Books I Plan to Finish
Someday...(2000)
"The best laid
plans of mice and men.........are about equal."
[These are now sorted into
a list of abbreviations
that I use in the CTT writings...hope it helps. I have also begun filing
previous years books in their own file--to shorten file access times. I have
all of 1999,
1998, 1997, 1996, and most
of 1995 books.
I have added a small Recommended Books table, as
well.]
New acquisitions...from
the year 2000
(and old "I brought them in from the garage" ones!)...
Dec 16, 2000
- [CS:MI] The Making of Intelligence. Ken
Richardson. Columbia:2000.
- [CS:PSS] Pain: The Science of Suffering.
Patrick Wall. Columbia:2000.
- [HI:AGFF] Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction.
A.B. Bosworth and E.J. Baynham (eds.). Oxford:2000.
- [REF:LBI] Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation.
Peter Cotterell & Max Turner. IVP:1989.
- [NS:GPL] Genes, People, and Languages. Luigi
Luca Cavalli-Sforza. North Point Press:2000.
- [NS:TEFC] The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of
Creationism. Niles Eldredge. Freeman:2000.
- [TH:DDECT] A Different Death: Euthanasia & the Christian
Tradition. Edward J. Larson & Darrel W. Amundsen. IVP:1998.
- [TH:DW] Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean
& Hispanic Perspectives. Pedrite U. Mayard-Reid. IVP:2000.
- [WR:FIC] Faiths in Conflict? Christian Integrity in a
Multicultural World. Vinoth Ramachandra. IVP:1999.
- [OT:BBCALL] The IVP Bible Background Commentary--Old
Testament. Walton, Matthews, & Chalvalas. IVP:2000.
[Outstanding.]
- [HI:DictNTB] Dictionary of New Testament Background.
Craig Evans and Stanley Porter (eds). IVP:2000. [Fourth in the Dictionary
series]
Oct 1, 2000
- [HI:AHKTA] Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches.
Neville Morley. Routledge:2000.
- [HI:DGBM] Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?: An Essay
on the Constitutive Imagination. Paul Veyne (trans. By Paula
Wissing). UChicago:1983/1988t.
- [HI:EDF] Enoch and Daniel: A Form Critical and
Sociological Study of Historical Apocalypses. Stephen Breck
Reid. Bibal:1989.
- [HI:EGAT] Enoch and the Growth of an Apocalyptic Tradition.
James C. VanderKam. CBQMonograph Series: 1984.
- [HI:FMR] From Myth to Reason? Studies in the Development
of Greek Thought. Richard Buxton (ed). Oxford:1999.
- [HI:IGCG] Information Gathering in Classical Greece.
Frank S. Russell. UMich:1999.
- [HI:MRE] Magic, Reason, and Experience: Studies on the
Origins and Development of Greek Science. G.E.R.Lloyd.
Cambridge(1979) and Hackett:1999.
- [HI:OUT] On Unbelievable Tales: Translation,
Introduction, and Commentary. Jacob Stern. Bolchazy-Carducci
Publishers:1996.
- [HI:WAH] Writing Ancient History. Nelville
Morley. Cornell:1999.
- [HI:WWH] Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of
Historiography in Imperial Rome. Paul Plass. UWisc:1988.
- [NS:THX] The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and
Environment. Richard Lewontin. Harvard:2000.
- [OT:CCAE] Canaan and Canaanite in Ancient Egypt.
Alessandra Nibbi. (Self):1989.
- [OT:CEANE] The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient New East.
Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming (eds.). Brill:1998.
- [OT:COTK] Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings.
John Rogerson. Thames and Hudson:1999.
- [OT:CTWH] Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History.
Marc van de Mieroop. Routledge:1999.
- [PS:DAC] A Different Approach to Cosmology: From a Static
Universe through the Big Bang towards Reality. Fred Hoyle,
Geoffrey Burbidge, and Jayant V. Narlikar. Cambridge:2000. [Three
serious-name astronomers disagree with the big bang...very technical work,
will shake some things loose, I suspect...]
Aug 3rd, 2000
- [OT:ANSCIG] Abraham in the Negev: A Source-Critical Investigation
of Genesis 20:1-22:19. T. Desmond Alexander. Paternoster:1997.
[Decides that existing Source-Critical /JEDP theories are contra-indicated
by the data...]
- [HI:JCPAS] Jews, Christians, and Polytheists in the Ancient
Synagogue: Cultural Interaction during the Greco-Roman Period.
Steven Fine (ed). Routledge:1999.
- [HI:HGLF2] History of the Graeco-Latin Fable II: The Fable
during the Roman Empire & in the Middle Ages. Francisco
Rodriguez Adrados (Leslie A. Ray, trans.). Brill:2000.
- [TCS2] The Context of Scripture, vol 2: Monumental
Inscriptions from the Biblical World. Hallo and Younger (eds.).
Brill:2000.
Jul 7th, 2000
- [CS:MCM] Minds, Causes, and Mechanisms: A Case Against
Physicalism. Josep E. Corbi and Josep L. Prades. Blackwell:
2000.
