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.

Stephen J. Chester, Paul through the Eyes of the Reformers: Living under Grace (Eerdmans)
Benjamin Schliesser

Walter Dietrich, King David in the Deuteronomistic History: Collected Studies (SBL Press)
Leonardo Pessoa da Silva Pinto

Zanne Domoney-Lyttle, The Bible and Comics: Women, Power and Representation in Graphic Narratives (T&T Clark)
Gabriel Mckee

Jens-Arne Edelmann, Das Römische Imperium im Lukanischen Doppelwerk: Darstellung und Ertragspotenzial für christliche Leser des späten ersten Jahrhunderts (Mohr Siebeck)
Stephan Witetschek

Benedikt Hensel and Christian Wetz, eds., Migration und Theologie: Historische Reflexionen, theologische Grundelemente und hermeneutische Perspektiven aus der alt- und neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt)
Meiken Buchholz

Elaine T. James, An Invitation to Biblical Poetry (Oxford University Press)
Joseph Lam

Mario Liverani, Assyria: The Imperial Mission (Eisenbrauns)
Matheus Treuk Medeiros de Araujo

Bruce R. Reichenbach, Diving into the Gospel of John: Life through Believing (Cascade)
Richard Francis D’Souza

Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Daniel M. Gurtner, eds., T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism (T&T Clark)

Rebecca L. Harris Serdar Yalçın, Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415–1050 BCE (Brill)
Sarah Kielt Costello

Free eBook: Caesar and the Lamb

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Caesar and the Lamb, Second Edition:Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service by George Kalantzis. Act quickly because the deal ends on 2/28. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Walton on the Bible's Big Story

Steve Walton shares his slides from his presentation on the Bible's big story here.

Free Logos Resources for March

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Portraits of a Pastor edited by Jason Allen, The Gospel of the Family by Walter Kasper. You can get these free resources and also other deals here and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get Revelation by Leon Morris for free here.

The Holy Spirit and Gender

Gary Manning has a good discussion here of the Holy Spirit and how grammatical gender works in the biblical languages.

The Curtains and Screens of the Tabernacle

Gary Anderson has an interesting post here related to how the curtains and screens of the Tabernacle are described.

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.

Stefan Alkier and David M. Moffitt, New Testament Basics: A Guide for Reading and Interpreting the Text (Fortress)
John Martens

Richard Bauckham, “Son of Man”: Volume 1, Early Jewish Literature (Eerdmans)
Charles L. Quarles

Vincent D. Beiler and Aaron D. Rubin, eds., Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and Its Manuscripts (Brill)
Kathryn Medill

Don C. Benjamin, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy (Oxford University Press)
Philippe Guillaume

David E. Fredrickson, The Promise of Not-Knowing: A New New Testament Reading (Fortress)
Susan E. Myers

Wolfram Kinzig, Christian Persecution in Antiquity (Baylor University Press)
David L. Eastman

Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider, Des dédicaces sans théonyme de Palmyre: Béni (soit) son nom pour l’éternité (Brill)
Maria Gorea

Albertina Oegema, Jonathan Pater, and Martijn Stoutjesdijk, eds., Overcoming Dichotomies: Parables, Fables, and Similes in the Graeco-Roman World (Mohr Siebeck)
Mikeal C. Parsons

Lily Singer-Avitz and Etan Ayalon, Yotvata: The Ze’ev Meshel Excavations (1974–1980); The Iron I “Fortress” and the Early Islamic Settlement (Eisenbrauns)
Juan Manuel Tebes

R. S. Sugirtharajah, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Biblical Criticism (Oxford University Press)
Anne Marie Foster

Free eBook: The Beginning of Paul's Gospel

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of The Beginning of Paul's Gospel: An Exploration of Romans 1-4 edited by Nijay Gupta and John Goodrich. Act quickly because the deal ends on 2/28. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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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.

Markus Bockmuehl and Nathan Eubank, eds., The Creed and the Scriptures (Mohr Siebeck)
Lee Martin McDonald

Attila Bodor, The Theological Profile of the Peshitta of Isaiah (Brill)
Peter Juhás

Daniel Daley, Ideal Disciples: A Commentary on Matthew’s Beatitudes (Baylor University Press)
Kathy Barrett Dawson

Simon J. Joseph, A Social History of Christian Origins: The Rejected Jesus (Routledge)
Zhenya Gurina-Rodríguez

Esther Kobel, Jo-Ann A. Brant, and Meredith J. C. Warren, eds., The Ties That Bind: Negotiating Relationships in Early Jewish and Christian Texts, Contexts, and Reception History (T&T Clark)
Edward Kessler

Ido Koch, Oded Lipschits, and Omer Sergi, eds., From Nomadism to Monarchy? Revisiting the Early Iron Age Southern Levant (Eisenbrauns)
Quinn Daniels

Julia M. O’Brien, Prophets beyond Activism: Rethinking the Prophetic Roots of Social Justice (Westminster John Knox)
Jeremiah Cataldo

Hughson T. Ong, Sociolinguistic Analysis of the New Testament: Theories and Applications (Brill)
Sung Min Park

Soo Kim Sweeney, David Frankel, and Marvin A. Sweeney, eds., Theology of the Hebrew Bible, Volume 2: Texts, Readers, and Their Worlds (SBL Press)
Xenia L. Chan

Oda Wischmeyer, Love as Agape: The Early Christian Concept and Modern Discourse (Baylor University Press)
John Frederick

Psalm 141

I am working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 141 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps141.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_141.pdf

Danny Akin (outline, manuscript): https://www.danielakin.com/the-man-who-will-not-compromise-psalm-141