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Adams, Samuel L. Social and Economic Life in Second Temple Judea. Louisville: West-

minster John Knox, 2014, 252 pp., $35.00 paper.

Akala, Adesola Joan. The Son-Father Relationship and Christological Symbolism in the Gos-pel of John. Library of New Testament Studies 505. London: Bloomsbury T&T

Clark, 2014, xvii + 248 pp., $112.00.

Allison, Gregg R. Roman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014, 493 pp., $28.00 paper.

Anatolios, Khaled, ed., The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church. Holy Cross Studies in

Patristic Theology and History. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, xvii + 253

pp., $30.00 paper.

Anderson, Jeff S. The Blessing and the Curse: Trajectories in the Theology of the Old Testa-ment. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2014, 403 pp., $46.00 paper.

Anizor, Uche. Kings and Priests. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2014, 256 pp., $30.00 paper.

Arnold, Bill T. Introduction to the Old Testament. New York: Cambridge University

Press, 2014, xxviii + 409 pp., $53.99 paper.

Arnold, Bill T., and Richard S. Hess, eds. Ancient Israel’s History: An Introduction to Issues and Sources. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, 560 pp., $44.99.

Arterbury, Andrew, W. H. Bellinger Jr., and Derek S. Dodson. Engaging the Christian Scriptures: An Introduction to the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, 304 pp.,

$26.99 paper.

Ash, Christopher. Job: The Wisdom of the Cross. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014, 489

pp., $37.99.

Ashton, John. The Gospel of John and Christian Origins. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, xii

+ 228 pp., $49.00 paper.

Assmann, Jan. To Moses from Akhenaten: Ancient Egypt and Religious Change. New

York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2014, 155 pp., $34.95.

Babcock, Bryan C. Sacred Ritual. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2014, xiv + 271

pp., $59.50.

Barshinger, David P. Jonathan Edwards and the Psalms: A Redemptive-Historical Vision of Scripture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, xiv + 470 pp., $74.00.

Bateman, Herbert W., IV. Interpreting the General Letters: An Exegetical Handbook.

Handbooks for New Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2013,

315 pp., $29.99 paper.

Batten, Alicia J., and John S. Kloppenborg, eds. James, 1 & 2 Peter, and Early Jesus Traditions. Library of New Testament Studies 478. London: Bloomsbury T&T

Clark, 2014, xx + 234 pp., $112.00.

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Bautch, Richard J., and J. Todd Hibbard, eds. The Book of Isaiah: Enduring Questions

Answered Anew: Essays Honoring Joseph Blenkinsopp and His Contribution to the Study of

Isaiah. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014, 242 pp., $35.00 paper.

Beale, G. K. Revelation: A Shorter Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015, xiii + 562 pp., $35.00 paper.

Beale, G. K., Daniel J. Brendsel, and William A. Ross. An Interpretative Lexicon of

New Testament Greek: Analysis of Prepositions, Adverbs, Particles, Relative Pronouns, and

Conjunctions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 96 pp., $15.99 paper.

Bean, Lydia. The Politics of Evangelical Identity: Local Churches and Partisan Divides in the

United States and Canada. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014, 336 pp., $35.00.

Beck, John A. Discovery House Bible Atlas. Grand Rapids: Discovery House, 2015, $39.99.

Bennema, Cornelis. Encountering Jesus: Character Studies in the Gospel of John. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, xi + 414 pp., $39.00 paper.

Bennema, Cornelis. A Theory of Character in New Testament Narrative. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, xvii + 216 pp., $39.00 paper.

Berg, InHee C. Irony in the Matthean Passion Narrative. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, xiii + 231 pp., $39.00 paper.

Bernier, Jonathan. Aposynagōgos and the Historical Jesus in John: Rethinking the Historic-

ity of the Johannine Expulsion Passages. Biblical Interpretation Series 122. Leiden: Brill, 2013, x + 172 pp., $119.00.

Bertschmann, Dorothea H. Bowing before Christ—Nodding to the State? Reading Paul

Politically with Oliver O’Donovan and John Howard Yoder. Library of New Testament Studies 502. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, xv + 208 pp., $112.00.

Biermann, Joel D. A Case for Character: Towards a Lutheran Virtue Ethic. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, 204 pp., $24.00 paper.

Billington, Mark, and Peter Streitenberger, eds. Digging for the Truth: Collected Essays

Regarding the Byzantine Text of the Greek New Testament: A Festschrift in Honor of Maurice

A. Robinson. Norden, Germany: FYM, 2014, 203 pp., $30.00.

Bird, Michael F. The Gospel of the Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014, xiv + 394 pp., $30.00 paper.

