450 Interpretation OCTOBER 2000 index Volume 54 ARTICLES JANUARY The Garden and The Plaza: Biblical Images of the City, William P. Brown and John T. Carroll, 3-12 A Crisis of Imagination: The Real Jerusalem Confronts the Ideal Jerusalem, W. Sibley Towner, 13-22 The Church in the City: Past, Present and Future, Eleanor Scott Meyers, 23-35 The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: An Overview of Richmond, Virginia, John V. Moeser, 36-44 From Eden to Jerusalem: The Church and the City, O. Benjamin Sparks III, 45-53 The City on the Hill: Reflections of a Former Mayor, Andrew Young, 54-56 APRIL Crafting Communities of Forgiveness, L. Gregory Jones, 121-134 The Lord’s Mercy Endures Forever: Toward a Post-Shoah Reading of Grace in the Hebrew Scriptures, Harold G. Washington, 135-145 Forgiveness and Life in Community, Susan E. Hylen, 146-157 The Social Meaning of Reconciliation, Miroslav Volf, 158-171 A Theology of Community: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, Michael Battle, 172-182 JULY Galatians in Perspective: Cutting a New Path through Old Territory, Frank J. Matera, 233—245 The Apocalyptic Gospel in Galatians, J. Louis Martyn, 246-266 Is Galatians Just a Guy Thing?, Beverly Roberts Gaventa, 267-278 Preaching to Galatians, David L. Bartlett, 279-292 OCTOBER Untamable Text of an Untamable God: Genesis and Rethinking the Character of Scripture, David Carr, 347-362 Humor and the Theology of Hope: Isaac as a Humorous Figure, Joel S. Kaminsky, 363-375 Rewriting the Messianic Script: Matthew’s Account of the Birth of Jesus, Dorothy Jean Weaver, 376-385 Four Stations en Route to a Parabolic Homiletic, C. Clifton Black, 386-397 Reading Revelation Today: Witness as Active Resistance, Brian K. Blount, 398-412 BETTWEXT EANED SNERM ON Genesis 11:1—9, Paula Parker, 57—59 Numbers 35:9-34, Mark Peters, 60-62 2 Kings 6:8—23, Syngman Rhee, 183-185 2 Kings 22:1—23:3, Patrick J. Willson, 413-415 Jonah 3-4, David Albert Farmer, 63-65 Malachi 3:1—12, Donald C. Polaski, 416-418 450 Interpretation OCTOBER 2000 index Volume 54 ARTICLES JANUARY The Garden and The Plaza: Biblical Images of the City, William P. Brown and John T. Carroll, 3-12 A Crisis of Imagination: The Real Jerusalem Confronts the Ideal Jerusalem, W. Sibley Towner, 13-22 The Church in the City: Past, Present and Future, Eleanor Scott Meyers, 23-35 The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: An Overview of Richmond, Virginia, John V. Moeser, 36-44 From Eden to Jerusalem: The Church and the City, O. Benjamin Sparks III, 45-53 The City on the Hill: Reflections of a Former Mayor, Andrew Young, 54-56 APRIL Crafting Communities of Forgiveness, L. Gregory Jones, 121-134 The Lord’s Mercy Endures Forever: Toward a Post-Shoah Reading of Grace in the Hebrew Scriptures, Harold G. Washington, 135-145 Forgiveness and Life in Community, Susan E. Hylen, 146-157 The Social Meaning of Reconciliation, Miroslav Volf, 158-171 A Theology of Community: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, Michael Battle, 172-182 JULY Galatians in Perspective: Cutting a New Path through Old Territory, Frank J. Matera, 233—245 The Apocalyptic Gospel in Galatians, J. Louis Martyn, 246-266 Is Galatians Just a Guy Thing?, Beverly Roberts Gaventa, 267-278 Preaching to Galatians, David L. Bartlett, 279-292 OCTOBER Untamable Text of an Untamable God: Genesis and Rethinking the Character of Scripture, David Carr, 347-362 Humor and the Theology of Hope: Isaac as a Humorous Figure, Joel