Review of Biblical Literature November 15, 2008

The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature, November 15, 2008:

Hector Avalos
The End of Biblical Studies
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6354
Reviewed by Ulrich H. J. Körtner

Ward Blanton
Displacing Christian Origins: Philosophy, Secularity, and the New Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6059
Reviewed by Clare K. Rothschild

Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan
The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6186
Reviewed by Craig L. Blomberg

Katherine J. DellOpening the Old Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6480
Reviewed by Bill T. Arnold
Reviewed by George Heider

Brad E. Kelle and Megan Bishop Moore
Israel's Prophets and Israel's Past: Essays on the Relationship of Prophetic Texts and Israelite History in Honor of John H. Hayes
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6457
Reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

Jens Kreinath, Jan Snoek, and Michael Stausberg, eds.
Theorizing Rituals: Issues, Topics, Approaches, Concepts, Annotated Bibliography
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6313
Reviewed by Brian B. Schmidt

Daniel A. Smith
The Post-Mortem Vindication of Jesus in the Sayings Gospel Q
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6419
Reviewed by William Arnal

Fred Strickert
Rachel Weeping: Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the Fortress Tomb
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6000
Reviewed by Samuel Thomas

Emily Teeter and Douglas J. Brewer
Egypt and the Egyptians
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5960
Reviewed by Roxana Flammini

Ben Zion Wacholder
The New Damascus Document: The Midrash on the Eschatological Torah of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Reconstruction, Translation and Commentary
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5902
Reviewed by Gregory L. Doudna

Jürgen Zangenberg, Harold W. Attridge, and Dale B. Martin, eds.
Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee: A Region in Transition
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6611
Reviewed by Christoph Stenschke