Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 11 (2011) - Review

Anderson, Gary A., Sin: A History (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009).

Nakhai, Beth Alpert (ed.), The World of Women in the Ancient and Classical Near East (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008).

Grabbe, Lester L. (ed.), Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIa (c. 1250-850 B.C.E.) Volume 1. The Archaeology (LHBOTS, 491; ESHM, 7; New York: T&T Clark, 2008).

Klauk, Hans-Josef, B. McGinn, P. Mendes-Flohr, C.-L. Seow, H. Spieckermann, B.D. Walfish, E. Ziolkowski (eds.) , Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception: Aaron–Aniconism (Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009).

Bernat,David A., Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the Priestly Tradition (Ancient Israel and its Literature 3; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009).

Horsley, Richard A. (ed.), In the Shadow of Empire: Reclaiming the Bible as a History of Faithful Resistance (Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2008).

Westbrook, Raymond and Bruce Wells, Everyday Law in Biblical Israel: An Introduction (Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 2009).

KUSATU (Kleine Untersuchengen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt) 8.9 (2008).

Hadjiev,Tchavdar S., The Composition and Redaction of the Book of Amos (BZAW, 393; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2009).

Green, Deborah A. and Laura S. Lieber (eds.), Scriptural Exegesis: The Shapes of Culture and the Religious Imagination, Essays in Honour of Michael Fishbane (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).

Tebes, Juan Manuel, Centro y Periferia en el mundo antiguo: El Negev y sus interacciones con Egipto, Asiria, y el Levante en la Edad del Hierro (1200-586 a.C.) (Ancient Near East Monographs, 1; 2nd ed.; Buenos Aires/Atlanta: SBL & CEHAO, 2008).

Moberly, R. W. L., The Theology of the Book of Genesis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Cotrozzi, Stefano, Expect the Unexpected: Aspects of Pragmatic Foregrounding in Old Testament Narratives (LHBOTS, 510: New York: T & T Clark, 2010).

Crane, Ashley S., Israel's Restoration: A Textual-Comparative Exploration of Ezekiel 36–39 (VTSup, 122; Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2008).

Jones, Scott C., Rumors of Wisdom: Job 28 as Poetry (BZAW, 398; Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009).

Petterson, Anthony R., Behold Your King: The Hope for the House of David in the Book of Zechariah (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; New York: T & T Clark, 2009).

Smith, Richard G., The Fate of Justice and Righteousness During David's Reign: Narrative Ethics and Rereading the Court History According to 2 Samuel 8:15–20:26 (LHBOTS, 508; New York, NY: T&T Clark, 2009).

Hagedorn, Anselm C. and Henrik Pfeiffer (eds.), Die Erzväter in der biblischen Tradition: Festschrift für Matthias Köckert (BZAW, 400; Berlin, de Gruyter, 2009).

Tuckett, Christopher (ed.), Feasts and Festivals (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology, 53; Leuven: Peeters, 2009).

Webster, Brian L. The Cambridge Introduction to Biblical Hebrew with CD-ROM (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Fleming, Daniel E. and Sara J. Milstein, The Buried Foundation of the Gilgamesh Epic: The Akkadian Huwawa Narrative (CM, 39; Leiden: Brill, 2010).

Jindo, Job Y., Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: A Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1–24 (HSM, 64; Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2010).

Allen, Leslie C., Jeremiah: A Commentary (OTL; Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 2008).

Niditch, Susan, “My Brother Esau is a Hairy Man”: Hair and Identity in Ancient Israel (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008).

Boccaccini, Gabriele and Giovanni Ibba (eds.), Enoch and Mosaic Torah: The Evidence of Jubilees (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2009).

Corley, Jeremy and Vincent Skemp (eds.), Studies in the Greek Bible: Essays in Honor of Francis T. Gignac, S.J. (CBQMS, 44; Washington, DC: The Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2008).

Pratico, Gary D. and Miles V. Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar (2nd. ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007).

Davis, Ellen F., Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

de Hulster, Izaak J. and Rüdiger Schmitt, (eds.), Iconography and Biblical Studies: Proceedings of the Iconography Sessions at the Joint EABS / SBL Conference, 22–26 July 2007, Vienna, Austria (AOAT, 361; Münster: Ugarit, 2009).

Tooman, William A. and Michael A. Lyons (eds.), Transforming Visions: Transformations of Text, Tradition, and Theology in Ezekiel (Princeton Theological Monograph Series, 127; Eugene, Oreg.: Pickwick, 2010).

Chung, Youn Ho, The Sin of the Calf: The Rise of the Bible's Negative Attitude Toward the Golden Calf (LHBOTS, 523; New York: T & T Clark, 2010).

O'Dowd, Ryan, The Wisdom of Torah: Epistemology in Deuteronomy and the Wisdom Literature (FRLANT, 225; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009).

Klein, Anja, Schriftauslegung im Ezechielbuch: Redaktionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zu Ez 34–39 (BZAW, 391; Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2008).

