Books received.(Bibliography)

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SCRIPTURAL STUDIES

Allen, Leslie C., and Timothy S. Laniak. Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2003. Pp. xiv + 290. $11.95.

Bailey, Kenneth E. Jacob and the Prodigal: How Jesus Retold Israel's Story. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity, 2003. Pp. 225. $17.

Balentine, Samuel E. Leviticus. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002. Pp. xv + 220. $24.95.

Barton, John. Unde...

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