{"title":"Book Reviews: Walter Brueggemann, A COMMENTARY ON JEREMIAH: EXILE AND HOMECOMING. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998. Pp. xiv + 502. Paper, $32.00","authors":"John F. Craghan","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900306","url":null,"abstract":"Probably the period of history least understood by the Church is the time between the Testaments. Yet the leaders, politics, wars, and religious schisms from this time shaped and molded the Second Testament period into what it became. Needless to say, understanding this history is vital to understanding the Second Testament period. Hayes and Mandell have put together a volume that systematically lays out this history, focusing specifically on events surrounding Judaism. The authors tell the reader that this","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115197979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Reviews: John H. Hayes and Sara R. Mandell, THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY: FROM ALEXANDER TO BAR KOCHBA. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998. Pp. xiv + 246. Paper, $28.00","authors":"Terry W. Eddinger","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900305","url":null,"abstract":"Probably the period of history least understood by the Church is the time between the Testaments. Yet the leaders, politics, wars, and religious schisms from this time shaped and molded the Second Testament period into what it became. Needless to say, understanding this history is vital to understanding the Second Testament period. Hayes and Mandell have put together a volume that systematically lays out this history, focusing specifically on events surrounding Judaism. The authors tell the reader that this","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"96 8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129268723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Reviews: Evert-Jan Vledder, CONFLICT IN THE MIRACLE STORIES: A SOCIO-EXEGETICAL STUDY OF MATTHEW 8 AND 9. JSNT Supplement Series, 152. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995. Pp. 276. Cloth, $74.00","authors":"B. Malina","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900106","url":null,"abstract":"tluenced each other. But they devote as little as one paragraph to some peoples (Old Assyrian Empire [p. 19] and Mittani [pp. 24-25]), which I think is an insufficient amount of information even for the vaguest understanding of a particular group’s history. They do, however, include chapters on ancient Near Eastern religion, economy and society, and government all of which I thought were quite helpful.","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114997335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Reviews: Richard Wallace and Wynne Williams, THE THREE WORLDS OF PAUL OF TARSUS. New York/London: Routledge, 1998. Pp. xiii + 239. Paper, n.p","authors":"B. Malina","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900108","url":null,"abstract":"nean world, illustrates in each volume of THE CULTURAL WORLD OF JESUS practical insights from the results of social scientific criticism of the Second Testament. These three slim volumes provide windows into the world of the first century and illustrate points of disconnection and connection with contemporary Western society. In each volume, Pilch brings the fruits of social scientific criticism of the Second Testament to bear on fifty-six passages of Scripture. The biblical text-segments are based on the Lectionary and the Gospel reading for each Sunday starting with the first Sunday of Advent and finishing with the Thirty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. For those unfamiliar with the Lectionary, the architects provided three cycles: A, B, and C. Each cycle is a different year, and different text-segments are selected for that particular year. Volume 1, Cycle A, concentrates on passages from Matthew and John. While volume 2, Cycle B, focuses on Mark and John, volume 3, Cycle C, deals with Luke and John. In brief essays, about two and a half","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126462336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Matthew 18:15-17: Conflict, Confrontation, and Conflict Resolution in a \"Fictive Kin\" Association","authors":"Dennis C. Duling","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900102","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to establish a plausible scenario for Matthean conflict resolution and to further clarify the stage of group formation of the Matthean group. It defends the thesis that the Matthean author modifies, and thereby intentionally obscures, a more sharply developed disciplinary process that existed in the Matthean fictive kin association, one that is analogous to processes such as those in the groups mentioned below. Matthew 18:15-17 thus reveals the tip of a developing organizational iceberg. After opening with a brief hermeneutical statement about writers, texts, and readers, this study explores the three-step process in Matthew 18:15-18 in relation to similar processes of analogous groups, especially voluntary associations, in the ancient Mediterranean. It includes analysis of (a) the tradents of the \"reproof\" exegetical traditions stemming from Leviticus 19:15-17, (b) the group(s) behind the Dead Sea Scrolls, (c) the Iobakchoi, (d) comments representing Rabbinical debates, and (e) the virtue of \"frank speech\" in certain philosophical schools.","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131224975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Reviews: Carroll Stuhlmueller, editor, THE COLLEGEVILLE PASTORAL DICTIONARY OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY. A Liturgical Press Book; Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996. Pp. lv + 1120. Cloth, $74.95","authors":"Terry W. Eddinger","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123978471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Reviews: L. DeBlois and R. J. Van der Spek, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ANCIENT WORLD. Translated by Susan Mellor. London, UK/New York, NY: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xx + 321. Paper, $25.99","authors":"Terry W. Eddinger","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124967521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Reviews: John J. Pilch, THE CULTURAL WORLD OF JESUS SUNDAY BY SUNDAY. Cycle A, B, C. 3 vols. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995-1997. Pp. 170 (each volume). Paper, $11.95 each","authors":"David M. May","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900107","url":null,"abstract":"nates from,&dquo; even though &dquo;grievance or pre-conflict might be of help&dquo; (p. 49, repeated on p. 68). According to the theorists Vledder adopts, &dquo;human beings act in such a way in order to further pursue his or her own interest. Therefore, this pursuing of own interests (sic!) is the most important cause of conflict, especially when these interests clash or are incompatible with those of another&dquo; (p. 70). The statement is, of course, doddering. The fact is, conflict emerges only when a person’s interests clash with those of others-not from","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114304992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ask Me What to Tell Your Children","authors":"D. Bossman","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900101","url":null,"abstract":"is teaching religion,&dquo; asserted one experienced religious educator. The reason for this seemingly iconoclastic position may lie in the impact upon future lives of religion acquired in immaturity yet later applied to adult issues. Many children learn about religion and morality at a time when they simply do not and cannot grasp the larger issues that balance judgments by their relative proportion and impact. When you put God behind a simplistic judgment, without allowing for balance and discretion, religion serves a foolish end","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126677851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Reviews: Steven L. McKenzie and M. Patrick Graham, editors, THE HEBREW BIBLE TODAY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL ISSUES. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998. Pp. xiv + 240. Paper, $24.00","authors":"R. Gnuse","doi":"10.1177/014610799902900109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/014610799902900109","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":227137,"journal":{"name":"Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology","volume":"241 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121343600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}