Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 12 (2012) - Review

Schmitt, Rüdiger, Der “Heilige Krieg” im Pentateuch und im deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerk: Studien zur Forschungs-, Rezeptions- und Religionsgeschichte von Krieg und Bann im Alten Testament (AOAT, 381; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2011).

Moore, Anne, Moving Beyond Symbol and Myth: Understanding the Kingship of God of the Hebrew Bible through Metaphor (Studies in Biblical Literature, 99; New York: Peter Lang, 2009)

Roitman, Adolfo D., Biblia, Exégesis y Religión: Una lectura crítico-histórica del judaísmo (Estella, Navarra: Editorial Verbo Divino, 2010).

Gilmour, Rachelle, Representing the Past: A Literary Analysis of Narrative Historiography in the Book of Samuel (VTSup, 143; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2011).

Saxegaard, Kristin M., Character Complexity in the Book of Ruth (FAT II, 47; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010).

Duggan, Michael W., The Consuming Fire: A Christian Guide to the Old Testament (rev. ed.; Huntington, Ind.: Our Sunday Visitor Press, 2010).

Hutton, Jeremy, The Transjordanian Palimpsest: The Overwritten Texts of Personal Exile and Transformation in the Deuteronomistic History (BZAW, 396; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2009).

Dalley, Stephanie, Esther's Revenge at Susa: From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).

Rösel, Harmut N., Joshua (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament; Leuven: Peeters, 2011).

Gärtner-Brereton, Luke, The Ontology of Space in Biblical Hebrew Narrative: The Determinate Function of Narrative “Space” within the Biblical Hebrew Aesthetic (BibleWorld; Oakville, CT; Equinox, 2008).

Dozeman, Thomas B., Exodus (ECC; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009).

Hackett, Jo Ann, A Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2010).

Hagedorn, Anselm C. and Andrew Mein, eds., Aspects of Amos: Exegesis and Interpretation (LHBOTS, 536; New York/London: T&T Clark, 2011).

Zahn, Molly M., Rethinking Rewritten Scripture: Composition and Exegesis in the 4QReworked Pentateuch Manuscripts (STDJ, 95; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2011).

Ahn, John J., Exile as Forced Migrations: A Sociological, Literary, and Theological Approach on the Displacement and Resettlement of the Southern Kingdom of Judah (BZAW, 417; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2011).

Walton, John H., Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology (Winona Lake, Ind.; Eisenbrauns, 2011).

Babylonian Prayers to Marduk (Orientalische Religionen in der Antike, 7; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011).

Kratz, Reinhard G., Prophetenstudien: Kleine Schriften II (FAT, 74; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011).

Kartveit, Magnar, The Origin of the Samaritans (VTSup, 128; Leiden: Brill, 2009).

Trevaskis, Leigh M., Holiness, Ethics and Ritual in Leviticus (HBM, 29; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2011).

Niesiołowski-Spanò, Łukasz, Origin Myths and Holy Places in the Old Testament: A Study of Aetiological Narratives (Translated by Jacek Laskowski; Copenhagen International Seminar; London & Oakville: Equinox, 2011).

Black, Fiona, The Artifice of Love: Grotesque Bodies and the Song of Songs (LHBOTS, 392; New York/London: T&T Clark, 2009).

Seitz, Christopher R., The Goodly Fellowship of the Prophets: The Achievement of Association in Canon Formation (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009).

Fox, Michael V., Proverbs 10–31: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (AB, 18B; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009).

Oeste, Gordon, K., Legitimacy, Illegitimacy, and the Right to Rule: Windows on Abimelech's Rise and Demise in Judges 9 (LHBOTS, 546; New York: T&T Clark, 2011).

Eskenazi, Tamara Cohn and Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Ruth (JPS Bible Commentary; Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2011).

Frevel, Christian, ed., Mixed Marriages: Intermarriage and Group Identity in the Second Temple Period (LHBOTS, 547; New York: T&T Clark International, 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; New York/London: T&T Clark, 2010).

Dearman, J. Andrew, The Book of Hosea (NICOT; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2010).

Stromberg, Jacob, Isaiah After Exile: The Author of Third Isaiah as Reader and Redactor of the Book (OTM; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

Wood, Alice, Of Wings and Wheels: A Synthetic Study of the Biblical Cherubim (BZAW, 385; Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2008).