Bird, Michael F., Craig A. Evans, Simon J. Gathercole, Charles E. Hill, and Chris Tilling. How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus’ Divine Nature—A Re-

sponse to Bart D. Ehrman. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 236 pp., $16.99 paper.

Block, Daniel I. For the Glory of God: Recovering a Biblical Theology of Worship. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, 381 pp., $34.99.

Blount, Brian K. Invasion of the Dead: Preaching Resurrection. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014, 135 pp., $16.00.

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Bokedal, Tomas. The Formation and Significance of the Christian Biblical Canon: A Study

in Text, Ritual and Interpretation. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, xvi + 421 pp., $146.00.

Bowman, Matthew: The Urban Pulpit: New York City and the Fate of Liberal Evangelical-

ism. New York: Oxford University Press, x + 308 pp., $74.00.

Brenner-Idan, Athalya. The Israelite Woman: Social Role and Literary Type in Biblical

Narrative. 2nd ed. New York: Bloomsbury, 2015, 168 pp., $24.95 paper.

Bruno, Christopher R. ‘God is One’: The Function of Eis ho Theos as a Ground for Gen-

tile Inclusion in Paul’s Letters. Library of New Testament Studies 497. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013, xvi + 243 pp., $112.00.

Burns, J. Patout, Jr., and Robin M. Jensen. Christianity in Roman Africa: The Develop-

ment of Its Practices and Beliefs. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014, 723 pp., $55.00.

Burridge, Richard A. Four Gospels, One Jesus? A Symbolic Reading. 3rd ed. Grand Rap-ids: Eerdmans, 2014, xvii + 217 pp., $20.00 paper.

Butler, Trent C. Joshua 1–12. Word Biblical Commentary 7A. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 576 pp., $54.99.

Butler, Trent C. Joshua 13–24. Word Biblical Commentary 7B. 2nd ed. Grand Rap-ids: Zondervan, 2014, 368 pp., $49.99.

Campbell, Douglas A. Framing Paul: An Epistolary Biography. Grand Rapids: Eerd-mans, 2014, xxii + 468 pp., $39.00 paper.

Caragounis, Chrys C. New Testament Language and Exegesis. Wissenschaftliche Unter-suchungen zum Neuen Testament 323. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014, xiii + 409 pp., €129.00.

Carson, D. A. Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, xv + 215 pp., $17.99 paper.

Chalamet, Christophe, and Marc Vial, eds., Recent Developments in Trinitarian Theology:

An International Symposium. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, 171 pp., $30.00 paper.

Chalmers, Aaron. Interpreting the Prophets: Reading, Understanding and Preaching From the

Worlds of the Prophets. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2015, xiv + 173 pp., $20.00 paper.

Chan, Simon. Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up. Down-ers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 216 pp., $22.00 paper.

Chun, S. Min. Ethics and Biblical Narrative: A Literary and Discourse-Analytical Approach

to the Story of Josiah. Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, 288 pp., $93.00.

Collins, Nina L. Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish Debate: Healing on the Sabbath in the 1st

and 2nd Centuries CE. Library of New Testament Studies 474. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, xxii + 482 pp., $145.00.

Cone, Steve D. An Ocean Vast of Blessing: A Theology of Grace. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014, 213 pp., $29.00 paper.

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Copan, Paul, and Kenneth D. Litwak. The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas: Paul’s

Mars Hill Experience for Our Pluralistic World. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 201 pp., $18.00 paper.

Correll, Mark R. Shepherds of the Empire: Germany’s Conservative Protestant Leadership

1888–1919. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, ix + 283 pp., $40.00 paper.

Crisp, Thomas M., Steve L. Porter, and Gregg A. Ten Elshof, eds. Christian Scholar-

ship in the Twenty-First Century: Prospects and Perils. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014, 208 pp., $22.00 paper.

Cronin, Sonya Shetty. Raymond Brown, ‘The Jews’, and the Gospel of John: From Apologia

to Apology. Library of New Testament Studies 504. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015, xiii + 195 pp., $112.00.

Crossley, James G. Harnessing Chaos: The Bible in English Political Discourse since 1968. Library of New Testament Studies 506. London: Bloomsbury, 2014, xvi + 309 pp., $120.00.

