[Booknews] New and noteworthy, October 23, 2006

[James Spinti]

BookNews from Eisenbrauns

Only 8 days left in October. Don't miss our monthly sale: 20% 
off on all Goettingen Septuagint volumes, even the newest Ruth 
volume. Just follow the link on the New and Noteworthy page.

To see cover graphics and read more information about the new 
titles listed below, please follow this link: 
http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~NEWNOTES 

Don't miss this week's special at 30% off. See the bottom of this 
e-mail for details.
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>New Eisenbrauns title, just published:

"Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch"
by Jean-Louis Ska
Eisenbrauns, Paper. English.
ISBN: 1575061228
List Price: $29.50 Your Price: $26.55

>These two Festschriften are due to arrive in about two weeks. Order 
them now and we will ship your order as soon as they arrive:

"Essays on Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern Context: 
A Tribute to Nadav Na'aman"
Edited by Yairah Amit, et al.
Eisenbrauns, Cloth. English.
ISBN: 1575061287
Your Price: $59.50

"Confronting the Past: Archaeological and Historical Essays on 
Ancient Israel in Honor of William G. Dever"
Edited by Seymour Gitin, J. Edward Wright, and J. P. Dessel
Eisenbrauns, Cloth. English.
ISBN: 1575061171
List Price: $69.50 Your Price: $62.55

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>New from our distribution partner Fribourg, in the OBO series:
"'Kultprostitution' im Alten Testament?: Die Qedeschen der 
Hebraischen Bibel und das Motiv der Hurerei"
by Christine Stark
Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis - OBO 221
Academic Press Fribourg, Cloth. German.
ISBN: 3727815671
Your Price: $65.00

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Other new and noteworthy books:

>Sumerian
"Sumerian Lexicon: A Dictionary Guide to the Ancient 
Sumerian Language"
by John A. Halloran
Logogram Publishing, Paper. English.
ISBN: 0978642902
Your Price: $79.00

>Egypt:
"Adoration of the Ram: Five Hymns to Amun-Re from Hibis Temple"
by David Klotz
Yale Egyptological Studies - YES 6
Yale Egyptological Seminar, Paper. English.
ISBN: 0974002526
Your Price: $55.00

>Hebrew:
"Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew: A Guide to 
Reading the Hebrew Bible"
by Miles V. Van Pelt and Gary D. Pratico
Zondervan Publishing Company, Paper. English.
ISBN: 0310251575
List Price: $18.99 Your Price: $16.14

>Hebrew bible:
"Psalms"
by James Waltner
Believers Church Bible Commentary - BCBC
Herald Press, Paper. English.
ISBN: 0836193377
List Price: $34.99 Your Price: $31.49

"Book of Job: Judaism in the 2nd Century BCE, 
An Intertextual Reading"
by Leslie S. Wilson
Studies in Judaism
University Press of America (UPA), Paper. English.
ISBN: 0761834621
List Price: $39.00 Your Price: $36.27

>Dead Sea Scrolls:
"Out of the Cave: Philosophical Inquiry into the 
Dead Sea Scrolls Research"
by Edna Ullmann-Margalit
Harvard University Press, Cloth. English.
ISBN: 0674022238
List Price: $45.00 Your Price: $36.00 

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For this week's special, we are honoring James Barr by offering 
the book he published with Eisenbrauns at 30% off:
"Comparative Philology and the Text of the Old Testament"
by James Barr
Eisenbrauns, 1987
ix + 436 pages, English, Cloth
ISBN: 0931464331
List Price: $36.50 Sale Price: $25.55 (30% off)

You can follow the logic for running this sale here; see 
especially the comments:
http://anebooks.blogspot.com/2006/10/james-barr.html