Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
ISSN 1203-1542

List of Reviews (by volume)

(for reviews by author click here)

Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5

Volume 6

 

Volume 6 (2006-2007)

 

Waltke, Bruce K., The Book of Proverbs, Chapters 1-15 (NICOT; Grand Rapids\Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2004); idem, The Book of Proverbs, Chapters 15-31 (NICOT; Grand Rapids\Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2005). (click here)
Hess, Richard S., Song of Songs (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005). (click here)
Rendtorff, Rolf, The Canonical Hebrew Bible:  A Theology of the Old Testament. (Trans. David E. Orton; Tools for Biblical Study, 7; Leiden: Deo Publishing, 2005). (click here)
Fretheim, Terence E., God and World in the Old Testament: A Relational Theology of Creation (Nashville: Abingdon press, 2005). (click here)
Penchansky, David, Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005). (click here)
Koch, Ulla Susanne Secrets of Extispicy. The Chapter Multābiltu of the Babylonian Extispicy Series and Nisirti bārîti Texts mainly from Aššurbanipal's Library (AOAT, 326; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2005). (click here)
Spina, Frank Anthony, The Faith of the Outsider: Exclusion and Inclusion in the Biblical Story (Grand Rapids\Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2005). (click here)
Fidler, Ruth, “Dreams Speak Falsely”? Dream Theophanies in the Bible: Their Place in Ancient Israelite Faith and Tradition (Jerusalem: Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2005). (click here) - For another review of the same book click here
Henze, Matthias, ed., Biblical Interpretation at Qumran (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005). (click here)
Nardoni, Enrique, Rise Up, O Judge: A Study of Justice in the Biblical World (trans. Seán Charles Martin; Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004). (click here)
Kessler, Martin, ed., Reading the Book of Jeremiah: A Search for Coherence (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2004). (click here)
Fidler, Ruth, “Dreams Speak Falsely”? Dream Theophanies in the Bible: Their Place in Ancient Israelite Faith and Traditions (Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2005). (click here) - For another review of the same book click here
Young, Ian, ed., Biblical Hebrew: Studies in Chronology and Typology (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 369; London/New York: T.&T.Clark, 2003). (Second Review - click here)
Stulman, Louis, Jeremiah (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005). (click here)
Flint, Peter W. and Patrick D. Miller, eds., with the assistance of A. Brunell and R. Roberts, The Book of Psalms: Composition and Reception (Vetus Testamentum Supplements, 99; Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature, 4; Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005). (click here)
Simundson, Daniel L., Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005).  (click here)
Revell, E. J., The Designation of the Individual:  Expressive Usage in Biblical Narrative (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology, 14; Kampen:  Kok Pharos, 1996). (click here)
Hayes, John H., ed., Hebrew Bible: History of Interpretation (Nashville: Abingdon, 2004). (click here)

 

Volume 5 (2004-2005)

 