Cunha, Wilson de Angelo. LXX Isaiah 24:1–26:6 as Interpretation and Translation: A

Methodological Discussion. SBL Septuagint and Cognate Studies 62. Atlanta: SBL, 2014, 205 pp., $32.95 paper.

Dallaire, Helene. The Syntax of Volitives in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite Prose.

Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic 9. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2014, xii + 250 pp., $49.50.

Das, A. Andrew. Galatians. Concordia Commentary. St. Louis: Concordia, 2014, lxix + 738 pp., $54.99.

Date, Christopher M., Gregory G. Stump, and Joshua W. Anderson, eds. Rethinking

Hell: Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism. Cambridge, UK: Lutterworth, 2014, 337 pp., $40.00 paper.

Davids, Peter H. A Theology of James, Peter, and Jude: Living in the Light of the Coming

King. Biblical Theology of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 340 pp., $39.99.

Dayton, Donald W., and Douglas M. Strong. Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage: A

Tradition and Trajectory of Integrating Piety and Justice. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Aca-demic, 2014, 208 pp., $20.00 paper.

Decker, Rodney J. Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, xxxi + 672 pp., $49.99.

DeClaisse-Walford, Nancy, Rolf A. Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel Tanner. The Book of

Psalms. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, xxii + 1051 pp., $60.00.

DeLapp, Nevada Levi. The Reformed David(s) and the Question of Resistance to Tyranny:

Reading the Bible in the 16

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Centuries. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 601. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, 248 pp., $112.00.

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Dell, Katharine, and Will Kynes, eds. Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 587. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, 352 pp., $130.00.

Dicken, Frank. Herod as a Composite Character in Luke-Acts. Wissenschaftliche Unter-suchungen zum Neuen Testament 2/375. Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2014, 210 pp., $92.00 paper.

Diller, Kevin. Theology’s Epistemological Dilemma: How Karl Barth and Alvin Plantinga Provide a Unified Response. Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 352 pp., $30.00 paper.

Duguid, Iain M. The Song of Songs. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2015, 160 pp., $18.00 paper.

Duvall, J. Scott. Revelation. Teach the Text. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2014, xviii + 333 pp., $39.99.

Easterman, Natalie R. Wilson. Women, Leadership, and the Bible: How Do I Know What to Believe? Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014, 297 pp., $35.00 paper.

Ediger, Edwin Aaron. Faith in Jesus: What Does It Mean to Believe in Him? Blooming-ton: WestBow, 2012, xiv + 430 pp., $30.95 paper.

Ehrman, Bart D., and Zlatko Pleše, eds. The Other Gospels: Accounts of Jesus from Out-side the New Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, xv + 324 pp., $24.95 paper.

Elliott, Mark W., Scott J. Hafemann, N. T. Wright, and John Frederick, eds. Gala-tians and Christian Theology: Justification, the Gospel, and Ethics in Paul’s Letter. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, xx + 380 pp., $40.00 paper.

Faithful, George. Mothering the Fatherland: A Protestant Sisterhood Repents for the Holo-caust. New York: Oxford University Press, xvii + 270 pp., $74.00.

Fee, Gordon D. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. 2nd ed. New International Com-mentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014, lxii + 982 pp., $65.00.

Feldmeier, Reinhard. Power, Service, Humility: A New Testament Ethic. Waco, TX: Bay-lor University Press, 2014, x + 145 pp., $19.95 paper.

Fiensy, David, and James Riley Strange, eds. Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, vol. 1: Life, Culture, and Society. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, 411 pp., $69.00 paper.

Forbes, Greg W. 1 Peter. Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2014, xxvii + 202 pp., $24.99 paper.

Foster, Robert J. The Significance of Exemplars for the Interpretation of the Letter of James. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2/376. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014, x + 233 pp., $112.00 paper.

Fox, R. Michael, ed. Reverberations of the Exodus in Scripture. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2014, 210 pp., $25.00 paper.

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Freyne, Seán. The Jesus Movement and Its Expansion: Meaning and Mission. Grand Rap-ids: Eerdmans, 2014 pp., xii + 383 pp., $35.00 paper.

Gallusz, Laszlo. The Throne Motif in the Book of Revelation. Library of New Testament Studies 487. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, xxii + 396 pp., $150.00.

Gathercole, Simon. The Gospel of Thomas: Introduction and Commentary. Texts and Edi-tions for New Testament Study 11. Leiden: Brill, 2014, xii + 723 pp., $250.00.

