Another 10 Online Books from SBL Publications

The SBL Publications recently announced another 10 new online books made available under the International Cooperation Initiative Online Books programme. These online books are available free to readers from the majority world.

For a complete listing of all the books available FREE to the majority world, please click here.

The 10 new books are as follow:

Louw, Johannes P. and Eugene A. Nida. Lexical Semantics of the Greek New Testament. Resources for Biblical Study 25. Atlanta, Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1992.

McGinnis, Claire Mathews and Patricia K. Tull, editors. “As Those Who Are Taught”: The Interpretation of Isaiah from the LXX to the SBL. Symposium 27. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2006.

Murnane, William J. Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt. Writings from the Ancient World 5. Atlanta, Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1995.

Person, Raymond F., Jr. The Deuteronomic School: History, Social Setting, and Literature. Studies in Biblical Literature 2. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2002.

Miller, Patrick D., Jr., The Divine Warrior in Early Israel. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2006 (Originally published by the President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1973).

Konstan, David, Clay Diskin, Clarence E. Glad, Johan C. Thom, and James Ware, trans., Philodemus: On Frank Criticism. Texts and Translations 43. Atlanta, Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1998.

Isser, Stanley. The Sword of Goliath: David in Heroic Literature. Studies in Biblical Literature, 6. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Verner, David C. The Household of God: The Social World of the Pastoral Epistles. Dissertation Series 71. Chico, CA, Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1983.

Walker-Jones, Arthur, Hebrew for Biblical Interpretation, Resources for Biblical Study 48. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Foster, John L. Hymns, Prayers, and Songs: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Lyric Poetry. Writings from the Ancient World 8. Atlanta, Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1996.

9 New Online Books From SBL Publication

The International Cooperation Initiative undertaken by SBL Publications in making free online books available for scholars from the Two-Thirds World (Malaysia included) continues to add new books this month.

This might be an excellent and temporary relief for Pearlie who has self-imposed a 6-month fasting from buying books.

Check out the following new titles added to the Online Books Programme.

For a complete list of the online books now available, click here.

Heil, John Paul. The Rhetorical Role of Scripture in 1 Corinthians. Studies in Biblical Literature 15. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2005.

Racine, Jean-François. New Testament in the Greek Fathers 5. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2004.

Gaines, Janet Howe, Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah’s Dilemma. Studies in Biblical Literature 5. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Hill, Robert C. Translator, Diodore of Tarsus: Commentary on Psalms 1–51, with an Introduction and Notes by Robert C. Hill. Writings from the Greco-Roman World 9. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2005.

Maclean, Jennifer K. Berenson and Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, translators and editors, Flavius Philostratus: On Heroes. Writings from the Greco-Roman World 3. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Reeves, John C., ed., Bible and Qur’an: Essays in Scriptural Intertextuality. Symposium Series 24. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature 2003.

Torrey, Charles C. The Lives of the Prophets: Greek Text and Translation. Monograph Series 1. Philadelphia, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, 1946. (Reprinted by the Society of Biblical Literature 2006).

Wassen, Cecilia, Women in the Damascus Document. Academia Biblica 21. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2005.

Kannaday, Wayne C., Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition: Evidence of the Influence of Apologetic Interests on the Text of the Canonical Gospels. Text-Critical Studies 5. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2004.

10 New SBL Online Books: Free Access for Two-Thirds World

Earlier on, I highlighted the very encouraging International Cooperation Initiative undertaken by SBL Publications in making several books available online for free for scholars from the Two-Thirds World, and Malaysia is one of the beneficiaries of this initiative.

For the month of February, SBL Publications is adding ten new books to the Online Books Programme as follow:

Tauberschmidt, Gerhard. Secondary Parallelism: A Study of Translation Technique in LXX Proverbs. Academia Biblica 15. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004.

Brant, Jo-Ann A., Charles W. Hedrick, and Chris Shea, eds., Ancient Fiction: The Matrix of Early Christian and Jewish Narrative. Symposium 32. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005.

Russell, Donald A. and David Konstan, eds. & trans., Heraclitus: Homeric Problems. Writings from the Greco-Roman World 14. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005.

Pardee, Dennis. Ritual and Cult at Ugarit. Writings from the Ancient World 10. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002

Penner, Todd and Caroline Vander Stichele, eds., Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse. Symposium 20. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Clarke, Emma C., John M. Dillon, and Jackson P. Hershbell, eds., Iamblichus: On the Mysteries. Writings from the Greco-Roman World 4. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Roncace, Mark and Patrick Gray, eds., Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction. Resources for Biblical Study 49. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2005.

