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A THEOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2nd ed. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2005. Pp. xviii + 485. Paper, $40.00. Bodi, Dahir. THE MICHAL AFFAIR: FROM ZAMRILIM TO THE RABBIS. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix, 2005. Pp. ix + 169. Cloth, $85.00. Brenner, Athalya. I AM BiBLiCAL WOMEN. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005. Pp. xviii + 228. Paper, $13.00. Britt, Brian. REWRITING MOSES Moses (mō`zĭs), Hebrew lawgiver, probably b. Egypt. The prototype of the prophets, he led his people in the 13th cent. B.C. out of bondage in Egypt to the edge of Canaan. : THE NARRATIVE ECLIPSE OF THE TEXT. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY: T & T Clark International, 2004. Pp. x + 208, $45.95. Crook, Zeba A. RECONCEPTUALISING CONVERSION: PATRONAGE, LOYALTY, AND CONVERSION IN THE RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 130; Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter, 2004. Pp. xv + 310. Cloth, $98.00. Dever, William G. DID GOD HAVE A WIFE? ARCHAEOLOGY AND FOLK RELIGION Folk religion consists of beliefs, superstitions and rituals transmitted from generation to generation of a specific culture. It could be contrasted with the "organized religion" or "historical religion" in which founders, creed, theology and ecclesiastical organizations are IN ANCIENT ISRAEL. Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , MI: Eerdmans, 2005. Cloth, $25.00. Esler, Philip E NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY: COMMUNION AND COMMUNITY. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2005. Pp. xii + 353. Paper, $40.00. Faley, Roland J. FROM GENESIS TO APOCALYPSE: INTRODUCING THE BIBLE. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 2005. Pp. xii + 271. Paper, $19.95. Goodacre, Mark and Nicholas Perrin, eds. QUESTIONING Q: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRITIQUE. Downers Grove Downers Grove, village (1990 pop. 46,858), Du Page co., NE Ill.; settled 1832, inc. 1873. Downers Grove has undergone population growth and commercial development that include the construction of new office complexes. , Il: InterVarsity Press, 2004. Pp. xiv + 201. Paper, $19.00. Gorman, Michael J., Editor. SCRIPTURE: AN ECUMENICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE AND ITS INTERPRETATION. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. xv + 288. Paper, $19.95. Gottwald, Norman K. THE HEBREW BIBLE: A SOCIO-LITERARY INTRODUCTION WITH CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . 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Paper, plus expanded CD-ROM, $49.00. Kim, Uriah Y. DECOLONIZING JOSIAH: TOWARD A POSTCOLONIAL READING OF THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix, 2005. Pp. xii + 265. Cloth, $85.00. Lawrence, Louise Joy. AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW The Gospel of Matthew is a synoptic gospel in the New Testament, one of four canonical gospels. It narrates an account of the life and ministry of Jesus. It describes his genealogy, his miraculous birth and childhood, his baptism and temptation, his ministry of healing and : A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF THE HONOUR AND SHAME MODEL IN NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES. WUNT 2.165. Tubingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2003. Pp. xix + 392. Paper, $80.00. Luz, Ulrich. STUDIES IN MATTHEW. Translated by Rosemary Selle. Gram Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005. Pp. xii + 385. Paper, $30.00. Matthews, Victor H., & James C. Moyer. THE OLD TESTAMENT: TEXT AND CONTEXT, 2nd ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. xv + 357. Cloth, $34.95. Meyers, Carol. HOUSEHOLDS AND HOLINESS. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005. Pp. viii + 105. Paper, $6.00. Nickelsburg, George W. E. and VanderKam, James C. 1 ENOCH: A NEW TRANSLATION BASED ON THE HERMENEIA COMMENTARY. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2004. Pp. ix + 170. Paper, $16.00. Partridge, Christopher, ed. INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS WITH CD-ROM. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005. Pp. 495. $45.00. Porter, Adam L. INTRODUCING THE BIBLE: AN ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACH. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005. Pp. viii + 303. Paper, n.p. Price, Robert M., & Jeffrey Jay Lowder, eds. THE EMPTY TOMB: JESus BEYOND THE GRAVE. Amherst. NY: Prometheus Books, 2005. Pp. 545. Cloth, $30.00. Savran, George W. ENCOUNTERING THE DIVINE: THEOPHANY the·oph·a·ny n. pl. the·oph·a·nies An appearance of a god to a human; a divine manifestation. [Medieval Latin theophania, from Late Greek theophaneia : Greek theo- IN BIBLICAL NATIVE. London, UK: T&T Clark/Continuum, 2005. Pp. vii + 280. Cloth, $135.00. Sparks, Kenton L. ANCIENT TEXTS FOR THE STUDY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE Study of the Hebrew language has an ancient history. Since Hebrew is the original language of the Hebrew Bible (known as the Torah and Tanakh), it is therefore a language that has always been central to Judaism and valued by the Jewish people for over three thousand years, (and . Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. xxxvii + 514. Cloth, $39.95. Stepp. Perry L. LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION IN THE WORLD OF THE PAULINE CIRCLE. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005. Pp. xvi + 227. Cloth, $85.00. Stourton, Edward. PAUL OF TARSUS: A VISIONARY LIFE. MAHWAH, NJ: Hidden Spring, 2005. Pp. vii + 215. Cloth, $24.00. Studstill, Randall. THE UNITY OF MYSTICAL TRADITIONS: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN TIBETAN AND GERMAN MYSTICISM. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2005. Pp. xii + 304. Cloth, $127.00. Warrington, Kieth. DISCOVERING THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Pp. x + 230. 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