Fee on How to Read the Bible Better

  

See this post which summarizes an article by Gordon Fee on how to read the Bible better. I wholeheartedly concur with Fee's suggestions.

HT: Todd Bolen
 

Outreach Resources of the Year

  

Some might be interested in this list of the best outreach resources of 2010.

  

Latest Issue of Review of Biblical Literature

  

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews that may be of interest from a Bible Exposition perspective include:

Matthew E. Carlton
Translator's Reference Translation of the Gospel of Luke
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7165
Reviewed by Sylvie Raquel
 
Youn Ho Chung
The Sin of the Calf: The Rise of the Bible's Negative Attitude toward the Golden Calf
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7633
Reviewed by Raz Kletter
 
Werner H. Kelber and Samuel Byrskog, eds.
Jesus in Memory: Traditions in Oral and Scribal Perspectives
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7538
Reviewed by Stephan Witetschek
 
Michael Lattke
The Odes of Solomon
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7349
Reviewed by Majella Franzmann
 
Adrian Long
Paul and Human Rights: A Dialogue with the Father of the Corinthian Community
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7496
Reviewed by Ronald R. Clark
 
Mark Allan Powell, ed.
Methods for Matthew
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7412
Reviewed by InHee Cho
 
Thomas Römer, ed.
The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7002
Reviewed by William A. Tooman
 
David Rosenberg
A Literary Bible: An Original Translation
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7446
Reviewed by John Engle
 
Gerd Theißen
Erleben und Verhalten der ersten Christen: Eine Psychologie des Urchristentums
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6521
Reviewed by Wayne Coppins
 
Ellen van Wolde
Reframing Biblical Studies: When Language and Text Meet Culture, Cognition, and Context
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7410
Reviewed by Frank Polak 

Slinging: This Way or That?

  
Seth Rodriquez, has a fascinating guest post at Todd Bolen's excellent BiblePlaces blog on ancient slinging technique. By the way, I recently made a sling in preparation for an upcoming presentation of the David and Goliath story but I haven't tried it out. I think that it would be wise to hide the women and children regardless of which technique I use!
    

Michael Vlach Has a Blog

  
If you have appreciated the work of Michael Vlach as I have you might be interested to know that he has a blog which can be found here.
 

Varner on Lessons Learned in the Study of the Psalms

  
William Varner has a nice post on the lessons he learned in his study of the psalms. Check it out here.
 

Timothy Keller's New Book King's Cross 60% Off

  
I don't know much about the book, but Timothy Keller's King's Cross is on sale for one week only (Sale Ends Monday, Feb. 28th) at 60%  off (or $10.38) at the Westminster Book store. Go here. You can browse the book here.

A Comparison of the Healing Accounts in Acts 9:32-43

  

I was looking through some of my files and came upon this table I created several years back. Maybe it will be of interest to someone.

   

SOME DIFFERENCES
Acts 9:32–35	Acts 9:36–43
Peter comes to Lydda on his own	Peter asked to come to Joppa
Miracle occurs in Lydda	Miracle occurs in Joppa
A certain man	A certain female disciple
Nature of the problem: paralysis	Nature of the problem: death
No prayer mentioned	Prayer mentioned
SOME SIMILARITIES
Both miracles involve Peter
Peter addresses both people by name
Peter tells both people to arise
Both are restored immediately
Both miracles result in people being converted