[Booknews] New and noteworthy, March 17, 2008

[James Spinti]

BookNews from Eisenbrauns

Have you visited our monthly sale for March yet? We are 
featuring our Mesopotamian Civilizations series at discounts 
of 30-40% off retail. Don't miss it.

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
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New and Noteworthy books:

>Ancient Near East:
"Beydar Studies I"
Edited by M. Lebeau and A. Suleiman 
Subartu 21
Brepols Publishers, 2007. Paper. English.
ISBN: 9782503526607
Your Price: $131.00

>Archaeology:
"Negotiating the Past in the Past: Identity, Memory, 
and Landscape in Archaeological Research"
Edited by Norman Yoffee
University of Arizona Press, 2007. Paper. English.
ISBN: 9780816526703
Your Price: $39.95

>Biblical Studies:

The on-line journal JHS is available in print:
"Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures: Comprising the contents of 
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, volumes 1-4"
by Ehud Ben Zvi
Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts 1
Gorgias Press, 2006. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 1593333102
Your Price: $189.00

"Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures II: Comprising the contents 
of Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol. 5"
by Ehud Ben Zvi 
Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts 2
Gorgias Press, 2007. Cloth. English.
ISBN: 9781593336127
Your Price: $160.00

Fitzmyer defends the historical-critical method:
"The Interpretation of Scripture: In Defense of the 
Historical-Critical Method"
by Joseph A. Fitzmyer
Paulist Press, 2008. Paper. English.
ISBN: 9780809145041
List Price: $18.95 Your Price: $17.06

"Torah Through Time: Understanding Bible Commentary"
by Shai Cherry
Jewish Publication Society - JPS, 2007. Paper. English.
ISBN: 9780827608481
List Price: $25.00 Your Price: $23.25

The first shipment sold out, but more are on the way:
"A History of Bible Translation"
Edited by Philip A. Noss
United Bible Societies, 2007. Paper. English.
ISBN: 9788884983732
List Price: $60.00 Your Price: $54.00

For those of you whose Hebrew needs help:
"A Reader's Hebrew Bible"
Edited by A. Philip Brown and Bryan W. Smith
Zondervan Publishing Company, 2008. Duotone. Hebrew and English.
ISBN: 9780310269748
List Price: $49.99 Your Price: $39.99

T&T Clark is revitalizing this series with new releases:
"An Introduction to the Johannine Gospel and Letters"
by Jan van der Watt
T & T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies 
T & T Clark, 2007. Paper. English.
ISBN: 0567030377
List Price: $19.95 Your Price: $15.94

"An Introduction to the Psalms"
by Alistair G. Hunter
T & T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies 
T & T Clark, 2007. Paper. English.
ISBN: 0567030288
List Price: $19.95 Your Price: $15.96