Feb 4, 2025

Who was Cushan-Rishathaim of Judges 3:9?

Kris Udd has a nicely illustrated discussion of "Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia" (Judg 3:9) here.

Feb 3, 2025

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.

Roger S. Bagnall, ed., Roman Egypt: A History (Cambridge University Press)
Luca Arcari

John M. G. Barclay and Kylie Crabbe, eds., The Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians (T&T Clark)
Jeffrey A. Colburn

Timothy A. Brookins, Reading 1 Corinthians: A Literary and Theological Commentary (Smyth & Helwys)
Hannah Fytche

D. Clint Burnett, Paul and Imperial Divine Honors: Christ, Caesar, and the Gospel (Eerdmans)
Margaret Froelich

Lisbeth S. Fried, Ruth (Sheffield Phoenix)
Gina Hens-Piazza

Steven Edward Harris, Refiguring Resurrection: A Biblical and Systematic Eschatology (Baylor University Press)
Alexander P. Thompson

Tyler A. Stewart, The Origin and Persistence of Evil in Galatians (Mohr Siebeck)
Ryan Heinsch

Martin Wright, The Dividing Wall: Ephesians and the Integrity of the Corpus Paulinum (T&T Clark)
Daniel K. Darko

The following reviews originally published in the Studia Philonica Annual have been added to RBL.

Ruben A. Bühner, Paulus im Kontext des Diasporajudentums: Judenchristliche Lebensweise nach den paulinischen Briefen und die Debatten um „Paul within Judaism“ (Mohr Siebeck)
Guido Baltes

Paola Druille and Laura Pérez, eds., Filón de Alejandría: Método, filosofía y recepción (Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de La Pampa)
Nélida Naveros Córdova

Feb 1, 2025

Free Logos Resources for February

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Obadiah, 2nd ed. in the ZECOT series by Dan Block, The Steps of Humility and Pride by Bernard of Clairvaux, a free ebook, Good Morning, God, and the free audio book On Charity by Jonathan EdwardsYou can get these free resources and also other deals hereherehere, and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get A Heart Set Free: The Life of Charles Wesley by Arnold Dallimore for free here.

Jan 28, 2025

The Master's Seminary Journal 35:2

The latest volume of The Master's Seminary Journal (Fall 2024) is available here. Here is a list of the articles.

All That Is in a Name: Daniel’s Deliberate Christology and The Concept of the Son of Man
Abner Chou

The Heavenly Third Party in Job: A Preview of the Work of Christ
Jamie Bissmeyer

The Second Adam and the Necessity for Eschatological Earthly Dominion
Jason Beals

Are Your Temptations Like Jesus’ Temptations? Yes and No!
Jared Moore

An Interview with Iosif J. Zhakevich: The John MacArthur Publishing Group
Corey Williams and Iosif J. Zhakevich

Jesus’ Love for His Own: The Remnant in John
Mark Zhakevich

The Significance of the Divine Name in Peter’s Pentecost Sermon
Aaron Valdizan

Conversations with Jesus: Jesus and Saul
Austin T. Duncan

Colossians 1:16–17 and the Theological Implications of Christ as Creator and Sustainer
Jeffrey P. Tomkins

Jan 27, 2025

The Ten Plagues

 Marty Lockshin has a fascinating discussion here of the "Ten Plagues" in Exodus 7–12.

Jan 26, 2025

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.

Christopher G. Foster, Communal Participation in the Spirit: The Corinthian Correspondence in Light of Early Jewish Mysticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Mohr Siebeck)
Timothy Keiderling

Scott W. Hahn and Jeffrey L. Morrow, Modern Biblical Criticism as a Tool of Statecraft (1700–1900) (Emmaus Academic)
Shawn Kelley

Shulamit Laderman, Jewish Art in Late Antiquity: The State of Research in Ancient Jewish Art (Brill)
Christoph Uehlinger

Mark Allan Powell, Matthew: An Interpretation Bible Commentary (Westminster John Knox)
Duncan Reid

Daniel Wayne Roberts, The Pastoral Epistles and the New Perspective on Paul (Wipf & Stock)
Tobias Hägerland

Samuele Rocca, In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy (Brill)
Miriam Ben-Zeev

Simon Skidmore, Capital Punishment in the Pentateuch: Why the Bible Prescribes Ritual Killing (T&T Clark)
Viktor Ber

Joy L. Vaughan, Phenomenal Phenomena: Biblical and Mulitcultural Accounts of Spirits and Exorcism (Baylor University Press)
Tyler A. Stewart

The following reviews originally published in the Studia Philonica Annual have been added to RBL.

Risto Auvinen, Philo’s Influence on Valentinian Tradition (SBL Press)
M. David Litwa

Ernest P. Clark, Weak Elements, Weak Flesh: Reading Galatians in Conversation with Philo and Greek Medical Discourse (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Justin Rogers