Latest Issue of Review of Biblical Literature

The latest issue of the Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews that may be of interest to those interested in Bible exposition include:

Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, S.J., and Tom Thatcher, eds.
John, Jesus, and History: Volume 1, Critical Appraisals of Critical Views
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6151
Reviewed by Mark A. Matson

Carol Bakhos, ed.
Current Trends in the Study of Midrash
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6096
Reviewed by Siam Bhayro

David Catchpole
Jesus People: The Historical Jesus and the Beginnings of Community
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6187
Reviewed by Paul Foster

John Granger Cook
The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6014
Reviewed by David Lincicum

Brad E. Kelle
Ancient Israel at War 853-586 BC
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5933
Reviewed by T. M. Lemos

Thomas J. Kraus
Ad fontes: Original Manuscripts and Their Significance for Studying Early Christianity: Selected Essays
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6295
Reviewed by Christopher Tuckett

Amy-Jill Levine, ed., with Maria Mayo Robbins
A Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5408
Reviewed by Heike Omerzu

Yuzuru Miura
David in Luke-Acts: His Portrayal in the Light of Early Judaism
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6199
Reviewed by Steven Cox

Stephen W. Need
The Gospels Today: Challenging Readings of John, Mark, Luke and Matthew
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6066
Reviewed by Peter J. Judge

Birger A. Pearson
Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6053
Reviewed by Philip L. Tite

Richard D. Phillips
Hebrews
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6070
Reviewed by Knut Backhaus

Brant Pitre
Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile: Restoration Eschatology and the Origin of the Atonement
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5514
Reviewed by John A. Dennis

Laurence M. Vance
Guide to Prepositions in the Greek New Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6269
Reviewed by Paul Elbert

Robby Waddell
The Spirit of the Book of Revelation
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6122
Reviewed by Jan A. du Rand

Mark Wilson
Charts on the Book of Revelation: Literary, Historical, and Theological Perspectives
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6229
Reviewed by Jan G. van der Watt

Magnus Zetterholm, ed.
The Messiah in Early Judaism and Christianity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6217
Reviewed by James H. Charlesworth