Lawrence Boadt Archives – J. David Stark

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (September 6, 2013)

The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Lawrence Boadt, Richard Clifford, and Daniel Harrington, eds., Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction, reviewed by Richard G. Smith
David J. A. Clines and Ellen van Wolde, eds., A Critical Engagement: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honour of J. Cheryl Exum, reviewed by George Savran
Walter Groß and Erasmus Gaß, Studien zum Richterbuch und seinen Völkernamen, reviewed by Trent C. Butler
Todd R. Hanneken, The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees, reviewed by Robert Foster
Jonathan Kearney, Rashi—Linguist Despite Himself: A Study of the Linguistic Dimension of Rabbi Solomon Yishaqi’s Commentary on Deuteronomy, reviewed by Siam Bhayro
William E. Mierse, Temples and Sanctuaries from the Early Iron Age Levant: Recovery after Collapse, reviewed by Jonathan S. Greer
Jacqueline S. du Toit, Textual Memory: Ancient Archives, Libraries and the Hebrew Bible, reviewed by Ingeborg Löwisch
Yair Zakovitch, Jacob: Unexpected Patriarch, reviewed by Ronald Hendel

New Testament and Cognate Studies

James G. Crossley, Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism: Quests, Scholarship and Ideology, reviewed by Halvor Moxnes
Jonathan T. Pennington, Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction, reviewed by Cornelis Bennema

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (April 30, 2013)

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Lawrence Boadt, Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction, edited by Richard Clifford and Daniel Harrington, reviewed by Sarah Ward
Yoram Hazony, The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, reviewed by Steven Dunn
Otto Kaiser, Gott, Mensch und Geschichte: Studien zum Verständnis des Menschen und seiner Geschichte in der klassischen, biblischen und nachbiblischen Literatur, reviewed by Hans Dieter Betz
Swift Edgar, ed., The Vulgate Bible, Volume 2: The Historical Books, reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins
Zipora Talshir, ed., Israel and Its Land: Inscriptions and History: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of Shmuel Ahituv on the Occasion of His Retirement [Hebrew], reviewed by Aren M. Maeir

General Biblical and Cognate Studies

Maxine L. Grossman, ed., Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Assessment of Old and New Approaches and Methods, reviewed by Laura Quick
David Lyle Jeffrey, ed., The King James Bible and the World It Made, reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton
Carol A. Newsom, Sharon H. Ringe, and Jacqueline E. Lapsley, eds., Women’s Bible Commentary, reviewed by Alice L. Laffey
Brent A. Strawn, ed., The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach Us about the Good Life, reviewed by Wayne G. Rollins
Linden E. Youngquist, Q 6:37–42: Not Judging—The Blind Leading the Blind—The Disciple and the Teacher—The Speck and the Beam, reviewed by David Sloan