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

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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

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.

Sofanit Tamene Abebe, Apocalyptic Spatiality in 1 Peter and Selected 1 Enoch Literature: A Comparative Analysis (Mohr Siebeck)
David M. Shaw

Sarah Agnew, Embodied Performance: Mutuality, Embrace, and the Letter to Rome (Pickwick)
Clifford A. Barbarick

Thomas P. Dixon, Paul and the Wrath: Divine Judgment and Mercy for Israel in Romans 9–11 (Baylor University Press)
Robert D. Anderson

Joshua W. Jipp, God’s Acts for Israel, Gentiles, and Christians: A Theology of the Acts of the Apostles (Eerdmans)
Troy M. Troftgruben

Benjamin Kantor, A Short Guide to the Pronunciation of New Testament Greek (Eerdmans)
Kevin Grasso

Ogochukwu Daniel Onuorah, Social Memory in Ex 16 and the Identity of Exilic/Post-exilic Israel (Mohr Siebeck)
Linda M. Stargel

David J. Shepherd, King David, Innocent Blood, and Bloodguilt (Oxford University Press)
Diana Abernethy

Tina M. Sherman, Plant Metaphors in Prophetic Condemnations of Israel and Judah (SBL Press)
Benjamin Austin

Hans Ulrich Steymans, ed., Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Bible: Erwin Panofsky and Othmar Keel in Dialogue (T&T Clark)
Silas Klein Cardoso

Kent L. Yinger, The Pharisees: Their History, Character, and New Testament Portrait (Cascade)
Felipe Agudelo Olarte