In order to celebrate the 12th anniversary of my blog, I decided to give twelve copies of my book Rereading the Biblical Text: Searching for Meaning and Understanding. The books were given during the months of August and September 2017.

August Winners

Eight books were given in August. These are the winners during the month of August:

August 7: Charles Savelle, from Texas.

August 14: Paul Mast Hewitt, from Illinois

August 16 – The Blog’s 12th Anniversary:

1. Rob Bradshaw, from UK

2. Carlene Appel, from Illinois

3. Scott MacGregor, from Texas

4. Jaroslav Ciesielski, from Poland

August 20: Curryanne Hosteller, from Indiana

August 27: Grainne McDonald, from Virginia

September Winner

September 4: Antony Billington, from the UK

September 11: Wilhelmina Jenkins, from Georgia

September 18: Alex Krause, from Hawaii

Today it is my pleasure to announce the name of the twelfth and final winner of the 12th Anniversary Book Giveaway. The winner is:

Sara Chana Mandell-Shaqed, from Israel

Future Giveaway

All persons who entered the 12th Anniversary Book Giveaway will also qualify to receive one of three copies of my book In the Council of the Lord: Men and Women Who Made a Difference in Israel which will be published in January 2018.

Thank you for submitting your name to the 12th Anniversary Book Giveaway. Thank you also for visiting my blog and by sharing my posts on Facebook and Twitter. More and more people are learning about the Old Testament because you share my posts on social media.

Claude F. Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary