Critical Review of Books in Religion 1988

by Beverly Roberts Gaventa

Publishers:

American Academy of Religion; Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

, 1988

Overview

Critical Review of Books in Religion 1988 expands and enhances the existing book review sections of JAAR and JBL by offering serious critical reviews of those books which are important for a broad range of scholars in the field of religious studies. In addition to reviewing a larger number of books, this inaugural volume of Critical Review includes review articles on textbook literature. These include Hebrew Bible Textbooks, New Testament Textbooks, Teaching the History of Judaism, Introductions to Hinduism, and American Religious History Textbooks.

Contributors

• Beverly Roberts Gaventa
• William Scott Green
• Victor Paul Furnish
• James O. Duke
• Eldon Jay Epp
• Lewis Lancaster
• Terence E. Fretheim

Product Details

• Title: Critical Review of Books in Religion 1988
• Editor: Beverly Roberts Gaventa
• Publisher: Scholars Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Pages: 467

About Beverly Roberts Gaventa

Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis, specializes in the Pauline epistles and in Luke-Acts with an emphasis on theological interpretation. She holds an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in New York, a Ph.D. from Duke University, an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Kalamazoo College, and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Christian Theological Seminary. She is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. Her courses include Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Women and the Letters of Paul, and Paul and Karl (co-taught with Professor Bruce McCormack.) She is currently at work on a commentary on Romans.