List of Reviews
(by author)
(for reviews by volume click here)
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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)
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| 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) |
| Albertz,
Rainer and Bob Becking, eds, Yahwism after the Exile:
Perspectives on Israelite Religion in the Persian Era (Studies
in Theology and Religion 5; Assen: Van Gorcum, 2003) click here) |
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Andersen, Francis
I., Habakkuk: A New Translation with Introduction and
Commentary (Anchor Bible, 25; New York: Doubleday,
2001). (click here)
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| 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) |
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Arthur, David, A
Smooth Stone: Biblical Prophecy in Historical Perspective (New
York, NY: University Press of America, 2001). (click here)
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| Balentine,
Samuel E., Leviticus (Interpretation; Louisville:
John Knox Press, 2002). (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) |
| Bauer,
David R., An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for
Ministry (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2003). (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) |
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Bergant, Dianne, Song
of Songs. (Berit Olam, Studies in Hebrew Narrative
and Poetry; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2001).(click here)
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Berlin, Adele, JPS Torah Commentary:
Esther (Philadelphia, PA.: Jewish Publication Society,
2001). (click here)
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Black, Jeremy,
Andrew George, and Nicholas Postgate, eds., A Concise
Dictionary of Akkadian (SANTAG, 5; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz
Verlag, 1999). (click here)
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Boccaccini,
Gabrielle, Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual
History, from Ezekiel to Daniel (Grand Rapids, MI:
Eerdmans, 2002). (click here)
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Brettler, Marc
Zvi, The Book of Judges (Old Testament Readings;
London/New York: Routledge, 2002). (click here)
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Broyles, Craig
C., ed., Interpreting the Old Testament: A Guide for
Exegesis (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker, 2001). (click here)
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Brueggemann,
Walter, Spirituality of the Psalms (Minneapolis,
MI.: Augsburg Fortress, 2001). (click here)
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| 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) |
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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) |
| Charlesworth,
J. H. and M. A. Daise, eds., Light in a Spotless Mirror:
Reflections on Wisdom Traditions in Judaism and Early Christianity (Faith
and Scholarship Colloquies; Harrisburg, PA.: Trinity Press,
2003). (click here) |
| Chilton,
Bruce, Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and
Christian Festal Calendars (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002). (click here) |
| Chisholm,
Robert B., Handbook on the Prophets (Grand Rapids: Baker,
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) |
| Clifford,
Richard J., Psalms 1-72 (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries;
Nashville, TN.: Abingdon, 2002). (click here) |
| Cook, Stephen
L., The Apocalyptic Literature (Interpreting Biblical
Texts; Nashville: Abingdon, 2003). (click here) |
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Cogan, Mordecai, 1
Kings. A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor
Bible 10; New York: Doubleday, 2001). (click here)
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Cohn, R. L., 2
Kings (Berit Olam; Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical
Press, 2000). (click here)
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| Cotter,
David W., Genesis (Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative
and Poetry: Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003). Pp.
xxxviii, 366. ISBN 0-8146-5040-6. $49.95. (click here) |
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| Davies, Philip
R and John M. Halligan, eds., Second Temple Studies III:
Studies in Politics, Class and Material Culture (JSOTS
340; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002). (click here) |
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de Lange, Nicholas,
ed., Hebrew Scholarship and the Medieval World (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2001). (click here)
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De Troyer, Kristin, Judith A. Herbert,
Judith Ann Johnson, and Anne-Marie Korte, eds., Wholly Woman,
Holy Blood (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International,
2003). (click here)
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Dobbs-Allsopp, F. W., Lamentations (Interpretation;
Louisville: John Knox, 2002). (click here)
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| Donner,
Herbert and Wolfgang Röllig, Kanaanäische und aramäische
Inschriften. Band 1, 5., erweiterte und überarbeitete Auflage (Wiesbaden:
Harrassowiz Verlag, 2002). (click here) |
| Dotan, Aron, ed., The Parallel Bible, Hebrew-English
Old Testament: With
the Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia and the King James Version (Peabody,
MA.: Hendrickson, 2003). (click here)
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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)
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| 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) |
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Evans, M. J., 1
and 2 Samuel (New International Biblical Commentary,
Old Testament Series, Volume 6; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson,
2000). (click here)
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Fewell, Danna Nolan, The Children of
Israel: Reading the Bible for the Sake of Our Children (Nashville,
TN: Abingdon Press, 2003).