S. Kaminsky, 363-375 Rewriting the Messianic Script: Matthew’s Account of the Birth of Jesus, Dorothy Jean Weaver, 376-385 Four Stations en Route to a Parabolic Homiletic, C. Clifton Black, 386-397 Reading Revelation Today: Witness as Active Resistance, Brian K. Blount, 398-412 BETTWEXT EANED SNERM ON Genesis 11:1—9, Paula Parker, 57—59 Numbers 35:9-34, Mark Peters, 60-62 2 Kings 6:8—23, Syngman Rhee, 183-185 2 Kings 22:1—23:3, Patrick J. Willson, 413-415 Jonah 3-4, David Albert Farmer, 63-65 Malachi 3:1—12, Donald C. Polaski, 416-418 INDEX Interpretation 451 Society of Biblical Literature Mikhail Bakhtin and Biblical The Labour of Reading Scholarship Desire, Alienation, and Biblical Interpretation An Introduction Fiona C. Black, Roland Boer, and Erin Runions, Barbara Green editors Mikh il Bakhtin h iS creative and pro! hinker whose vesthetics and ethi I for biblic 1 udies ne use ¢ in the biblical field 1 22 } ' iates Bakhtin is a theor;ris | ave ad 1 suggests his most likely contribution ¢ eOwSW.i cal studi1ejs , sumMMar4r- ize}A sl s iinntcrteerrliiinni nndd dda emo1OnnN ese ‘ ee es 1 coherent methodolog rks in general, ituate Current trends 11 | irsn I SBL Semeia Studies Series Code: 060638 216 pages 2000 Paper: $24.95 ISBN: 0-88414-020-2 } 4 tne Snunan mite k, David Jobling; Readi , Susan Niditch; Icelar \ Comparative n Reading Order from Society of Biblical Literature ys | mela ] Milne; Playing pia, ¢ ntradiction, Hybrid Space P.O. Box 2243, Williston, VT 05495-2243 tht Future in Micah, Erin Runions; Phone: 877-725-3334 (toll-free) or 802-864-6185; Fax: 802-864-7626 Face/Facing Job, Edward Greenstein E-mail: [email protected] SBL Semeia Studies Series Website: http://www.sbl-site.org/SBL/ Code: 060636 336 pages 1999 Publications/SBL-catalog.html Paper: $30.00 ISBN: 0-88414-01 1-3 Postage and handling extra 452 Interpretation OCTOBER 20600 Matthew 23:37—40, Warren Carter, 66-68 Matthew 25:1—13, Robert D. Young, 419-422 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:13, Glenn T. Miller, 186-189 Galatians 4:1-31, David M. Hay, 293-296 Galatians 5:1-15, Karen Engle Layman, 297-299 Galatians 6:1—10, Earl S. Johnson, Jr., 300-303 AUTHORS Bartlett, David L., Preaching to Galatians, 279-292 Battle, Michael, A Theology of Community: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, 172-182 Black, C. Clifton, Four Stations en Route to a Parabolic Homiletic, 386-397 Blount, Brian K., Reading Revelation Today: Witness as Active Resistance, 398-412 Brown, William P. and Carroll, John T., The Garden and The Plaza: Biblical Images of the City, 3-12 Carr, David, Untamable Text of an Untamable God: Genesis and Rethinking the Character of Scripture, 347-362 Carter, Warren, Matthew 23:37—-40 (Between Text and Sermon) 66-68 Farmer, David Albert, Jonah 3—4 (Between Text and Sermon) 63-65 Gaventa, Beverly Roberts, Is Galatians Just a Guy Thing?, 267-278 Hay, David M., Galatians 4:1-31 (Between Text and Sermon) 293-296 Hylen, Susan E., Forgiveness and Life in Community, 146-157 Johnson, Jr., Earl S., Galatians 6:1—10 (Between Text and Sermon) 300-303 Jones, L. Gregory, Crafting Communities of Forgiveness, 121-134 Kaminsky, Joel $., Humor and the Theology of Hope: Isaac as a Humorous Figure, 363-375 Layman, Karen Engle, Galatians 5:1—-15 (Between Text and Sermon) 297-299 Martyn, J. Louis, The Apocalyptic Gospel in Galatians, 246-266 Matera, Frank J., Galatians in Perspective: Cutting a New Path through Old Territory, 233-245 Meyers, Eleanor Scott, The Church in the City: Past, Present and Future, 23-35 Miller, Glenn T., 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:13 (Between Text and Sermon) 186-189 Moeser, John V., The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: An Overview of Richmond, Virginia, 36-44 Parker, Paule, Genesis 11:1—9 (Between Text and Sermon) 57-59 Peters, Mark, Numbers 35:9-34 (Between Text and Sermon) 60-62 Polaski, Donald C., Malachi 3:1-12 (Between Text and Sermon) 416-418 Rhee, Syngman, 2 Kings 6:8-23 (Between Text and Sermon) 183-185 Sparks III, O. Benjamin, From Eden to Jerusalem: The Church and the City, 45-53 Towner, W. Sibley, A Crisis of Imagination: The Real Jerusalem Confronts the Ideal Jerusalem, 13-22 Volf, Miroslav, The Social Meaning of Reconciliation, 158-171 Washington, Harold G., The Lord’s Mercy Endures Forever: Toward a Post-Shoah Reading of Grace in the Hebrew Scriptures, 135-145 Weaver, Dorothy Jean, Rewriting the Messianic Script: Matthew’s Account of the Birth of Jesus, 376-385 Willson, Patrick J., 2 Kings 22:1-23:3 (Between Text and Sermon) 413-415 Young, Andrew, The City on the Hill: Reflections of a Former Mayor, 54-56 Young, Robert D., Matthew 25:1-13 (Between Text and Sermon) 419-422 INDEX Interpretation 453 Resources in Biblical Studies A practical introduction to biblical Hebrew that offers both traditional deductive methods and exercises as well as inductive introductions to the translation INTRODUCING SF i 1 process. 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It explores themes suchim the history of the Septuagint, the various versions ‘ INVITATION TO THE available, its importance for biblical studies, and the Septuagi nt current state of research. “A very inviting book for anyone wanting to learn about the Septuagint, not only those for whom this 1583 a first introduction but also those who know their way in this area.” —Emanuel Tov, Hebrew University 0-8010-2235-5 * 352 pages * $29.99 c Baker Academic Subscribe to Baker Academic’s electronic newaletics (E-Notes) at -wyew.bakerbooks.com . cad 454 Interpretation OCTOBER 2000 BOOK REVIEWS Achtemeier, Paul J., Inspiration and Authority: Nature and Function of Christian Scripture (Goldingay) 97-98. Armstrong, Donald, Who Do You Say That I Am? Christology and the Church (Green) 441-42. Aune, David E., Revelation: 1-5; 6-16; 17-22. Word Biblical Commentary vols 52a, 52b, and 52c (Boring) 312-16. Banks, Robert, Reenvisioning Theological Education: Exploring a Missional Alternative to Current Models (Golindo) 216-18. Barr, James, The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective (Mays) 190-94. Bartholomew, Craig G., Reading Ecclesiastes: Old Testament Exegesis and Hermeneutical Theory 139 (Fox) 195-98 Beale, G.K., The Book of Revelation. The New International Greek Testament Commentary (Carey) 79-82. Berrigan, Daniel, Jeremiah: The World, the Wound of God (Raitt) 85. Blomberg, Craig L., Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions (Gnuse) 330-32. Brouwer, Douglas J., Remembering the Faith: What Christians Believe (Goodloe) 441. Brown, William P, The Ethos of the Cosmos: The Genesis of Moral Imagination in the Bible (Brueggemann) 69-72. Broyles, Craig C. Psalms (Davison) 430. Brueggemann, Walter, The Covenanted Self: Explorations in Law and Covenant (Tanner) 432. Capps, Donald, Living Stories: Pastoral Counseling in Congregational Context (Patton) 108-10. Carey, Greg, Elusive Apocalypse: Reading Authority in the Revelation to John (Staley) 