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BOOKS RECEIVED 2011–2012

Abasciano, Brian J. Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9.10–18: An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis. Library of New Testament Studies 317. London: T&T Clark, 2011, xiv + 252 pp., $120.00.

Aernie, Matthew D. Forensic Language and the Day of the Lord Motif in Second Thessaloni-ans 1 and the Effects of the Meaning of the Text. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xix + 230 pp., $28.00 paper.

Allen, David L. Hebrews. NAC. Nashville: B & H, 2010, 671 pp., $32.99.

Allen, Leslie. A Liturgy of Grief: A Pastoral Commentary on Lamentations. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xi + 195 pp., $21.99 paper.

Allison, Gregg R. Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine. Grand Rap-ids: Zondervan, 2011, 778 pp., $44.99.

Anatolios, Khaled. Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doc-trine. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xviii + 322 pp., $39.99.

Anderson, Paul N. The Riddles of the Fourth Gospel: An Introduction to John. Minneap-olis: Fortress, 2011, xiii + 296 pp., $22.00 paper.

Arndt, Emily. Demanding our Attention: The Hebrew Bible as a Source for Christian Ethics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, xvi + 197 pp., $30.00 paper.

Bailey, Kenneth E. Paul through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 560 pp., $30.00 paper.

Balmer, Randall. The Making of Evangelicalism: From Revivalism to Politics and Beyond. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2010, vii + 89 pp., $19.95.

Barclay, John M. G. Pauline Churches and Diaspora Jews. WUNT 1/275. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011, xii + 454 pp., €129.00.

Barentsen, Jack. Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission: A Social Identity Perspective on Local Leadership Development in Corinth and Ephesus. Princeton Theological Mono-graph Series. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xviii + 378 pp., $44.00 paper.

Bartholomew, Craig G. Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View of Place for Today. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xii + 372 pp., $29.99 paper.

Bartholomew, Craig G. and Ryan P. O’Dowd. Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 336 pp., $30.00.

Bauckham, Richard. The Bible and Ecology: Rediscovering the Community of Creation. Sar-um Theological Lectures. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2010, xi + 226 pp., n.p. paper.

Bauckham, Richard: Living with Other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2011, xiv + 256 pp., $34.95, paper.

Bauer, David R. and Robert A. Traina. Inductive Bible Study: A Comprehensive Guide to

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the Practice of Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, 464 pp., $34.99.

Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics. Ed. John Bolt. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011,

xvi + 848 pp., $59.99.

Beach-Verhey, Timothy A. Robust Liberalism: H. Richard Niebuhr and the Ethics of American Public Life. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2011, xii + 238 pp., $49.95.

Beale, G. K. A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xxiv + 1047 pp., $54.99.

Beavis, Mary Ann. Mark. Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament. Grand

Rapids: Baker, 2011, xvii + 302 pp., $27.99 paper.

Beilby, James K. Thinking about Christian Apologetics: What It Is and Why We Do It. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 214 pp., $17.00 paper.

Benjamin, Don C. Stones and Stories: An Introduction to Archaeology and the Bible. Min-

neapolis: Fortress, xix + 385 pp., n.p. paper.

Bennett, Stephen J. Ecclesiastes/Lamentations: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition. New Beacon Bible Commentary. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill, 2010, 256 pp., n.p.

paper.

Berg, Shane and Matthew L. Skinner, eds. Shaping the Scriptural Imagination: Truth, Meaning, and the Theological Interpretation of the Bible. By Donald H. Juel (1942–2003).

Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2011, xi + 216 pp., $34.95.

Betsworth, Sharon. The Reign of God Is Such as These: A Socio-Literary Analysis of Daughters in the Gospel of Mark. Library of New Testament Studies 422. London:

T&T Clark, 2010, xi + 164 pp., $120.00.

Billings, J. Todd. Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church.

Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xii + 180 pp., $19.99.

Bird, Jennifer G. Abuse, Power and Fearful Obedience: Reconsidering 1 Peter’s Commands to Wives. Library of New Testament Studies 442. London: T&T Clark, 2011, xi + 166

pp., $130.00.

Bird, Michael F. and Joel Willitts, eds. Paul and the Gospels: Christologies, Conflicts and Convergences. Library of New Testament Studies 411. London: T&T Clark, 2011, xi1

+ 288 pp., $120.00.

