Books received

Anderson, Robert T., & Terry Giles. TRADITION KEPT: THE LITERATURE OF THE SAMARITANS. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. xv + 432. Cloth, $34.95.

Birch, Bruce C., Walter Brueggemann, Terence E. Fretheim, & David L. Petersen. A THEOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2nd ed. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2005. Pp. xviii + 485. Paper, $40.00.

Bodi, Dahir. THE MICHAL AFFAIR: FROM ZAMRILIM TO THE RABBIS. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix, 2005. Pp. ix + 169. Cloth, $85.00.

Brenner, Athalya. I AM BiBLiCAL WOMEN. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005. Pp. xviii + 228. Paper, $13.00.

Britt, Brian. REWRITING MOSES: THE NARRATIVE ECLIPSE OF THE TEXT. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2004. Pp. x + 208, $45.95.

Crook, Zeba A. RECONCEPTUALISING CONVERSION: PATRONAGE, LOYALTY, AND CONVERSION IN THE RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 130; Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter, 2004. Pp. xv + 310. Cloth, $98.00.

Dever, William G. DID GOD HAVE A WIFE? ARCHAEOLOGY AND FOLK RELIGION IN ANCIENT ISRAEL. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005. Cloth, $25.00.

Esler, Philip E NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY: COMMUNION AND COMMUNITY. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2005. Pp. xii + 353. Paper, $40.00.

Faley, Roland J. FROM GENESIS TO APOCALYPSE: INTRODUCING THE BIBLE. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 2005. Pp. xii + 271. Paper, $19.95.

Goodacre, Mark and Nicholas Perrin, eds. QUESTIONING Q: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRITIQUE. Downers Grove, Il: InterVarsity Press, 2004. Pp. xiv + 201. Paper, $19.00.

Gorman, Michael J., Editor. SCRIPTURE: AN ECUMENICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE AND ITS INTERPRETATION. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. xv + 288. Paper, $19.95.

Gottwald, Norman K. THE HEBREW BIBLE: A SOCIO-LITERARY INTRODUCTION WITH CD-ROM. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress, 1985. Pp. xxx + 704, $33.00.

Grabbe, Lester L. GOOD KINGS AND BAD KINGS. London, UK: T&T Clark/Continuum, 2005. Pp. x + 371. Cloth, $125.00.

Habermas, Gary R., & Anthony G. N. Flew. RESURRECTED? AN ATHEIST AND THEIST DIALOGUE, edited by John F. Ankerberg. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. Pp. ix + 112. Paper, $15.95.

Harrington, Daniel J. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2005. Pp. v + 96. Paper, $12.95.

Hauer, Christian E., & William A. Young. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE: A JOURNEY INTO THREE WORLDS, 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005. Pp. xviii + 389. Paper, n.p.

Holladay, Carl R. A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT: INTERPRETING THE MESSAGE AND MEANING OF JESUS CHRIST. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2005. Pp. xxiii + 609. Paper, plus expanded CD-ROM, $49.00.

Kim, Uriah Y. DECOLONIZING JOSIAH: TOWARD A POSTCOLONIAL READING OF THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix, 2005. Pp. xii + 265. Cloth, $85.00.

Lawrence, Louise Joy. AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF THE HONOUR AND SHAME MODEL IN NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES. WUNT 2.165. Tubingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2003. Pp. xix + 392. Paper, $80.00.

Luz, Ulrich. STUDIES IN MATTHEW. Translated by Rosemary Selle. Gram Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005. Pp. xii + 385. Paper, $30.00.

Matthews, Victor H., & James C. Moyer. THE OLD TESTAMENT: TEXT AND CONTEXT, 2nd ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. xv + 357. Cloth, $34.95.

Meyers, Carol. HOUSEHOLDS AND HOLINESS. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005. Pp. viii + 105. Paper, $6.00.

Nickelsburg, George W. E. and VanderKam, James C. 1 ENOCH: A NEW TRANSLATION BASED ON THE HERMENEIA COMMENTARY. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2004. Pp. ix + 170. Paper, $16.00.

Partridge, Christopher, ed. INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS WITH CD-ROM. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005. Pp. 495. $45.00.

Porter, Adam L. INTRODUCING THE BIBLE: AN ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACH. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005. Pp. viii + 303. Paper, n.p.

Price, Robert M., & Jeffrey Jay Lowder, eds. THE EMPTY TOMB: JESus BEYOND THE GRAVE. Amherst. NY: Prometheus Books, 2005. Pp. 545. Cloth, $30.00.

Savran, George W. ENCOUNTERING THE DIVINE: THEOPHANY IN BIBLICAL NATIVE. London, UK: T&T Clark/Continuum, 2005. Pp. vii + 280. Cloth, $135.00.

Sparks, Kenton L. ANCIENT TEXTS FOR THE STUDY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. xxxvii + 514. Cloth, $39.95.

Stepp. Perry L. LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION IN THE WORLD OF THE PAULINE CIRCLE. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005. Pp. xvi + 227. Cloth, $85.00.

Stourton, Edward. PAUL OF TARSUS: A VISIONARY LIFE. MAHWAH, NJ: Hidden Spring, 2005. Pp. vii + 215. Cloth, $24.00.

Studstill, Randall. THE UNITY OF MYSTICAL TRADITIONS: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN TIBETAN AND GERMAN MYSTICISM. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2005. Pp. xii + 304. Cloth, $127.00.

Warrington, Kieth. DISCOVERING THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. x + 230. Paper, $16.95.

Wright, Richard M. LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE FOR THE PRE-EXILIC DATE OF THE YAHWISTIC SOURCE. London, UK: T&T Clark/Continuum, 2005. Pp. 208. Cloth, $105.00.

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