Book Reviews
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In preparation
Boxall, Ian, and Bradley C. Gregory (eds), The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation (Cambridge Companions to Religion; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2024/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 48.5
Exum, J. Cheryl, Song of Songs: The Bible’s Only Love Poem: An Introduction and Study Guide (T&T Clark Study Guides to the Old Testament; London: T&T Clark, 2022), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2024/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 48.5
Wetzel, Thomas, Violence and Divine Victory in the Book of Esther (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 136; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2024/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 48.5
2023 (forthcoming)
Hunter, Alastair G., The Judgement of Jonah: Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 642; London: T&T Clark, 2022), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2023/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 47.5
2018
Kreglinger, Gisela H., The Spirituality of Wine (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2018/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 42.5, pp. 190-191
2017
Berger, Yitzhak, Jonah in the Shadows of Eden (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2016), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2017/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 41.5, pp. 72-73
Houston, Walter J., Amos: Justice and Violence (Phoenix Guides to the Old Testament, 26; Sheffield: Phoenix Press, 2015), Review of Biblical Literature.
2016
Habel, Norman C., Finding Wisdom in Nature: An Eco-Wisdom Reading of the Book of Job (The Earth Bible Commentary, 4; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2016/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 40.5, p. 106
2015
Steinberg, Julius, Das Hohelied (Edition C Bibelkommentar Altes Testament, 26; Witten: SCM R. Brockhaus, 2014), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 29, pp. 238-42
Walker, Steven C., Illuminating Humor of the Bible (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2015/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 39.5, p. 116
2014
Barton, John, The Theology of the Book of Amos (Old Testament Theology; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), Journal of Theological Studies 65, pp. 147-49 [doi:10.1093/jts/flt235]
Smith, Christopher R., Prophets before the Exile: Amos, Hosea, Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk (Understanding the Books of the Bible; Downers Grove, IL: IVP Connect, 2013), Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament 3.1, pp. 142-44
2013
Peels, H. G. L., and S. D. Snyman (eds), The Lion Has Roared: Theological Themes in the Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2012), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 27, pp. 238-40
Sierszyn, Armin, Christologische Hermeneutik: Eine Studie über historisch-kritische, kanonische und biblische Theologie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der philosophischen Hermeneutik von Hans-Georg Gadamer (Studien zu Theologie und Bibel, 3; Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2010), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 27, pp. 298-301
Wenzel, Heiko, Reading Zechariah with Zechariah 1:1-6 as the Introduction to the Entire Book (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology, 59; Leuven: Peeters, 2011), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 27, pp. 242-44
2011
Bellinger, W. H., Jr., Psalms: Reading and Studying the Book of Praises (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1990), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2011/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 35.5, p. 115
Mather, Cotton, Biblia Americana, America’s First Bible Commentary: A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, vol. 1, Genesis (ed. Reiner Smolinski; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2010), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2011/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 35.5, pp. 139-40
2010
Hadjiev, Tchavdar S., The Composition and Redaction of the Book of Amos (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 393; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2009), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2010/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 34.5, p. 99
Longman, Tremper, III, and David E. Garland (eds), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, vol. 1, Genesis – Leviticus (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, rev. edn, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2010/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 34.5, p. 81
Wischmeyer, Oda (ed.), Lexikon der Bibelhermeneutik: Begriffe, Methoden, Theorien, Konzepte (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2009), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 24, pp. 226-29
2009
Bouteneff, Peter C., Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, pp. 86-87
Green, Joel B., Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007), Evangelical Quarterly 81.2, pp. 170-74
Jeremias, Jörg, Die Propheten Joel, Obadja, Jona, Micha (Das Alte Testament Deutsch, vol. 24/3; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 23, pp. 249-51
Handy, Lowell K., Jonah’s World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story (London: Equinox, 2007), Review of Biblical Literature
Hunt, Patrick, Poetry in the Song of Songs: A Literary Analysis (Studies in Biblical Literature, vol. 96; New York: Peter Lang, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, p. 106
Lubetski, Edith, and Meir Lubetski, The Book of Esther: A Classified Bibliography (Bible Bibliographies; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, p. 17
MacDonald, Nathan, Not Bread Alone: The Uses of Food in the Old Testament (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, p. 114
Nordheim, Miriam von, Geboren von der Morgenröte? Psalm 110 in Tradition, Redaktion und Rezeption (Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament, vol. 117; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, pp. 118-19
Riede, Peter, Vom Erbarmen zum Gericht: Die Visionen des Amosbuches (Am 7–9*) und ihr literatur- und traditionsgeschichtlicher Zusammenhang (Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament, vol. 120; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, pp. 125-26
Rosner, Brian S., and Paul R. Williamson (eds), Exploring Exodus: Literary, Theological and Contemporary Approaches (Nottingham: Apollos, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, pp. 166-67
Treier, Daniel J., Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Recovering a Christian Practice (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, pp. 168-69
Wöhrle, Jakob, Der Abschluss des Zwölfprophetenbuches: Buchübergreifende Redaktionsprozesse in den späten Sammlungen (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 389; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2008), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2009/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 33.5, pp. 138-39
2008