436. Chilton, Bruce, Jesus' Baptism and Jesus' Healing: His Personal Practice of Spirituality (Yamasuki) 92. Clifford, Richard J., Proverbs (Brown) 423-26. Coats, George W., Exodus 1-18. (Russell) 84. Conrad, Edgar W., Zechariah. Readings: A New Biblical Commentary (Redditt) 85-86. Cross, Frank Moore, From Epic to Canon: History and Literature in Ancient Israel (Gottwald) 73-76. Cunningham, Phillip J., A Believer's Search for the Jesus of History (Green) 90-92. deSilva, David A., The Hope of Glory: Honor Discourse and New Testament Interpretation (Neyrey) 199-200. Dorsey, David A., The Literary Structure of the Old Testament: A Commentary on Genesis-Malachi (Gravett) 431. Driskill, Joseph D., Protestant Spiritual Exercises: Theology, History, and Practice (Langer) 106. Fehribach, Adeline, The Women in the Life of the Bridegroom: A Feminist Historical-Literary Analysis of the Female Characters in the Fourth Gospel (Kitzberger) 306-19. Fischer, Georg, The Call of the Disciple: The Bible on Following Christ (Purdy) 98. Fox, Michael V., A Time to Tear Down & a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes (Kamano) 320-22. Fretheim, Terence E., First and Second Kings (Vondergeest) 208. Grant, C. David, Thinking Through Our Faith: Theology for 21st Century Christians (Peters) 332-34. Greene-McCreight, K. E., Ad Litteram: How Augustine, Calvin, and Barth Read the "Plain Sense" of Genesis 1-3 (Weaver) 100. Greidanus, Sidney, Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method (Achtemeier) 218. Gunter, W. Stephen, Resurrection Knowledge: Recovering the Gospel for a Postmodern Church (Peters) 332-34. Gutjahr, Paul C., An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777-1880 (Smylie) 98-100. Harrington, Daniel J., Invitation to the Apocrypha (Whitley) 322. Hauerwas, Stanley, Sanctify Them in the Truth: Holiness Exemplified (Thompson) 214-16. Hedrick, Charles W., When History and Faith Collide: Studying Jesus (Kelber) 440. Hoffman, Lawrence A., The Art of Public Prayer: Not for Clergy Only (Dawn) 336. Holmgren, Fredrick C., The Old Testament and the Significance ofJ esus: Embracing Change-Maintaining Christian Identity (Harrelson) 86-88. INDEX Interpretation 455 NEW EOR FALL 2000 FROM INTERVARSITY PRESS RECOVERING THE SCANDAL OF THE CROSS Joel B. Green and Mark D. Baker explore how the atonement has been understood within a variety of contemporary contexts— both Western and non-Western—and show how we can enter aT into the thoroughly Christian mission of restating the saving al cee scandal of the cross in our multicultural world of the twenty-first w 1 century. 232 pages, paper, 0-8308-1571-6, $15.99 vce | THE J. I. PACKER COLLECTION TxJ .I . Packer Collection is the single best introduction to Packer’s thought, as well as a remarkably comprehensive introduction to evangelical theology in the Reformed vein. Each of the sixteen essays in this collection are introduced by Alister McGrath, a leading evangel ical theologian in his own right and author of Packer’s biography. 288 pages, paper, 0-8308-2287-9, $16.99 BECOMING GOOD Becoming good—building character—is what we all want for ourselves and for others. But where do we begin? Becoming good is not simply a matter of a few dos and don’ts. In fact we can’t begin to do the right things until we have built an adequate foundation. This is precisely what David Gill sets out to help us do. 237 pages, paper, 0-8308-2272-0, $12.99 COMMUNITIES LAST-DAYS COMMUNITIES OF THE LAST DAYS by C. Marvin Pate tells the story of the discovery and publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls and introduces us to these ancient Jewish texts and fragments, and to the first century Jewish sectarian community that produced and collected them. 303 pages, paper, 0-8308-1597-X, $21.99 InterVa rsity Press P. O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, Illinois (630) 734-4321 www.ivpress.com fvailable in bookstores 456 Interpretation OCTOBER 2000 Horsley, Richard A. with Jonathan A. Draper, Whoever Hears You Hears Me: Prophets, Performance, and Tradition in Q (Arnal) 438. Jeremias, Jorg, The Book of Amos (Tucker) 304-05. Jervis, L. Ann, Galatians (Osiek) 326. Jewett, Robert, Saint Paul Returns to the Movies: Triumph over Shame (Pierce) 94-96. Johnson, Ben Campbell and Glenn McDonald, Imagining a Church in the Spirit: A Task for Mainline Congregations (Are) 444. Jonge, Marinus de, God's Final Envoy: Early Christology and Jesus' Own View of His Mission (Black) 89-90. Keener, Craig S., A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (Bauer) 432-34. King, Nicholas, Whispers of Liberation: Feminist Perspectives on the New Testament (Dornisch) 96. Kvam, Kristen E, Linda S. Schearing, and Valarie H. Ziegler, Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender (Stone) 206. Kysar, Robert, Stumbling in the Light: New Testament Images for a Changing Church (Daise) 440-41. Lambrecht, Jan, Second Corinthians (Peterson) 92—94. Larsson, Goran, Bound for Freedom: The Book of Exodus in Jewish and Christian Traditions (Mann) 84-85. Lathrop, Gordon W., Holy People: A Liturgical Ecclesiology (Theiss) 104-06. Lemche, Niels Peter, The Israelites in History and Tradition (Polaski) 320. Levine, Lee I., Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity: Conflict or Confluence? (Wimbush) 322-24. Lipton, Diana, Revisions of the Night: Politics and Promises in the Patriarchal Dreams of Genesis (Towner) 206-08. Longenecker, Bruce, The Triumph of Abraham's God: The Transformation of Identity in Galatians (Hay) 328. Macquarrie, John, Christology Revisited (Loewe) 100-02. Marshall, I. Howard, Witness to the Gospel: The Theology of Acts (Holladay) 212-13. Martin, Dale B., The Corinthian Body (Frady) 434-36. Martin, Raymond, The Elusive Messiah (Peters) 427-28. Matera, Frank J., New Testament Christology (Sloyan) 96-97. McKnight, Scot, A New Vision for Israel: The Teachings of Jesus in National Context (Powell) 437-38. Millar, J. Gary, Now Choose Life: Theology and Ethics in Deuteronomy (Van Til) 430. Mills, Mary E., Images of God in the Old Testament (van Wijk-Bos) 210. Murphy, Roland E., Proverbs (Brown) 423-26. Nessan, Craig L., Beyond Maintenance to Mission: A Theology of the Congregation (Duke) 444-46. Osborn, Ronald E., The Folly of God: The Rise of Christian Preaching. A History of Christian Preaching - Volume 1 (Buchanan) 108. Oswalt, John, The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 40-66 (Willey) 208-10. Owens, Virginia Stem, Looking for Jesus (Peterson) 438--40. Peace, Richard V., Conversion in the New Testament: Paul and the Twelve (Matson) 326. Phillips, Richard D., The Heart ofa n Executive: Lessons on Leadership from the Life of King David (Bowman) 86. Pilgrim, Walter E., Uneasy Neighbors: Church and State in the New Testament. (Sleeper) 97. Pitkin, Barbara, What Pure Eyes Could See: Calvin's Doctrine of Faith in its Exegetical Context (Partee) 442-44. Polaski, Sandra Hack, Paul and the Discourse of Power (Castelli) 328-30. Powell, Mark