Blenkinsopp, Joseph. Creation, Un-Creation, Re-Creation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1–11. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xii + 214 pp., $100.00 paper.

Block, Daniel I. How I Love Your Torah, Oh LORD!: Studies in the Book of Deuteronomy. Eugene, OR; Cascade, 2011, xxvii + 242 pp., n.p. paper.

Boersma, Hans. Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry. Grand

Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, xii + 206 pp., $20.00 paper.

Bollhagen, James. Ecclesiastes. Concordia Commentary. St. Louis: Concordia, 2011,

xxvi + 474 pp., n.p.

Bovell, Carlos R., ed. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Authority of Scripture: Historical,

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Biblical, and Theoretical Perspectives. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2011, xxiii + 399 pp., $47.00 paper.

Bovon, François. New Testament and Christian Apocrypha. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, viii + 381 pp., $55.00 paper.

Braaten, Carl E. Who Is Jesus? Disputed Questions and Answers. Grand Rapids: Eerd-mans, 2011, vii + 147 pp., $20.00 paper.

Brant, Jo-Ann A. John. Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament. Grand Rap-ids: Baker, 2011, xxii + 330 pp., $29.99 paper.

Brown, Christopher Boyd, ed. Luther’s Works, Vol. 60: Prefaces II. St. Louis: Concor-dia, 2011, xviii + 385 pp., n.p.

Brown, Jeannine K., Carla M. Dahl, and Wyndy Corbin Reuschling. Becoming Whole and Holy: An Integrative Conversation about Christian Formation. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xvi + 197 pp., $24.99 paper.

Bruner, Frederick Dale. The Gospel of John: A Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012, xxx + 1281 pp., $75.00.

Burer, Michael H. Divine Sabbath Work. Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplement 5. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012, xi + 163 pp., $29.50.

Burke, Trevor J. and Brian S. Rosner, eds. Paul as Missionary: Identity, Activity, Theolo-gy, and Practice. Library of New Testament Studies 420. London: T&T Clark, 2011, xi + 276 pp., $130.00.

Camp, Lee C. Who Is My Enemy? Questions American Christians Must Face About Islam — And Themselves. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011, xv + 174 pp., $17.99 paper.

Campbell, Iain D. and Malcolm Maclean, eds. The People’s Theologian: Writings in Hon-or of Donald Macleod. Tain, Ross-Shire, Scotland: Mentor/Christian Focus, 2011, 316 pp., $22.99 paper.

Capes, David and J. Daryl Charles. Thriving in Babylon: Essays in Honor of A. J. Co-nyers. Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2011, xliii + 382 pp., $47.00 paper.

Carlson, Richard F. and Tremper Longman III. Science, Creation and the Bible: Reconcil-ing Rival Theories of Origins. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2010, 144 pp., n.p. paper.

Cary, Phillip. Jonah. Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2008, 187 pp., $29.99.

Casey, Maurice. Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian’s Account of His Life and Teaching. London: T&T Clark, 2010, xvi + 560 pp., $39.95 paper.

Chamberlain, Gary Alan. The Greek of the Septuagint: A Supplemental Lexicon. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2011, xlii + 256 pp., $39.95.

Cheatle, Andrew J. W. E. Sangster: Herald of Holiness: A Critical Analysis of Sanctifica-tion and Perfection in the Thought of W. E. Sangster. Studies in Evangelical History and Thought. Colorado Springs, CO: Paternoster, 2011, xv + 242 pp., $30.00 paper.


Choi, Sungho. The Messianic Kingship of Jesus: A Study of Christology and Redemptive His-tory in Matthew’s Gospel with Special Reference to the Royal-Enthronement Psalms. WEST Theological Monograph Series. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011, x + 243 pp., $28.00 paper.

Chyutin, Michael. Tendentious Hagiographies: Jewish Propgandist Fiction BCE. Library of Second Temple Studies 77. London: T&T Clark, 2011, x + 340 pp., $140.00.

Clements, Susannah. The Vampire Defanged: How the Embodiment of Evil Became a Ro-mantic Hero. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011, v + 197 pp., $14.99 paper.

