Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 13 (2013) - Review

Ortega Monasterio, Mª Teresa, José Manuel Sánchez Caro, and Guadalupe Seijas de los Ríos, A través de los siglos: Historia del texto bíblico (Estella (Navarra): Editorial Verbo Divino, 2012).

Lilly, Ingrid E., Two Books of Ezekiel: Papyrus 967 and the Masoretic Text as Variant Literary Editions (VTSup, 150; Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2012).

Galvin, Garrett, Egypt as a Place of Refuge (FAT, II/51; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011).

Ansberry, Christopher B., Be Wise, My Son, and Make My Heart Glad: An Exploration of the Courtly Nature of the Book of Proverbs (BZAW, 422; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2011).

Weeks, Stuart, Ecclesiastes and Scepticism (LHBOTS, 541; New York: T & T Clark, 2012).

Hartenstein, Friedhelm and Bernd Janowski, Psalmen (BKAT, XV/1, Lieferung 1; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 2012).

Monroe, Lauren A., Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

Fokkelman, Jan P., The Book of Job in Form: A Literary Translation with Commentary (SSN, 58; Leiden: Brill, 2012).

Person, Raymond J., The Deuteronomistic History and the Book of Chronicles: Scribal Works in an Oral World (SBL Ancient Israel and Its Literature, 6; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010).

Feldmeier, Reinhard and Hermann Spieckermann, God of the Living: A Biblical Theology (translated by Mark E. Biddle; Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2011).

Boss, Jeffrey, Human Consciousness of God in the Book of Job: A Theological and Psychological Commentary (London: Continuum, 2010).

Leung Lai, Barbara M., Through the ‘I’-Window: The Inner Life of Characters in the Hebrew Bible (HBM, 34; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2011).

Bergen, David A., Dischronology and Dialogic in the Bible's Primary Narrative (BI, 2; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009).

Ebeling, Jennie R., Women's Lives in Biblical Times (London: T & T Clark, 2010).

Gillmayr-Bucher, Susanne, Erzählte Welten im Richterbuch (Biblical Interpretation Series, 116; Leiden: Brill, 2012).

Rechberger, Uwe, Von der Klage zum Lob: Studien zum “Stimmungsumschwung” in den Psalmen (WMANT, 133; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 2012).

Von Heijne, Camilla Hélena, The Messenger of the Lord in Early Jewish Interpretations of Genesis (BZAW, 412; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010).

Grossman, Maxine L., ed., Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Assessment of Old and New Approaches and Methods (Grand Rapids, MI/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2010).

Bodner, Keith, Jeroboam's Royal Drama (Biblical Refigurations; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).

Hall, Sarah Lebhar, Conquering Character: The Characterization of Joshua in Joshua 1–11 (LHBOTS, 512; New York/London: T & T Clark, 2010).

De Sousa, Rodrigo F., Eschatology and Messianism in LXX Isaiah 1–12 (LHBOTS, 516; HBIV, 4; New York: T & T Clark, 2010).

Achenbach, Reinhard, Rainer Albertz, and Jakob Wöhrle, eds., The Foreigner and the Law: Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East (BZABR, 16; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2011).

The Enemy in the Household: Family Violence in Deuteronomy and Beyond (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012).

Stones and Stories: An Introduction to Archaeology and the Bible (Overtures to Biblical Theology; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009).

The Story of Israel in the Book of Qohelet: Ecclesiastes as Cultural Memory (Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).

Roskop, Angela R., The Wilderness Itineraries: Genre, Geography, and the Growth of Torah (HACL, 3; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011).

Oosting, Reinoud, The Role of Zion/Jerusalem in Isaiah 40–55: A Corpus-Linguistic Approach (SSN, 59; Leiden: Brill, 2013).

Kim, Koowon, Incubation as a Type-Scene in the ʾAqhatu, Kirta, and Hannah Stories: A Form-Critical and Narratological Study of KTU 1.14 I–1.15 III, 1.17 I–II, and 1 Samuel 1:1–2:11 (SSN, 59; Leiden: Brill, 2013).

Ben Zvi, Ehud and Diana V. Edelman (eds.), The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud (London/Oakville, CT: Equinox, 2009).

Charlesworth, James H. et al. (eds.), Temple Scroll and Related Documents, Vol. 7 of The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translations (The Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2011).

Edelman, Diana V., Philip R. Davies, Christophe Nihan, and Thomas Römer, Opening the Books of Moses (BibleWorld; Sheffield: Equinox, 2012)

Dever, William G., The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: Where Archaeology and the Bible Intersect (Grand Rapids/Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 2012)

Tuell, Steven, Ezekiel (NIBC, 15; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2009)

Matlock, Michael D., Discovering the Traditions of Prose Prayers in Early Jewish Literature (Library of Second Temple Studies, 81; New York/London: T & T Clark, 2012)

Anderson, Bradford A., Brotherhood and Inheritance: A Canonical Reading of the Esau and Edom Traditions (LHBOTS, 556; New York/London: T & T Clark, 2011).

Thelle, Rannfrid. I., Approaches to the Chosen Place: Accessing a Biblical Concept (LHBOTS, 564; London: T & T Clark, 2012).

Human, Dirk J. (ed.), Psalmody and Poetry in Old Testament Ethics (LHBOTS, 572; New York: T & T Clark, 2012).

