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News: SBL establishes online Ancient Near East Monograph series! See the full announcement in this summer's issue of The SBL Forum
 
Dietmar Neufeld, editor
This work examines the translation and interpretation of a set of biblical texts from the perspectives of cultural anthropology and the social sciences. As a whole, this work shows the importance of making use of the insights of cultural anthropology in an age of ever-increasing manipulation of the biblical text.
 
Lamentations in Ancient and Contemporary Cultural Contexts
Nancy C. Lee and Carleen Mandolfo, editors
This volume gathers an international collection of essays on biblical lament and Lamentations, illuminating their genres, artistry, purposes, and significant place in the history and theologies of ancient Israel. It also explores lament across cultures, both those influenced by biblical traditions and those not, as the practices of composition, performance, and interpretation of life’s suffering continue to shed light on our knowledge of biblical lament.

John Rufus: The Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Cornelia B. Horn and Robert R. Phenix Jr.
This book makes available for the first time in English important works by the anti-Chalcedonian historian and biographer John Rufus on Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and Abba Romanus, three key figures of the Christian history of Palestine in the fifth and early sixth centuries C.E.
 
James T. Sparks
This study shows that the genealogical section of the Chronicler’s work is an ordered, well-structured, unified whole. The Chronicler presents his genealogies chiastically, with the aim of the chiasm to uphold the cult and cultic officials as the center of the nation’s life. The genealogies indicate that society is sent into exile because of the unfaithfulness of the people and their leaders. Only through the proper attention to the cult and its elements can atonement be made and the people possess their land.


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Journal of Biblical Literature

The flagship journal of the field, the Journal of Biblical Literature is published quarterly and includes scholarly articles and critical notes by members of the Society.

 
 

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SBL Publications also provides free online access to the Review of Biblical Literature, the premier source of biblical studies book reviews in the world. The RBL database currently offers reviews of over 3,000 titles in all areas of biblical studies, and over 7,000 individuals from around the world receive the RBL email newsletter announcing new reviews. Comprehensive, international, and timely— RBL plays a key role in the Society's mission of fostering biblical scholarship.

 

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"How to Be an Author" (The Chronicle of  Higher Education, Vol. 54/19, C1, January 18, 2008; subscription required)
About SBL Publications
The SBL publishes books with a scholarly focus as well as works intended to convey the finest biblical scholarship to wider audiences: students in college, university, and seminary courses; leaders in church and synagogue settings; and members of the general public interested in biblical study. The Society focuses on the needs of biblical scholars and students by creating resources for the classroom and research and fosters the professional development of biblical scholars by creating venues for publication, enhancing editorial skills, and providing critical responses to manuscripts submitted for publication.

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Steven L. McKenzie
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