Geisler, Norman L., and Daniel J. McCoy. The Atheist’s Fatal Flaw: Exposing Conflict-ing Beliefs. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2014, 192 pp., $14.99 paper.

Gosnell, Peter W. The Ethical Vision of the Bible: Learning Good from Knowing God. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 411 pp., $25.00 paper.

Green, Gene L., Stephen T. Pardue, and K. K. Yeo, eds. Jesus without Borders: Chris-tology in the Majority World. Majority World Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014, 200 pp., $20.00 paper.

Griffiths, Jonathan I. Hebrews and Divine Speech. Library of New Testament Studies 507. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, xv + 200 pp., $112.00.

Guthrie, Nancy. The Word of the Lord: Seeing Jesus in the Prophets. Wheaton, IL: Cross-way, 2014. 267 pp., $16.99 paper.

Hafemann, Scott J. Paul’s Message and Ministry in Covenant Perspective: Selected Essays. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2015, xix + 208 pp., $26.00 paper.

Han, Paul. Swimming in the Sea of Scripture: Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in 2 Corinthi-ans 4.7–13.13. Library of New Testament Studies 519. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, ix + 221 pp., $112.00.

Harmon, Matthew S., and Jay E. Smith, eds. Studies in the Pauline Epistles: Essays in Honor of Douglas J. Moo. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 311 pp., $49.99.

Harmon, Matthew. Philippians. Mentor Commentary. Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2015, 502 pp., £22.99.

Harris, Murray J. Prepositions and Theology in the Greek New Testament: An Essential Ref-erence Resource for Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012, 293 pp., $42.99.

Harrisville, Roy A. Pandora’s Box Opened: An Examination and Defense of Historical-Critical Method and Its Master Practitioners. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014, 358 pp., $42.00 paper.

Hawkins, Ralph K. How Israel Became a People. Nashville: Abingdon, 2013, xvi + 288 pp., $38.00 paper.

Hayes, Elizabeth R., and Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, eds. ‘I Lifted My Eyes and Saw’: Read-ing Dream and Vision Reports in The Hebrew Bible. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Tes-tament Studies 584. New York: Bloombury T&T Clark, 2014, xviii + 253 pp., $120.00.

Hays, Christopher B. Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the He-brew Bible and Ancient Near East. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014, 425 pp., $45.00 paper.

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Hays, Richard B. Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness.

Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014, xxii + 155 pp., $34.95.

Hellerman, Joseph H. Embracing Shared Ministry: Power and Status in the Early Church

and Why It Matters Today. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2013, 313 pp., $17.99 paper.

Hessamfar, Elahe. In the Fellowship of His Suffering: A Theological Interpretation of Mental

Illness. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2014, 375 pp., $43.00 paper.

Himes, Paul A. Foreknowledge and Social Identity in 1 Peter. Eugene, OR: Pickwick,

2014, xvi + 224 pp., $27.00 paper.

Hinson, Ed, and Elmer L. Towns. Illustrated Bible Survey: An Introduction. Nashville:

B&H, 2013, xii + 607 pp., $49.99.

Holcomb, Justin S. Know the Creeds and Councils. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014,

192 pp., $12.99 paper.

Holcomb, Justin S. Know the Heretics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 176 pp.,

$12.99 paper.

Holt, Else K., Hyun Chul Paul Kim, and Andrew Mein, eds. Concerning the Nations:

Essays on the Oracles Against The Nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Library of He-

brew Bible/Old Testament Studies 612. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015,

304 pp., $120.00.

Huffman, Douglas S. Verbal Aspect Theory and the Prohibitions in the Greek New Testa-

ment. Studies in Biblical Greek 16. New York: Peter Lang, 2014, xxiv + 571 pp.,

$59.95 paper.

Hyun, Seong Whan Timothy. Job the Unfinalizable: A Bakhtinian Reading of Job 1–11.

Biblical Interpretation Series 124. Leiden: Brill, 2013, 220 pp., $127.00.

Jobes, Karen H. 1, 2, & 3 John. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New

Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 358 pp., $34.99.

Johnson, S. Lewis, Jr. Discovering Romans: Spiritual Revival for the Soul. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 2014, 260 pp., $19.99 paper.

Johnston, James. The Psalms, vol. 1: Psalms 1 to 41: Rejoice, the Lord is King. Preaching

the Word. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 472 pp., $34.99.

Johnston, Robert K. God’s Wider Presence: Reconsidering General Revelation. Grand Rap-

ids: Baker Academic, 2014, 256 pp., $25.99 paper.

