THE JOURNAL OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES has a new issue out (63:1, January 2004). One article of interest:

MARJORIE O'ROURKE BOYLE. "In the Heart of the Sea": Fathoming the Exodus (PDF file)

Book reviews of interest (the reviews section must be downloaded as a single PDF file) include:

Oscar White Muscarella, The Lie Became Great: The Forgery of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures���(P. R. S. Moorey) ���55
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Samuel R. Wolff, Studies in the Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands in Memory of Douglas L. Esse���(P. R. S. Moorey) ���56

Lawrence E. Stager, Joseph A. Greene, and Michael D. Coogan, The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond: Essays in Honor of James A. Sauer���(Ron E. Tappy) ���57
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Frederick E. Greenspahn, An Introduction to Aramaic���(Joseph L. Malone) ���64

Michael W. Duggan, The Covenant Renewal in Ezra-Nehemiah (Neh 7:72b10:40): An Exegetical, Literary, and Theological Study���(Blane W. Conklin) ���65

Gershon Galil and Moshe Weinfeld, Studies in Historical Geography and Biblical Historiography Presented to Zecharia Kallai���(Alexander H. Joffe) ���68

There also some reviews on earlier Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic matters.

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