Book Reviews

A diverse collection of  personal book reviews which have appeared in a variety of journals over the last decade, including some on the Amazon pages

Bible Commentaries and Reference Books  

Alexander, Pat & David, The Lion Handbook to the Bible, Third Edition, completely revised and expanded, Inter-Varsity Press, Leicester, 1999

An, Choi Hee and Darr, Katheryn Pfisterer (eds), Engaging the Bible: Critical Readings from Contemporary Women (Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2006

Anderson, Bernard W, with Steven Bishop, Out of the Depths: The Psalms Speak for Us Today, Third revised and expanded edition edition, Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 2000

Bailey, Kenneth E, Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes. Cultural Studies in the Gospels, SPCK, London, 2008

Beale, GK & D A Carson, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids and Nottingham UK

Beeson, Trevor, Round the Church in Fifty Years, SCM Press, 2007

Boxall, Ian, New Testament Interpretation, SCM Press, London, 2008

Burridge, Richard A, John, Bible Reading Fellowship, 1999

Coggan, Donald Psalms 1-72, Bible Reading Fellowship, 1999

Daniell, David, William Tyndale: A Biography, Yale University Press, Newhaven CN, 2001

De La Torre, Miguel A, Reading the Bible from the Margins, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY, 2002

Dempsey, Carol J, The Prophets: a Liberation-Critical Reading (A Liberation-Critical Reading of the Old Testament, Fortress Press, Mineapolis, 2000

Gottwald, Norman K, The Hebrew Bible: A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2009

Grabbe, Lester L (ed), Leading Captivity Captive. 'The Exile' as History and Ideology, Sheffield Academic Press, 1998

Hull, John M, In the Beginning There was Darkness, SCM Press, London, 2001

Hilliard, Alison and Bailey, Betty Jane, Living Stones Pilgrimage with the Christians of the Holy Land. A Guide, Cassell, London, 1999

Kaiser Jr, Walter C, Mission in the Old Testament. Israel as a Light to the Nations, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI, 2000

Kim, Uriah Y, Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomistic History (The Bible in the Modern World, 5; Phoenix Press, Sheffield, 2005

Leal, Robert Barry, Wilderness in the Bible. Toward a Theology of Wilderness, Peter Lang Publishers, 2004

Magonet, Jonathan, A Rabbi Reads the Bible, SCM Press, London, 2004   

Marguerat, Daniel & Bourquin, Yvan, How to Read Bible Stories. An introduction to narrative criticism, SCM, London, 1999

Meyer, Marvin W and Smith, Richard, Ancient Christian Magic. Coptic Texts of Ritual Power, Princeton University Press, New Jersey,1999

Mills, Mary E, Historical Israel: Biblical Israel, Studying Joshua to 2 Kings, Cassell Biblical Studies Series, Cassell, London

O'Sullivan, Orlaith (ed), The Bible as Book: The Reformation, The British Library, London, Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE, in association with The Scriptorium, Center for Christian Antiquities, Grand Haven, Michigan. 2000

Parris, David Paul, Reading the Bible with Giants. How 2000 Years of Biblical Interpertation Can Shed New Light on Old Texts, Paternoster Press, 2006

Porter, Stanley E & Hess, Richard S, Translating the Bible. Problems and Prospects, JSNT Supplement Series No 173, Sheffield Academic Press, 1999

Sugirtharajah, R S, Postcolonial Reconfigurations. An Alternative Way of Reading the Bible and Doing Theology, SCM Press, London, 2003 

Raina, Peter, Bishop George Bell, the Greatest Churchman: a Portrait in Letters, CTBI Publications, 2006

Thompson, J A, Handbook of Life in Bible Times, Inter-Varsity Press, Leicester, 1999

Vermeylen, Jacques, Ten Keys for Opening the Bible, SCM, London

Wimbush, Vincent L, The Bible and African Americans: A Brief History,  Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2003  

Preaching and Worship 

Borg, Marcus J & John Dominic CrossanThe First Christmas. What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Birth, SPCK, London, 2008

Brueggemann, WalterGreat Prayers of the Old Testament, Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, 2008.

Buttrick, David, Preaching the New and the Now, Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky, 1998

Taylor, Michèle Tell It Again! NCEC, Birmingham, 1999

Religion and Literature

Anderson, Graham, Fairytale in the Ancient World, London and New York, Routledge, 2000

Detweiler, Robert and Jasper, David, Religion and Literature. A Reader, Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 2000

Fokkelman, J P, Reading Biblical Narrative: an Introductory Guide (trans. Ineke Smit), Deo, Leiderdorp and Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 2000

Forde, Nigel, The Lantern and the Looking-glass, SPCK, London, 1997.

Jasper, David and Prickett, Stephen (eds), assisted by Andrew Hass, The Bible and Literature: a Reader, Blackwell, Oxford, 1999

Nichols, BridgetLiterature in Christian Perspective. Becoming Faithful Readers, Darton, Longman and Todd, London, 2000

Social and International Affairs

Ariarajah, Wesley S, Not Without My Neighbour. Issues in Interfaith Relations, Risk Book series No 85, WCC, Geneva, 1999

Arthur, Chris, The Globalization of Communications. Some Religious Implications, WCC publications, Geneva, 1999.

Block, Peter, Stewardship, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1996

Carter, William G (ed), Speaking of Stewardship, Geneva Press, Louisville, Kentucky, 1998

Clements, Keith W, Faith on the Frontier. A Life of J H Oldham, T & T Clark, Edinburgh, 1999

Echlin, Edward P Earth Spirituality. Jesus at the Centre, Arthur James, John Hunt Publishing, New Alresford, 1999

Plou, Dafne, Peace in Troubled Cities, WCC Publications, Geneva, 1999

Robinson, Thomas A and Rodrigues, Hillary (eds), World Religions, SCM Press, London, 2006  

Sereny, Gitta Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell, Macmillan, 1999

Theissen, Gerd, The Bible and Contemporary Culture, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2007

Vickers, John A (ed), A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland, Epworth Press, London, 2000

West, Gerald O, The Academy of the Poor. Towards a Dialogical Reading of the Bible, Sheffield Academic Press, 1999

A Good Read

Roth, Joseph, Job. The Story of a Simple Man, Translated by Dorothy Thompson, Granta Books, London, 2000


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