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Our complete catalogue can be found at: www.jamesclarke.co Contact Details: Trade Customers: For all editorial matters, contact us at: You can apply for an account with us or Tel.: +44 (0)1223 350 865 order through your preferred wholesaler. Fax: +44 (0)1223 366 951 UK: Gardners, Bertram [email protected] Our US distributor is: James Clarke & Co., David Brown Book Company, P.O. Box 60, www.oxbowbooks.com Cambridge CB1 2NT, United Kingdom C Sales and Distribution For all sales enquiries, including individual orders, please contact Tel.: +44 (0)1223 350865 Fax: +44 (0)1223 366951 [email protected] Recent and Forthcoming Titles Biblical Studies W. Gordon Campbell Reading Revelation: A Thematic Approach Gordon Campbell presents a fresh approach to the Book of Revelation by moving away from recent scholarship to consider the text as the best interpreter of itself. Offering a unique thematic reading, accompanied by a detailed and valuable thematic index Campbell identifi es several key themes around which both the present book and the Book of Revelation are structured. Campbell elevates Revelation as the ‘crowning achievement’ of the Scriptures, demonstrating the ways in which the Book encourages the reader to reject the pull of propaganda that devalues the Spoken Word of God. The Author: W. Gordon Campbell is Professor of New Testament Studies at Union Theological College, Belfast. Biblical Studies, 234x156 mm, 432pp, PB, 9780227173831, £30.00/$60.00 C. S. Song In the Beginning Were Stories, Not Texts According to Song, the Christian faith is deeply rooted in storytelling: stories are the most basic mode of human communication and, in the same idea, the Christian Bible is fundamentally a story. Song regrets the failure of Christians and above all theologians to express their faith in term of stories. Theology is usually expressed in terms of concepts, ideas, and systems. He speak of faith and theology through stories rather than systems and texts. The Author: Choan-Chen Song is Professor of Theology and Asian Studies at Pacifi c School of Religion. Biblical Studies, 229x153 mm, 180pp, PB, 9780227680230, £15.00/$30.00, Cephas T. A. Tushima The Fate of Saul’s Progeny in the Reign of David A narrative critical study offering a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between David and Saul’s heirs. Tushima explores whether Saulides’ tragedies were due to continuing divine retribution, chance, or David’s orchestration. Tushima presents the other side of King David, who is generally depicted as hero. He shows that David was often unjust in his dealings with the vanquished house of Saule. Thematic threads arising from this study are considered within their contexts in Israel’s traditions for their biblical-theological and redemptive-historical import. The Author: Cephas Tushima teaches at Jos ECWA Theological Seminary. Biblical Studies, 229x153 mm, 372pp, PB, 9780227680360, £25.00/$50.00, John Paul Heil The Letters of Paul as Rituals of Worship In his study of the thirteen New Testament letters attributed to Paul, Heil focuses on the key theme of “worship”, understanding it in its most comprehensive sense in the biblical tradition, with the liturgical and the ethical facets of worship held in interrelationship. The reader is offered a fresh way of reading and listening to the letters of Paul for a deeper understanding of their original purpose and message. The Author: Dr Heil is Professor of New Testament at the Catholic University of America. Biblical Studies, 229x153 mm, 216pp, PB, 9780227680070, £17.50/$35.00, Jordan M. Scheetz The Concept of Canonical Intertextuality and the Book of Daniel Scheetz combines intertextuality, canon criticism, inner-biblical exegesis, intratextuality and kanonische intertextuelle Lektüre with an inductive study of the Masoretic Text of Daniel, of its connections with other texts of the Hebrew Bible, and of clear passages in the Greek text of the New Testament. He uses the Masoretic Text of Daniel as a testing ground through its multilingual character, its diverging placement in various biblical canons, and its concrete citations in some texts of the New Testament. The end result is a theory of canonical intertextuality unique in its defi nition in relation to the theories investigated, as well as its application to biblical texts. The Author: Dr Scheetz is Assistant Professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature at Tyndale Seminary, Amsterdam. Biblical Studies, 229x153 