Arneth, Martin, Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt …: Studien zur Entstehung der alttestamentlichen Urgeschichte (Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments, 217; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2008/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32.5, p. 74
Burnette-Bletsch, Rhonda, Studying the Old Testament: A Companion (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2008/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32.5, pp. 84-85
Fabry, Heinz-Josef, Nahum (Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament; Freiburg: Herder, 2006), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 22, pp. 188-90
Kim, Yoon Kyung, Augustine’s Changing Interpretations of Genesis 1–3: From De Genesi contra Manichaeos to De Genesi ad litteram (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2008/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32.5, p. 109
Klement, Herbert H., and Julius Steinberg (eds), Themenbuch zur Theologie des Alten Testaments (Bibelwissenschaftliche Monographien, 15; Wuppertal: R. Brockhaus, 2007), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2008/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32.5, pp. 166-67
LaCocque, André, The Trial of Innocence: Adam, Eve, and the Yahwist (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2006), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2008/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32.5, p. 168
Lyke, Larry L., I Will Espouse You Forever: The Song of Songs and the Theology of Love in the Hebrew Bible (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2008/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32.5, p. 172
Neusner, Jacob, Judaism: The Basics (London: Routledge, 2006), Shap Journal World Religions in Education 2008/2009, p. 72
Perdue, Leo G., Wisdom Literature: A Theological History (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2008/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 32.5, p. 121
Schüle, Andreas, Der Prolog der hebräischen Bibel: Der literar- und theologiegeschichtliche Diskurs der Urgeschichte (Genesis 1–11) (Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments, vol. 86; Zurich: TVZ, 2006), Review of Biblical Literature
Tucker, W. Dennis, Jr., Jonah: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible; Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2006), Review of Biblical Literature
2007
Dreytza, Manfred, and Traugott Hopp, Geschichte als Brücke? Neue Zugänge zum Alten Testament (Edition Ichthys, 4; Gießen: Brunnen Verlag, 2005), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 21, pp. 239–42
Hunter, Alastair, Wisdom Literature (SCM Core Text; London: SCM Press, 2006), Shap Journal World Religions in Education 2007/2008, pp. 76-77
Leaman, Oliver, Jewish Thought: An Introduction (New York: Routledge, 2006), Shap Journal World Religions in Education 2007/2008, pp. 77-78
2006
Nurmi, Janne J., Die Ethik unter dem Druck des Alltags: Die Impulse der gesellschaftlichen Änderungen und Situation zu der sozialkritischen Prophetie in Juda im 8. Jh. v. Chr. (Åbo: Åbo Akademi University Press, 2004), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2006/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 30.5, p. 47
2005
Neusner, Jacob, and Alan J. Avery-Peck, The Routledge Dictionary of Judaism (New York: Routledge, 2004), Shap Journal World Religions in Education 2005/2006, p. 97
2004
Cohn-Sherbock, Dan, Judaism: History, Belief and Practice (London: Routledge, 2003), Shap Journal World Religions in Education 2004/2005, pp. 63–64
2003
Frey, Hellmuth, and Hans-Jürgen Peters, Geistliche Schriftauslegung (Edition Ichthys, 1; Gießen: Brunnen Verlag, 2001), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 17, p. 307
Hossfeld, Frank-Lothar, and Erich Zenger, Die Psalmen II: Psalm 51–100 (Die Neue Echter Bibel, Altes Testament, 40; Würzburg: Echter Verlag, 2002), Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2003/Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 27.5, p. 63
2002
Chapman, Stephen, Christine Helmer and Christof Landmesser (eds), Biblischer Text und theologische Theoriebildung (Biblisch-Theologische Studien, 44; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 2001), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 16, pp. 215–16
Compier, Don H., What Is Rhetorical Theology? Textual Practice and Public Discourse (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999), European Journal of Theology 11, pp. 77–78
Howard, Thomas Albert, Religion and the Rise of Historicism: W.M.L. de Wette, Jacob Burckhardt, and the Theological Origins of Nineteenth-Century Historical Consciousness (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), European Journal of Theology 11, pp. 81–82
Ninow, Friedbert, Indicators of Typology within the Old Testament: The Exodus Motif (Friedensauer Schriftenreihe, A/4; Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2001), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 16, pp. 213–15
2001
Thompson, Thomas L., The Bible in History: How Writers Create a Past (London: Pimlico, 2000), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 15, pp. 111–12
2000
Alexander, T. D., The Servant King: The Bible’s Portrait of the Messiah (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1998), European Journal of Theology 9, p. 89
Dassmann, Ernst, Werner H. Schmidt, et al. (eds), Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie, vol. 14, Prophetie und Charisma (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1999), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 14, pp. 181–83
Schultz, Richard L., The Search for Quotation: Verbal Parallels in the Prophets (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 180; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 14, pp. 173–75
Seitz, Christopher R., Word Without End: The Old Testament as Abiding Theological Witness (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998), European Journal of Theology 9, pp. 86–89
1999
Schart, Aaron, Die Entstehung des Zwölfprophetenbuchs: Neubearbeitungen von Amos im Rahmen schriftenübergreifender Redaktionsprozesse (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 260; Berlin: de Gruyter, 1998), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 13, pp. 105–108
1998
Alexander, T. Desmond, From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Main Themes of the Pentateuch (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1995), European Journal of Theology 7, pp. 168–69
Schneider, Dieter, Das Buch der Psalmen, vol. 3, Psalm 101 bis 150 (Wuppertaler Studienbibel; Wuppertal: R. Brockhaus Verlag, 1997), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 12, pp. 197–98
1997
Barton, John, Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2nd edn, 1996), European Journal of Theology 6, pp. 172–74
Schneider, Dieter, Das Buch der Psalmen, vol. 2, Psalm 51 bis 100 (Wuppertaler Studienbibel; Wuppertal: R. Brockhaus Verlag, 1996), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 11, pp. 184–85
Wright, Tom, The Lord and His Prayer (London: Triangle, 1996), Many to Many 20, p. 25
1996
Longman, Tremper, III, and Daniel G. Reid, God is a Warrior (Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology; Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1995), Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie 10, pp. 213–15
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