Mar 18, 2024

The Latest Issue of the Review of Biblical Literature

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews can be accessed by clicking the links below but unfortunately you must be a SBL member to read them.

David J. A. Clines, Play the Man! Biblical Imperatives to Masculinity (Sheffield Phoenix)
Stephen M. Wilson

Sophie Démare-Lafont and Daniel E. Fleming, eds., Judicial Decisions in the Ancient Near East (SBL Press)
Sara Milstein

Henryk Drawnel, ed., Qumran Cave 4: The Aramaic Books of Enoch, 4Q201, 4Q202, 4Q204, 4Q205, 4Q206, 4Q207, 4Q212 (Oxford University Press)
Catherine E. Bonesho

Paul W. Gooch, Paul and Religion: Unfinished Conversations (Cambridge University Press)
L. Ann Jervis

Lydia Gore-Jones, When Judaism Lost the Temple: Crisis and Response in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch (Brepols)
Andrew Knight-Messenger

Matthias Henze and David Lincicum, eds., Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christian Writings: The Use of the Old Testament in the New (Eerdmans)
Thomas Hieke

Emanuel Pfoh, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark)
Anselm C. Hagedorn

Timothy W. Reardon, The Politics of Salvation: Lukan Soteriology, Atonement, and the Victory of Christ (T&T Clark)
MiJa Wi

Stuart Weeks, Ecclesiastes: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark)
Kyle C. Dunham

Jonathan L. Zecher, Spiritual Direction as a Medical Art in Early Christian Monasticism (Oxford University Press)
John David Penniman

Mar 15, 2024

On Being a Pastor-Theologian

Brian Arnold has some suggestions how here.

Mar 14, 2024

John 12

Ian Paul has a good discussion here on some of the puzzling parts of John 12.

Mar 12, 2024

The Origins of Solomon’s Silver

Tzilla Eshel has written a fascination article here on the location of Tarshish and the origins of Solomon's silver.

Mar 11, 2024

Free eBook: The Gift of the Grotesque: A Christological Companion to the Book of Judges

 Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of The Gift of the Grotesque: A Christological Companion to the Book of Judges by Daniel J. D. Stulac. Keep in mind that offer is only good until March 15. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Mar 10, 2024

The Latest Issue of the Review of Biblical Literature

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews can be accessed by clicking the links below but unfortunately you must be a SBL member to read them.

Christian A. Eberhart and Wolfgang Kraus, eds., Covenant – Concepts of Berit, Diatheke, and Testamentum: Proceedings of the Conference at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas, November 2019 (Mohr Siebeck)
William S. Morrow

Caleb Friedman, The Revelation of the Messiah: The Christological Mystery of Luke 1–2 and Its Unveiling in Luke-Acts (Cambridge University Press)
Edward W. Klink III

Massimo Grilli, Jacek Oniszczuk, and André Wénin, eds., Filiation, entre Bible et cultures: Hommage à Roland Meynet (Peeters)
Regis Burney

Hanne Løland Levinson, The Death Wish in the Hebrew Bible: Rhetorical Strategies for Survival (Cambridge University Press)
Raymond F. Person Jr.

Jonathon Lookadoo, The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook (T&T Clark)
Harry O. Maier

Darian Lockett, ed., The Catholic Epistles: Critical Readings (T&T Clark)
Shawn Thomas

Dogara Ishaya Manomi, Virtue Ethics in the Letter to Titus: An Inter-disciplinary Study (Mohr Siebeck)
Michael Scott Robertson

Graham Ogden, Nahum, Habakkuk and Malachi (Sheffield Phoenix)
Ruth Ebach

Federico G. Villanueva, Psalms 73–150: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary (Langham Global Library)
Ma. Maricel S. Ibita

Travis B. Williams and David G. Horrell, 1 Peter: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark)
Ruth Anne Reese

Mar 7, 2024

Jesus Greater than Moses

Patrick Schreiner outlines some ways here

Mar 6, 2024

Paul and First-Century Letter Writing

E. Randolph Richards has an excellenta rticle here on Paul and First-Century Letter Writing

Mar 5, 2024

Facing Apparent Contradictions in the Gospels

Michael Kruger has some helpful suggestions here.

Mar 2, 2024

Free Logos Resources for March

Logos is offering these three freebies this month: New International Encyclopedia of Bible Words by Lawrence O. Richards, Reading John by Christopher Skinner, a free ebook, Christianity on Trial by Mark Lanier, and the audio book Calvin on the Christian Life: Glorifying and Enjoying God Forever. You can get these free resources and also purchase others at significant discounts hereherehere, and here.

Feb 29, 2024

4 Snapshots of Dispensationalism Today

I appreciate Dan Hummel's balanced and fair thoughts here on the current status of dispensationalism.

Feb 26, 2024

The Latest Issue of the Review of Biblical Literature

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews can be accessed by clicking the links below but unfortunately you must be a SBL member to read them.

Matthew J. M. Coomber, ed., Economics and Empire in the Ancient Near East: Guide to the Bible and Economics, Volume 1 (Cascade)
Lisbeth S. Fried

Dorothea Erbele-Küster, Nikolett Móricz, and Manfred Oeming, eds., “Gewaltig wie das Meer ist dein Zusammenbruch” (Klgl 2,13): Theologische, psychologische und literarische Zugänge der Traumaforschung (Mohr Siebeck)
Benedikt J. Collinet

Najeeb T. Haddad, Paul, Politics, and New Creation: Reconsidering Paul and Empire (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Justin Winzenburg

Tim Judson, Awake in Gethsemane: Bonhoeffer and the Witness of Christian Lament (Baylor University Press)
Preston D. S. Parsons

David L. Mathewson, Uncovering the Treasures of the Apocalypse: Keys to Unlocking the Mysteries of the Book of Revelation (Cascade)
Mark B. Stephens

Eric M. Meyers, An Accidental Archaeologist: A Personal Memoir (Cascade)
Carl S. Ehrlich

Sophia Niepert-Rumel, Metaphernkombinationen in der neutestamentlichen Rede vom Tod Jesu (Mohr Siebeck)
Renate Banschbach Eggen

James D. Nogalski, The Books of Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah (Eerdmans)
Ruth Ebach 


Emanuel Tov, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Revised and Expanded (Fortress)
Jonathan Miles Robker

Francis Watson, What Is a Gospel? (Eerdmans)
Marc Groenbech-Dam