[Booknews] New and noteworthy, November 29, 2007

[James Spinti]

BookNews from Eisenbrauns

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New from our distribution partners:

>New from Carta, Jerusalem:
An abridged version of "The Sacred Bridge," perfect as a textbook 
for undergraduates, or as a gift:
"Carta's New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible"
by Anson F. Rainey and R. Steven Notley
Carta, Jerusalem, 2007. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9652207038
Your Price: $50.00

"Hebrew Scripts: A Carta Wall Chart"
by Ada Yardeni
Carta, Jerusalem, 2007. Laminated. Hebrew.
ISBN: 9652207047
Your Price: $19.95

>Just arrived, from Academic Press in the OBO series:
"Drums, Women, and Goddesses: Drumming and Gender in Iron Age II Israel"
by Sarit Paz
Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis - OBO 232
Academic Press Fribourg, 2007. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9783827816109
Your Price: $39.00

>Three titles, hand delivered to us at AAR/SBL, from V&R:
"The Given Child: The Religions’ Contributions 
to Children’s Citizenship"
Edited by Trygve Wyller and Usha S. Nayar
Research in Contemporary Religion - RCR 2
Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2007. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9783525604366
Your Price: $65.00

"Mysteries in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: 
A Copenhagen Bonhoeffer Symposium"
Edited by Kirsten Busch Nielsen, Ulrik Nissen, and Christiane Tietz
Forschungen zur systematischen und ökumenischen Theologie - FSOT 119
Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2007. Paper. German.
ISBN: 9783525563472
Your Price: $75.00

"Galater"
by Martin Meiser
Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2007. Cloth. German.
ISBN: 9783525539880
Your Price: $135.00

>Back in print, after several years of being unavailable, 
from the Persian Heritage Foundation:
"The Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), Volume 3"
Edited by Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh
by Abul'l-Qasem Ferdowsi
Persian Text Series, new series - PTSNS 3
Persian Heritage Foundation, 1992. Cloth. Persian.
ISBN: 0939214865
Your Price: $65.00

>The latest fascicle in the internationally acclaimed 
Encyclopaedia Iranica:
"Encyclopaedia Iranica, Fascicle 14/2: XXII. Gazi Dialect - 
Israel II. The Jewish Persian Community"
Edited by Ehsan Yarshater
Encyclopaedia Iranica Fascicle - EIF 14/2
Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation, 2007. Paper. English.
ISBN: 9781934283004
Your Price: $38.00

>New from the Finnish Exegetical Society:
"House of the Lord: A Study of the Temple 
Scroll Columns 29:3b-47:18"
by Magnus Riska
Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 93
Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 2007. 
Paper. English.
ISBN: 9789519217482
Your Price: $45.00

>The latest JARCE volume, fresh off the truck. If you are a 
member, watch for it in the mail in the next few weeks:
"Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Volume 41 (2004)"
Journal American Research Center in Egypt - JARCE 41
American Research Center in Egypt, 2007. Paper. English.
Your Price: $45.00