Cook, Richard R. and David W. Pao, eds. After Imperialism: Christian Identity in China and the Global Evangelical Movement. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xvii + 237 pp., $28.00 paper.

Crawford, Nathan, ed. The Continuing Relevance of Wesleyan Theology: Essays in Honor of Laurence W. Wood. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xi + 278 pp., $32.00 paper.

Crisp, Oliver D. Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011, xvii + 148 pp., $34.95 paper.

Croy, N. Clayton. Prima Scriptura: An Introduction to New Testament Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xlvii + 240 pp., $24.99 paper.

Cupitt, Don. The Fountain: A Secular Theology. London: SCM, 2010, xiii + 86 pp., $25.00 paper.

Dahlstrom, Richard. The Colors of Hope: Becoming People of Mercy, Justice, and Love. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, 217 pp., $13.99 paper.

Dalrymple, Rob. Revelation and the Two Witnesses: The Implications for Understanding John’s Depiction of the People of God and His Hortatory Intent. Eugene, OR: Resource, 2011, vii + 165 pp., $20.00 paper.

Davids, Peter H. II Peter and Jude: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2011, xxi + 130 pp., $29.95 paper.

Davidson, Steed Vernyl. Empire and Exile: Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah. LHBOTS 542. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xi + 218 pp., $140.00

Davies, Eryl W. The Immoral Bible: Approaches to Biblical Ethics. New York: T&T Clark, 2010, x + 172 pp., $34.95 paper.

Davies, Philip R. and Diana V. Edelman. The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. Grabbe. LHBOTS 530. New York: T&T Clark, 2010, xiv + 238 pp., n.p.

De Boer, Martinus C. Galatians: A Commentary. NTL. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2011, xxxiv + 461 pp., $50.00.

DeConick, April D. Holy Misogyny: Why the Sex and Gender Conflicts in the Early Church Still Matter. New York: Continuum, 2011, xiii + 182 pp., $24.95.

Deppe, Dean B. All Roads Lead to the Text: Eight Methods of Inquiry into the Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, xvi + 395 pp., $25.00 paper.

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Destro, Adriana and Mauro Pesce. Encounters with Jesus: The Man in His Place and Time. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012, xx + 254 pp., $29.00 paper.

DeWeese, Garrett J. Doing Philosophy as a Christian. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 352 pp., $22.00 paper.

Diamond, A. R. Pete and Louis Stulman, eds. Jeremiah (Dis)placed: New Directions in Writing/Reading Jeremiah. LHBOTS 529. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xii + 317 pp., n.p.

Dunn, James D. G. Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, xx + 201 pp., $21.00 paper.

Dunnington, Kent. Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice. Stra-tegic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 199 pp., $30.00 paper.

Ebert IV, Daniel J. Wisdom Christology: How Jesus Becomes God’s Wisdom for Us. Explo-rations in Biblical Theology. Phillipsburg: P&R, 2011, xi + 224 pp., $17.99 paper.

Ehrensperger, Kathy and J. Brian Tucker, eds., Reading Paul in Context: Explorations in Identity Formation. Library of New Testament Studies 428. London: T&T Clark, 2010, xiiI + 270 pp., $120.00.

Emery, Gilles and Matthew Levering, The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xvi + 632 pp., $150.

Eng, Milton. The Days of Our Years: A Lexical Semantic Study of the Life Cycle in Biblical Israel. LHBOTS 464. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xvi + 175 pp., $110.00.

Enns, Peter. Ecclesiastes. Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary. Grand Rap-ids: Errdmans, 2011, xiv + 238 pp., n.p. paper.

Enns, Peter. The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say About Human Origins. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2012, xx + 172 pp., $17.99 paper.

Evans, Abigail Rian. Is God Still at the Bedside? The Medical, Ethical, and Pastoral Issues of Death and Dying. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, xvii + 484 pp., $29.99 paper.

Evans, Craig A., ed. The World of Jesus and the Early Church: Identity and Interpretation in Early Communities of Faith. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2011, xvi + 257 pp., $29.95 paper.

Evans, John F. A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works: For Students and Pastors. 9th ed. Oakland, TN: Doulos, 2010, xi + 377 pp., n.p. paper.

