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
To read the review and for further details click on the name of the author
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 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
Barrett, Clive (ed), Unity in Process, Reflections on Ecumenical Activity, Darton, Longman and Todd, London, 2012
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
Daniel, 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 & 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
Raina, Peter, Bishop George Bell, the Greatest Churchman: a Portrait in Letters, CTBI Publications, 2006
Sugirtharajah, R S, Postcolonial Reconfigurations. An Alternative Way of Reading the Bible and Doing Theology, SCM Press, London, 2003
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