Book Reviews: JUDGES. By J. Clinton McCann. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 2002. Pp. x + 146. Cloth, $28.95

Abstract

entire theological enterprise. Formula theology unfortunately limits itself to a form of reductionism, i.e., a quest for concepts and notions stripped of their literary expression. Form criticism, while certainly necessary to understand the Psalms, focuses on life setting and literary type. In W P Brown’s view scholars have overlooked the imagery of the Psalter at great theological loss. Instead of rejecting the form-critical approach, Brown asserts: &dquo;Driving this study is the conviction that familiarity with both the ancient setting and contemporary poetics is essential to understanding the Psalter’s theological landscape&dquo; (p. x). In his introduction the author presents