Junius, Franciscus. A Treatise on True Theology, with The Life of Franciscus Junius. Trans-

lated by David C. Noe. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage, 2014, 247 pp.,

$40.00.

Kapic, Kelly M. Sanctification: Explorations in Theology and Practice. Downers Grove,

IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 300 pp., $30.00 paper.

Kärkkäinen, Velli-Matti. A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, vol.

2: Trinity and Revelation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014, xiii + 472 pp., $40.00 pa-

per.

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Kasper, Walter. The Gospel of the Family. New York: Paulist, 2014, 64 pp., $9.95 pa-per.

Keener, Craig S. Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, vol. 3: 15:1–23:35. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, xxxix + 1156 pp., $59.99.

Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. 2nd ed. Down-ers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 816 pp., $35.00.

Keith, Chris. Jesus against the Scribal Elite: The Origins of the Conflict. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, xix + 188 pp., $22.99 paper.

Kellemen, Bob, ed. Scripture and Counseling: God’s Word for Life in a Broken World. Bib-lical Counseling Coalition Books. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2014, 480 pp., $32.99.

Kitz, Anne Marie. Cursed Are You! The Phenomenology of Cursing in Cuneiform and He-brew Texts. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2014, xi + 528 pp., $59.50 paper.

Kloppenborg, John S., and Joseph Verheyden, eds. The Elijah-Elisha Narrative in the Composition of Luke. Library of New Testament Studies 493. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, viii + 170 pp., $110.00.

Kolb, Robert, Irene Dingel, and L’ubomír Batka, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther’s Theology. Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology. New York: Oxford University Press, xvii + 662 pp., $150.00.

Konradt, Matthias. Israel, Church, and the Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew. Translated by Kathleen Ess. Baylor Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014, xiii + 485 pp., $79.95.

Koskie, Steven Joe, Jr. Reading the Way to Heaven: A Wesleyan Theological Hermeneutic of Scripture. Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplement 8. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2014, xiv + 194 pp., $35.95 paper.

Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Margaret E. Köstenberger. God’s Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014, 380 pp., $22.99 paper.

Lamb, David A. Text, Context and the Johannine Community: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Johannine Writings. Library of New Testament Studies 477. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, xi + 231 pp., $110.00.

Leonard, Bill J. A Sense of the Heart: Christian Religious Experience in the United States. Nashville: Abingdon, 2014, 379 pp., $32.78 paper.

Lessing, R. Reed. Isaiah 56–66. St. Louis: Concordia, 2014, xxxvi + 577 pp., $54.99.

Lessing, R. Reed, and Andrew E. Steinman. Prepare the Way of the Lord: An Introduc-tion to the Old Testament. St. Louis: Concordia, 2014, xiii + 559 pp., $51.99.

Levering, Matthew. Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation: The Mediation of the Gospel through Church and Scripture. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, xi + 363 pp., $44.99.

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Lewis, Donald M., and Richard V. Pierard, eds. Global Evangelicalism: Theology, History and Culture in Regional Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 312 pp., $30.00 paper.

Liebengood, Kelly D. The Eschatology of 1 Peter: Considering the Influence of Zechariah 9–14. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 157. Cambridge: Cam-bridge University Press, 2014, xi + 251 pp., $95.00.

Liften, Brian M. Early Christian Martyr Stories: An Evangelical Introduction with New Translations. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, 192 pp., $19.99 paper.

Lightfoot, J. B. The Acts of the Apostles: A Newly Discovered Commentary. Edited by Ben Witherington III and Todd D. Still. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 397 pp., $40.00.

Lipiński, Edward. Semitic Linguistics in Historical Perspective. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 230. Leuven: Peeters, 2014, xvi + 234 pp., €95.

Long, Frederick J. II Corinthians: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2015, xliii + 299 pp., $34.95 paper.

Longenecker, Bruce W., and Todd D. Still. Thinking through Paul: A Survey of His Life, Letters, and Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 408 pp., $44.99.

Longman III, Tremper. Psalms. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2014, 479 pp. $18.00 paper.

Lundin, Roger. Beginning with the Word: Modern Literature and the Question of Belief. Cul-tural Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, 272 pp., $24.99 paper.

Macaskill, Grant. Union with Christ in the New Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 353 pp., $150.00.

MacDonald, Margaret Y. The Power of Children: The Construction of Christian Families in the Greco-Roman World. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014, viii + 239 pp., $49.95.