Fairbairn, Donald. Understanding Language: A Guide for Beginning Students of Greek and Latin. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2011, xxiv + 190 pp., $19.95 paper.

Fantin, Joseph D. The Lord of the Entire World: Lord Jesus, a Challenge to Lord Caesar? New Testament Monographs 31. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2011, xxiii + 327 pp., $120.00.

Fee, Gordon D. and Robert L. Hubbard Jr., eds. The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, xvii + 834 pp., $40.00.


Feldmeier, Reinhard and Hermann Spieckermann. God of the Living: A Biblical Theol-ogy. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2011, ix + 602 pp., $59.95.

Finitsis, Antonios. Visions and Eschatology: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Zechariah 1–6. Library of Second Temple Studies 79. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, 208 pp., $110.00.

Firth, David G. and Paul D. Wegner, eds. Presence, Power and Promise: The Role of the Spirit of God in the Old Testament. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 414 pp., $30.00 paper.

Fisk, Bruce N. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus: Reading the Gospels on the Ground. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, 287 pp., $22.99 paper.

Fitch, David E. The End of Evangelicalism? Discerning a New Faithfulness for Mission, Toward an Evangelical Political Theology. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011, xxvi + 226 pp., $28.00 paper.

Flesher, Paul V. M. and Bruce Chilton. The Targums: A Critical Introduction. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2011, xvii + 557 pp., $69.95 paper.

Ford, David F. and Mike Higton, eds., with Simeon Zahl. The Modern Theologians Reader. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, xvii + 450 pp., $39.95 paper.

Forman, Mark. The Politics of Inheritance in Romans. SNTSMS 148. Cambridge: Cam-bridge University Press, 2011, xiv + 268 pp., $90.00.

Frankel, David. The Land of Canaan and the Destiny of Israel: Theologies of Territory in the Hebrew Bible. Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures 4. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011, x + 443 pp., $49.50.

Frendo, Anthony J. Pre-Exilic Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and Archaeology: Integrating Text and Artefact. LHBOTS 549. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xii + 120 pp., $120.00.

Fritz, Volkmar. The Emergence of Israel in the Twelfth and Eleventh Centuries B.C.E. Bibli-cal Encyclopedia 2. Translated by James W. Barker. Atlanta: SBL, 2011, xviii + 268 pp., n.p. paper.

Fudge, Edward William. The Fire that Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment, 3d ed. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2011, xxiv + 417 pp., $45.00 paper.

Fyall, Robert. The Message of Ezra and Haggai. The Bible Speaks Today. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2010, 186 pp., n.p. paper.

Gabriel, Andrew K. The Lord is the Spirit: The Holy Spirit and the Divine Attributes. Eu-gene, OR: Pickwick, 2011, x + 237 pp., $27.00 paper.

Galli, Mark. Chaos and Grace: Discovering the Liberating Work of the Holy Spirit. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, 203 pp., $17.99.

Garland, David E. Luke. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testa-ment. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 1039 pp., $49.99.

Genade, Aldred A. Persuading the Cretans: A Text-Generated Persuasion Analysis of the Letter to Titus. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xii + 135 pp., $18.00 paper.

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George, Timothy, ed. Evangelicals and Nicene Faith: Reclaiming the Apostolic Witness. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xxiv + 247 pp., $24.99 paper.

George, Timothy. Reading Scripture with the Reformers. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 269 pp., $16.00 paper.

Gerstenberger, Erhard S. Israel in the Persian Period: the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E. Biblical encyclopedia 8. Translated by Siegfried S. Schatzmann. Atlanta: SBL, 2011, xv + 575 pp., n.p. paper.

Gifford Jr., James D. Perichoretic Salvation: The Believer’s Union with Christ as a Third Type of Perichoresis. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xii + 220 pp., $26.00 paper.

Goheen, Michael W. A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xiii + 242 pp., $22.99.

Goldingay, John. Key Questions about Biblical Interpretation: Old Testament Answers. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xii + 384 pp., $24.99 paper.

Gonzalez, Robert R., Jr. Where Sin Abounds: The Spread of Sin and the Curse in Genesis with Special Focus on the Patriarchal Narratives. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2009, xvi + 294 pp., $34.00 paper.