Heacock, Anthony, Jonathan Loved David: Manly Love in the Bible and the Hermeneutics of Sex (The Bible in the Modern World, 22; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2011).

Mathews, Danny, Royal Motifs in the Pentateuchal Portrayal of Moses (LHBOTS, 571; New York: T & T Clark, 2012).

Johnson, Willa M., The Holy Seed Has been Defiled: The Interethnic Marriage Dilemma in Ezra 9–10 (HBM, 33; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2011).

Kim, Dong-Hyuk, Early Biblical Hebrew, Late Biblical Hebrew, and Linguistic Variability: A Sociolinguistic Evaluation of the Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts (VTSup, 156; Leiden: Brill, 2013).

Kiel, Micah D., The “Whole Truth”: Rethinking Retribution in the Book of Tobit (Library of Second Temple Studies, 82; London: T & T Clark, 2012).

Berges, Ulrich, Isaías: El profeta y el libro (Estudios Bíblicos, 44; Estella, Navarra, Verbo Divino: 2011).

Lange, Armin, and Matthias Weigold, Biblical Quotations and Allusions in Second Temple Jewish Literature (Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplements, 5; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011).

Martínez Delgado, José (ed.), El viaje lingüístico de la Biblia (Granada: Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2011).

Utzschneider, Helmut and Wolfgang Oswalt, Exodus 1–15 (Internationaler Exegetischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2013).

Frechett, Christopher G., Mesopotamian Ritual-prayers of “Hand-lifting” (Akkadian šuillas): An Investigation of Function in Light of the Idiomatic Meaning of the Rubric (AOAT, 379; Münster: Ugarit Verlag, 2012).

Otto, Eckard, Deuteronomium 1–11: Erster Teilband: 1,1-4,43; Zweiter Teilband: 4,44-11,32 (Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament; Stuttgart: Herders, 2012).

Kartveit, Magnar, Rejoice, Dear Zion: Hebrew Construct Phrases with “Daughter” and “Virgin” as Nomen Regens (BZAW, 447; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2013).

Schmid, Konrad, Genesis and the Moses Story: Israel's Dual Origins in the Hebrew Bible (Siphrut, 3; translated by James D. Nogalski; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010).

Von Weissenberg, Hanne, Juha Pakkala, and Marko Marttila (eds.), Changes in Scripture: Rewriting and Interpreting Authoritative Traditions in the Second Temple Period (BZAW, 419; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011)

Klein, Ralph W., 2 Chronicles: A Commentary (Hermeneia; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012).

LeCureux, Jason T., The Thematic Unity of the Book of the Twelve (HBM, 41; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2012).

Hom, Mary Katherine Y. H., The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives (LHBOTS, 559; New York: T & T Clark, 2012).

Sneed, Mark R., The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective (Ancient Israel and Its Literature; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012).

Miller, Geoffrey P., The Ways of a King: Legal and Political Ideas in the Bible (Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplements, 7; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011).

Conklin, Blane, Oath Formulas in Biblical Hebrew (LSAWS, 5; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011).

Harlow, Daniel C., Matthew J. Goff, Karina M. Hogan, and Joel S. Kaminsky (eds.), The “Other” In Second Temple Judaism: Essays In Honor of John J. Collins (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011).

Assis, Elie, The Book of Joel: A Prophet between Calamity and Hope (LBHOTS, 581; New York: Bloomsbury, 2013).

Schipper, Jeremy, Parables and Conflict in the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).

Ben Zvi, Ehud and Christoph Levin (eds.), Remembering and Forgetting in Early Second Temple Judah (FAT, 85; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012).

Coomber, Matthew J. M., Re-Reading the Prophets through Corporate Globalization: A Cultural-Evolutionary Approach to Economic Injustice in the Hebrew Bible (Biblical Intersections, 4; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2010).

Schlimm, Matthew R., From Fratricide to Forgiveness: The Language and Ethics of Anger in Genesis (Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures, 7; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011).

Penchansky, David, Understanding Israelite Wisdom Literature: Conflict and Dissonance in the Hebrew Text (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012).

Goering, Greg Schmidt, Wisdom's Root Revealed: Ben Sira and the Election of Israel (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 139; Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009).

Anderson, John E., Jacob and the Divine Trickster: A Theology of Deception and YHWH's Fidelity to the Ancestral Promise in the Jacob Cycle (Siphrut, 5; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011).

Pietsch, Michael, Die Kultreform Josias: Studien zur Religionsgeschichte Israels in der späten Königszeit (FAT, 86; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012).

Xeravits, Géza G. (ed.), A Pious Seductress: Studies in the Book of Judith (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, 14; Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2012).

Lasine, Stuart, Weighing Hearts: Character, Judgment, and the Ethics of Reading the Bible (LHBOTS, 568; New York: T & T Clark, 2012).

Silverman, Jason M., Persepolis and Jerusalem: Iranian Influence on the Apocalyptic Hermeneutic (LHBOTS, 558; London: T & T Clark, 2012).

Mills, Mary E., Urban Imagination in Biblical Prophecy (LHBOTS, 560; New York/London: T & T Clark, 2012).

Jackson, Melissa A., Comedy and Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible: A Subversive Collaboration (OTM; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).

Wallace, Robert E., The Narrative Effect of Book IV of the Hebrew Psalter (Studies in Biblical Literature, 112; New York: Peter Lang, 2007).