Because of the struggling economy, Gordon-Conwell is closing their BookCentre, or rather, they are making it smaller. As a result they have been selling off books at a fairly sizable discount. Today, I was able to score the following two books for well under $20 (HT to Adam, for tipping me off to their presence in said store).

David Wolfers Deep Things Out of Darkness: The Book of Job–Essays and a New English Translation.
Joseph Blenkinsopp Sage, Priest, Prophet: Religious and Intellectual Leadership in Ancient Israel

These two are simply the most recent in a rather lengthy series of expansions to my library. I also recently ordered the following books from Eisenbrauns:

Marvin Pope Job. Anchor Bible.
Norman Habel The Book of Job. Old Testament Library.
Bruce Zuckerman Job the Silent: A Study in Historical Counterpoint

Going back roughly four weeks ago, I managed to snag several nice Christmas gifts, including Gordis’ commentary on Job, as well as Konkel’s commentary on the same. Books of interest in the textbook category include the following:

Ziony Zevit The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches
Sandra Gogel A Grammar of Epigraphic Hebrew
Francis Andersen Job. IVP.
Jon Berquist Judaism in Persia’s Shadow

Perhaps Mandy will share her own recent purchases with everyone; but regardless, it seems clear that we are going to need more bookshelves.