Smith, Mark S., God in Translation: Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World (Grand Rapids, Mich./Cambridge, UK: William B. Eerdmans, 2010).

Westbrook, Raymond and Bruce Wells, Everyday Law in Biblical Israel: An Introduction (Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 2009).

Matthews, Victor H., More than Meets the Ear: Discovering the Hidden Contexts of Old Testament Conversations (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2008).

Earl, Douglas, Reading Joshua as Christian Scripture (Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplement 2; Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2010).

Schiffman, Lawrence, The Courtyards of the House of the Lord: Studies in the Temple Scroll (STDJ, 75; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008).

Fischer, Stefan, Das Hohelied Salomos zwischen Poesie und Erzählung: Erzähltextanalyse eines poetischen Textes (FAT, 72; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2010).

Trebolle Barrera, Julio and Susana Pottecher, Job (Madrid: Trotta, 2011).

Barrick, W. Boyd., BMH as Body Language: A Lexical and Iconographical Study of the Word BMH When not a Reference to Cultic Phenomena in Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew (LHBOTS, 477; London, New York: T&T Clark, 2008).

Oswald, Wolfgang, Nathan der Prophet: Eine Untersuchung zu 2Samuel 7 und 12 und 1Könige 1 (ATANT, 94; Zurich: Theologischer Verlag, 2008).

Janse, Sam “You are My Son”: The Reception History of Psalm 2 in Early Judaism and the Early Church (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology, 51; Leuven: Peeters, 2009).

Halvorson-Taylor, Martien, Enduring Exile: The Metaphorization of Exile in the Hebrew Bible (VTSup, 141; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2011).

Knoppers, Gary N., and Kenneth A. Ristau, eds., Community Identity in Judean Historiography: Biblical and Comparative Perspectives (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2009).

Bosworth, David A., The Story within a Story in Biblical Hebrew Narrative (CBQMS, 45; Washington D.C.: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2008). Pp. viii+200. Softcover. US$12.50. ISBN 0-915170-44-2.

Vialle, Catherine, Une analyse comparée d'Esther TM et LXX: Regard sur deux récits d'une même histoire (BETL, 233; Leuven: Peeters, 2010).

Meer, Michaël van der, Percy van Keulen, Wido van Peursen, and Bas ter Haar Romeny (eds.), Isaiah in Context: Studies in Honour of Arie van der Kooij on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday (VTSup, 138; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2010).

Day, John (ed.), Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel (LHBOTS, 531; New York: T & T Clark, 2010).

Holmstedt, Robert D., Ruth: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2010).

Russell, Stephen C., Images of Egypt in Early Biblical Literature: Cisjordan-Israelite, Transjordan-Israelite, and Judahite Portrayals (BZAW, 403; Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009).

Nicklas, Tobias, Friedrich V. Reiterer, and Joseph Verheyden (eds.), The Human Body in Death and Resurrection (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, Yearbook 2009; Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009).

Annus, Amar and Alan Lenzi, Ludlul bēl nēmeqi: The Standard Babylonian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer (State Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts, 7; Publications of the Foundation for Finnish Assyriological Research, 2; Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2010).

Yasur-Landau, Assaf, Jennie R. Ebeling, and Laura B. Mazow (eds.), Household Archaeology in Ancient Israel and Beyond (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 50; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2011).

Halpern, Baruch, From Gods to God: The Dynamics of Iron Age Cosmologies (ed. M. J. Adams; FAT, 63; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009).

Sommer, Benjamin D., The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel (New York: Cambridge, 2009).

Weeks, Stuart, An Introduction to the Study of Wisdom Literature (T&T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies; London and New York: T&T Clark, 2010).

Evans, Paul S., The Invasion of Sennacherib in the Book of Kings: A Source-Critical and Rhetorical Study of 2 Kings 18–19 (VTSup, 125; Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2009).

Ballhorn, Egbert, Israel am Jordan: Narrative Topographie im Buch Josua (BBB, 162; Bonn: Bonn University Press im Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011).

Linafelt, Tod, Claudia V. Camp, and Timothy Beal, (eds.) The Fate of King David: The Past and Present of a Biblical Icon (LHBOTS, 500; London: T & T Clark, 2010).

George, Mark K., Israel's Tabernacle as Social Space (AIL 2; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009).

Crenshaw, James L., Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2010).

Meadors, Edward P., Idolatry and the Hardening of the Heart: A Study in Biblical Theology (London: T & T Clark, 2006).

OF DAVID'S ACTIONS AND THE DAVIDIC REDACTION - A review article of: Fischer, Alexander Achilles, Von Hebron nach Jerusalem: Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche Studie zur Erzählung von König David in II Sam 1–5 (BZAW, 335; Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2004).

Tiemeyer, Lena Sofia, For The Comfort of Zion: The Geographical and Theological Location of Isaiah 40–55 (VTSup, 139; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010).

Jindo, Job Y., Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: A Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1–24 (HSM, 64; Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2010).