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It’s the start of another quarter here at Fuller! For those of you new to Fuller, you are invited to check our new books posted every other week. Here’s just a sample of some of the new ebooks you’ll find on the library website. Have a blessed quarter!

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1. The Politics of Dead Kings: Dynastic Ancestors in the Book of Kings and Ancient Israel by by Matthew J Suriano. Amazon page  
2. Deep equality in an era of religious diversity by Lori G. Beaman. Amazon page
3. Tang Junyi : Confucian philosophy and the challenge of modernity by Thomas Fröhlich. Amazon page
4. Religion, identity and change: perspectives on global transformations by Simon Coleman (Editor.), Peter Collins (Editor.). Amazon page
5. The reception of Vatican II by Matthew L. Lamb (Editor.), Matthew Levering (Author,) (Editor.). Amazon page
6.  New Essays on the Apostolic Fathers by Clare K Rothschild. Amazon page
7. Double particularity : Karl Barth, contextuality, and Asian American theology by Daniel D. Lee Amazon page
8. Shared identities: medieval and modern imaginings of Judeo-Islam by Aaron W. Hughes. Amazon page
9. Ezra and the Second Wilderness by Philip Young Yoo. Amazon page
10. From Jesus to his first followers: continuity and discontinuity: anthropological and historical perspectives by Adriana Destro (Author.), Mauro Pesce (Author.). Amazon page
11. Getting to church: narratives of gender and joining by Sally K. Gallagher. Amazon page
12. Lovin’ on Jesus: a concise history of contemporary worship by Swee-Hong Lim , Lester Ruth. Amazon page
13. The figure of Solomon in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition: king, sage and architect by Jozef Verheyden. Amazon page
14. Urban Origins of American Judaism by Deborah Dash. Moore. Amazon page
15. The story of Israel in the Book of Omelet: Ecclesiastes as cultural memory by Jennifer Barbour. Amazon page
16. Stricken by sin, cured by Christ: agency, necessity, and culpability in Augustinian theology by Jesse. Couenhoven. Amazon page
17. Messianism in the Old Greek of Isaiah: an Intertextual Analysis by Abi T. Ngunga. Amazon page

From creation to Babel: studies in Genesis 1-11 by John Day. Amazon page

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Please join the Fuller Library for our online orientation session on Tuesday, September 19 at 10am. During this time, we will go over the library website, as well as an introduction to our resources. Click here to join at 10am, next Tuesday! (Link will be active on 9/19.)
For more information, please email [email protected].

Please check the new books often when you have time. You may suggest the books you want through our Suggest A Book form as well. Happy reading!

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1. Jeremiah, Lamentations by Dean O. Wenthe, Thomas C. Oden. Amazon page
2. Samaritans’ past and present: current studies by Menahem. Mor, Friedrich Vinzenz. Reiterer, Waltraud. Winkler. Amazon page
3. Intertextuality in the second century by D. Jeffrey Bingham. Amazon page
4. The stolen Bible: from tool of imperialism to African icon by Gerald O. West. Amazon page
5. Franciscan virtue: spiritual growth and the virtues in Franciscan literature and instruction of the thirteenth century by Krijn Pansters. Amazon page
6.  ‘Who is this son of man?’: The Latest Scholarship on a Puzzling Expression of the Historical Jesus by Larry W. Hurtado (Editor), Paul L. Owen (Editor). Amazon page
7. Jonah: a handbook on the Hebrew text by W. Dennis Tucker Jr., W. Dennis. Tucker. Amazon page
8.  Encyclopedia of ancient Christianity by Angelo Di Berardino. Amazon page
9. Franciscan Learning, Preaching and Mission, c. 1220-1650 : Cum scientia sit donum Dei, armatura ad defendendam sanctam fidem catholicam by Bert. Roest. Amazon page
10. Job: understanding the bible commentary series by John D. Caputo. Amazon page
11. The law of God: exploring God and civilization by Pieter Vos. Amazon page
12.  F.C. Baur’s synthesis of Bohme and Hegel: redefining Christian theology as a gnostic philosophy of religion by Corneliu C. Simuț. Amazon page
13. Fundamentalism: prophecy and protest in the age of globalization by Torkel. Brekke. Amazon page
14.  Defining heresy: inquisition, theology, and papal policy in the time of Jacques Fournier by Irene Bueno. Amazon page
15. Bonhoeffer’s theological formation: Berlin, Barth, and Protestant theology by Michael P. DeJonge. Amazon page
16. Cultural conversions: unexpected consequences of Christian missionary encounters in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia by Heather J. Sharkey. Amazon page
17. Pursuit : living fully in search of God’s presence by Scott Chrostek and Adam Hamilton. Amazon page
18. Joshua Traditions and the Argument of Hebrews 3 and 4 by Bryan J. Whitfield. Amazon page

