Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The uncommon hardcover edition of this study of the role which Sarah plays, in the Genesis narratives. It "appears to be a highly energetic one, a role so active, in fact, that it repeatedly overshadows that of her husband.. . Dr. Teubal shows that the 'Sarah tradition' represents a nonpatriarchal system struggling for survival in isolation, in the patriarchal environment of what was for Sarah a foreign society." A presentation copy warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and also SIGNED in full. Illustrated with photographs, family tree charts, double page map. Notes, bibliography, index, chronology. xvii, 201 pp. ISBN: 0-804008434.

New York: Schocken, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Jewish Encounters series. "Robert Pinsky, former poet laureate of the United States, plumbs the depths of Davids life: his triumphs and his failures, his divine destiny and his human humiliations. Drawing on the biblical chronicle of Davids life as well as on the later commentaries and the Psalms Pinsky teases apart the many strands of Davids story and reweaves them into a glorious narrative." Small format. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-805242031.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of King David, "after" his defeat of Goliath, as seen through the eyes of Joab, his good right arm. List of characters. xi, 209 pp. Dust jacket by Louise August. ISBN: 0-899193250.

London: Heinemann, (2005). Temperance Brennan becomes involved in an archeological mystery in Israel. Author's note. 351 pp. ISBN: 0-434-010413.

Ashland, OR: Story Line Press. 2004. First edition - Her first book (preceded by a chapbook), co-winner of the 2004 Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize. Some of these lyrical poems are in the biblical voices of Sa'rai and Ha'gar, others give voice to the slaves Sara and Harriet. 75 pp. ISBN: 1586540319.

San Francisco: Harper Collins, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A bilingual edition of the 31 lyric poems that comprise The Song of Songs in the Bible, with the poems in the original Hebrew and English, as well as thoughtful essays on translation as a journey and on the literary structure of the poems. Beautifully illustrated by Barry Moser. Notes to the poems, bibliography. xviii, 213 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-06062339X.

New York: Random House, (1973) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a story of King Solomon, inspired by the Song of Songs in the Bible. An interesting association copy warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper " To Joan and Herschel, good and gracious and my next-door-neighbors-to-be. Thanks to you and a delightfully memorable evening, I now believe in love at first bight, With warmest wishes, Herb Tarr." and dated 25 December 5738, 189 pp. Laid in are several reviews. ISBN: 0-394-461584.

New York Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A novel about the early years of Christ based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship." SIGNED on the half title page. Author's note, 322 pp. ISBN: 0-676-977685.

New York: HarperPerennial, (1999.). Fifth novel by this popular Brazilian writer, best known for "The Alchemist, 'a fable about following your dream' which has become a modern classic. Translated by Clifford E. Landers. Set in the ninth century B.C., this is a story of the Biblical prophet Elijah. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0175443.

New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Not so much another translation as an inspired and engagingly fresh rendition of the Psalms. Here the Psalms are compessed, clarified, and given the satisfying shapes and textures of English poetry. ISBN: 0-19-510711X.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A historical novel for older children, about Tyndale and his translation of the Bible into English.