Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (November 23, 2012)
The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:
Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies
- Giovanni Garbini, Letteratura e politica nell’Israele antico, reviewed by Dempsey Rosales Acosta
- Benno Jacob, The First Book of the Bible: Genesis (augmented edition), edited by Ernest Jacob and Walter Jacob, reviewed by Joel S. Baden
- Dale Launderville, Celibacy in the Ancient World: Its Ideal and Practice in Pre-Hellenistic Israel, Mesopotamia, and Greece, reviewed by Pancratius C. Beentjes
- Erle Leichty, The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680–669 BC), reviewed by Paul Sanders
- Lauren A. S. Monroe, Josiah’s Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text, reviewed by Ovidiu Creanga
- Randall Heskett and Brian P. Irwin, eds., The Bible as a Human Witness to Divine Revelation: Hearing the Word of God through Historically Dissimilar Traditions, reviewed by S. D. Giere
New Testament and Cognate Studies
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