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• Ancient Israel’s Faith and History: An Introduction to the Bible in Context . By George E. Mendenhall. Edited by, Gary A. Herion. Louisville, Kentucky; London; and Leiden: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Pp. xx + 284 + 28 figs. + 7 maps + 7 tables. $29.95 (paperback). .  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  66:221-224. 2007
• Das Deuteronomium: Politische Theologie und Rechtsreform in Juda und Assyrien . By Eckart Otto. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Band 284. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Pp. x + 432. € 101.24. .  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  66:205-208. 2007
• King Josiah of Judah: The Lost Messiah of Israel . By Marvin A. Sweeney. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. xvi + 350. $60. .  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  66:304-306. 2007
• Now Choose Life: Theology and Ethics in Deuteronomy . By J. Gary Millar. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998. Pp. 216. $24 (paperback). .  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  66:306-307. 2007
• Nineveh Sails for the New World: Assyria Envisioned by Nineteenth-Century America.  Iraq / Irao.  66:243. 2004
• Use of assyriology in chronological apologetics in }{\bfit David's Secret Demons.  Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament.  17:245-267. 2003
• Lectures on the Religion of the Semites: Second and Third Series . William Robertson Smith , John Day .  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  59:137-140. 2000
• A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the End of the Monarchy . Rainer Albertz , John Bowden .  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  57:224-227. 1998
• Biblical Israel: State and People . Benjamin Mazar , Shmuel Ahituv In Search of 'Ancient Israel' . Philip R. Davies Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis . John van Seters .  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  56:147-150. 1997
• The Reforming Kings: Cults and Society in First Temple Judah. Richard Harlin Lowery.  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  55:55-57. 1996
• Sôm-Fasten: Kollektive Trauer um den verborgenen Gott im Alten Testament. Thomas Podella.  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  54:60-62. 1995
• Heilsgeschichte as a Model for Biblical Theology: The Debate concerning the Uniqueness and Significance of Israel's Worldview. Robert Gnuse.  Journal of Near Eastern studies.  52:317-319. 1993
• Secrets of the Times: Myth and History in Biblical Chronology (review).  Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies.  9:132-135. 1991
• What Ship Goes There: The Flood Narratives in the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis Considered in Light of Ancient Near Eastern Temple Ideology.  Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft / Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.  103. 1991
• History and Ideology in Ancient Israel . Giovanni Garbini , John Bowden .  The Journal of religion.  70:245-246. 1990
• Distaff, Crutch or Chain Gang: The Curse of the House of Joab in 2 Samuel III 29.  Vetus Testamentum.  37:370. 1987