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April 2019 New Books

Below are some of the books we added to our collection in April.  Some books may be linked to reviews. Books linked to Review of Biblical Literature require a Society of Biblical Literature membership to see the full review, but you can read a brief description with the link provided.

  • The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books by John Coleman Darnell and Colleen Manassa Darnell (2018)
  • The Art of Bible Translation by Robert Alter (2019)
  • The Book of Revelation: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books) by Timothy Beal (2018)
  • Buried Hope or Risen Savior?: The Search for the Jesus Tomb edited by Charles L. Quarles (2008)
  • Cloud of Witnesses by Jim Wallis and Joyce Hollyday (2005)
  • Comentario Biblico Contemporaneo Estudio de toda la Biblia Desde America Latina Kairos Edition by C. Rene Padilla, Milton Acosta, and Rosalee Velloso (2019)
  • A Course in Desert Spirituality by Thomas Merton (2019)
  • Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar by E. Alan Morinis (2009)
  • Exploring the Holy Land: 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund edited by David Gurevich and Anat Kidron (2019)
  • From Liturgy to Pharmacology: Christian Sogdian Texts from the Turfan Collection by Nicholas Sims-Williams (2019)
  • Frustrated with God: A Syrian Theologian’s Reflections on Habakkuk by Riad A. Kassis (2016)
  • Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson (2004)
  • Gilgamesh by Louise M. Pryke (2019)
  • Going for the Gold by Joe L. Wall (2015)
  • Happiness and Other Small Things of Absolute Importance by Haim Shapira (2016)
  • Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History by Susan Weingarten (2019)
  • History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from the Dawn of History to the Present Day by H. W. Janson and Dora Jane Janson (1984)
  • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari and Derek Perkins
  • If God Is So Good, Why Are Things So Bad?: The Problem of Suffering from Job to Jesus by Melvin Tinker (2019)
  • The Interactions of Ancient Astral Science by David Brown (2018)
  • The Jerusalem Temple and Early Christian Identity by Timothy Wardle (2010)
  • Judges (Asia Bible Commentary Series) by Athena E. Gorospe and Charles Ringma (2016)
  • Lamentations (Asia Bible Commentary Series Judges (Asia Bible Commentary Series)) by Federico G. Villanueva (2016)
  • Love Kindness: Discover the Power of a Forgotten Christian Virtue by Barry H. Corey (2016)
  • Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt by Arthur C. Brooks (2019)
  • Psalms 1-72 (Asia Bible Commentary Series) by Federico G. Villanueva (2016)
  • The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668-631 BC), Assur-etel-ilani (630-627 BC), and Sin-sarra-iskun (626-612 BC), Kings of Assyria, Part 1 by Jamie Novotny and Joshua Jeffers (2018)
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind; Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari and Derek Perkins (2017)
  • Scripture and Its Interpretation: A Global, Ecumenical Introduction to the Bible edited by Michael J. Gorman (2017)
  • The Shadow of Justice by Milton Hirsch (2004)
  • Suffering in Romans by Siu Fung Wu (2015)
  • The Syriac Tradition of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas: A Critical Edition and English Translation by Tony Burke (2017)
  • 10 Things a Husband Needs from His Wife: Everyday Ways to Show Him Love by Erin Smalley (2017)
  • 10X for Christ: Discovering Your 10X Lifestyle in Jesus Christ by Carlos E. Rosales (2019)
  • Transhumanism and the Image of God by Jacob Shatzer (2019)
  • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari (2018)
  • The Trowel and the Truth: A Guide to Field Archaeology in the Holy Land by Scott Stripling (2017)