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February 2020 New Books

Below are some of the titles we added to our collection this month. 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.

  • 1 & 2 Chronicles According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation translation by Robert P. Gordon, text prepared by George A. Kiraz and Joseph Bali (2019
  • 1 Corinthians: A Community Not of This Age by Christopher R. Hutson (2003)
  • 2 Corinthians (Truth for Today Commentary) by Duane Warden (2019
  • 40 by 40: Forty Groundbreaking Articles from Forty Years of Biblical Archaeology Review by Hershel Shanks (2015
  • 40 Futures: Experts Predict What’s Next for Biblical Archaeology by Biblical Archaeology Society (2015)
  • Alphabets Ancient & Modern: A Carta Wall Chart by Ada Yardeni (2006)
  • Ancient Divination and Experience edited by Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy and Esther Eidinow (2019)
  • Angels: What the Bible Really Says About God’s Heavenly Host by Michael S. Heiser (2018)
  • Asian Christian Theology: Evangelical Perspectives edited by Timoteo D. Gener (2019)
  • Bible & Archaeology: Legends Interviewed (Digging Deeper Series) by Hershel Shanks (2015)
  • Biblical Guideposts on the Road of Life by Philip J. King (2014)
  • Biblical Theology, Volume 2: The Special Grace Covenants (Old Testament) by Jeffrey J. Niehaus (2017)
  • The Cambridge Companion to the Bible (Second Edition) by Bruce Chilton, Howard Clark Kee, Amy-Jill Levine, Eric M. Meyers, John Rogerson and Anthony J. Saldarini (2008)
  • Carta’s Bible Land Quiz Book by Michael Ostermann (2016)
  • Church History in Plain Language: Fourth Edition by Bruce L. Shelley (2013)
  • Cosmos in the Ancient World edited by Phillip Sidney Horky (2019)
  • Crusaders in the Holy Land: The Archaeology of Faith by Jack Meinhardt (2005)
  • C. S. Lewis and the Search for Rational Religion (Revised and Updated) by John Beversluis (2007)
  • The Doctrine of God: Introducing the Big Questions by John C. Peckham (2020)
  • Does God Want Us to Be Happy?: The Case for Biblical Happiness by Randy Alcorn (2019)
  • Ecclesiastes (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries) by Julie Ann Duncan (2017)
  • The Elder Testament: Canon, Theology, Trinity by Christopher R. Seitz (2018)
  • Embracing Grace: The Gospel that Restores Us to God, Creation, and Ourselves by Scot McKnight (2012)
  • The Faithfulness of the Risen Christ:Pistis and Exalted Lord in the Pauline Letters by David J. Downs and Benjamin J. Lappenga (2019)
  • First and Second Timothy and Titus (Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament) by Christopher R. Hutson (2019)
  • God at Sinai: Covenant & Theophany in the Bible and Ancient Near East by Jeffrey J. Niehaus (1995)
  • Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll (2005)
  • Herod’s Palace-Fortresses (Digging Deeper Series) by Hershel Shanks (2015)
  • Illustrated Wall Maps of the Bible by Carta Jerusalem
  • Israel: Biblical Archaeology: A Carta Map by Carta Jerusalem (2017)
  • Jesus & Archaeology (Digging Deeper Series) by Biblical Archaeology Society (2016)
  • Numbers (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries) by Carolyn Pressler (2017)
  • Partings: How Judaism and Christianity Became Two edited by Hershel Shanks (2013)
  • Pastors Are People Too: What They Won’t Tell You but You Need to Know by Jimmy Dodd and Larry Magnuson (2016)
  • The Pharisee Enigma by John Merrill (2018)
  • Philosophy in the Hellenistic & Roman Worlds: A History of Philosophy Without any Gaps, Volume 2 by Peter Adamson (2015)
  • Profiles of a Rabbi: Synoptic Opportunities in Reading About Jesus by Bruce Chilton (1989)
  • Pure Kingdom: Jesus’ Vision of God by Bruce Chilton (1996)
  • Resurrection Logic: How Jesus’ First Followers Believed God Raised Him from the Dead by Bruce D. Chilton (2019)
  • The Rhythm of the Christian Life: Recapturing the Joy of Life Together by Brian J. Wright (2019)
  • Searching the Scriptures: Studies in Context and Intertextuality (Library of New Testament Studies 543) edited by Craig A. Evans and Jeremiah J. Johnston (2015)
  • Sons of Light: An Epic Story of Jews and Christians During the Roman Occupation of the Holy Land by John Merrill (2004)
  • The Surprising Imagination of C. S. Lewis: An Introduction by Jerry Root and Mark Neal (2015)
  • Targumic Approaches to the Gospels: Essays in the Mutual Definition of Judaism and Christianity by Bruce Chilton (1986)
  • Theodicy of Love: Cosmic Conflict and the Problem of Evil by John C. Peckham (2018)
  • Understanding Biblical Archaeology: An Introductory Atlas by Paul H. Wright (2015)
  • Understanding the Ecology of the Bible: An Introductory Atlas by Paul H. Wright (2018)
  • Understanding the Maccabean Revolt 167 BCE to 63 BCE: An Introductory Atlas by Michael Avi-Yonah, Shmuel Safrai, and Ze’ev Safrai (2016)
  • What Does God Want? By Michael S. Heiser (2018)
  • Why Are There Differences in the Gospels?: What We Can Learn from Ancient Biography by Michael R. Licona (2017)