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Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2016.08.05 Aaron W. Hughes, Islam and the Tyranny of Authenticity: An Inquiry into Disciplinary Apologetics and Self-Deception. Glasgow: Equinox, 2015. ISBN: 9781781792162. Pp. 164. £18.99 / $29.95. Paperback. Emilio Gonzalez-Ferrin Universidad de Sevilla The War of “Authenticities” Aaron W. Hughes’s new book focuses on some crucial methodological problems related to the academic study of Islam ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2016.06.04 Carlos A. Segovia, The Quranic Noah and the Making of the Islamic Prophet: A Study of Intertextuality and Religious Identity Formation in Late Antiquity. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — Tension, Transmission, Transformation 4. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015. ISBN: 9783110403497. Pp. xvi + 154. 99.95 € / $140.00. Hardcover. [Segovia’s Quranic Noah was also reviewed ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2016.05.03 Ljubica Jovanović, The Joseph of Genesis as Hellenistic Scientist. Hebrew Bible Monographs 48. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-907534-69-0. Pp. xvii + 327. 90 € / $120. Hardcover. Carson Bay Florida State University Although the figure of Joseph has been a popular topic of investigation in biblical scholarship, the monograph by Ljubica Jovanović asks ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2016.05.02 Martha Himmelfarb, Between Temple and Torah: Essays on Priests, Scribes, and Visionaries in the Second Temple Period and Beyond. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 151. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013. ISBN: 3161510410. Pp. xii + 399. 129,00 € / $164.99. Cloth. Joshua Scott University of Michigan Martha Himmelfarb of Princeton University has again brought ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2016.05.01 William den Hollander, Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome: From Hostage to Historian. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 86. Leiden: Brill, 2014. ISBN 978-90-04-26433-5. Pp. xii + 410, color ill. € 122 / $149. Hardback.  Martin Friis University of Copenhagen This monograph, a revised version of den Hollander’s 2012 doctoral dissertation from ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2015.12.18 Ariel Feldman and Liora Goldman, Scripture and Interpretation: Qumran Texts that Rework the Bible. Edited and introduced by Devorah Dimant. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 449. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2014. ISBN 978-3-11-030298-1. Pp. xi + 383. € [D] 99.95 / $140.00. Hardcover.  Atar Livneh Ben-Gurion University of the Negev  This volume presents ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2015.12.17 Candida R. Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780300154658. Pp. xiv + 256. $50.00. Cloth.  Shmuel Shepkaru University of Oklahoma A methodological approach could determine how the martyr’s persona and purpose emerge from a martyrological account. Are martyrological narratives reliable historical reports, literary ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2015.12.16    Andrew B. McGowan, Ancient Christian Worship: Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8010-3152-6. 320 pp. $34.99. Cloth/ebook. Meredith J. C. Warren, Lecturer in Biblical/Religious Studies University of Sheffield With this book, Andrew McGowan provides an accessible but scholarly introduction to the evidence for how ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2015.12.15 Vasile Babota, The Institution of the Hasmonean High Priesthood. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 165. Leiden: Brill, 2014. ISBN: 978900425177. € 123 / $ 171. Hardback. Pierpaolo Bertalotto Bari, Italy The aim of this book is to define more adequately the Hasmonean high priesthood as an institution in comparison with ...

Reviews of the Enoch Seminar 2015.05.01 Eve-Marie Becker, Troels Engberg-Pedersen and Mogens Müller, eds., Mark and Paul: Comparative Essays Part II for and against Pauline Influence on Mark. Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 199. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2014. Pp. viii+330. ISBN: 978-3-11-031455-7. Hardcover. €99.95/$140.00. Morna D. Hooker Robinson College, Cambridge (To read the review as a pdf, click ...