- [HI:ACIT] Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the
Testimonies. Emma J. Edelstein and Ludwig Edelstein. Johns
Hopkins:1998.
- [HI:AREPJC] Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews,
and Christians. Eds: Mark Edwards, Martin Goodman, Simon Price,
Christopher Rowland. Oxford:1999.
- [HI:CCEC] Conflicts and Challenges in Early Christianity.
Martin Hengel and C.K. Barrett, Donald Hagner (ed). Trinity:1999.
- [HI:CTBSAW] Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the
Ancient World. John G. Gager. Oxford:1992.
- [HI:DSSB] The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known
Bible Translated for the First Time into English. Martin Abegg,
Jr., Peter Flint, and Eugene Ulrich. Harper:1999. [English translation of
the biblical texts of the DSS. Has 'pierced' for Ps 22, by the way...]
- [HI:DSSOB] The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the
Bible. Eugene Ulrich. Eerdmans/Brill:1999.
- [HI:FJTC3] Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary
(vol 3). Louis Feldman (trans and comm.) and Steve Mason (ed). Brill:2000.
- [HI:GMM] Greek Myths and Mesopotamia: Parallels and
Influence in the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod. Charles Penglase.
Routledge:1994.
- [HI:HF] Hidden Futures: Death and Immortality in Ancient
Egypt, Anatolia, the Classical, Biblical and Arabic-Islamic World.
J. M. Bremer, Th. P. J. van den Hout, R. Peters (eds.). Amsterdam UP:1994.
- [HI:IRL] Introduction to Rabbinic Literature.
Jacob Neusner. ABRL/Doubleday:1994.
- [HI:JCFCR] Judaism and Christianity in First-Century Rome.
Karl P. Donfried and Peter Richardson (eds.). Eerdmans:1998.
- [HI:JFCCE] Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian
Era: The Age of Tannaim. George Foot Moore. (reprints of
1927/1930 vols). Hendrickson.
- [HI:JONT] Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction
to the Ancient Evidence. Robert E. Van Voorst. Eerdmans:2000.
[Very balanced treatment.]
- [HI:JPH] Josephus & the Politics of Historiography:
Apologetic and Impression Management in the Bellum Judaicum.
Gottfried Mader. Brill:2000.
- [HI:M2N] The Mishnah: A New Translation. Jacob
Neusner. Yale:1988.
- [HI:MC] Mission and Conversion: Proselytizing in the
Religious History of the Roman Empire. Martin Goodman.
Oxford:1994.
- [HI:NKTN] The Nations that Know Thee Not: Ancient Jewish
Attitudes toward Other Religions. Robert Goldenberg. NYU:1998.
- [HI:PPAPLDSS]
Pseudepigraphic Perspectives: The
Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Esther G. Chazon and Michael E. Stone (eds.). Brill:1999.
- [HI:PRACA] Public Records and Archives in Classical Athens.
James P. Sickinger. Univ of N.Carolina Press:1999.
- [HI:PTRE] Paganism in the Roman Empire. Ramsay
MacMullen. Yale:1981.
- [HI:RH] The Roman Historians. Ronald Mellor.
Routledge:1999.
- [HI:RHM] Roman Historical Myths: The Regal Period in
Augustan Literature. Matthew Fox. Oxford:1996.
- [HI:RLCCA] Roman Literary Culture from Cicero to Apuleius.
Elaine Fantham. Johns Hopkins:1996.
- [HI:SHC] The Shepherd of Hermas-A Commentary.
Carolyn Osiek. Fortress:1999.
- [HI:SJRB] Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible.
Louis H. Feldman. Brill:1998.
- [HI:WCO] Women and Christian Origins. Ross
Shepard Kraemer and Mary Rose D'Angelo (eds.). Oxford:1999.
- [JPSOT] JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh (2nd ed).
JPS:1999.
- [NT:AAJ] Authenticating the Activities of Jesus.
Bruce Chilton and Craig A. Evans (eds). Brill:1999.
- [NT:BEAP2] Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period (2nd
Ed). Richard N. Longenecker. Eerdmans/Regent:1999.
- [NT:JSPP] Jesus the Seer--The Progress of Prophecy.
Ben Witherington III. Hendrikson:1999.
- [OT:AHBSF] Atra-Hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Flood.
W.G. Lambert and A.R. Millard. Eisenbrauns:1999 reprint of 1969 OUP.
- [OT:AP] State Archives of Assyria, volume IX: Assyrian
Prophecies. Simo Parpola. Helsinki UP:1997.
- [OT:CAANEB] Creation Accounts in the Ancient New East and in
the Bible. Richard J. Clifford. Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Monograph Series:1994.
- [OT:CRLTU] Canaanite Religion according to the Liturgical
Texts of Ugarit. G. del Olmo Lete (trans. Wilfred G.E. Watson).
CDL Press:1999.
- [OT:CSP] Chronicles and its Synoptic Parallels in Samuel,
Kings, and Related Biblical Texts. Eds: John Endres, William
Millar, John B. Burns. Glazier/Liturgical: 1998.
- [OT:DLAM] Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Karen Rhea Nemet-Nejat. Greenwood Press:1998.
