Books Received.

1. Ancient Near East

   AGEMIAN, SYLVIA. Archives Sirarpie der Nersessian, vol. 1. Antelias, Lebanon: Catholicossat armenien de Cilicie, 2003. Pp. 351, illus. [euro]35 (paper).

   ALBERTZ, RAINER. Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E., tr. David Green. Studies in Biblical Literature, vol. 3. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. xiii + 461. $49.95 (paper).

   ALIZADEH, ABBAS. Excavations at the Prehistoric Mound of Chogha Bonut, Khuzestan, Iran: Seasons of 1976/77, 1977/78, and 1996. Oriental Institute Publications, vol. 120. Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 2003. Pp. xxxi + 159, plates. $95.

   ARBEL, VITA DAPHNA. Beholders of Divine Secrets: Mysticism and Myth in the Hekhalot and Merkavah Literature. Albany: State Univ. of New York Press, 2003. Pp. xii + 250. $71.50 (cloth); $23.95 (paper).

   ASCHENBACH, REINHARD. Die Vollendung der Tora: Studien zur Redaktionsgeschichte des Numeribuches im Kontext von Hexatuch und Pentatuch. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur Biblische Rechtsgeschichte, vol. 3. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003. Pp. xi + 699. [euro]128.

   ASSMANN, JAN. The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 2003. Pp. ix + 513, illus. $18.95 (paper).

   BAILEY, RANDALL C., ed. Yet with a Steady Beat: Contemporary U.S. Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation. Semeia Studies, vol. 42. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. vii + 200. $27.95 (paper).

   BARR, DAVID L., ed. Reading the Book of Revelation: A Resource for Students. SBL Resources for Biblical Studies, vol. 44. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. ix + 199. $19.95 (paper).

   BAUTSCH, RICHARD J. Developments in Genre between Post-Exilic Penitential Prayers and the Psalms of Communal Lament. Academia Biblica, vol. 7. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. xiv + 201. $33.95 (paper).

   BECKMAN, GARY; RICHARD BEAL; and GREGORY MCMAHON, eds. Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner Jr. on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2003. Pp. xxiv + 406, illus. $59.50.

   BOLGER, DIANE. Gender in Ancient Cyprus: Narratives of Social Change on a Mediterranean Island. Walnut Creek, Cal.: AltaMira Press, 2003. Pp. xvii + 268, illus. $34.95 (paper).

   BOROWSKI, ODED. Daily Life in Biblical Times. Archaeology and Biblical Studies, vol. 5. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. xi + 148, illus. $15.95 (paper).

   CASABURI, MARIA CRISTINA. UME TABUTI "I giorni favorevoli." History of the Ancient Near East, Studies, vol. 8. Padua: SARGON Editrice, 2003. Pp. vi + 152, plates (paper).

   CLARKE, EMMA C.; JOHN M. DILLON; and JACKSON P. HERSCHBELL, tr., Iamblichus: On the Mysteries. Writings from the Greco-Roman World, vol. 4. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. lii + 377. $49.95 (paper).

   CRAWFORD, GREGORY A. Petra and the Nabataeans: A Bibliography. ATLA Bibliography Series, vol. 49. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2003. Pp. xxii + 275. $65.

   DE TROYER, KRISTIN. Rewriting the Sacred Text: What the Old Greek Texts Tell Us about the Literary Growth of the Bible. SBL Text-Critical Studies, vol. 4. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. ix + 145. $24.95 (paper).

   DEVER, W. G., and S. GITIN, eds. Symbiosis, Symbolism, and the Power of the Past: Canaan, Ancient Israel, and Their Neighbors from the Late Bronze Age through Roman Palaestina: Proceedings of the Centennial Symposium, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and American Schools of Oriental Research, May 29-May 31, 2000. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2003. Pp. xvii + 596, illus. $49.50.

   DIETRICH, MANFRIED. The Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. State Archives of Assyria, vol. 17. Helsinki: Helsinki Univ. Press, 2003. Pp. xlv + 214, illus. (paper).

   ENDESFELDER, ERIKA, ed. Von Berlin nach Meroe: Erinnerungen an den Agyptologen Fritz Hintze (1915-1993). Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universitat, vol. 3. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003. Pp. 111 (paper).

   ENGLUND, KLAUDIA. Nimrud und seine Funde: Der Weg der Reliefs in die Museen und Sammlungen. Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Orient-Archaologie, vol. 12. Rahden, Westfallen: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2003. Pp. ix + 201, plates.