Grabbe, Lester L., ed. Israel in Transition 2: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIA (c. 1250–850 BCE), Vol. 2: The Texts. LHBOTS 521. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xi + 260 pp., n.p.

Grabbe, Lester L. and Oded Lipschits, eds. Judah Between East and West: The Transi-tion from Persian to Greek Rule (ca. 400–200 BCE). Library of Second Temple Studies 75. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, 336 pp., $140.00.

Grant, Jamie A., Alison Lo, and Gordon J. Wenham, eds. A God of Faithfulness: Es-says in Honour of J. Gordon McConville on His 60th Birthday. LHBOTS 538. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xiv + 221 pp., $120.00.

Gray, Patrick. Opening Paul’s Letters: A Reader’s Guide to Genre and Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012, x + 176 pp., $19.99 paper.

Green, Bradley G. Colin Gunton and the Failure of Augustine: The Theology of Colin Gun-ton in Light of Augustine. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xiii + 226 pp., $26.00 paper.

Green, Joel B. Practicing Theological Interpretation: Engaging Biblical texts for Faith and Formation. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xiv + 146 pp., $21.99 paper.

Green, Joel B., ed. Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xix + 889 pp., $59.99.

Greengus, Samuel. Laws in the Bible and in Early Rabbinic Collections: The Legal Legacy of the Ancient Near East. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2011, xix + 334 pp., $36.00 paper.

Griffiths, Paul J. Song of Songs. Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011, lviii + 182 pp., $34.99.

Grindheim, Sigurd. God’s Equal: What Can We Know about Jesus’ Self-Understanding in the Synoptic Gospels? Library of New Testament Studies 446. London: T&T Clark,


2011, xviii + 270 pp., $130.00.

Groothuis, Douglas. Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 752 pp., $40.00.

Gutenson, Charles E. Christians and the Common Good: How Faith Intersects with Public

Life. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011, xii + 180 pp., $19.99 paper.

Guthrie, Steven. Creator Spirit: The Holy Spirit and the Art of Becoming Human. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xviii + 222 pp., $24.99 paper.

Gutjahr, Paul C. Charles Hodge: Guardian of American Orthodoxy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xl + 477 pp., $39.95.

Habets, Myk and Beulah Wood, eds. Reconsidering Gender: Evangelical Perspectives. Eu-gene, OR: Pickwick, 2011, xvii + 229 pp., $27.00 paper.

Hagedorn, Anselm C. and Andrew Mein, eds. Aspects of Amos: Exegesis and Interpreta-

tion. LHBOTS 536. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xi + 178 pp., n.p.

Hägerland, Tobias. Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins: An Aspect of His Prophetic Mission. SNTSMS 150. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, xvii + 304 pp., $99.00.

Hamilton, Victor P. Exodus: An Exegetical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, xxix + 721 pp., $54.99.

Hamrin, Carol Lee, with Stacey Bieler, eds. Salt and Light: More Lives of Faith that

Shaped Modern China, Volume Three. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xv + 261 pp., $31.00 paper.

Hardy, Daniel, Deborah Hardy Ford, Peter Ochs, and David F. Ford. Wording A

Radiance: Parting Conversations on God and the Church. London, SCM Press, 2010, xiii + 170 pp., $35.00 paper.

Harris, Murray J. Colossians and Philemon. Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Tes-tament. Nashville: B&H, 2010, xxxii + 272 pp., $24.99 paper.

Harris, Stephen L. The New Testament: A Student’s Introduction. 7th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2012, xviii + 523 pp., $86.00 paper.

Hart, D. G. From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin: Evangelicals and the Betrayal of American

Conservatism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, vii + 237 pp., $25.00.

Harvey, Bruce J. YHWH Elohim: A Survey of Occurrences in the Leningrad Codex and

Their Corresponding Septuagintal Renderings. LHBOTS 537. New York: T&T Clark, 2011, xx + 252 pp., n.p.

Heath, Elaine A. We Were the Least of These: Reading the Bible with Survivors of Sexual

Abuse. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011, xii + 196 pp., $19.99 paper.

Hedges, Paul. Controversies in Interreligious Dialogue and the Theology of Religions. London: SCM Press, 2010, viii + 287 pp., $30.00 paper.