- [OT:HHWAI] History and Historical Writing in Ancient
Israel: Studies in Biblical Historiography. Tomoo Ishida.
Brill:1999.
- [OT:ILANE] Intellectual Life of the Ancient Near East.
Jiri Prosecky (ed.). Oriental Institute (Prague):1998.
- [OT:JRSP] Joshua Retold: Synoptic Perspectives.
A. Graeme Auld. T&T Clark:1998.
- [OT:LABS] State Archives of Assyria, Vol X: Letters from
Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Simo Parpola. Helsinki
UP:1993.
- [OT:MASW] The Messenger in the Ancient Semitic World.
Samuel A. Meier. Harvard/Scholars Press:1988.
- [OT:MM] Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, The Flood,
Gilgamesh, and Others. Stephanie Dalley. Oxford:1989.
- [OT:PPC] Peoples of the Past--Canaanites.
Jonathan N. Tubb. Univ. of Oklahoma Press:1998.
- [OT:PRSA] A Prophet Reads Scripture: Allusion in Isaiah
40-66. Benjamin D. Sommer. Standford:1998.
- [OT:SBEG] State Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts,
volume I: The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. Simo
Parpola. Helsinki UP:1997. [Cuneiform only-NO translation!]
- [OT:SQVP] The Search for Quotation: Verbal Parallels
in the Prophets.
Richard L. Schultz. JSOTS:1999.
- [PH:FWPS] Free Will--A Philosophical Study.
Laura Waddell Ekstrom. Westview/Perseus:2000.
- [TH:FTC2] The Fire that Consumes: The Biblical Case for
Conditional Immortality (rev.ed). Edward William Fudge. Paternoster:1994.
- [TH:TVH] Two Views of Hell: A Biblical and Theological
Dialogue. Edward William Fudge and Robert A. Peterson.
IVP:2000.
May 7th, 2000
- [CS:EL] Goodbye, Descatres: The End of Logic and the
Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind. Keith Devlin. John
Wiley: 1997.
- [HI:HAF] Historia and Fabula: Myths and Legends in
Historical Thought from Antiquity to the Modern Age. Peter G.
Bietenholz. Brill:1994.
- [HI:FD] The Fate of the Dead: Studies in the Jewish and
Christian Apocalypses. Richard Baukham. Brill:1998.
- [HI:ALM] Ainoi, Logoi, Muthoi: Fables in Archaic,
Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Literature. Gert-Jan van Dijk.
Brill:1997.
- Authentic
Human Sexuality: An Integrated Christian Approach.
Judith K. Balswick & Jack O. Balswick. IVP:1999.
- [PS:NLU] The Non-Local Universe: The New Physics and
Matters of the Mind. Robert Nadeau and Menas Kafatos.
Oxford:1999.
- [WR:CWR] Christianity and World Religions: The Challenge
of Pluralism (rev.ed.), Sir Norman Anderson, IVP:1984.
- [HI:HLL] Hippocratic Lives and Legends. Jody
Rubin Pinault. Brill:1992.
- [NT:JJCO] James the Just and Christian Origins.
Bruce Chilton and Craig A. Evans (eds.). Brill:1999.
- [OT:CMHE] Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic. Frank
Moore Cross. Harvard:1973.
- [NT:MNTD] The Making of the New Testament Documents.
E.E. Ellis. Brill:1999. [major reappraisal of gospel formation
theories--looks good so far]
Mar 13/24, 2000
- [NT:RPMC] Religious Propaganda & Missionary
Competition in the New Testament World, Lukas Bormann, Kelly
Del Tredici, & and Angela Standhartinger (eds), Brill:1994. [Well over
half of it is in German.]
- [PS:ID] Intelligent Design, William A.
Dembski, IVP:1999.
- [HI:AMCEC] The Assumption of Moses: A Critical Edition with
Commentary, Johannes Tromp, Brill:1993.
- [HI:GAB3] The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) in
Hellenistic Judaism & Early Christianity, Daniel C. Harlow,
Brill:1996.
- [OT:VG] The Vengeance of God, H.G.L. Peels,
Brill:1995.
- [HI:T12] The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs: A
Critical Edition of the Greek Text, M. de Jonge, Brill:1978.
- [HI:ST12] Studies on the Testaments of the Twelve
Patriarchs, M. de Jonge (ed), Brill:1975.
- [HI:PSBE] The Principles of Samaritan Bible Exegesis,
S. Lowy, Brill:1977.
- [HI:MGRA] Miracles in Greco-Roman Antiquity: A Sourcebook
for the study of New Testament Miracle Stories, Wendy Cotter,
Routledge:1999.
- [HI:MIAW] Magic in the Ancient World, Fritz
Graf (Franklin Philip, trans.), Harvard:1997.
- [CS:UM] The Undiscovered Mind: How the Human Brain
Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation. John Horgan.
The Free Press:1999. [By the author of The
End of Science.]
- [NS:WCD] When Cells Die: A Comprehensive Evaluation of
Apoptosis and Programmed Cell Death. Lockshin, Zakeri, and
Tilly (eds.). Wiley-Liss:1998.
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