Publications
The SOTS Book List
The Society's annual survey of new work on the Old Testament — and one of the first places a new book is reviewed.
What it covers
The year in Old Testament scholarship
The Book List reviews up to five hundred books a year — not only on the Old Testament itself but across the fields that surround it: archaeology, epigraphy, Hebrew and the Northwest Semitic languages, ancient Near Eastern history, the Hellenistic world, early Judaism and social anthropology.
Its value is its comprehensiveness and its speed. It appears each June, is sent to every paid-up member who wants a copy, and is also published as an issue of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.
Practicalities
Getting a copy
Where the current issue lives, how members receive it, and who to write to about a book for review.
The SOTS Book List provides short reviews of up to 500 books a year. It includes publications not only on the Old Testament directly but also on many related areas, including archaeology, epigraphy, Hebrew and related Semitic languages (especially Northwest Semitic), relevant ancient Near Eastern history and literature, the Hellenistic world, early Judaism, and social anthropology. The main value of the Book List is its comprehensiveness and its immediacy, in that it is usually among the first periodicals to review a book.
The Book List appears annually in June, and a copy is sent free to all paid-up members of the Society who wish to receive a hard copy. Members who are satisfied with online access can opt out of receiving a hard copy by notifying the Membership Secretary of that decision. The Book List is also published as Issue 5 each year of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, included in the price of the annual subscription.
Recent Issues of the Book List
Members of SOTS can access recent issues of the Book List online through the members’ area of the SOTS website. If you are not logged into the web site, the link will take you to the ‘my account’ page, directly after log-in. You can get to the members’ area by using the menu link in that case.
If you are neither a member of SOTS nor a subscriber to JSOT, a copy of the current issue may be obtained from Subscriptions Team, SAGE Publications, 1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, United Kingdom (Tel.: +44 [0]20 7324 8701; Email: subscriptions@sagepub.co.uk).
Older Issues of the Book List
The full back catalogue of Book Lists is available in the archive below
Current editor
Offering a book for review
The current Book List Editor is Dr Samuel Hildebrandt. For books to be considered for review in the Book List, please contact the editor via email with any advertisment or inquiries at shildebrandt@nazarene.ac.uk.
The archive
54 scanned volumes, free to download — the Society's own record of the field from 1934 onwards.
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Members receive the Book List
A copy is sent to every paid-up member who wants one, with online access for the rest.