Critical Review of Books in Religion 1997

by Charles Prebish

Publishers:

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

, 1998

Overview

Critical Review of Books in Religion has two sections. The first section contains more extensive review articles. The second section contains shorter book reviews in several different categories. This volumes contains articles on The Dharma Has Come West: A Study of Recent Studies and Sources, Issues Raised by Harry Y. Gamble's 'Books and Readers in the Early Church', H.D. Betz's Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, Meaningless Ritual, Agonistic Sacrifice, or Ritual Taxonomy? Contending Prespectives in Vedic Studies, Studies in American Religion: The New Divinity and Mercersburg Theology, Authoritative Texts and Their Interpretations in Islam: The Study of Religion and Islamic Law, and (W)righting the History of Jesus: A Review Essay of Jesus and the Victory of God. This is the last year the Critical Review will include this second section. In the future these will be published on the Scholars Press TELA web site.

Contributors

• Charles Prebish
• Richard Cohen
• Mara Donaldson
• Wayne Floyd
• Larry Hurtado
• Glenn Yocum
• Jouette Bassler
• Sheila Greeve Davaney
• Bart Ehrman
• Bruce Sullivan
• Leo Perdue

Product Details

• Title: Critical Review of Books in Religion 1997
• Editor: Charles Prebish
• Publisher: Scholars Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Pages: 301

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.