(click here)
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| Fishbane,
Michael, Haftarot: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the
New JPS Translation (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication
Society, 2002). (click here) |
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Fritz, Volkmar, 1 & 2 Kings (Continental
Commentary;
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2003). (click here)
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Friedmann, Daniel, To Kill and
Take Possession: Law, Morality, and Society in Biblical
Stories (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002). (click here)
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| Frymer-Kensky,
Tivka, Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation
of Their Stories (New York: Schocken, 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) |
| Gillingham,
Susan E., The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent
Approaches to Biblical Study (JSOTS 354. Sheffield:
Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) (click here) |
| Goldingay,
John, Isaiah (New International Biblical Commentary;
Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2001). (click here) |
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Gowan, Donald
E., Daniel (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries;
Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2001). (click here)
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Greenspahn,
Frederick E., An Introduction to Aramaic (Society
of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study, 38;
Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999). (click here)
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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)
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Gunkel, Hermann, Water
for a Thirsty Land: Israelite Literature and Religion (Minneapolis:
Augsburg Fortress, 2001). (click here)
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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)
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| 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) |
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Hartley, John E., Genesis (New
International Commentary- Old Testament Series, 1; Peabody,
MA: Hendrickson, 2000). (click here)
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Hawk, L. Daniel, Joshua (Berit
Olam; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000. (click here)
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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)
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| 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) |
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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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| Ilan,
Tal, Integrating Women into Second Temple History (Tübingen:
J.C.B. Mohr [Paul Siebeck], 1999/ Peabody: Hendrickson, 2001). (click here) |
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Isserlin, B. J.
S. I, The Israelites (Minneapolis: Fortress Press,
2001). (click here)
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The JPS
Hebrew-English Tanakh (Philadelphia,
PA: Jewish Publication Society, 1999). (click here)
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| Jobling, David,
Tina Pippin and Ronald Schleifer, eds., The Postmodern Bible
Reader (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001) (click here) |
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| Kalimi,
Isaac, Early Jewish Exegesis and Theological Controversy:
Studies in Scripture in the Shadow of Internal and External
Conflicts (Jewish and Christian Heritage Series 2; Assen:
Van Gorcum, 2002). (click here) |
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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) |
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Kee, Howard Clark,
and Lynn H. Cohick, eds., Evolution of the Synagogue:
Problems and Progress (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press,
1999). (click here)
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Knohl, Israel, The Divine Symphony: The Bible's Many Voices (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society).
(click here)
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| Korpel, Marjo
C. A., The Structure of the Book of Ruth (Pericope:
Scripture as Written and Read in Antiquity, 2; AA Assen, The
Netherlands: Koninklijke Van Gorcum, 2001). (click here) |
| Korpel,
Marjo and Josef Oesch, eds., Studies in Scriptural Unit
Division (Pericope 3; Assen: Van Gorcum, 2002), Pp. vii,
288. Hardcover, ISBN 9023238400. $ 70. (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) |
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Kugel, James L., The
Bible as It Was (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Press, 1997). (click here)
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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)
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| Lang,
Bernhard, The Hebrew God: Portrait of an Ancient Deity (New
Haven: Yale University Press, 2002). (click here) |
| Lehmann, Reinhard, ed., Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt (KUSATU, Vols. 2-3; Waltrop: Harmut Spenner,
2001, 2002). (click here) |
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Lehmann, Winfred
P., Esther Raizen, and Helen-Jo Jakusz Hewitt, Biblical
Hebrew: An Analytical Introduction (San Antonio, TX.:
Wings Press, 1999). (click here)
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| Levine,
Lee I., Jerusalem: Portrait of the City in the Second Temple
Period (538 BCE-70 CE) (Philadelphia, PA.: Jewish Publication
Society, 2002). (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) |
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Lipínski, Edward, The
Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia
Lovaniensia Analecta, 100; Leuven: Peeters, 2000). (click here)
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Loning Karl and
Erich Zenger, To Begin With, God Created . . . Biblical
Theologies of Creation (ET Omar Kaste; Collegeville:
The Liturgical Press, 2000). (click here)
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| Lyons,
William John, Canon and Exegesis: Canonical Praxis and the
Sodom Narrative (JSOTS 352; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 2002). (click here) |
| McCann, J.
