[Booknews] Weekly sale-November 15-24: Andy's picks

[James Spinti]

BookNews from Eisenbrauns

In what is becoming a tradition, I have asked our webmaster, 
Andy, to choose the items for this week's sale while I am in 
San Diego for AAR/SBL

As always, all sales on this web sale are final; no returns 
will be permitted. Offer is good only on orders placed at 
www.eisenbrauns.com through November 24, 2007. 

To go directly to the weekly sale, click on this link:

http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~NEWSLIST

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While James is in San Diego at the AAR/SBL meetings, he asked me to 
write up a sale of some of the interesting books that have come 
across my desk in the last year. The first six appeal to me as 
an artist; the last appeals to me as an interested layman.

I've always deeply enjoyed the intersection of art and Christianity, 
and my own aspirations as a calligrapher make me appreciate all the 
more the monumental achievement that is the St. John's Bible. The 
St. John's Bible is the first handwritten, illuminated Bible since 
the invention of the printing press, and the results so far are 
stunning. A slideshow of images from the project can be seen here:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/special/stjohnsbible/1.1.html 

Even though we're surrounded by books here at the office, it's not 
often that the employees will band together to place orders. This 
is one of those rare exceptions: nearly a quarter of us here at 
the office are saving up and ordering copies of these books for 
ourselves and to give as gifts at Christmas. We have five of the 
projected seven volumes, and a "making of" book that describes 
the artistic process:


"Art of The Saint John's Bible: A Reader's Guide to Pentateuch, 
Psalms, Gospels and Acts"
by Susan Sink 
St. John's Bible 
Liturgical Press, 2007. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9780814690628
List Price: $14.95 Your Price: $11.21 

"Pentateuch"
by Donald Jackson
St. John's Bible 
Liturgical Press, 2006. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9780814690529
List Price: $69.95 Your Price: $52.46 

"The Psalms"
by Donald Jackson
St. John's Bible 
Liturgical Press, 2005. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9780814690567
List Price: $59.95 Your Price: $44.96 

"Wisdom Books"
by Donald Jackson 
St. John's Bible 
Liturgical Press, 2007. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9780814690550
List Price: $64.95 Your Price: $48.71 

"The Prophets"
by Donald Jackson
St. John's Bible 
Liturgical Press, 2006. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9780814690543
List Price: $69.95 Your Price: $52.46 

"Gospels and Acts"
by Donald Jackson
St. John's Bible 
Liturgical Press, 2005. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9780814690512
List Price: $64.95 Your Price: $48.71 

And now, for something completely different. 

Archaeology seems to be something that happens just after I leave a 
place. When I was in grade school, I always used to dig holes with my 
friends on the playground. The year after I left, a girl was digging 
in the same area, and came across a bone. The excavation that followed 
revealed a sort of prehistoric horse, among other things. Years later, 
when I was living in Spain, I used to hone my mountain biking skills on 
what now turns out to be a Phoenician tell of some importance. 

Next time, perhaps. That's where the next title in our sale comes into play: 

"Archaeology: What it is, where it is, and how do it"
by Paul Wilkinson
Oxbow Books, 2007. Paper. English.
ISBN: 9781905739004
List Price: $24.95 Your Price: $22.46 

This is an excellent introduction to practical archaeology, and it's 
obvious from the details that there is considerable field experience 
behind the well-written descriptions covering a variety of methods and 
techniques. Chapters include useful information on finding documentary 
sources, aerial photography, soil sampling, surveys (including various 
types of GPS equipment) and a variety of recording methods, including 
special techniques for stone, timber, and skeletal finds. While there's 
not enough here to turn someone loose on their own, it's an excellent 
beginning to get someone up to speed with the rest of the team.

 

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