series, Volume 6; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2000). (click here)

Friedmann, Daniel, To Kill and Take Possession: Law, Morality, and Society in Biblical Stories (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002). (click here)

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

Gerstenberger, Erhard S., Theologies in the Old Testament. Translated by John Bowden (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002). (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)

Harris, J. Gordon, Cheryl A. Brown, and Michael S. Moore; Robert L. Hubbard Jr., and Robert K. Johnston, eds., Joshua, Judges, Ruth (New International Biblical Commentary: Old Testament Series, Volume 5; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 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)

Hilprecht, H. V., Explorations in Bible Lands During the 19th Century. Vol. 1. Assyria and Babylonia. Vol. 2. Palestine, Egypt, Arabia and Hittite Areas (originally published, Philadelphia: A. J. Molman, 1903) (Reprint; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2002). (click here)

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

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)

Jobling, David, Tina Pippin and Ronald Schleifer, eds., The Postmodern Bible Reader (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001) (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). (click here)

Linafelt, Tod, Ruth, and Timothy K. Beal, Esther (Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry; Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999). (click here)

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)

Lyons, William John, Canon and Exegesis: Canonical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative (JSOTS 352; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002). (click here)

Matthews, Victor H., Social World of the Hebrew Prophets (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001). (click here)

Victor H. Matthews, A Brief History of Ancient Israel (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). (click here)

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

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)

Julia Myers O'Brien, Nahum (Readings: A New Biblical Commentary; Sheffield: Academic Press, 2002). (click here)

Pressler, Carolyn, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 2002). (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)

Simkins Ronald A. and Stephen L. Cook, eds., The Social World of the Hebrew Bible: Twenty-Five Years of the Social Sciences in the Academy (Semeia, 87; Atlanta: The Society of Biblical Literature, 1999). (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)

Soggin, J. Alberto, Israel in the Biblical Period. Institutions, Festivals, Ceremonies, Rituals (transl. John Bowden; Edinburgh-New York: T & T Clark, 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)

Stiebert, Johanna, The Construction of Shame in the Hebrew Bible: The Prophetic Contribution (JSOTS 346; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002).

Stordalen, T., Echoes of Eden: Genesis 2-3 and Symbolism of the Eden Garden in Biblical Hebrew Literature (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology, 25; Leuven: Peeters, 2000). (click here)

Talshir, Z., S. Yona and D. Sivan (eds.) Homage to Shmuel. Studies in the World of the Bible (Jerusalem: Bialik Institute/Ben-Gurion University Press, 2001). (click here)

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)

Wesselius, Jan-Wim, The Origin of the History of Israel: Herodotus's Histories as Blueprint for the First Books of the Bible (JSOTS, 345; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press/Continuum, 2002). (click here)

Willis, Timothy M., The Elders of the City: A Study of the Elders-Laws in Deuteronomy (SBLMS 55; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001). (click here)

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