From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Mon Jan 5 14:24:22 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:24:22 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] Monthly sale, January 2009: 50% on selected HSS/HSM/SAHL titles Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476C3E86D@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns This is the first BookNews of 2009, and we have a bit of catch-up, so here's what is in this edition: A. The winners of the 2008 SBL gift certificates B. Publisher Focus for first quarter C. Monthly sale for January D. Upcoming events A. The winners of our drawings at SBL in Boston ($50 each): Saturday: Dr. David Maltsberger and Robin Deich Ottoson Sunday: Dr. Alex Jassen and Dr. Naomi Steinberg Monday: Dr. Richard Briggs and Paula Trafton Tuesday (for $100.00 each): Juan Fonesca and William Pitre Cipolla If you know them, be sure to congratulate them. B. The Publisher Focus for January-March, 2009 is Deo Publishing. We recently signed a distribution agreement with Deo and are now their official North American distributor. Be sure to check out their titles on our website, and watch for upcoming sales of their titles. You can access the Publisher Focus from our home page. C. January Sale: For the month of January, we chose 35 titles from the Harvard Semitic Monographs, Harvard Semitic Studies, and Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant series and slashed their prices by 50%. Happy new year! D. Upcoming events Get out your stylus! We're going to repeat our Valentine's Day contest again this year. Watch for details later, but the rules will be just as subjective again this year :) April first is looming, too. If you have some good ideas, please let us know. If we use your idea you get the lasting fame of having it credited to you on our web site. Regional conferences: we can't be at very many of these, but we always try to send order forms; be sure to look for them. Major conferences: Watch our conference schedule page. We will be updating it throughout the year. So far, we will definitely be at AOS, ATLA, RAI, ASOR, and SBL, but possibly others. As always, all sales on this web sale are final; no returns will be permitted. Offer good only on orders placed at www.eisenbrauns.com through January 31, 2009. To easily access all the sale items, please visit: http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~SPECIAL ================================================================ "The Studies in the Chronology of the Divided Monarchy of Israel" by William H. Barnes Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 48 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1991. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555405274 List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $14.98 "The Formcritical Study of Selected "Odes of Solomon"" by Gerald R. Blaszczak Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 36 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1985. Cloth. English. ISBN: 0891309179 List Price: $15.95 Your Price: $7.98 ""Each Man Cried Out to His God": The Specialized Religion of Canaanite and Phoenician Seafarers" by Aaron J. Brody Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 58 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1999. Cloth. English. ISBN: 0788504665 List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $14.98 "Adam in Myth and History: Ancient Israelite Perspectives on the Primal Human" by D. E. Callender, Jr. Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 48 Harvard Semitic Museum / Eisenbrauns, 2000. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1575069024 List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $14.98 "Exodus Retold: Ancient Exegesis of the Departure from Egypt in Wis 10:15-21 and 19:1-9" by Peter Enns Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 57 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1997. Cloth. English. ISBN: 0788504037 List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $14.98 "A Grammar of the Palestinian Targum Fragments from the Cairo Genizah" by Steven E. Fassberg Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 38 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1991. Cloth. English. ISBN: 155540569X List Price: $39.95 Your Price: $19.98 "The Installation of Baal's High Priestess at Emar: A Window on Ancient Syrian Religion" by Daniel E. Fleming Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 42 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1992. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555407269 List Price: $41.95 Your Price: $20.98 "The Grammar of the Targum Neofiti" by David M. Golomb Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 34 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1985. Cloth. English. ISBN: 0891308911 List Price: $19.75 Your Price: $9.88 "The Sheep of His Pasture: A Study of the Hebrew Noun "'Am(m)" and Its Semitic Cognates" by Robert M. Good Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 29 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1983. Cloth. English. ISBN: 0891306285 List Price: $17.00 Your Price: $8.50 "Syriac Manuscripts: A Catalogue" by Moshe Goshen-Gottstein Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 23 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1979. Cloth. English. ISBN: 0891301895 List Price: $17.00 Your Price: $8.50 "The Development of the Arabic Scripts: From the Nabatean Era to the First Islamic Century" by Beatrice Gruendler Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 43 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1993. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555407102 List Price: $54.95 Your Price: $27.48 "Studies in Neo-Aramaic" Edited by Wolfhart Heinrichs Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 36 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1990. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555404308 List Price: $20.95 Your Price: $10.48 "The Epic of the Patriarch: The Jacob Cycle and the Narrative Traditions of Canaan and Israel" by Ronald S. Hendel Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 42 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1988. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555401848 List Price: $14.95 Your Price: $7.48 "The God of My Victory: The Ancient Hymn in Habakkuk 3" by Theodore Hiebert Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 38 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1986. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555400779 List Price: $19.95 Your Price: $9.98 "Amurru Akkadian, volume 1: A Linguistic Study" by Shlomo Izre'el Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 40 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1991. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555406335 List Price: $39.95 Your Price: $19.98 "Amurru Akkadian, volume 2: A Linguistic Study" by Shlomo Izre'el Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 41 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1991. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555406343 List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $14.98 "Two Nations Under God: The Deuteronomistic History of Solomon and the Dual Monarchies, Volume 1: The Reign of Solomon and the Rise of Jeroboam" by Gary N. Knoppers Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 52 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1993. Cloth. English. ISBN: 155540913X List Price: $39.95 Your Price: $19.98 ""Of Wood and Stone": The Significance of Israelite Cultic Items in the Bible and Its Early Interpreters" by Elizabeth C. LaRocca-Pitts Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 61 Harvard Semitic Museum / Eisenbrauns, 2001. Cloth. English. ISBN: 157506913X List Price: $39.95 Your Price: $19.98 "Archaic Features of Canaanite Personal Names in the Hebrew Bible" by Scott C. Layton Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 47 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1990. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555405134 List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $14.98 "'Aserah: Extrabiblical Evidence" by Walter A. Maier Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 37 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1986. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555400469 List Price: $24.95 Your Price: $12.48 "The Messenger in the Ancient Semitic World" by Samuel A. Meier Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 45 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1989. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555402895 List Price: $14.95 Your Price: $7.48 "The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice: Edition, Translation, and Commentary" by Carol A. Newsom Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 27 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1985. Cloth. English. ISBN: 0891309187 List Price: $39.95 Your Price: $19.98 "West Semitic Vocabulary in the Akkadian Texts from Emar" by Eugen J. Pentiuc Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 49 Harvard Semitic Museum / Eisenbrauns, 2001. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1575069105 List Price: $36.95 Your Price: $18.48 "Water in the Wilderness: A Biblical Motif and Its Mythological Background" by William H. Propp Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 40 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1987. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555401570 List Price: $16.95 Your Price: $8.48 "An Exodus Scroll from Qumran: 4Qpaleo Exodm and the Samaritan Tradition" by Judith E. Sanderson Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 30 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1986. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555400361 List Price: $24.95 Your Price: $12.48 "Non-Canonical Psalms from Qumran: A Pseudepigraphic Collection" by Eileen M. Schuller Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 28 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1986. Cloth. English. ISBN: 0891309438 List Price: $27.95 Your Price: $13.98 "Myth, Drama, and the Politics of David's Dance" by Choon L. Seow Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 44 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1990. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555404006 List Price: $22.95 Your Price: $11.48 "The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond: Essays in Memory of James A. Sauer" Edited by Joseph A. Greene and Michael D. Coogan by Lawrence E. Stager Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant - SAHL 1 Harvard Semitic Museum / Eisenbrauns, 2000. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1575069016 List Price: $85.00 Your Price: $42.50 "Features of the Eschatology of IV Ezra" by Michael E. Stone Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 35 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1989. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555403654 List Price: $28.95 Your Price: $14.48 "Eighth-Century Iraqi Grammar: A Critical Exploration of Pre-Halilian Arabic Linguistics" by Rafael Talmon Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 53 Harvard Semitic Museum / Eisenbrauns, 2003. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1575069121 List Price: $44.95 Your Price: $22.48 "The Archaeology of Israelite Samaria, Volume 1: Early Iron Age through the Ninth Century B.C.E." by Ron E. Tappy Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 44 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1992. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555407706 List Price: $44.95 Your Price: $22.48 "The Archaeology of Israelite Samaria, Volume 2" by Ron E. Tappy Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 50 Harvard Semitic Museum, 2001. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1575069164 List Price: $89.95 Your Price: $44.98 "The Lucianic Manuscripts of I Reigns, Volume 1: Majority Text" by Bernard A. Taylor Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 50 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1992. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1555407854 List Price: $26.95 Your Price: $13.48 "The Law of the Temple in Ezekiel 40-48" by Steven S. Tuell Harvard Semitic Monographs - HSM 49 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1992. Cloth. English. ISBN: 155540717X List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $14.98 "Scholarship of William Foxwell Albright" by Gus W. Van Beek Harvard Semitic Studies - HSS 33 Harvard Semitic Museum, 1989. Cloth. English. ISBN: 155540314X List Price: $17.95 Your Price: $8.98 From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Fri Jan 9 10:10:01 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:10:01 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] Weekly sale, January 9-18, 2009: 50% on selected Paternoster titles Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476C3EA1A@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns For the next 10 days, Eisenbrauns is offering 50% off on selected titles from Paternoster's various Monograph series. Our apologies for those who tried to access our website yesterday and were unable to do so. Our Internet provider was experiencing a serious outage most of the day; almost the entire state of Indiana was affected. Looking for used books? We recently acquired a the library of a retiring scholar with holdings rich in hard-to-find Akkadian and Sumerian references. You can subscribe to our Used Book RSS feed, or manually download a complete listing from our website (updated hourly). 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 January 18, 2009. To go directly to the weekly sale, click on this link: http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~NEWSLIST ============================================================ "Spirit and Kingdom in the Writings of Luke and Paul: An Attempt to Reconcile these Concepts" by Youngmo Cho Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842273167 List Price: $29.99 Your Price: $26.39 "God, Pharaoh and Moses: Explaining the Lord's Actions in the Exodus Plagues Narrative" by William A. Ford Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2006. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842274200 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "Between Horror and Hope: Paul's Metaphorical Language of 'Death' in Romans 6:1-11" by Sorin Sabou Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842273221 List Price: $29.99 Your Price: $26.39 "Comical Doctrine: An Epistemology of New Testament Hermeneutics" by Rosalind M. Selby Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2006. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842272128 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "Zion Symbolism in Hebrews: Hebrews 12:18-24 as a Hermeneutical Key to the Epistle" by Kiwoong Son Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 184227368X List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "Fixing the Indemnity: The Life and Work of Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942)" by Iain D. Campbell Paternoster Theological Monographs - PTM Paternoster Press, 2004. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842272284 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "Revelation and the Spirit: A Comparative Study of the Relationship between the Doctrine of Revelation and Pneumatology in the Theology of Eberhard Jungel and Wolfhart Pannenberg" by Graham J. Watts Paternoster Theological Monographs - PTM Paternoster Press, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842271040 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "'Discernment' in the Desert Fathers: Diakrisis in the Life and Thought of Early Egyptian Monasticism" by Antony D. Rich Studies in Christian History and Thought - SCHT Paternoster Press, 2007. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842274317 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "Evangelical Identity and Contemporary Culture: A Congregational Study in Innovation" by Mathew Guest Studies in Evangelical History and Thought - SEHT Paternoster Press, 2007. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842274408 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "'Redeeming Love Proclaim': John Rippon and the Baptists" by Ken R. Manley Studies in Baptist History and Thought - SBHT 12 Paternoster Press, 2004. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842271938 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Fri Jan 9 12:40:21 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:40:21 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] (corrected) Weekly Sale, January 9-18, 2008: 50% off on selected Paternoster titles Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476C3EA36@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns The original version of this week's sale had incorrect prices listed. Please note the corrected prices, which really are 50% off, not 12% as the original e-mail had them. I will now retire to my office and hope I don't make a goof like that for another year or two :) Thank you to Jordan, who was the first to notice the mistake. For the next 10 days, Eisenbrauns is offering 50% off on selected titles from Paternoster's various Monograph series. Our apologies for those who tried to access our website yesterday and were unable to do so. Our Internet provider was experiencing a serious outage most of the day; almost the entire state of Indiana was affected. Looking for used books? We recently acquired a the library of a retiring scholar with holdings rich in hard-to-find Akkadian and Sumerian references. You can subscribe to our Used Book RSS feed, or manually download a complete listing from our website (updated hourly). 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 January 18, 2009. To go directly to the weekly sale, click on this link: http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~NEWSLIST ============================================================ "Spirit and Kingdom in the Writings of Luke and Paul: An Attempt to Reconcile these Concepts" by Youngmo Cho Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842273167 List Price: $29.99 Your Price: $15.00 "God, Pharaoh and Moses: Explaining the Lord's Actions in the Exodus Plagues Narrative" by William A. Ford Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2006. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842274200 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $17.00 "Between Horror and Hope: Paul's Metaphorical Language of 'Death' in Romans 6:1-11" by Sorin Sabou Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842273221 List Price: $29.99 Your Price: $15.00 "Comical Doctrine: An Epistemology of New Testament Hermeneutics" by Rosalind M. Selby Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2006. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842272128 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $17.00 "Zion Symbolism in Hebrews: Hebrews 12:18-24 as a Hermeneutical Key to the Epistle" by Kiwoong Son Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 184227368X List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $17.00 "Fixing the Indemnity: The Life and Work of Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942)" by Iain D. Campbell Paternoster Theological Monographs - PTM Paternoster Press, 2004. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842272284 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $17.00 "Revelation and the Spirit: A Comparative Study of the Relationship between the Doctrine of Revelation and Pneumatology in the Theology of Eberhard Jungel and Wolfhart Pannenberg" by Graham J. Watts Paternoster Theological Monographs - PTM Paternoster Press, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842271040 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $17.00 "'Discernment' in the Desert Fathers: Diakrisis in the Life and Thought of Early Egyptian Monasticism" by Antony D. Rich Studies in Christian History and Thought - SCHT Paternoster Press, 2007. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842274317 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $17.00 "Evangelical Identity and Contemporary Culture: A Congregational Study in Innovation" by Mathew Guest Studies in Evangelical History and Thought - SEHT Paternoster Press, 2007. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842274408 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $17.00 "'Redeeming Love Proclaim': John Rippon and the Baptists" by Ken R. Manley Studies in Baptist History and Thought - SBHT 12 Paternoster Press, 2004. Paper. English. ISBN: 1842271938 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $17.00 From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Mon Jan 12 13:09:05 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:09:05 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] New and noteworthy, January 12, 2009 Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476CA2788@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns As the month flies by, I encourage you to visit our January sale: 50% off on select Harvard Semitic Museum titles. 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 ================================================================= New from our distribution partners: >New from Ugarit Verlag: "Vorderasiatische Pyxiden der Spatbronzezeit und der Fruheisenzeit" by Dirk Wicke Alter Orient und Altes Testament - AOAT 45 Ugarit-Verlag, 2008. Cloth. German. ISBN: 9783934628748 Your Price: $204.00 >Just arrived from the Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies: "Aramazd: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1 (2006)" Edited by Aram Kosyan and Armen Petrosyan Aramazd 1 Association for Near Eastern and Caucasian Studies, 2006. Paper. English, German, and Armenian. ISBN: 9993024023 Your Price: $75.00 >New from Mohr Siebeck In the FAT series: "God in Translation: Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World" by Mark S. Smith Forschungen zum Alten Testament - FAT Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Cloth. English. ISBN: 9783161495434 Your Price: $165.00 "History and the Hebrew Bible: Studies in Ancient Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography" by Hans M. Barstad Forschungen zum Alten Testament - FAT 61 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Cloth. English. ISBN: 9783161498091 Your Price: $105.00 "Die Mosereden im Deuteronomium: Eine kanonorientierte Untersuchung" by Johannes Taschner Forschungen zum Alten Testament - FAT 59 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Cloth. German. ISBN: 9783161496448 Your Price: $159.00 "'The Right Chorale:' Studies in Biblical Law and Interpretation" by Bernard M. Levinson Forschungen zum Alten Testament - FAT 54 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Cloth. English. ISBN: 9783161493829 Your Price: $159.00 In the WUNT series: "The First Christians in the Roman World: Augustan and New Testament Essays" by Edwin A. Judge Edited by James R. Harrison Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 1 - WUNT 229 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Cloth. English. ISBN: 9783161493102 Your Price: $262.00 "Fruhes Christentum und Gnosis: Eine rezeptionsgeschichtliche Studie" by Hans-Friedrich Weiss Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 1 - WUNT 225 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Cloth. German. ISBN: 9783161496066 Your Price: $245.00 "Die Septuaginta - Texte, Kontexte, Lebenswelten: Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuaginta Deutsch (LXX.D), Wuppertal 20.-23. Juli 2006" Edited by Martin Karrer and Wolfgang Kraus Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 1 - WUNT Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Cloth. German. ISBN: 9783161493171 Your Price: $185.00 "Kultische Sprache in den Paulusbriefen" by Martin Vahrenhorst Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 1 - WUNT Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Cloth. German. ISBN: 9783161497148 Your Price: $159.00 From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Fri Jan 16 14:09:05 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:09:05 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] New and Noteworthy, January 16, 2009 Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476CA293E@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns Don't miss your chance to save 50% on selected Paternoster titles. You only have 3 more days. Get there by following the link on the New and Noteworthy page. Yesterday the temperature here at Eisenbrauns was around 0? F (-18? C). Why am I mentioning this? Well, we unloaded 2 new books yesterday, but because of the weather, I can't say they are "hot off the press." "Cold off the truck" just doesn't have the same ring to it, though. 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 ================================================================= New from Eisenbrauns: "Lahav I. Pottery and Politics: The Halif Terrace Site 101 and Egypt in the Fourth Millennium B.C.E." by J. P. Dessel Lahav: Reports of the Lahav Research Project / Excavations at Tell Halif, Israel 1 Eisenbrauns, 2009. Cloth. English. ISBN: 9781575061573 List Price: $59.50 Your Price: $53.55 "The Old Testament in the Life of God's People: Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens" Edited by Jon Isaak Eisenbrauns, 2009. Cloth. English. ISBN: 9781575061580 List Price: $49.50 Your Price: $44.55 "Studies in the Personal Names of Genesis 1-11" by Richard S. Hess Eisenbrauns, 2009. Paperback. English. ISBN: 9781575061603 List Price: $29.50 Your Price: $26.55 ================================================================= > New from our distribution partner, Mohr Siebeck: "Christian Identity in Corinth: A Comparative Study of 2 Corinthians, Epicetus, and Valerius Maximus" by V. Henry Nguyen Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161496660 Your Price: $99.00 "The Offering of the Gentiles: Paul's Collection for Jerusalem in Its Chronological, Cultural, and Cultic Contexts" by David J. Downs Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161496073 Your Price: $79.00 "Ancient Jewish and Christian Perceptions of Crucifixion" by David W. Chapman Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe 244 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161495793 Your Price: $92.00 "Paul's Inclusive Ethic: Resolving Community Conflicts and Promoting Mission in Romans 14-15" by Carl N. Toney Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe 252 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161497414 Your Price: $95.00 "The Apocalyptic Son of Man in the Gospel of John" by Benjamin E. Reynolds Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe 249 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161497261 Your Price: $115.00 "The Temple in the Gospel of Mark: A Study in its Narrative Role" by Timothy C. Gray Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe 242 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161496851 Your Price: $87.00 "The Spirit and Creation in Paul" by John W. Yates Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe 251 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161498176 Your Price: $89.00 From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Mon Jan 19 11:36:44 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:36:44 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] Weekly Sale, January 19-28, 2009: 20% off on selected Finnish Exegetical Titles Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476CA29A9@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns For the next 10 days, Eisenbrauns will be offering 20% off on selected titles from the Finnish Exegetical Society. 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 January 28, 2009. To go directly to the weekly sale, click on this link: http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~NEWSLIST ============================================================ "Schwachheit als Waffe: Die Argumentation des Paulus im "Tranenbrief" (2 Kor. 10-13)" by Lars Aejmelaeus Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 78 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 2000. Paper. German. ISBN: 9519217339 List Price: $50.00 Your Price: $40.00 "Charismatic Succession: A Study on Origen's Concept of Prophecy" by Gunnar af Hallstrom Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 42 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 1985. Paper. English. ISBN: 9519518576 List Price: $12.00 Your Price: $9.60 "The Making of Colossians: A Study on the Formation and Purpose of a Deutero-Pauline Letter" by Outi Leppa Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 86 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 2003. Paper. English. ISBN: 951921741X List Price: $36.00 Your Price: $28.80 "Citizens of the Kingdom: Followers in Matthew from a Feminist Perspective" by Talvikki Mattila Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 83 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 2002. Paper. English. ISBN: 951921738X List Price: $30.00 Your Price: $24.00 "Lux Humana, Lux Aeterna: Essays on Biblical and Related Themes in Honour of Lars Aejmelaeus" Edited by Antti Mustakallio Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 89 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 2005. Paper. English. ISBN: 9519217444 List Price: $63.00 Your Price: $50.40 "The Torah and Christ: Essays in German and English on the Problem of the Law in Early Christianity" by Heikki Raisanen Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 45 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 1986. Paper. English and German. ISBN: 9519217002 List Price: $17.00 Your Price: $13.60 "Between Literalness and Freedom: Translation technique in the Septuagint of Joshua and Judges regarding the clause connections introduced by waw and chi yod" by Seppo Sipila Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 75 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 1999. Paper. English. ISBN: 9519217304 List Price: $30.00 Your Price: $24.00 "Symbols and Strata: Essays on the Sayings Gospel Q" Edited by Risto Uro Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 65 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 1996. Paper. English. ISBN: 9519217207 List Price: $27.00 Your Price: $21.60 "Das Deuteronomium und seine Querbeziehungen: " by Timo Veijola Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 62 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 1996. Paper. German. ISBN: 9519217177 List Price: $30.00 Your Price: $24.00 "Present et imparfait de l'indicatif dans le Pentateuque grec: Une etude sur la syntaxe de traduction." by Anssi Voitila Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society - PFES 79 Finnish Exegetical Society, University of Helsinki, 2001. Paper. French. ISBN: 9519217347 List Price: $30.00 Your Price: $24.00 From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Thu Jan 22 14:50:09 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:50:09 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] New and noteworthy, January 22, 2008 Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476CA2B6E@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns Love is in the air! We're looking for a few good scholars to display both eros and erudition in our second Ancient Near Eastern Valentines contest. We want no more than three of your original compositions, in any ancient Near Eastern language (yes, we'll take Greek, too), accompanied by an English translation. Artwork and music are similarly welcome (please make sure your submissions are workplace-friendly). All entries should be sent via e-mail to Andy Kerr (akerr at eisenbrauns dot com) before midnight on Wednesday, February 11. The decisions of the judges will be final and, most likely, extremely arbitrary. Prizes will be awarded in the form of Eisenbrauns gift certificates: $75.00 for first place, $50.00 for second, and $25.00 for third place. Winners will be announced on February 13, 2009, and winning entries will be showcased on the Eisenbrauns website. You only have a little over a week to take advantage of our monthly sale: 50% off on selected Harvard Semitic Museum titles. 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 ================================================================= New from our distribution partners: >For those of you wanting the latest scholarly information on the Sea Peoples: "Cyprus, The Sea Peoples and the Eastern Mediterranean: Regional Perspectives of Continuity and Change" Edited by Timothy Harrison Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies, 2008. Paper. English and French. Your Price: $50.00 >New from Ugarit Verlag: "Studien zur Region Lagas: Von der Ubaid- bis zur altbabylonischen Zeit" by Su Kyung Huh Alter Orient und Altes Testament - AOAT 345 Ugarit-Verlag, 2008. Cloth. German. ISBN: 9783868350036 Your Price: $200.00 >New from Mohr Siebeck: "The Purpose of Mark's Gospel: An Early Christian Response to Roman Imperial Propaganda" by Adam Winn Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161496356 Your Price: $89.00 "The Death of the Soul in Romans 7: Sin, Death, and the Law in Light of Hellenistic Moral Psychology" by Emma Wasserman Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2 Reihe Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161496127 Your Price: $72.00 "Of Kings and Reigns: A Study of Translation Technique in the Gamma/Gamma Section of 3 Reigns (1 Kings)" by Andrzej S. Turkanik Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2 Reihe Mohr Siebeck, 2008. English. ISBN: 9783161495410 Your Price: $112.00 "Isaiah 53 in the Light of Homecoming after Exile" by Fredrik Hagglund Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2 Reihe - FAT2 31 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161497735 Your Price: $89.00 "Divine Wrath and Divine Mercy in the World of Antiquity" Edited by Hermann Spieckermann by Reinhard G. Kratz Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2 Reihe - FAT2 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161498206 Your Price: $99.00 "Silent or Salient Gender?: The Interpretations of Gendered God- Language in the Hebrew Bible, Exemplified in Isaiah 42, 46, and 49" by Hanne Loland Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2 Reihe - FAT2 Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9783161497056 Your Price: $79.00 "Festrituale in der romischen Kaiserzeit" Edited by Jorg Rupke Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity - STAC Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Paper. German. ISBN: 9783161497100 Your Price: $89.00 >New edition from Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: "Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta: Vol. III: Aeschylus" Edited by Stefan Radt Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2009. Cloth. German. ISBN: 9783525257456 Your Price: $259.20 From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Mon Jan 26 13:05:20 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:05:20 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] New and noteworthy, January 26, 2009 Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476CA2D4F@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns This is the last week to take advantage of our Harvard Semitic Museum sale: 50% off on 35 different titles. Plus, for the next 3 days you can still save on publications from the Finnish Exegetical Society. Follow the links 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 ================================================================= New from our distribution partners: >New from TVZ: "Josua" by Ernst Axel Knauf Zurcher Bibelkommentare: AT - ZBKAT 6 Theologischer Verlag Zurich, 2008. Paper. German. ISBN: 9783290174569 Your Price: $52.00 >The latest releases from Paternoster: "Healing Weakness and Power: Perspectives on Healing in the Writings of Mark, Luke and Paul" by A. Dawson Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842275245 List Price: $44.99 Your Price: $39.59 "The Bonds of Freedom:: Vows, Sacraments, and the Formation of the Christian Self" by Garry J. Deverell Paternoster Theological Monographs - PTM Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842275276 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "Kenosis and Priesthood:: Towards a Protestant Re-evaluation of the Ordained Ministry" by Timothy D. Herbert Paternoster Theological Monographs - PTM Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842275658 List Price: $39.99 Your Price: $35.19 "Theology After Neo-Pragmatism" by Adonis Vidu Paternoster Theological Monographs - PTM Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842274606 List Price: $39.99 Your Price: $35.19 "Enabling Fidelity to God:: Perseverance in Hebrews in Light of Reciprocity Systems in the Ancient Mediterranean World" by Jason A. Whitlark Paternoster Biblical Monographs-PBM Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842275733 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "Edification and Beauty: The Practical Ecclesiology of the English Particular Baptists, 1675-1705" by James M. Renihan Studies in Baptist History and Thought - SBHT Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842272510 List Price: $33.99 Your Price: $29.91 "Hinterland Theology: A Stimulus to Theological Construction" by Alan P. F. Sell Studies in Christian History and Thought - SCHT Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842273319 List Price: $64.99 Your Price: $57.19 "The Presbyterian Creed: A Confessional Tradition in America, 1729-1870" by S. Donald III Fortson Studies in Christian History and Thought - SCHT Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842274248 List Price: $39.99 Your Price: $35.19 "Imputation and Impartation: Union with Christ in American Reformed Theology" by William B Evans Studies in Christian History and Thought - SCHT Paternoster Press, 2008. Paper. English. ISBN: 9781842274361 List Price: $39.99 Your Price: $35.19 From JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com Thu Jan 29 12:37:25 2009 From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com (James Spinti) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:37:25 -0500 Subject: [Booknews] Weekly sale, January 29-February 8: 45-50% off on Hendrickson Message-ID: <2FC463E6B2073B4D998C93A858C0D476CA2EBE@HPLH301.ane.eisenbrauns.com> BookNews from Eisenbrauns For the next 10 days, Eisenbrauns will be offering 45-50% off on selected titles from Hendrickson, including Brown-Driver-Briggs, Jastrow, and Sasson's "Civilizations of the Ancient Near East." Sharpen that stylus! The Eisenbrauns Valentine's Day contest deadline is rapidly approaching. For all the details, go here: http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~VDAY2009 Of course, if you have lots of good chocolate that you are willing to send us, you might get an extension on the deadline :) 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 February 8, 2009. To go directly to the weekly sale, click on this link: http://www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~~~NEWSLIST ============================================================ "The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon with an appendix containing the Biblical Aramaic: Coded with the numbering system from 'Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible'" by Francis Brown, et al. Hendrickson Publishers, 1995. Cloth. English and Hebrew. ISBN: 1565632060 List Price: $34.95 Your Price: $17.48 "The Fathers of the Church: A Comprehensive Introduction" by Hubertus R. Drobner Translated by Siegfried S. Schatzmann Hendrickson Publishers, 2007. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1565633318 List Price: $44.95 Your Price: $22.48 "The Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers" by Michael J. Gorman Hendrickson Publishers, 2001. Paper. English. ISBN: 1565634853 List Price: $16.95 Your Price: $8.48 "A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature" by Marcus Jastrow Hendrickson Publishers, 2005. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1565638603 List Price: $49.95 Your Price: $24.98 "The Old Testament: Text and Context" by Victor H. Matthews and James C. Moyer Hendrickson Publishers, 2005. Cloth. English. ISBN: 156563358X List Price: $34.95 Your Price: $17.48 "Jesus the Messianic Herald of Salvation" by Edward P. Meadors Hendrickson Publishers, 1997. Paper. English. ISBN: 1565632680 List Price: $19.95 Your Price: $10.97 "The Social Sciences and New Testament Interpretation" Edited by Richard L. Rohrbaugh Hendrickson Publishers, 1996. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1565632397 List Price: $29.95 Your Price: $16.47 "Civilizations of the Ancient Near East Edited by Jack M. Sasson Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1565636074 List Price: $169.95 Your Price: $84.98 "Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature" by Kenton L. Sparks Hendrickson Publishers, 2005. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1565634071 List Price: $39.95 Your Price: $21.97 "New Testament Times" by Merrill C. Tenney Hendrickson Publishers, 1965. Cloth. English. ISBN: 1565636570 List Price: $19.95 Your Price: $9.98