books

Books I Plan to Finish Someday...

"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 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, and most of 1995 books.]

New acquisitions...(and old "I brought them in from the garage" ones!)...

Oct 13, 2002

[HI:PEAPE] Pseudepigraphy and Ethical Argument in the Pastoral Epistles. Lewis R. Donelson. Mohr:1986.
[HI:FCCDWS] Forgers and Critics: Creativity and Duplicity in Western Scholarship. Anthony Grafton. Princeton:1990.

[OT:SWHP] Social World of the Hebrew Prophets. Victor Matthews. Hendrickson:2001. [a WishList gift! Thanks CdS!]

[HI:GBH] Greece Before Homer: Ancient Chronology and Mythology. John Forsdyke. Norton:1964.

Sept 2, 2002

[NT:SHHS] Story as History, History as Story: The Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History. Samuel Byrskog. Brill:2002. [a WishList gift! Thanks RS!]
[HI:MCP1] The Mishnah in Contemporary Perspective (part One). Alan Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner (eds). Brill:2002.[a WishList gift! Thanks RS!]
[PH:WAFF] Walking Away from Faith: Unraveling the Mystery of Belief and Unbelief. Ruth A. Tucker. IVP:2002.
[HI:IHSJL] An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law. N.S. Hecht, B.S. Jackson, S. M. Passamaneck, D. Piatello, and A.M. Rabello (eds). Oxford:1996.
[OT:WHAE] Wit and Humor in Ancient Egypt. Patrick Houlihan. Rubicon:2001.

July 24, 2002

[GAJ2] The Gospels and Jesus (2nd ed). Graham Stanton. Oxford:2002
[HI:RISM] Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah. Alexander Samely. Oxford:2002. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[HI:MSFERG] Mishnah and the Social Formation of the Early Rabbinic Guild: A Socio-Rhetorical Approach. Jack N. Lightstone. Wilfred Laurier UP:2002 [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[HI:IST] In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity. Oskar Skarsaune. IVP:2002. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[NT:GMSRC] The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Ben Witherington III. Eerdmans:2001. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[OT:MAB] Mesopotamia and the Bible: Comparative Explorations. Mark Chavalas and K. Lawson Younger. Baker:2002. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[HI:TJ] The Topical Josephus: Historical Accounts that Shed light on the Bible. Cleon L. Rogers, Jr. Zondervan:1992. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[NS:SEDU] Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe. Behe, Dembski, and Meyer. Ignatius:2000. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[PH:CPRE] Contemporary Perspectives on Religious Epistemology. Douglas Geivett and Brendan Sweetman (eds). Oxford:1992. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[OT:NAZE] Noah's Ark and the Ziusudra Epic. Robert Best. Enlil Press:1999. [local flood+myth theory by a physicist] [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]

July 5th, 2002

[HI:ELAM] Everyday in Ancient Mesopotamia. Jean Bottero (Antonia Nevill, trans). JohnsHopkins:1992/2001.
[HI:CIAB15] Christians in Asia before 1500. Ian Gillman and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. Umichigan:1999.
[HI:RRJ] Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History, from Ezekiel to Daniel. Gabriele Boccaccini. Eerdmans:2002.
[HI:LLAR] Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome. J.P.V.D. Balsdon. Phoenix:1969.
[HI:GUGOAR] Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome: A life course approach. Mary Harlow and Ray Laurence. Routledge:2002.
[NT:DLPTC] Daily Life in Palestine at the Time of Christ. Henri Daniel-Rops. Phoenix:1961/62.
[NT:RJIB] Rabbi Jesus--An Intimate Biography. Bruce Chilton. Image/DoubleDay:2000.
[WaltkeGen] Genesis-A Commentary. Bruce Waltke and Cathi J. Fredricks. Zondervan:2001. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[TH:HFG] The Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth. Gerald Schroeder. FreePress:2001. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[JosephusNew] The New Complete Works of Josephus (rev/expanded). Whiston and Paul Maier. Kregel:1999. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[HI:NIGTC:1Cor] The New International Greek Testament Commentary: the First Epistle to the Corinthians. Anthony C. Thiselton. Eerdmans/Paternoster:2000. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[OT:TCHB2] Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (2nd rev. ed). Emanuel Tov. Fortress:2001. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[TH:SGA] The Spirit in the Gospels and Acts--Divine Purity and Power. Craig S. Keener. Hendrickson:1997. [a WishList gift! Thanks SW!]
[NT:MMMNTT] Medicine, Miracle, and Magic in New Testament Times. Howard Clark Kee. Cambridge:1986.
[HI:JLFMM] Jewish Law from Moses to the Mishnah: From bible to torah. Jacob Neusner. HiramCollege:1999.