Houtman, Alberdina and Harry Sysling, Alternative Targum Traditions: The Use of Variant Readings for the Study in Origin and History of Targum Jonathan (Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 9; Leiden: Brill, 2009).

Kupfer, Christian, Mit Israel auf dem Weg durch die Wüste: eine leseorientierte Exegese der Rebellionstexte in Exodus 15:22–17:7 und Numeri 11:1–20:13 (OTS, 61; Leiden: Brill, 2012).

Keeping Heaven on Earth : Safeguarding the Divine Presence in the Priestly Tabernacle (FAT II, 50; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011)

Donkeys in the Biblical World: Ceremony and Symbol (History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant, 2; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011)

YHWH Elohim: A Survey of Occurrences in the Leningrad Codex and their Corresponding Septuagintal Renderings (LHBOTS 537; Hebrew Bible and its Versions 6; London/New York: T&T Clark, 2011)

New Perspectives on Ezra-Nehemiah: History and Historiography, Text, Literature, and Interpretation (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012)

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012)

Bible and Justice: Ancient Texts, Modern Challenges (London: Equinox, 2011)

Death in the Iron Age II and in First Isaiah (FAT, 79; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011)

The Authority and Authorization of Torah in the Persian Period (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology, 64; Leuven, Peeters, 2011)

The Formation of the Hebrew Bible: A New Reconstruction (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011)

The Biblical Saga of King David (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009)

The Intertextuality of Zechariah 1–8 (LHBOTS, 506; London: T&T Clark, 2009)

What Was Authoritative for Chronicles? (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011)

Jewish Bible Theology: Perspectives and Case Studies (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012).

Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs (LHBOTS, 503; London: T&T Clark, 2009).

Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings (BIS, 112; Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2012).

Ancient Judaism: New Visions and Views (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011).

Hagelia, Hallvard, Three Old Testament Theologies for Today: Helge S. Kvanvig, Walter Brueggemann and Erhard Gerstenberger (HBM, 44; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2012).

Hornsby, Teresa J. and Ken Stone (eds.), Bible Trouble: Queer Readings at the Boundaries of Biblical Scholarship (Semeia Studies, 67; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011).

Ulrich, Eugene and Peter W. Flint, with a contribution by Martin G. Abegg, Jr., Qumran Cave 1, II: The Isaiah Scrolls. Part 1: Plates and Transcriptions; Part 2: Introductions, Commentary, and Textual Variants (DJD, XXXII; Oxford: Clarendon, 2010).

Goldingay, John and Pamela J. Scalise, Minor Prophets II (NIBCOT; Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2009).

Thomas, Matthew A., These are the Generations: Identity, Covenant and the ‘Toledot’ Formula (LHBOTS, 551; New York: T&T Clark, 2011).

Lim, Timothy H. and John J. Collins (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls (OHRT; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

Joyce, Paul M. and Andrew Mein (eds.), After Ezekiel: Essays on the Reception of A Difficult Prophet (LHBOTS, 535; New York: T&T Clark, 2011).

Moore, Megan Bishop and Brad E. Kelle, Biblical History and Israel's Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History (Grand Rapids, MI and Cambridge, UK: W. B. Eerdmans, 2011).

Franke, Chris and Julia M. O'Brien (eds.), The Aesthetics of Violence in the Prophets (LHBOTS, 517; New York: T&T Clark, 2010).

Theocharous, Myrto, Lexical Dependence and Intertextual Allusion in the Septuagint of the Twelve Prophets: Studies in Hosea, Amos and Micah (LHBOTS, 570; London: T&T Clark, 2012).

Baden, Joel S., The Composition of the Pentateuch. Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2012).

Lim, Bo H., The ‘Way of the Lord’ in the Book of Isaiah (LHBOT, 522; London/New York: T & T Clark, 2010).

Bartor, Assnat, Reading Law as Narrative: A Study in the Casuistic Laws of the Pentateuch (SBLAIL, 5; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2010).

Finitsis, Antonios, Visions and Eschatology: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Zechariah 1–6 (LSTS, 79; New York/London: T & T Clark, 2011).