Moore, Stephen D. and Janice Capel Anderson, eds., New Testament Masculinities. Semeia Studies 45. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Smith, Richard, A Concise Coptic-English Lexicon: Second Edition. Resources for Biblical Study 35. Atlanta. Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature, 1999.

Finlan, Stephen. The Background and Content of Paul’s Cultic Atonement Metaphors. Academia Biblica 19. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2004.

For the complete list of books available, click here.

Online Books From the Society of Biblical Literature

Society of Biblical Literature's International Cooperation Initiative (ICI) has put in place a system to provide free electronic access (in PDF files) to selected SBL publications to scholars and students in under-resourced countries who would not otherwise have access to this scholarship. Persons who are identified through SBL's technology as being from a country with a GDP per capita substantially lower than the average GDP per capita of the USA and the European Union will be able to have access to these resources.

The good news is that Malaysia is classified as one of those countries that benefits from SBL's online resources. The IP address will be tracked, so if you access the internet outside of Malaysia, you will not be able to have access to these files, unless you access it from a country that is classified to benefit from the ICI initiative.

Occasionally, it's "nice" to know we are still a "poor" nation!

So check out and enjoy the following books that are available for free to readers in Malaysia. All you need to do is to click here and follow the links of the books listed to download the PDF files.

Horsley, Richard A., ed. Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, and Hidden Transcript in Q. Semeia Studies 60. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006. (240 pages, 1.1 MB)

De Troyer, Kristin and Armin Lange, eds., Reading the Present in the Qumran Library: The Perception of the Contemporary by Means of Spiritual Interpretation. Symposium 30. Society of Biblical Literature, 2005. (244 pages, 1.5 MB)

Van Voorst, Robert E., Building Your New Testament Greek Vocabulary, Third Edition. Resources for Biblical Study 43. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001. (131 pages, 1.7 MB)

Draper, Jonathan A., Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Antiquity. Semeia Studies 47. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004. (248 pages, 1.4 MB)

Kennedy, George A., Invention and Method: Two Rhetorical Treatises from the Hermogenic Corpus. Writings from the Greco-Roman World 15. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2005. (291 pages, 1.5 MB)

Nissinen, Martti, Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East. Writings from the Ancient World 12. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. (296 pages, 12.5 MB)

Albertz, Rainer, Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E. Studies in Biblical Literature 3. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. (484 pages, 4.3 MB)

Landes, George M., Building Your Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary: Learning Words by Frequency and Cognate. Resources for Biblical Study 41. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2001. (232 pages, 679 KB)

Barr, David L., ed., Reading the Book of Revelation: A Resource for Students. Resources for Biblical Study 44. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. (212 pages, 1.2 MB)

Draper, Jonathan A., ed., Orality and Colonialism in Southern Africa. Semeia Studies 46. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004. (278 pages, 1.8 MB)

Georgi, Dieter, The City in the Valley: Biblical Interpretation and Urban Theology. Studies in Biblical Literature 7. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005. (398 pages, 2.4 MB)

Lindenberger,, James M., Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew Letters, Second Edition. Writings from the Ancient World 14. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. (208 pages, 1.7 MB)

Moreland, Milton C., Between Text and Artifact: Integrating Archaeology in Biblical Studies Teaching. Archaeology and Biblical Studies 8. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. (254 pages, 1.8 MB)

Mykytiuk, Lawrence J., Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic. Academia Biblica 12. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004. (347 pages, 9.6 MB)

Cook, Stephen L. and Corrine L. Patton, eds., Ezekiel’s Hierarchical World: Wrestling with a Tiered Reality. Symposium 31. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004. (304 pages, 1.5 MB)

Reeves, John C., Trajectories in Near Eastern Apocalyptic: A Postrabbinic Jewish Apocalypse Reader. Resources for Biblical Study 45. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2005. (278 pages, 1.4 MB)

Singer, Itamar, Hittite Prayers. Writings from the Ancient World. Atlanta, Society of Biblical Literature, 2002. (160 pages, 562 KB)

Jones, F. Stanley, ed., Which Mary?: The Marys of Early Christian Tradition. Symposium 19. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002.