Brueggemann, Walter, Worship in Ancient Israel: An Essential Guide (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005). (click here)
Milgrom, Jacob, Leviticus: A Book of Ritual and Ethics (Continental Commentary; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004). (click here)
Nigosian, S. A., From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 2004). (click here)
Assis, Elie, Self-Interest or Communal Interest: An Ideology of Leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah Narratives (Judg 6-12) (Vetus Testamentum Supplements, 106; Leiden\Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005). (click here)
Tetley, M. Christine, The Reconstructed Chronology of the Divided Kingdom (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2005). (click here)
Dille, Sarah J., Mixing Metaphors: God as Mother and Father in Deutero-Isaiah (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 398; Gender, Culture, Theory, 13; London/New York: T & T Clark International, 2004). (click here)
Fokkelman, J. P., Major Poems of the Hebrew Bible. At the Interface of Prosody and Structural Analysis. Volume IV: Job 15 – 42 (Studia Semitica Neerlandica, vol. 47; Assen, The Netherlands: Royal Van Gorcum, 2004). (click here)
Anderson, Robert T. and Terry Giles, Tradition Kept: The Literature of the Samaritans (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2005). (click here)
Smith, Mark S., The Memoirs of God: History, Memory and the Experience of the Divine in Ancient Israel (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004). (click here)
Heller, Roy L., Narrative Structure and Discourse Constellations: An Analysis of Clause Function in Biblical Hebrew Prose.  (Harvard Semitic Studies 55; Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2004). (click here)
Lohfink, Norbert, Qoheleth (A Continental Commentary; trans. Sean McEvenue; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003). (click here)
Flannery-Dailey, Frances, Dreamers, Scribes, and Priests: Jewish Dreams in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 90; Leiden\Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2004). (click here)
Talshir Z. and D. Amara, eds., On the Border Line. Textual Meets Literary Criticism. Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of Alexander Rofé on the Occasion of  his Seventieth Birthday (Beer-Sheva 18; Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, 2005). (click here)
Becking, Bob, Between Fear and Freedom. Essays on the Interpretation of Jeremiah 30-31(Oudtestamentische Studiën 51; Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2004). (click here)
Bregman, Marc, The Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature: Studies in the Evolution of the Versions (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003).  (click here)
Fitzpatrick, Paul E., S.M., The Disarmament of God: Ezekiel 38-39 in Its Mythic Context.  (The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series, 37; Washington: The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2004) (click here)
Kalimi, Isaac, An Ancient Israelite Historian: Studies in the Chronicler, His Time, Place and Writing (Studia Semitica Neerlandica, 46; Assen: Van Gorcum, 2005). (click here)
Kalimi, Isaac, The Reshaping of Ancient Israelite History in Chronicles (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2005. (click here)
Meyers, Carol, Households and Holiness: The Religious Culture of Israelite Women (Facets; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005). (click here)
LaCocque, André, Ruth (trans. K. C. Hanson; A Continental Commentary; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004). (click here)
Campbell, Anthony F. Joshua to Chronicles An Introduction (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2004). (click here)
Gordon, R. P. and J. C. de Moor, eds., The Old Testament in Its World (Oudtestamentische Studiën 52; Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005). (click here)
Schmitt, Rüdiger, Magie im Alten Testament (Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 313; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2004). (click here)
Johnston, Philip S.  Shades of Sheol: Death and Afterlife in the Old Testament (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2002). (click here)
Gilders, William K., Blood Ritual in the Hebrew Bible: Meaning and Power (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). (click here)
Reeves, John C., ed. Bible and Qur’an: Essays in Scriptural Intertextuality (Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series 24; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003).  (click here)
Claassens, L. Juliana M., The God who Provides: Biblical Images of Divine Nourishment (Nashville: Abingdon, 2004). (click here)
Cook Stephen L. and Corrine L. Patton, eds., Ezekiel’s Hierarchical World: Wrestling with a Tiered Reality (Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series 31; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature Press, 2004). (click here)
Schneider, Tammi J., Sarah: Mother of Nations (New York/London: Continuum, 2004). (click here)
Kim, Hyun Chul Paul, Ambiguity, Tension, and Multiplicity in Deutero-Isaiah (Studies in Biblical Literature, 52; New York: Peter Lang, 2003). (click here)
Klein, Lillian, From Deborah to Esther: Sexual Politics in the Hebrew Bible (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003). (click here)
Collins, John J., Introduction to the Hebrew Bible with CD-ROM (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004). (click here)
Magness, Jodi, The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002). (click here)
Young, Ian, ed. Biblical Hebrew: Studies in Chronology and Typology (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 369; London/New York: T. & T. Clark, 2003). (click here)
Borodowski, Alfredo Fabio, Isaac Abravanel on Miracles, Creation, Prophecy and Evil: The Tension Between Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Biblical Commentary (Studies in Biblical Literature 53; New York: Peter Lang, 2003). (click here)
Hutton, Rodney R., Fortress Introduction to the Prophets (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004). (click here)
Schellenberg, Annette, Erkenntnis als Problem: Qohelet und die alttestamentliche Diskussion um das menschliche Erkennen (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 188; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002). (click here)
Szpek, Heidi M., ed. Voices from the University: The Legacy of the Hebrew Bible (New York\Lincoln\Shanghai: Writers Club Press, 2002). (click here)
G. W. Lorein, The Antichrist Theme in the Intertestamental Period (Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series, 44; London/New York: T&T Clark, 2003). (click here)