Book reviews

THE FORWARD: How We Know the Bible Was Written by Human Hands. Three Scholars Face Truth Of Biblical History (Jay Michaelson). Reviews of:

● How the Bible Became Holy
By Michael Satlow
Yale University Press, 368 pages, $35

● The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis
By Joel Baden
Yale University Press, 392 pages, $65

● The Formation of the Hebrew Canon
By Timothy Lim
Yale University Press, 304 pages, $45