Books received.

  1. Ancient Near East

    ABUSCH, TZVI, and DANIEL SCHWEMER. Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals, vol. 1. Ancient Magic and Divination, vol. 8/1. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. xvi + 482, plates. $255.

    ACHENBACH, REINHARD; RAINER ALBERTZ; and JAKOB WOHRLE, eds. The Foreigner and the Law: Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur Altorientalische and Biblische Rechtsgeschichte, vol. 16. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011. Pp. v + 180. [euro] 54.

    ADAL, SELIM FERRUH. The Scourge of God: The Umman-manda and Its Significance in the First Millennium BC. State Archives of Assyria Studies, vol. 20. Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2011. Pp. xviii + 218. $62 (paper).

    ALLEN, JAMES P. The Debate between a Man and His Soul: A Masterpiece of Ancient Egyptian Literature. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, vol. 44. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. xii + 311. $168.

    ALTMANN, VICTORIA. Die Kultfrevel des Seth: Die Gefahrdung der gottlichetz Ordnung in zwei Vetnichtungsrituctlen der agyptischen Spatzeit (Urk. VI). Studien zur spatagyptischen Religion, vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010. Pp. xiv + 247, illus. [euro] 68.

    ALVAREZ-MON, JAVIER, and MARK B. GARRISON, eds. Elam and Persia. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 201 I. Pp. xviii + 493, illus. $79.50.

    AMES, FRANK RITCHEL, and CHARLES WILLIAM MILLER, eds. Foster Biblical Scholarship: Essays in Honor of Kent Harold Richards. SBL Biblical Scholarship in North America, vol. 24. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010. Pp. xx + 358. $45.95 (paper).

    AMITAY, ORY. From Alexander to Jesus. Hellenistic Culture and Society, vol. 52. Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, 2010. Pp. xii + 246. $49.95.

    BAR, S.; D. KAHN; and J. J. SHIRLEY, eds. Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature: Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Haifa, 3-7 May 2009. Culture & History of the Ancient Near East, vol. 52. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. ix + 370, illus. $176.

    BARIAMOVIC, GOJKO. A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period. Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 38. Copenhagen: Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, 2011. Pp. xviii + 519, illus. $183. [Distributed in North America by Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind.]

    BONS, EBERHARD, and JAN JOOSTEN, eds. Septuagint Vocabulary: Pre-History, Usage, Reception. Septuagint and Cognate Studies, vol. 58. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Pp. ix + 211. $26.95 (paper).

    BRU, HADRIEN. Le pouvoir imperial dans les provinces syriennes: Representations et celebrations d'Auguste a Constantin (31 ay. J.-C.-377 ap. J.-C.). Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, vol. 49. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. xxii + 420, illus. $196.

    CAMERON, RON, and MERRILL P. MILLER, eds. Redescribing Paul and the Corinthians. Early Christianity and Its Literature, vol. 5. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Pp. xiii + 323. $40.95 (paper).

    CANTRELL, DEBORAH O'DANIEL. The Horsemen of Israel: Horses and Chariot, in Monarchic Israel (Ninth Eighth Centuries B.C.E.). History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant, vol. 1. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2011. Pp. xii + 150, illus. $39.50.

    CLARK, DOUGLAS R.; LARRY G. HERR; OYSTEIN S. LABIANCA; and RANDALL W. YOUNGER, eds. The Madaba Plains Project: Forty Years of Archaeological Research into Jordan's Past. Sheffield: Equinox, 2011. Pp. xx + 305, illus. $100. (Distributed by The David Brown Book Co., Oakville, Conn.]

    COLOE, MARY L., and Tom THATCHER, eds. John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery and Debate. Early Judaism and Its Literature, vol. 32. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Pp. xiii + 228. $28.95 (paper).

    CONKLIN, BLANE. Oath Formulas in Biblical Hebrew. Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic, vol. 5. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2011. Pp. xii + 106. $34.50.

    COULON, LAURENT, ed. Le culte d'Osiris au ler millenaire av. J.-C.: Decouverts et travaux reccents. Bibliotheque d'Etude, vol. 153. Cairo: Institut Francais d'archeologie orientale, 2010. Pp. x + 322, illus. (paper).

    CULBERTSON, PHILIP, and ELAINE M. WAINWRIGHT, eds. The Bible inland Popular Culture. SBL Semeia Studies, vol. 65. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010. Pp. vii + 210. $26.95 (paper).

    DONKER, GERALD J. The Text of the Apostolos in Athanasius of Alexandria. The New Testament in the Greek Fathers, vol. 8. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Pp. xviii + 372, illus. $49.95 (paper).

    DOZEMAN, THOMAS B.; KONRAD SCHMID; and BARUCH J. SCHWARTZ, eds. The Pentateuch. Forschungen zum Alten Testament. vol. 78. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011. Pp. xviii + 578. [euro] 129.

    EASTMAN, DAVID L. Paul the Martyr: The Cult of the Apostle in the Latin West. Writings from the Greco-Roman World, Supplement Series, vol. 4. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. 2011. Pp. xx + 238, illus. $30.95 (paper).

    FAIST, EETINA I. Neuassyrische Rechtsurkunden IV. Keilschrifttexte aus neuassyrischer Zeit, vol. 4. Wissenschaftliche VerOffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, vol. 132. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2010. Pp. vii + 66, plates. [euro] 52.

