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Mary E. Mills, Images of God in the Old Testament
Tod Linafelt and Timothy K. Beal, God in the Fray: A Tribute to Walter Brueggemann
Kari Latvus, God, Anger and Ideology: The Anger of God in Joshua and Judges in Relation to Deuteronomy amd the Priestly Writings (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 279)
Edwin D. Freed, The Stories of Jesus' Birth: A Critical Introduction (The Biblical Seminar 72)
David B. Capes, Old Testament Yahweh Texts in Paul's Christology (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2 Reihe, 47)
Gerard O'Daly, Platonism Pagan and Christian: Studies in Plotinus and Augustine
Alistair McFayden and Marcel Sarot, Forgiveness and Truth: Explorations in Contemporary Theology     

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Books reviewed: Gerd Theissen, The New Testament John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan L. Reed, Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts W. R. G. Loader, Jesus and the Fundamentalism of his Day Lamontte M. Luker, Passion, Vitality, and Foment: The Dynamics of Second Temple Judaism V. Koperski, What Are They Saying About Paul and the Law? Craig R. Koester, Hebrews: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary Nicholas Lash, Believing Three Ways in One God Luke Timothy Johnson, The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters Diana Webb, Medieval European Pilgrimage Maurice Cowling, Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England Gabriele Boccaccini, Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History Richard Janko, Aristotle on Comedy: Towards a Reconstruction of Poetics II     

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Book reviewed in this article: New Testament Social Ethics for Today. By Richard N. Longenecker. The Vindication of Tradition. By Jaroslav Pelikan. Mary, Queen of Peace: Is the Mother of God Appearing in Medjugorje? By Lucy Rooney and Robert Faricy. Identity, Cause, and Mind. By Sidney Shoemaker. Rousseau: Dreamer of Democracy. By James Miller. Religious Imagery in the Theater of Tirso de Molina. By Anne Nickerson Hughes.     

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Books reviewed:
The Septuagint , Jennifer M. Dines, T&T Clark International 2004 (0-567-08464-7), xvii + 196 pp., pb £14.99/$29.95 Reviewed by Benjamin Bury University of Birmingham
The SCM Press A–Z of Patristic Theology , John A. McGuckin, SCM Press 2005 (0-334-04010-8), xxiii + 367 pp., pb £29.99 Reviewed by Owen Anderson Arizona State University
Holy Teaching : Introducing the Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas , Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, Brazos Press 2005 (1-58743-035-5), 320 pp., pb $27.99 Reviewed by Philip McCosker Peterhouse, Cambridge
Eucharist with a Small 'e' , Miriam Therese Winter, Orbis Books 2005 (1-57075-617-7), 158 pp., pb $15 Reviewed by John Armson Herefordshire
Listening to Islam : With Thomas Merton, Sayyid Qutb, Kenneth Cragg, and Ziauddin Sardar : Praise, Reason, and Reflection , John H. Watson, Sussex Academic Press 2005 (1-84519-101-3), v + 109 pp., pb $24.95 Reviewed by Jason Walsh Phoenix, Arizona
PADRES : The National Chicano Priest Movement , Richard Edward Martinez, University of Texas Press 2005 (0292706782), vi + 197 pp., pb $19.95 Reviewed by Marc Cortez University of St. Andrews
Blair's Britain : A Christian Critique , Mark D. Chapman, Darton, Longman & Todd 2005 (0232526036), viii + 120 pp., pb £10.95 Reviewed by Alistair Kee University of Edinburgh
American Cultural Baggage : How to Recognize and Deal with It , Stan Nussbaum, Orbis 2005 (1-57075-625-2), 160 pp., pb $15 Reviewed by Michael J. Sleasman Trinity International University
How the Other Half Worships , Camilo José Vergara, Rutgers University Press 2005 (0-8135-3682-0), xviii + 285 pp., $49.95 Reviewed by Michael Barram Saint Mary's College of California