Allan, The New Testament Today (Carey) 436-37. Price, Reynolds, Letter to a Man in the Fire: Does God Exist and Does He Care? (Peterson) 104. Rentdorff, Rolf, The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation (Olson) 318-20. Resner, André, Jr., Preacher and Cross: Person and Message in Theology and Rhetoric (Howard) 216. INDEX Interpretation 457 Reuther, Rosemary R., Introducing Redemption in Christian Feminism (Streetz) 102-04. Rieger, Joerg, Remember the Poor: The Theological Chailenge of the Underside of History (Broadway) 214. Roetzel, Calvin J., Paul: The Man and the Myth (Miller) 94. Selinger, Suzanne, Charlotte von Kirschbaum and Karl Barth: A Study in Biography and the History of Theology (Godsey) 202-04. Simon, Uriel, Jonah (Nowell) 431-32. Sparks, Kenton L., Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Israel: Prolegomena to the Study of Ethnic Sentiments and Their Expression in the Hebrew Bible (Griefenhagen) 210-12. Stegemann, Ekkehard W. and Wolfgang Stegemann, The Jesus Movement (Howard-Brook) 324. Steussy, Marti J., David: Biblical Portraits of Power (Bowman) 86. Strickert, Fred, Bethsaida: Home of the Apostles (Strange) 213-14. Stronstad, Roger, The Prophethood of All Believers: A Study in Luke's Charismatic Theology (Collins) 434 Taylor, Charles W., Premarital Guidance (Fohl) 446. “,«»Abold, comprehensive, and systematic treatment . . .” PAUL AND THE STOICS Troels Engberg-Pedersen In this first comprehensive analysis of Paul's relationship to Stoic philosophy, Engberg-Pedersen shows how reading the epistles in the light of the ancient Stoics allows for a more accurate interpretation of those letters. “Engberg-Pedersens interpretation of Paul ts likely to be the most important since Rudolph Bultmanns, and has a strong claim to being not only coherent and exegetically ICN ulive, but also historically plauable. —Stanley Stowers, Brown University “ ee A bol ), comprehensive, and systematic treatment of Pauls thought within Hellenistic ethical tradition.’ FROELS ENGBERG-PEDERSEN —Alan F. Segal, Barnard College, ISBN 0-664-22271-4 « Poper Columbia University $39.95 (Canada $62.00) At your bookstore, your Cokesbury bookstore or [i 2 WESTMIN STER Call: (800) 227-2872 + Fax: (800) 541-5113 ¢ . : E-mail: [email protected] * Web site: www.wjk.org at JOHN KNOX PRESS 458 Interpretation OCTOBER 2000 Telford, W. R., The Theology of the Gospel of Mark (Dowd) 212. Terrell, JoAnne Marie, Power in the Blood: The Cross in the African American Experience (Hayes) 102. Thangaraj, M. Thomas, The Common Task: A Theology of Christian Mission (Harrell) 106-08. Twelftree, Graham H., Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical and Theological Study (Borg) 213. van Huysteen, J. Wentzel, The Shaping of Rationality: Toward Interdisciplinarity in Theology and Science (Achtemeier) 334. Watts, James W., Reading Law: The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch (Carr) 318. Webb, Joseph M., Preaching and the Challenge of Pluralism (Crainshaw) 334-36. Webster, John, Barth's Moral Theology: Human Action in Barth's Thought (Godsey) 202-04. Wedderburn, A.J.M., Beyond Resurrection (Finger) 442. Westermann, Claus, The Gospel of John: In the Light of the Old Testament (Fennell) 88. Witherington, Ben, III, The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus (Gorman) 77-78. Witherington, Ben, III, Jesus the Seer: The Progress of Prophecy (Allen) 437. Yinger, Kent L., Paul, Judaism, and Judgment According to Deeds (Barram) 330.