   ESKENAZI, TAMARA COHN; GARY A. PHILLIPS; and DAVID JOBLING, eds. Levinas and Biblical Studies. Semeia Studies, vol. 33. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. vii + 214. $29.95 (paper).

   FISHBANE, MICHAEL. Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003. Pp. xiv + 459. [pounds sterling]70.

   FLUCK, CACILIA, and GILLIAN VOGELSANG-EASTWOOD, eds. Riding Costume in Egypt: Origins and Appearance. Studies in Textile and Costume History. Leiden: Brill. Pp. ix + 279, plates. [euro]80.

   FREYBERGER, KLAUS S.; AGNES HENNING; and HENNER VON HESBERG, eds. Kulturkonflikte im Vorderen Orient. Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Orient-Archaologie, vol. 11. Rahden, Westfallen: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2003. Pp. viii + 303, illus.

   FRONZAROLI, PELIO. Semitic and Assyriological Studies Presented to Pelio Fronzaroli by Pupils and Colleagues. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003. Pp. xxiii + 697. [euro]98.

   FRONZAROLI, PELIO, with the assistance of Amalia Catagnoti. Testi di cancelleria: i raporti con la citta (Archivo L.2769). Archive Reali de Ebla, vol. 13. Rome: Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza," 2003. Pp. xviii + 317, plates. [euro]65 (paper).

   FURULI, ROLF. Persian Chronology and the Length of the Babylonian Exile of the Jews. Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian and Persian Chronology Compared with the Chronology of the Bible, vol. 1. Oslo: Rolf Furuli as, 2003. Pp. 251, illus. $29.

   FUTATO, MARK D. Beginning Biblical Hebrew. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2003. Pp. xii + 351. $35.

   GAINES, JANET HOWE. Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah's Dilemma. Studies in Biblical Literature, vol. 5. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. iv + 199. $26.95 (paper).

   GEORGE, A. R. The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003. Pp. xxxv + 986, 147 plates.

   GERSTER, GEORG, and RALF-B. WARTKE. Flugbilder aus Syrien von der Antike bis zur Moderne. Sonderbande der Antiken Welt. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2003. Pp. 198, illus. [euro]41.

   GLASSNER, JEAN-JACQUES. The Invention of Cuneiform: Writing in Sumer, tr. Zainab Bahrani and Marc Van De Mieroop. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2003. Pp. xvii + 266, illus.

   GRAY, PATRICK. Godly Fear: The Epistle to the Hebrews and Greco-Roman Critiques of Superstition. SBL Academia Biblica, vol. 16. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. x + 272. $39.95 (paper).

   GUNDLACH, ROLF, and URSULA ROBLER-KOHLER, eds. Das Konigtum der Ramessidenzeit: Voraussetzungen, Verwirklichung, Vermachtnis: Akten des 3. Symposions zur agyptischen Konigsideologie in Bonn 7.-9.6.2001. Agypten und Altes Testament, vol. 36.3. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003. Pp. viii + 368, plates. [euro]98 (paper).

   HACKL, URSULA; HANNA JENNI; and CHRISTOPH SCHNEIDER. Quellen zur Geschichte der Nabataer: Textsammlung mit Ubersetzung und Kommentar. Novem Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus, vol. 51. Freiburg: Universitatsverlag, 2003. Pp. xv + 730, illus. FS 130.

   HANISCH, LUDMILA. Die Nachfolger der Exegeten: Deutschsprachige Erforschung des Vorderen Orients in der ersten Halfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003. Pp. xii + 235. [euro]58 (paper).

   HAVEA, JIONE. Elusions of Control: Biblical Law on the Words of Women. Semeia Studies, vol. 41. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. xii + 223. $29.95 (paper).

   HEIMPEL, WOLFGANG. Letters to the King of Mari: A New Translation, with Historical Introduction, Notes, and Commentary. Mesopotamian Civilizations, vol. 12. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2003. Pp. xxv + 657, maps. $69.50.

   HUMBERT, JEAN-MARCEL, and CLIFFORD RICE, eds. Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing Architecture. Encounters with Ancient Egypt. London: UCL Press, 2003. Pp. xxii + 318, illus. $47.50 (paper). [Distrib. in the U.S. by International Specialized Book Services, Portland, Oregon]

   ISSER, STANLEY. The Sword of Goliath: David in Heroic Literature. Studies in Biblical Literature, vol. 6. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Pp. ix + 196. $29.95 (paper).

   JASANOFF, JAY H. Hittite and the Indo-European Verb. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003. Pp. xiv + 270.

   JEFFREYS, DAVID, ed...