RBL 14/3/2012

Peter Altmann, Festive Meals in Ancient Israel: Deuteronomy's Identity Politics in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context
Reviewed by Stephen A. Reed

Wes Howard-Brook, "Come Out My People!": God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond
Reviewed by Matthew Forrest Lowe

Mary L. Coloe and Tom Thatcher, eds., John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery and Debate
Reviewed by John Painter

Catherine Gunsalus Gonzàlez, 1 and 2 Peter and Jude
Reviewed by Peter H. Davids

Martin Hallaschka, Haggai und Sacharja 1-8: Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung
Reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

Murray J. Harris, Colossians and Philemon
Reviewed by Michael F. Bird

Thomas Kazen, Jesus and Purity Halakhah: Was Jesus Indifferent to Impurity?
Reviewed by Kevin McCruden

Tod Linafelt, Claudia V. Camp, and Timothy Beal, eds., The Fate of King David: The Past and Present of a Biblical Icon
Reviewed by Dr. Ilse Muellner

E. A. Myers, The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East: Reassessing the Sources
Reviewed by Mark A. Chancey

Adam Winn, Mark and the Elijah-Elisha Narrative: Considering the Practice of Greco-Roman Imitation in the Search for Markan Source Material
Reviewed by Dean Deppe