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Fuller Library will be closed on Thursday, September 14 – Friday, September 15 for staff meetings on both days. We will reopen on Saturday, September 16th at 9am. We apologize for the inconvenience!

On Tuesday, September 5th, Fuller Library will be tearing down the current Circulation Desk to make way for the new one! In light of this, please be aware that the library will be LOUD all day. If you want to come to the library, bring your headphones or feel free to stop by on Wednesday, when most of the construction will be over. A temporary Circulation Desk will be in front of the portrait of Hubbard, directly across from the current desk. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for your understanding!

Fuller Library will be closed on Monday, September 4, in observance of Labor Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 5 at 7:30am. Thank you!

Just a reminder that the Fuller Library will be open until 11pm on Friday, September 1! Good luck on your finals, Fuller Seminary!

Summer is almost over which also means that finals are near. Hopefully everyone studies hard but also enjoy the rest of the summer. Please check the new books as usual when you have time!

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1. The Book of the Twelve – One Book or Many? : Metz Conference Proceedings 5-7 November 2015 by Elena Di. Pede, Donatella. Scaiola. Amazon page
2. The epistle to the Romans: a commentary on the Greek text by Richard N. Longenecker. Amazon page
3. Leaving Christian Fundamentalism and the Reconstruction of Identity by Josie McSkimming. Amazon page
4. Natural Theology Reconfigured: Confucian Axiology and American Pragmatism by Zhiqiu Xu. Amazon page
5. The Church, Authority, and Foucault Imagining the Church as an Open Space of Freedom by Steven G. Ogden. Amazon page
6. John’s Gospel as Witness The Development of the Early Christian Language of Faith by Alexander S. Jensen. Amazon page
7. Jurgen Moltmann’s Ethics of Hope by Timothy Harvie. Amazon page
8. Trusting others, trusting God : concepts of belief, faith and rationality by Sheela Pawar. Amazon page
9.  Nahum / Habakkuk / Zephaniah by Walter. Dietrich, Peter Altmann. Amazon page
10. Death in Jewish Life : Burial and Mourning Customs Among Jews of Europe and Nearby Communities by Stefan C. Reif, Andreas. Lehnardt, Avriel. Bar-Levav. Amazon page
11. Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism: reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period by Ari. Mermelstein. Amazon page
12.  Exodus through the centuries by Scott M. Langston. Amazon page
13. The Song of Songs: an introduction and commentary by Iain M. Duguid. Amazon page
14. No ordinary angel: celestial spirits and Christian claims about Jesus by Susan R. Garrett. Amazon page
15. Women’s divination in biblical literature: prophecy, necromancy, and other arts of knowledge by Esther J. Hamori. Amazon page
16. Where the Gods Are: Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical World by Mark S. Smith. Amazon page
17. Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi by Anthony R. Petterson. Amazon page
18. 2 Samuel by Robert Barron. Amazon page

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Finals are approaching! It’s too dangerous to Google solo. Take a librarian with you!

Librarians are now available for Book-a-Librarian sessions.
Book-a-Librarian is an one on one 30-60 minute meeting with a librarian where we will help you find resources for your specific topic.

To book a librarian:

1. Go to the library website library.fuller.edu.
2. Click on Reservations link from the main page or click here.
3. Click on Schedule a Reference Appointment under Book a Librarian.
4. Choose available hours and tell us what research topic you need help with.
5. Confirm appointment and you are set!