Book Reviews

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William Arnal, The Symbolic Jesus: Historical Scholarship, Judaism and the Construction of Contemporary Identity, reviewed by Alicia Batten Bruce C. Birch, Walter Brueggemann, Terence E. Fretheim and David L. Peterson, Theological Introduction to the Old Testament, 2nd ed., reviewed by Heather L. Macumber Scott G. Brown, Mark's Other Gospel: Rethinking Morton Smith's Controversial Discovery, reviewed by Matthew W. Mitchell Philip Leif Carlsson, Round Trips to Heaven: Otherworldly Travelers in Early Judaism and Christianity, reviewed by Stephen J.H. Tu Rekha M. Chennattu, Johannine Discipleship as a Covenant Relationship, reviewed by David J. Hawkin Michael Dauphinais and Matthew Levering, Holy People, Holy Land, reviewed by Mike Michielin Philip F. Esler, New Testament Theology: Communion and Community, reviewed by Steven C. Muir William K. Gilders, Blood Ritual in the Hebrew Bible: Meaning and Power, reviewed by Christian A. Eberhart Michael J. Gorman, ed., Scripture. An Ecumenical Introduction to the Bible and Its Interpretation, reviewed by S.A. Cummins Matthias Henze, ed., Biblical Interpretation at Qumran, reviewed by Adrian M. Leske David Instone-Brewer, Traditions o/the Rabbisfrom the Era o/the New Testament, Vol. 1, Prayer and Agriculture, reviewed by Daniel Maoz Andrew T. Lincoln, The Gospel According to Saint John, reviewed by Dan Froese William Loader, Sexuality and the Jesus Tradition, reviewed by Jo-Ann Badley Richard N. Longenecker, ed., Contours of Christo logy in the New Testament, reviewed by Allison Trites Ulrich Luz, Studies in Matthew, reviewed by Karl J. McDaniel Terence C. Mournet, Oral Tradition and Literary Dependency: Variability and Stability in the Synoptic Tradition and Q, reviewed by Kari Tolppanen Jorunn Økland, Women in Their Place: Paul and the Corinthian Discourse of Gender and Sanctuary Space., reviewed by Jo-Ann Badley Kenton L. Sparks, Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature, reviewed by John Kaltner Charles H. Talbert, Reading Luke-Acts in Its Mediterranean Milieu, reviewed by Keir E. Hammer Thomas H. Tobin, Paul's Rhetoric in Its Contexts: The Argument of Romans, reviewed by Ian W. Scott Richard S. Ascough, ed., Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Sardis and Smyrna, reviewed by David Charles Robinson Willi Braun, ed., Rhetoric and Reality in Early Christianities, reviewed by Ian H. Henderson Ruth Compton Brouwer, Modern Women Modernizing Men: The Changing Missions of Three Professional Women inAsia andAfrica, 1902-1969, reviewed by A. Hamish Ion Zeba A. Crook, Reconceptualising Conversion: Patronage, Loyalty, and Conversion in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean, reviewed by Rene A. Baergen Eckhard J. Schnabel, Early Christian Mission. 2 Vols., reviewed by Stephen L. Chambers Joyce E. Bellous, Educating Faith: An Approach to Christian Formation, reviewed by Heather Weir Paul Avis, A Ministry Shaped by Mission, reviewed by Kathleen McAlpin Robert C. Croken and Robert M. Doran, eds., Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan: Philosophical and Theological Papers, 1965-1980, reviewed by Christiaan Jacobs-Vandegeer Robert M. Doran, What is Systematic Theology?, reviewed by Neil Ormerod Roger Haight, Christian Community in History: Historical Ecciesiology, Vol. 2, Comparative Ecciesiology, reviewed by John D. Dadosky Roger Haight, The Future of Christo logy, reviewed by Charles Hefting Tyron Inbody, The Faith of the Christian Church: An Introduction to Theology, reviewed by John Dool David Lauber, Barth on the Descent into Hell: God, Atonement and the Christian Life, reviewed by Victor A. Shepherd Daniel C. Maguire, A Moral Creedfor All Christians, reviewed by Ronald Mercier, S.J. Joseph L. Mangina, Karl Barth: Theologian o/Christian Witness, reviewed by Jonathan P. Slater Ian A. McFarland, The Divine Image: Envisioning the Invisible God, reviewed by Mark L. Yenson Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism, reviewed by David A. Reed David Novak, Talking with Christians: Musings of a Jewish Theologian, reviewed by Dow Marmur Jaroslav Pelikan, Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition, reviewed by Shawn W.J. Keough Myron B. Penner, ed., Christianity and the Postmodern Turn: Six Views, reviewed by Nadia Delicata Samuel M. Powell, Participating in God: Creation and Trinity, reviewed by Stephen Reynolds Eugene F. Rogers, Jr., After the Spirit: A Constructive Pneumatology from Resources outside the Modern West, reviewed by Myroslaw Tataryn Michael Stoeber, Reclaiming Theodicy: Reflections on Suffering, Compassion, and Spiritual Transformation, reviewed by Paul W. Gooch Donna Teevan, Lonergan, Hermeneutics, and Theological Method, reviewed by Gordon A. Rixon P. Tzamalikos, Origen: Cosmology and Ontology of Time, reviewed by Shawn W.J. Keough Joseph P. Wawrykow, The Westminster Handbook to Thomas Aquinas, reviewed by Andrew M. Kaye