Clinton, Judges (Interpretation; Louisville: Westminster/
John Knox Press, 2003). (click here) |
| Matthews,
Victor H., Social World of the Hebrew Prophets (Peabody,
MA: Hendrickson, 2001). (click here) |
| Matthews,
Victor H., A Brief History of Ancient Israel (Louisville:
Westminster John Knox, 2002). (click here) |
| Maussion,
Marie, Le mal, le bien et le jugement de Dieu dans le livre
de Qohélet (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 190; Göttingen/
Fribourg, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003).(click here) |
| Metzger,
Bruce M., The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English
Versions (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker, 2001). (click here) |
| Milgrom,
Jacob, Leviticus 23-27 (Anchor Bible Series 3B, New
York: Doubleday, 2001). (click here) |
| Murphy, Catherine
M. Wealth in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Qumran Community (STDJ
40: Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002). (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)
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| Nelson,
Richard D., Deuteronomy. A Commentary (Old Testament
Library; Louisville--London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002). (click here) |
| Noll,
K. L., Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction (The
Biblical Seminar, 83; London: Continuum, 2001). (click here) |
| O'Brien,
Julia Myers, 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) |
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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)
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Ross, Allen P., Introducing
Biblical Hebrew (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Academic,
2001). (click here)
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Sarna, Nahum M., Studies
in Biblical Interpretation (Philadelphia: The Jewish
Publication Society, 2000). (click here)
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Schneider, Tammi,
J. Judges (Berit Olam; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical
Press, 2000). (click here)
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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)
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Schultz, R. L., The
Search for Quotation: Verbal Parallels in the Prophets (JSOTS
180; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) (click here)
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Schwemer, Daniel, Wettergottgestalten.
Die Wettergottgestalten Mesopotamiens und Nordsyriens im
Zeitalter der Keilschriftkulturen: Materialien und Studien
nach den schriftlichen Quellen (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz,
2001) (click here)
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| Seow,
C. L., Daniel (Westminster Bible Companion; Louisville:
Westminster John Knox Press, 2003). (click here) |
| Sherwood,
Yvonne, A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival
of Jonah in Western Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2000). (click here) |
| Shimasaki, Katsuomi, Focus
Structure in Biblical Hebrew. A Study of Word Order and
Information Structure (Bethesda, MD.: CDL Press, 2002) (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) |
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Simon, Uriel, Jonah (
JPS Bible Commentary; Philadelphia, PA.: Jewish Publication
Society, 1999). (click here)
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| Smith,
Mark S., The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other
Deities in Ancient Israel ( with a foreword by Patrick
D. Miller. 2nd ed.; Grand Rapids, MI.: Eerdmans; Dearborn,
Mich.: Dove, 2002). (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) |
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Smith, Mark S., The
Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background
and the Ugaritic Texts (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2001). (click here)
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| Smith,
Mark S., Untold Stories: The
Bible and Ugaritic Studies in the Twentieth Century (Peabody,
MA.: Hendrikson, 2001). (click here) |
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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)
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Thiede,
C. P. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity
(New York: Palgrave, 2000). (click here)
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Tov,
Emanuel, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (2nd revised
edition; Minneapolis, MI: Augsburg Fortress, 2001). (click
here)
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| Vance,
Donald R., A Hebrew Reader for Ruth (Peabody, MA:
Hendrickson, 2003).
(click here) |
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Van
de Mieroop, Marc, Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History
(Approaching the Ancient World, 6; Routledge: London, 1999).
(click here)
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Walsh,
Jerome T., Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
(Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001). (click here)
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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)
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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)
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Wilhelm, Gernot, ed., Akten des IV. Internationalen
Kongresses
für Hethitologie. Würzburg, 4.-8. Oktober 1999. (Studien zu den
Boğazköy-Texten, 45; Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001).
(click here)
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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)
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Wood, Joyce
Rilett, Amos in
Song and Book Culture (JSOTS 337; Sheffield: Sheffield University Press,
2002)
(click here)
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| Zevit,
Ziony, The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of
Parallactic Approaches (London and New York: Continuum, 2001). (click
here)
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