Reviews of Biblical Literature, August 15, 2008

The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature. The highlight would be Dunn's review of Watson's book.

Paul J. Achtemeier
Jesus and the Miracle Tradition
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6183
Reviewed by Michael Labahn

Roland Boer, ed.
Bakhtin and Genre Theory in Biblical Studies
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6214
Reviewed by David W. Williams

Maria Brutti
The Development of the High Priesthood during the Pre-Hasmonean Period: History, Ideology, Theology
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6095
Reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

Lester L. Grabbe
Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6271
Reviewed by Brian B. Schmidt

Leslie Houlden, ed.
Decoding Early Christianity: Truth and Legend in the Early Church
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6256
Reviewed by Robert M. Bowman Jr.

Karen L. King
The Secret Revelation of John
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5160
Reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton

Sarianna Metso
The Serekh Texts
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6012
Reviewed by Eric F. Mason

Douglas E. Oakman
Jesus and the Peasants
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6327
Reviewed by Ernest van Eck

Richard Liong-Seng Phua
Idolatry and Authority: A Study of 1 Corinthians 8.1-11.1 in the Light of the Jewish Diaspora
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6189
Reviewed by Scott E. McClelland

Tom Thatcher, ed.
What We Have Heard from the Beginning: The Past, Present, and Future of Johannine Studies
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6285
Reviewed by Cornelis Bennema

Nancy M. Tischler
Thematic Guide to Biblical Literature
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6228
Reviewed by Gerbern Oegema

Valerie M. Warrior
Roman Religion
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5576
Reviewed by Honora Howell Chapman

Francis Watson
Paul, Judaism, and the Gentiles: Beyond the New Perspective
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6165
Reviewed by James D. G. Dunn