Heide, Gale. Domesticated Glory: How the Politics of America Has Tamed God. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2010, xix + 161 pp., $21.00 paper.

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Helseth, Paul Kjoss, William Lane Craig, Ron Highfield, Gregory A. Boyd. Four Views on Divine Providence. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 264 pp., $19.99 paper.

Heskett, Randall and Brian Irwin, eds. The Bible as a Human Witness to Divine Revela-tion: Hearing the Word of God through Historically Dissimilar Traditions. LHBOTS 469. New York: T&T Clark, 2010, xxix + 363 pp., n.p.

Hill, Jonathan. Christianity: How a Tiny Sect from a Despised Religion Came to Dominate the Roman Empire. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011, 256 pp., $29.95.

Hiu, Elim. Regulations concerning Tongues and Prophecy in 1 Corinthians 14.26–40: Rele-vance Beyond the Corinthian Church. Library of New Testament Studies 406. London: T&T Clark, 2010, xii + 227 pp., $120.00.

Hobson, Tom. What’s on God’s Sin List for Today? Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xi + 101 pp., $14.00 paper.

Hoch, Ronald E. and David P. Smith. Old School, New Clothes: The Cultural Blindness of Christian Education. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xi + 154 pp., $19.00 pa-per.

Holmås, Geir Otto. Prayer and Vindication in Luke-Acts: The Theme of Prayer within the Context of the Legitimating and Edifying Objective of the Lukan Narrative. Library of New Testament Studies 433. London: T&T Clark, 2011, xvi + 300 pp., $130.00.

Holmes, Michael W., ed. The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Atlanta: SBL, 2010, xxiii + 516 pp., $29.95.

Honeycutt, Frank G. The Truth Shall Make You Odd: Speaking with Pastoral Integrity in Awkward Situations. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2011, xviii + 188 pp., $18.99 paper.

Hood, Jason B. The Messiah, His Brothers, and the Nations: Matthew 1.1–7. Library of New Testament Studies 441. London: T&T Clark, 2011, xii + 193 pp., $110.00.

Horner, David A. Mind Your Faith: A Student’s Guide to Thinking and Living Well. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 240 pp., $20.00 paper.

Horton, Michael. For Calvinism. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, 208 pp., $16.99 paper.

Houston, James M. and Michael Parker. A Vision for the Aging Church: Renewing Min-istry for and by Seniors. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2011, 279 pp., $24.00 paper.

Hovey, Craig. Bearing True Witness: Truthfulness in Christian Practice. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, x + 258 pp., $27.00 paper.

Howell, Brian M. and Jenell Williams Paris. Introducing Cultural Anthropology: A Chris-tian Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011, xii + 273 pp., $29.99 paper.

Hultgren, Arland. Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerd-mans, 2011, xxvii + 804 pp., $60.00.

Human, Dirk J. and Gert Jacobus Steyn, eds. Psalms and Hebrews: Studies in Reception. LHBOTS 527. New York: T&T Clark, 2010, xviii + 299 pp., n.p.

Hunt, Laura J. The Not-Very-Persecuted Church: Paul at the Intersection of Church and Cul-


ture. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011, xv + 108 pp., $13.00 paper.

Hurtado, Larry W. and Paul L. Owen, eds. ‘Who Is This Son of Man?’: The Latest Scholarship on a Puzzling Expression of the Historical Jesus. Library of New Testament Studies 390. London: T&T Clark, 2011, xvi + 191 pp., $130.00.

Instone-Brewer, David. Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament. Vol. 2A: Feasts and Sabbaths: Passover and Atonement. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, xviii + 382 pp., $60.00.

Iverson, Kelly R. and Christopher W. Skinner, eds. Mark as Story: Retrospect and Pro-spect. SBLRBS 65. Atlanta: SBL, 2011, xii + 309 pp., $36.95 paper.

Jeffrey, David Lyle, ed. The King James Bible and the World It Made. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2011, vi + 205 pp., $24.95 paper.

Jobes, Karen H. Letters to the Church: A Survey of Hebrews and the General Epistles. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011, xvi + 478 pp., $44.99.

Johnson, Luke Timothy. Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church: The Challenge of Luke-Acts to Contemporary Christians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011, viii + 198 pp., $23.00 paper.

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