RBL 23/11/2012

Jan N. Bremmer, The Rise of Christianity through the Eyes of Gibbon, Harnack, and Rodney Stark
Reviewed by Brent Nongbri

Giovanni Garbini, Letteratura e politica nell'Israele antico
Reviewed by Dempsey Rosales Acosta

Randall Heskett and Brian P. Irwin, eds., The Bible as a Human Witness to Divine Revelation: Hearing the Word of God through Historically Dissimilar Traditions
Reviewed by S. D. Giere

Benno Jacob; ed. Ernest Jacob and Walter Jacob, The First Book of the Bible: Genesis (Augmented Edition)
Reviewed by Joel S. Baden

Dale Launderville, Celibacy in the Ancient World: Its Ideal and Practice in Pre-Hellenistic Israel, Mesopotami, and Greece
Reviewed by Pancratius C. Beentjes

Erle Leichty, The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680-669 BC)
Reviewed by Paul Sanders

Frank J. Matera, Romans
Reviewed by Pablo T. Gadenz

Lauren A. S. Monroe, Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text
Reviewed by Ovidiu Creanga

Rob Starner, Kingdom of Power, Power of Kingdom: The Opposing World Views of Mark and Chariton
Reviewed by Tom Nelligan

Stephen O. Stout, The "Man Christ Jesus": The Humanity of Jesus in the Teaching of the Apostle Paul
Reviewed by Tony Costa