ARTICLES
The Ethics of Inclusion: The and the in the Passover to Yhwh. . . . . . 155
Joseph Ryan Kelly
Rest for the Animals?
Nonhuman Sabbath Repose in Pentateuchal Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
A. Rachel Schafer
Desiring God: The Blood of the Covenant in Exodus 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Amy L. B. Peeler
A Passionate Prophet: Reading Emotions in the Book of Malachi . . . . . . . 207
E. Ray Clendenen
Reconsidering the Authorship of Colossians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Maria A. Pascuzzi
BOOK REVIEWS
Karen Radner and Eleanor Robson, eds., The Oxford Handbook of
Cuneiform Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Reviewed by Gerald A. Klingbeil
Andreas Schuele, An Introduction to Biblical Aramaic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Reviewed by Brian W. Davidson
John Huehnergard, An Introduction to Ugaritic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Reviewed by John A. Cook
Gary Alan Chamberlain, The Greek of the Septuagint: A Supplement Lexicon . . . . . . 253
Reviewed by David B. Schreiner
Marvin A. Sweeney, TANAK: A Theological and Critical Introduction
to the Jewish Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Reviewed by Charles Halton
Victor H. Matthews and James C. Moyer, The Old Testament: Text and Context . . . . . . . . 256
Reviewed by Carlos Mora
Eugene H. Merrill, Mark E. Rooker, and Michael A. Grisanti, The World and
the Word: An Introduction to the Old Testament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Reviewed by Sung fin Park
Mark S. Gignilliat, A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism:
From Benedict Spinoza to Brevard Childs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Reviewed by Elaine A. Phillips
Daniel R. Driver, Brevard Childs, Biblical Theologian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Reviewed by Nathan Chambers
Nathan MacDonald, Mark W. Elliott, and Grant Macaskill, eds., Genesis
and Christian Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Reviewed by Harold Aloma
Jerry Hwang, The Rhetoric of Remembrance:
An Investigation of the “Fathers” in Deuteronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Reviewed by Stephen M. Coleman
John Gray, The Book of Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Reviewed by Richard W. Medina
W. H. Bellinger Jr., Psalms: A Guide to Studying the Psalter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Reviewed by Leslie C. Allen
Kristin Joachimsen, Identities in Transition: The Pursuit of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 . . . . . . . . . 270
Reviewed by John N. Oswalt
Benjamin A. Foreman, Animal Metaphors and the People of Israel
in the Book of Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Reviewed by Rachel Schafer
David Frankel, The Land of Canaan and the Destiny of Israel:
Theologies of Territory in the Hebrew Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Reviewed by Elmer A. Martens
John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow, eds., The Eerdmans Dictionary
of Early Judaism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Reviewed by Craig A. Evans
Conleath Kearns, The Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus:
Its Teaching on the Future Life as a Clue to Its Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Reviewed by Christian Askeland
Catherine Hezser, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine and Michael Peachin, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Social Relations
in the Roman World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Reviewed by David W. Pao
Jodi Magness, Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus . . . . . . 280 Reviewed by Elaine A. Phillips
Gonzalo Haya-Prats, Empowered Believers: The Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts 281
Reviewed by Robert S. Snow
Andrew D. Naselli, From Typology to Doxology:
Paul’s Use of Isaiah and Job in Romans 11:34-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Reviewed by Matthew D Jensen
John M. G. Barclay, Pauline Churches and Diaspora Jews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Reviewed by Sigurd Grindheim
Jorg Frey, James A. Kelhoffer, and Franz Toth, eds., Die Johannesapokalypse:
Kontexte-Konzepte-Rezeption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Reviewed by Eckhard f. Schnabel
Bart D. Ehrman and Zlatko Plese, The Apocryphal Gospels:
Texts and Translations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Reviewed by Craig A. Evans
Joseph Verheyden, Korinna Zamfir, and Nicklas Tobias, eds., Prophets and
Prophecy in Jewish and Early Christian Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Reviewed by Don Garlington
Marion Ann Taylor and Agnes Choi, eds., Handbook of
Women Biblical Interpreters: A Historical and Biographical Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Reviewed by Jeannine K. Brown
Paul Trebilco, Self-Designations and Group Identity in the New Testament . . . . 294
Reviewed by James P. Sweeney
JohnS. Kloppenborg and RichardS. Ascough, Greco- Roman Associations: Texts, Translations, and Commentary, vol. 1: Attica, Central Greece, Macedonia, Thrace and Richard S. Ascough, Philip A. Harland, and John S. Kloppenborg, Associations
in the Greco- Roman World: A Sourcebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Reviewed by Eckhard f. Schnabel
Ruth Langer, Cursing the Christians? A History of the Birkat Haminim . . . . . . . . 298
Reviewed by Jarvis f. Williams
Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning, Bernd Janowski, and Eberhard Jiingel, eds.,
Religion Past and Present: Encyclopedia of Theology and Religion, vols. 10 (Pet-
Ref) and 11 (Reg-Sie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Reviewed by Eckhard J. Schnabel