Critical Review of Books in Religion 1991

by Charles Prebish

Publishers:

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

, 1991

Overview

Critical Review of Books in Religion has two sections. The first section contains more extensive review articles dealing with several books and articles of interest. The second section contains shorter book reviews in several different categories. The review articles in this issue of Critical Review concern feminist perspectives on religion, theology, and biblical criticism. The book reviews cover such authors as Daniel Block, Walter Brueggemann, and Gordon Fee. The titles range from Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others to Women and Spirituality: Voices of Protest and Promise.

Contributors

• Eldon Jay Epp
• William Scott Green
• John J. Collins
• James O. Duke
• Terence E. Fretheim
• Lewis Lancaster
• David M. Scholer

Product Details

• Title: Critical Review of Books in Religion 1991
• Editor: Eldon Jay Epp
• Publisher: Scholars Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Pages: 518

About Charles Prebish

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 also is an honorary professor of New Testament at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. She is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. Her courses include Paul’s Letter to the Romans, The Acts of the Apostles, Sin and Salvation in the Old and New Testaments (cotaught with Professor Jacqueline Lapsley), Women and the Letters of Paul, and Paul and Karl (cotaught with Professor Bruce McCormack). She is currently working on a commentary on Romans for the New Testament Library.