Today, we have a ton of new reviews from the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Vol. 8 (2008).
The first is of Giovanni Garbini's Myth and History in the Bible, Vol. 362. Says reviewer David Bergen of the University of Calgary:
While Garbini’s (effect-cause) formula is readily apparent in each chapter, his work is anything but formulaic. Once the reader has accommodated to Garbini’s perspective on myth and history, his discussion never fails to intrigue, his philology to impress, nor his conclusions to provoke. Clearly, we have here the work of a seasoned scholar who has ruminated long and read wide.
Please enjoy the review in its entirety.
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The very well-received Messianism Within the Scriptural Scroll of Isaiah, Vol. 456, by Randall Heskett is reviewed by Phillip J. Long, from Grace Bible College. He writes,
This study is an extremely valuable contribution to the study of Isaiah. Heskett is to be commended for mastery of the massive secondary literature on these passages as well as his sensitivity to both historic Jewish and Christian interpretations. What is more, this study is an important reminder that historical-critical methods can sometimes obscure the meaning of the scriptural form of the text.
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Keith Bodner, of Atlantic Baptist University writes about Robert Rezetko's Source and Revision in the Narratives of David's Transfer of the Ark, Vol. 470,
Overall, anyone undertaking serious study of these passages will have to reckon with Rezetko’s analysis, and those interested in the broader questions of text-critical controls as a means for determining earlier and later stages in a text’s editorial history will need to consult this very readable book.
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Sacred Conjectures: The Context and Legacy of Robert Lowth and Jean Astruc, Vol. 457, edited by John Jarick is reviewed by David A. Bosworth of Barry University.
In April 2003, Oxford University hosted a conference to mark the 250th anniversary of the publication of two seminal works in biblical studies: Robert Lowth’s On the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews and Jean Astuc’s Conjectures on Genesis, both published in 1753. The conference consisted of thirteen papers presented by scholars from several countries and disciplines. Twelve of those papers are published in the present volume (the missing paper is “Lowth and Politeness” by Alun David).
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D. Nathan Phinney of Malone College reviews James Robson's Word and Spirit in Ezekiel, Vol. 447:
The prevalence and activities of the Spirit in Ezekiel have long been items of scholarly concern. In this excellent book, a revision of his Ph.D. thesis (Middlesex University, 2004), James Robson argues persuasively that the divine רוּחַ in Ezekiel is better understood when it is set in relation to the concept of the divine word.
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