June 12, 2002

[HI:INTGRP] The Interpretation of the New Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism. John Granger Cook. Hendrickson:2002.
[HI:LFAW] Lies and Fiction in the Ancient World. Christopher Gill and T.P. Wiseman (eds). Utexas:1993.
[NT:SSCGJ] Social-Science Commentary on the Gospel of John. Bruce Malina and Richard Rohrbaugh. Fortress:1998.
[NT:SSCSG] Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels. Bruce Malina and Richard Rohrbaugh. Fortress:1992.
[HI:RLAP] Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice. Richard Valantasis (ed). Priceton:2000.
[HI:IWSTH] Integrating Women into Second Temple History. Tal Ilan. Hendrickson:1999.
[HI:DRR] Dictionary of Roman Religions. Lesley Adkins and Roy Adkins. Oxford:1996.
[HI:KDAW] Kinship Diplomacy in the Ancient World. Christopher Jones. Harvard/Cambridge:1999. [a WishList gift! Thanks CST!]
[HI:GN] The Gods of the Nations--Studies in Ancient Near Eastern National Theology. Daniel Block. Baker:2000 (2nd ed) [a WishList gift! Thanks CST!]
[HI:FCC] The First Christian Centuries--Perspectives on the Early Church. Paul McKechnie. IVP:2001.
[HI:EDSS] Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2 vols). Lawrence Shiffman and James VanderKam (eds). Oxford:2000. [a WishList gift! Thanks CST!]
[OT:SWAI] Social World of Ancient Israel 1250-587 BCE. Victor Matthews and Don Benjamin. Hendrickson:1993.
[HI:RDGRW] Religious Diversity in the Graeco-Roman World--A survey of recent Scholarship. Dan Cohn-Sherbok and John Court (eds). Sheffield:2001.
[HI:LBI] Life in Biblical Israel. Philip King and Lawrence Stager. WJK:2001.
[HI:HCRC] Health Care and the Rise of Christianity. Hector Avalos. Hendrickson:1999.
[HI:MRW] Magic in the Roman World: Pagans, Jews and Christians. Naomi Janowitz. Routledge:2001.

May 26, 2002

[HI:TJC] The Jerusalem Cathedra (vol 1). Lee Levine (ed). WayneState:1981.
[HI:Sema] The Tractate 'Mourning' (Semahot). Dov Zlotnick. Yale:1966.
[HI:MDAPS] Magic and Divination in Ancient Palestine and Syria. Ann Jeffers. Brill:1996.

May 6, 2002

[CS:MD] Memory Distortion: How Minds, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past. Daniel Schacter (ed). Harvard:1995.
[CS:MBB] Memory, Brain, and Belief. Daniel Schacter and Elaine Scarry (eds). Harvard:2000.
[CS:SSM] The Seven Sins of Memory--How the Mind Forgets and Remembers. Daniel L. Schacter. Houghton/Mifflin:2001.
[NT:HROJG] The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel--Issues and Commentary. Craig L. Blomberg. IVP:2001.
[WR:DBF] Divided by Faith--Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America. Michael Emerson and Christian Smith. Oxford:2000.

April 16, 2002

[OT:SATROTE] Story as Torah: Reading the Old Testament Ethically, Gordon J. Wenham, TTClark:2000.
[OT:OTDATRR] The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable and Relevant?, Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. IVP:2001.
[HI:PLLRE] Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire, Peter Brown, Brandeis:2002.
[OT:SSMJ] Scribes and Schools in Monarchic Judah: A Socio-Archeological Approach, David Jamieson-Drake, Almond Press:1991.
[TH:POFHX] Portraits of Freedom: 14 People Who Came out of Homosexuality, Bob Davies and Lela Gilbert, IVP:2001.
[TH:DF4V] Divine Foreknowledge--Four Views. James Bielby and Paul Eddy (eds), IVP:2001.
[PH:TCPPP] Truth or Consequences: The Promise and Perils of Postmodernism, Millard J. Erickson, IVP:2001.
[TH:GAT4V] God and Time--Four Views. Gregory Ganssle (ed). IVP:2001.
[HI:HHRVEC] Hellenists and Hebrews: Reappraising Division within the Earliest Church. Craig C. Hill. Fortress:1992.

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