Epistolary Humor

HT: Gary Urie

John 10

Ian Paul has a good discussion of John 10 here. 

Spurgeon's Preaching

For a variety of reasons, I have a great interest in, and appreciation of, the preaching of Charles Spurgeon. So I found Trevin Wax's summary of an eyewitness account of Spurgeon preaching to be both fascinating and encouraging. You can read it here.

Did the Author of Hebrews Really Not Know Where He Was Quoting From? (Hebrews 2:6 and 4:4)

Ken Berding does a nice job here addressing what the author of Hebrews meant in 2:6 and 4:4.

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.

Soham Al-Suadi and Peter-Ben Smit, eds., T&T Clark Handbook to Early Christian Meals in the Greco-Roman World (T&T Clark)
Jin Hwan Lee

Jennifer Miyuki Babcock, Ancient Egyptian Animal Fables: Tree Climbing Hippos and Ennobled Mice (Brill)
Angela McDonald

Kristine Henriksen Garroway, Hyun Chul Paul Kim, and John W. Martens, eds., Violence against Women and Children in the Hebrew Bible: Between Trauma and Resilience (T&T Clark)
Yael Nu’emah-Kremer

Thomas Kazen, Dirt, Shame, Status: Perspectives on Same-Sex Sexuality in the Bible and the Ancient World (Eerdmans)
Klaus-Peter Adam

David Lincicum, The Commentarial Impulse: Interpretation and Actualization in the Pauline Tradition (Eerdmans)
A. Andrew Das

Daniel Olariu, Theodotion’s Greek Text of Daniel: An Analysis of the Revisional Process and Its Semitic Source (Brill)
Martijn Beukenhorst

Hyun Ho Park, Intergroup Conflict, Recategorization, and Identity Construction in Acts: Breaking the Cycle of Slander, Labeling and Violence (T&T Clark)
Shelly Matthews

Emma Louise Parker, The Importance of Outsiders to Pauline Communities: Opinion, Reputation and Mission (T&T Clark)
William Horst

Paul R. Raabe, Isaiah 13–27 (Concordia)
Paul D. Wegner

Jonathan Yogev, The Rephaim: Sons of the Gods (Brill)
Alistair T. Robertson

Owls in the Ancient Near East and the Bible

Phillip Michael Sherman has a fascinating view of owls in the ANE and the Bible here.

Free Logos Resources for April

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Obadiah and Joel, in the ICC series, by Julius Brewer and Hear the Ancient Wisdom. You can get these free resources and also other deals here and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get God with Us by Mark Allan Powell for free here.

Psalm 142

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 142 (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/ps142.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_142.pdf

H. B. Charles Jr., sermon: https://hbcharlesjr.com/resource-library/sermon-outlines/who-cares-psalm-142

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.

Keith Bodner and Benjamin J. M. Johnson, eds., Characters and Characterization in the Book of Judges (T&T Clark)
Michelle Knight

Stephen J. Chester, Paul through the Eyes of the Reformers: Living under Grace (Eerdmans)
R. Ward Holder

Young Bok Kim, Hebrew Forms of Address: A Sociolinguistic Analysis (SBL Press)
Christian Locatell

W. G. Lambert and Ryan D. Winters; Andrew George and Manfred Krebernik, eds., An = Anum and Related Lists: God Lists of Ancient Mesopotamia, Volume I (Mohr Siebeck)
Nicole Brisch

Meir Lubetski and Edith Lubetski, eds., Epigraphy, Iconography, and the Bible (Sheffield Phoenix)
Elijah Wreh

Paul Moser, Paul’s Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice: Righteous Reconciliation in Reciprocity (Cambridge University Press)
Gilha Lee

Susan Niditch, Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond (Oxford University Press)
Joseph Ryan Kelly

Sarah Ruden, Perpetua: The Woman, the Martyr (Yale University Press)
Susan E. Hylen

Irene Salvo and Tanja S. Scheer, eds., Religion and Education in the Ancient Greek World (Mohr Siebeck)
Michel Pauw

Karen J. Wenell, Locating the Kingdom of God: Performing Sacred Boundaries (T&T Clark)
Eric Stewart