mm, 184pp, PB, 9780227680209, £15.00/$30.00 Mitzi J. Smith The Literary Construction of the Other in the Acts of the Apostles: Charismatics, the Jews, and Women The author explains how, as in the real world, the characterization of the Others is used negatively in the biblical texts. Smith shows how the concept of difference is constructed in order to distinguish ourselves from proximate others: indeed, the other who is most similar to us is most threatening and most problematic. The process of Othering, or Otherness, is a synthetic and political social construct that allows us to create and maintain boundaries between “them” and “us”. Thus, this work demonstrates how proximate characters are constructed as the Other in the Acts of the Apostles. The Author: Dr Smith is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at Ashland Theological Seminary. Biblical Studies, 229x153 mm, 186pp, PB, 9780227680223, £15.00/$30.00, Gerhard von Rad Moses Edited by K.C. Hanson Foreword by Walter Brueggemann In this new edition of Gerhard von Rad’s classic work on the Moses traditions, the reader is provided with a more polished text, cross- references to von Rad’s other works, an updated bibliography, Scripture index, and a new foreword by Walter Brueggemann. A German Lutheran pastor, University professor and a prolifi c Old Testament scholar, Gerhard von Rad sought a revival of Old Testament appreciation from a readership diheartened by two world wars. Hanson brings this important work to the present generation in the hopes of provoking the same reaction. The Author: Gerhard von Rad was Professor of Old Testament Studies at Heidelberg University Biblical Studies, 201x127 mm, 112pp, PB, 9780227173794, £12.00/$24.00 Philip Francis Esler Sex, Wives, and Warriors Reading Old Testament Narrative with its Ancient Audience Suggesting new ways to read Old Testament narrative and giving reasons why we should, Esler, with the aid of Mediterranean anthropology, sets out an approach that helps us interpret a selection of narratives with a cultural understanding close to that of an ancient Israelite. Interpreted thus, these narratives allow us to refresh the memory that links us with pivotal stories in Jewish and Christian identities and how they foster our capacity for intercultural understanding. The Author: Philip Esler is Principal and Professor of Biblical Interpretation at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham. Biblical Studies, 229x153 mm, 420pp, PB, 9780227679913, £27.50/$55.00, Seth D. Postell Adam as Israel: Genesis 1-3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israel’s failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their consequent exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader to a future work of God. Postell highlights numerous intentional links between the story of Adam and the story of Israel and, in the process, explains numerous otherwise perplexing features of the Eden story. The Author: Seth Postell is Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Israel College of the Bible. Biblical Studies, 229x153 mm, 216pp, PB, 9780227680193, £19.50/$39.00, Roberto Martínez The Question of John the Baptist and Jesus’ Indictment of the Religious Leaders A Critical Analysis of Luke 7:18–35 The study explains that Matthew 11 and Luke 7 deserves to be interpreted differently in Luke. It explains how Luke integrates John’s apparent ignorance of Jesus as well as Jesus’ indictment of the religious leaders into his literary scheme. Finally, Martinez shows how Luke puts this tradition about John and Jesus at the service of his Theocentric and Christological perspectives and offers an alternative explanation to the prevailing interpretation of John’s question. The Author: Roberto Martinez is Adjunct Professor of New Testamant at CEDOC, Puerto Rica. Biblical Studies, 229x153 mm, 246pp, PB, 9780227680117, £20.00/$40.00 Janet K. Smith Dust or Dew Immortality in the Ancient Near East and in Psalm 49 Psalm 49’s hints about the afterlife would have been clearly understood in the Ancient Near East, but today they are are less obvious. Smith brings together readings from the literature of both ancient Israel and its neighbours to enrich an understanding of Psalm 49 capable of developing the readers comprehension of the concepts of Sheol and redemption for the righteous that represent Israel’s unique contribution to beliefs about afterlife. Dust or Dew brings together ancient and modern soteriology that sheds new light on both the Old and New Testaments.