    FEDER, Y1TZHAQ. Blood Expiation in Hittite and Biblical Ritual: Origins. Conte.vt, and Meaning. Writings from the Ancient World. Supplement Series, vol. 2. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Pp. xii + 309. $38.95.

    FISCHER, ERIKA. Tell el-Farcah (Slid): Agyptisch-kvantinische Beziehungen int spinet; 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, vol. 247. Fribourg: Academic Press. 2011. Pp. ix + 430, illus. SF 123.05.

    FISCHER, GEORG. Der Prophet wie Mose: Studien zum Jeremiabuch. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur Altorientalische and Biblische Rechtsgeschichte, vol. 15. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011. Pp. xiii + 415. [euro] 98.

    FISCHER, GEORG; DOMINIK MARKL; and SIMONE FAGANINI, eds. Deuteronomium--Tora fur eine neue Generation. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschiehte, vol. 17. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 2011. Pp. 302. [euro] 74.

    FRAADE, STEVEN D. Legal Fictions: Studies of Law and Narrative in the Discursive Worlds of Ancient Jewish Sectarians and Sages. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism. vol. 147. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. xix + 627. $251.

    FRAHM, ECKART. Babylonian and Assyrian Text Commentaries: Origins of Interpretation. Guides to the Mesopotamian Textual Record, vol. 5. Munster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2011. Pp. xi + 483. [euro] 56 (paper).

    FRANKEL, DAVID. The Land of Canaan and the Destiny of Israel: Theologies of Territory in the Hebrew Bible. Siphrut, vol. 4. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2011. Pp. ix + 443. $49.50.

    FRIED, LISI3ETH S., ed. Was I Esdras First? An Investigation into the Priority and Nature of I Esdras. Ancient Israel and Its Literature, vol. 7. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Pp. xii + 287. $34.95 (paper).

    GIUSFREDI, FEDERICO. Sources for a Socio-Economic History of the Neo-Hittite States. Texte der Hethiter. vol. 28. Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag Winter. 2010. Pp. xv + 339. [euro] 66 (paper).

    GORG, MANFRED. Mythos unit Mythologic Studien zur Religionsgeschichte und Theologie. Agypten und Altes Testament, vol. 70. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010. Pp. 337. [euro] 68.

    GREENBLATT. JARED. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Amadva. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, vol. 61. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. ix + 366. $266.

    GRUND, ALEXANDRA. Die Etustehung des Sabbats: Seine Bedeutung jilts Israelis Zeitkonzept and Erinnerungskultur. Forsehungen zum Alten Testament, vol. 75. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011. Pp. xii + 370. [euro] 94.

    GYSELEN, RIKA, and CHRISTELLE JULIEN, eds. Florilege offert a Philippe Gignoux pour son 80' anniversaire. Studia Iranica, vol. 43. Paris: Association pour l'avancement des etudes iraniennes. 2011. Pp. 303, illus. [euro] 34.50.

    HAGEN, FREDRIK. New Kingdom Ostraca from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, vol. 46. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. xiii + 124. illus. $155.

    HAGEN, FREDRIK; JOHN JOHNSTON; WENDY MONKHOUSE; KATHRYN PIQUEITE; JOHN TAIT; and MARTIN WORTHINGTON, eds. Narratives of Egypt and the Ancient Near East: Literary and Linguistic Approaches. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta. vol. 189. Louvain: Peeters, 2011. Pp. xxxvi + 558. [euro] 89.

    HARRAK, AMIR. Receuil des inscriptions syriaques, vol. 2: Iraq: Syriac. and Garshuni Inscriptions. 2 vols.: text and plates. Paris: Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2010. Pp. 735, 285 (paper).

    HENDEL, RONALD, ed. Reading Genesis: Ten Methods. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010. Pp. xi + 230. $27.99 (paper).

    HENZE, MATTHIAS, ed. Hazon Gabriel: New Readings of the Gabriel Revelation. Early Judaism and Its Literature, vol. 29. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. 2011. Pp. xiii + 219. $29.95 (paper).

    HERBORDT, SUZANNE: DALIAH BAWANYPECK; and J. DAVID HAWKINS. Die Siegel der Grosskonige und Grosskoniginnen auf Tonhullen aus dem Nisantepe-Archiv in Hattusa. Bogazkoy-Hattusa. vol. 23. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2011. Pp. xv + 308. 59 pits. [euro] 92.50.

    HIEBERT, ROBERT J. V., ed. "Translation is Required": The Septuagint in Retrospect and Prospect. SBL Septuagint and Cognate Studies, vol. 56. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. 2010. Pp. xvii + 248. $31.95 (paper).

    HOLMES, MICHAEL W., ed. The Greek New Testament, SBL Edition. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010. Pp. xxiii + 516. $29.95 (paper).

    HORNSBY, TERESA J., and KEN STONE. eds. Bible Trouble: Queer Readings at the Boundaries of Biblical Scholarship. Semeia Studies, vol. 67. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Pp. xiv + 355. $46.95 (paper).

    HULL, ROBERT F., JR. The Story of the New Testament Text: Movers, Materials, Motives, Methods, and Models. SBL Resources for Biblical Study, vol. 58. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010. Pp. xiv + 229. $29.95...

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