Below are some of the books we added to our collection in June. 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 Alter-Imperial Paradigm: Empire Studies & the Book of Revelation by Shane J. Wood (2016)
• Ancient Jewish Monotheism and Early Christian Jesus-Devotion: The Context and Character of Christological Faith by Larry W. Hurtado (2017)
• The Aroma of Righteousness: Scent and Seduction in Rabbinic Life and Literature by Deborah A. Green (2011)
• Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah: A Commentary Based on the Texts in Codex Vaticanus  (Septuagint Commentary Series) by Sean A. Adams (2014)
• Bible and Bedlam: Madness, Sanism, and New Testament Interpretation by Louise J. Lawrence (2018)
• The Crucified Apostle: Essays on Peter and Paul  edited by Todd A. Wilson and Paul R. House (2017)
• Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer (2019)
• Ethnicity, Race, Religion: Identities and Ideologies in Early Jewish and Christian Texts, and in Modern Biblical Interpretation edited by Katherine M. Hockey and David G. Horrell (2018)
• Family Empires, Roman and Christian, Volume 1: Roman Family Empires: Household, Empire, Resistance by Susan M. (Elli) Elliot (2018)
• The Fate of Saul’s Progeny in the Reign of David by Cephas T. A. Tushima (2011)
• Fire in My Soul: Essays on Pauline Soteriology and the Gospels in Honor of Seyoon Kim edited by Soon Bong Choi, Jin Ki Hwang, and Max J. Lee (2014)
• Fragmentary Republican Latin, Volumes III-V: Oratory, Part 1-3 (Loeb Classical Library) edited & translated by Gesine Manuwald (2019)
• From Good News to Gospels: What Did the First Christians Say about Jesus? By David Wenham (2018)
• Galatians (New Cambridge Bible Commentary) by Craig S. Keener (2018)
• God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology by Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum (2015)
• A Historical Theology of the Hebrew Bible by Konrad Schmid (2018)
• History and Hope: The Agrarian Wisdom of Isaiah 28-35 by Daniel J. Stulac
• A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible by Matthew J. Suriano (2018)
• Hosea: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text by Eric J. Tully (2018)
• An Introduction to the Scriptures of Israel: History and Theology by Tzvi Novick (2018)
• Invention of the First-Century Synagogue by Lidia D. Matassa (2018)
• Jesus as Means and Locus of Worship in the Fourth Gospel: Sacrifice and Worship Space in John by Kathleen Troost-Cramer (2017)
• John 1-12 (Truth for Today Commentary) by David L. Lipe (2019)
• A Life of Excellence: Wisdom for Effective Living by Richard E. Simmons III (2015)
• “Like a Lone Bird on a Roof”: Animal Imagery and the Structure of Psalms (Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible by Tova L. Forti (2018)
• The Letter to the Hebrews: Critical Readings edited by Scott D. Mackie (2018)
• Luke’s Legato Historiography: Remembering the Continuity of Salvation History through Rhetorical Transitions by David Brack (2017)
• Making Sense of Old Testament Genocide: Christian Interpretations of Herem Passages by Christian Hofreiter (2018)
• Matthew (Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament) edited by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Robert W. Yarbrough (2017)
• Menander Rhetor: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ars Rhetorica (Loeb Classical Library) edited & translated by William H. Race (2019)
• The Mind of the Spirit: Paul’s Approach to Transformed Thinking by Craig S. Keener (2016)
• The Pharisees and Figured Speech in Luke-Acts by Justin R. Howell (2017)
• Philippians (Hermeneia: A Critical & Historical Commentary on the Bible) by Paul A. Holloway (2017)
• Poured Out: The Spirit of God Empowering the Mission of God by Leonard Allen (2018)
• Priscilla: The Life of an Early Christian by Ben Witherington III (2019)
• Reading Philippians After Supersessionism: Jews, Gentiles, and Covenant Identity by Christopher Zoccali (2017)
• Shadowy Characters and Fragmentary Evidence: The Search for Early Christian Groups and Movements edited by Joseph Verheyden, Tobias Nicklas, and Elisabeth Hernitscheck (2017)
• The Son of Man Problem: Critical Readings edited by Benjamin E. Reynolds (2018)
• Tell el-Borg II: Excavations in North Sinai edited by James K. Hoffmeier (2019)
• The True Measure of a Man: How Perceptions of Success, Achievement & Recognition Fail Men in Difficult Times by Richard E. Simmons III (2013)
• Violence and Power in Ancient Egypt: Image and Ideology Before the New Kingdom by Laurel Bestock (2018)
• Wisdom Literature (Core Biblical Studies) by Samuel E. Balentine (2018)