Macintosh, A. A., and C. L. Engle. The T&T Clark Hebrew Primer: For Revision and Consolidation. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, 96 pp., $22.95 paper.

Macleod, Donald. Christ Crucified: Understanding the Atonement. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014, 272 pp., $22.00 paper.

Madueme, Hans, and Michael Reeves, eds. Adam, The Fall, and Original Sin: Theologi-cal, Biblical, and Scientific Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2014, 352 pp., $26.99 pa-per.

Malikow, Max. It’s Not Too Late: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life. Chipley, FL: Theocentric, 73 pp., $22.95 paper.

Martin, Oren R. Bound for the Promised Land: The Land Promise in God’s Redemptive Plan. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2015, 208 pp., $25.00 paper.

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Martin, Ralph P. 2 Corinthians. 2nd ed. Word Biblical Commentary 40. Grand Rap-ids: Zondervan, 2014, 751 pp., $54.99.

Mayes, Benjamin T. G., and James L. Langebartels, eds. Luther’s Works, Vol. 76: Church Postil II. St. Louis: Concordia, 2013, xv + 484 pp., $54.99.

McClellan, Dave, and Karen McClellan. Preaching by Ear: Speaking God’s Truth from the Inside Out. Wooster, OH: Weaver, 2014, 192 pp., $15.99 paper.

McCullough, Matthew. The Cross of War: Christian Nationalism and U. S. Expansion in the Spanish-American War. Studies in American Thought and Culture. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014, 216 pp., $29.95 paper.

McFarland, Ian A. From Nothing: A Theology of Creation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014, xvii + 2112 pp., $35.00 paper.

McKeown, James. Ruth. Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary. Grand Rap-ids: Eerdmans, 2015, 162 pp., $22.00 paper.

McKnight, Scot. Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2014, 304 pp., $21.99 paper.

McLean, B. H. Hellenistic and Biblical Greek: A Graduated Reader. New York: Cam-bridge University Press, 2014, 446 pp., $39.99 paper.

McWhirter, Jocelyn. Rejected Prophets: Jesus and His Witnesses in Luke-Acts. Minneap-olis: Fortress, 2013, x + 144 pp., $29.00 paper.

Menzies, James W. True Myth: C. S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell on the Veracity of Christi-anity. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014, 258 pp., $30.00 paper.

Middleton, J. Richard. A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, 336 pp., $26.99 paper.

Mitchell, Ben, and D. Joy Riley. Christian Bioethics: A Guide for Pastors, Health Care Professionals, and Families. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2014, 207 pp., $24.99 paper.

Moll, Rob. What Your Body Knows about God: How We Are Designed to Connect, Serve and Thrive. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2014, 215 pp., $16.00 paper.

Moloney, Francis J. The Resurrection of the Messiah: A Narrative Commentary on the Res-urrection Accounts in the Four Gospels. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2013, xvi + 203 pp., $21.95 paper.

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Neufeld, Dietmar. Mockery and Secretism in the Social World of Mark’s Gospel. Library of

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Peeler, Amy L. B. You Are My Son: The Family of God in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Li-brary of New Testament Studies 486. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014, xiv + 224 pp., $120.00.

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Poythress, Vern S. Chance and the Sovereignty of God: A God-Centered Approach to Proba-bility and Random Events. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014, 357 pp., $18.50 paper.

Provan, Iain. Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014, x + 502 pp., $49.95 paper.

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Rathe, Alan. Evangelicals, Worship, and Participation: Taking a Twenty-First Century Read-ing. Liturgy, Worship, and Society. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2014, 301 pp., $119.95.

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Rendle, Gil. Doing the Math of Missions: Fruits, Faithfulness, and Metrics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014, 147 pp., $17.00 paper.

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Rice, Joshua. Paul and Patronage: The Dynamics of Power in 1 Corinthians. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2013, x + 196 pp., $23.00 paper.

Richardson, Neil. Who on Earth is God? Making Sense of God in the Bible. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014, 264 pp., $25.95 paper.

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Roberts, Justin Mandela. Behold Our God: Contemplative Theology for the Soul. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, xiii + 102 pp., $15.00 paper.

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Root, Andrew. Christopraxis: A Practical Theology of the Cross. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, xvi + 311 pp., $39.00 paper.

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Smith, Gary V. Interpreting the Prophetic Books: An Exegetical Handbook. Grand Rapids:

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Smith, Gregory S. The Testing of God’s Sons. Nashville: B&H, 2014, 184 pp., $24.99.

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