Apostolic Fathers

  
Jeremiah Bailey has a pretty good advice for those who want to the study of the Apostolic Fathers.
 

Paul's Thorn in the Flesh

  
John Byron has finally and definitively identified Paul's thorn in the flesh (2 Cor 12:7).
 

Pastors Forced Out

  
Christianity Today has an interesting study on the frequency and reasons that pastors are forced out of churches. You can read it here.

 

How Much Time for Sermon Preparation?

  
See Gary McIntosh's good discussion of the time required for adequate sermon preparation here.

 

Keener on Interpretive Methods to Avoid

  
See Craig Keener's post on "Bible Interpretation Methods You Should Avoid."
 

Hurtado on NT Studies and the Septuagint

  
Larry Hurtado comments here on the importance of the Septuagint (LXX) for the study of the New Testament.

Latest Issue of Review of Biblical Literature

  

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews can be accessed by clicking the links below.

Bob Becking and Susan Hennecke, eds.
Out of Paradise: Eve and Adam and their Interpreters
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8017
Reviewed by Robert C. Kashow
 
Martin M. Culy
Echoes of Friendship in the Gospel of John
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8018
Reviewed by Anne M. O''Leary
 
James D. G. Dunn
Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8172
Reviewed by Raymond F. Collins
 
Tchavdar S. Hadjiev
The Composition and Redaction of the Book of Amos
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8207
Reviewed by Beth Stovell
 
Geir Otto Holmås
Prayer and Vindication in Luke-Acts: The Theme of Prayer within the Context of the Legitimating and Edifying Objective of the Lukan Narrative
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8159
Reviewed by Kenneth D. Litwak
 
Jack R. Lundbom
The Hebrew Prophets: An Introduction
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7738
Reviewed by Göran Eidevall
 
Marty Alan Michelson
Reconciling Violence and Kingship: A Study of Judges and 1 Samuel
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8234
Reviewed by Klaas Spronk
 
Seth D. Postell
Adam as Israel: Genesis 1-3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8169
Reviewed by John E. Anderson
 
Jaroslav Rindos
He of Whom It Is Written: John the Baptist and Elijah in Luke
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8044
Reviewed by Clare K. Rothschild
 
Clint Tibbs
Religious Experience of the Pneuma: Communication With the Spirit World in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7972
Reviewed by John Poirier

Free Audiobook: Ken Sande's Resolving Everyday Conflict

  
Christianaudio.com's free audiobook download for the month of April is Ken Sande's book Resolving Everyday Conflict. The publisher describes that book as,

". . . a practical, biblical, concise guide to peacemaking in everyday life that can turn tumultuous relationships into peaceful ones."

For more information or to get your download go here. 
 

The Temple at Caesarea Philippi

  
Gordon Franz has an interesting article related to the temple dedicated to Caesar Augustus at Caesarea Philippi. Caesearea Philippi is best known to Bible students as the place associated with Peter's confession of Christ (Matt 16:13-20; Mark 8:27-30; Luke 9:18-21; cf. John 6:67-71).
  

Samaritans and Passover

  
The Jerusalem Post has another story on the Samaritan observance, an observance which still includes animal sacrifice, of Passover. You can read the article here.
 

Christ-Centered Biblical Theology

  

Those who appreciate the work of Graeme Goldsworthy will be interested to know that he has a new book out entitled Christ-Centered Biblical Theology. "In this valuable complement to his Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics, Goldsworthy defends and refines the rationale for his approach, drawing especially on the work of Australian biblical scholar Donald Robinson." Here is the table of contents:

Preface
Abbreviations

1. Biblical theology: lame duck or eagles' wings?
Confessions of a biblical theology addict
The big questions about the big picture
The Robinson-Hebert schema
The role of Genesis 1--11
The question of reductionism
Why is biblical theology so neglected?

2. Evangelical definitions and presuppositions
Tentative steps towards a definition of biblical theology
Evangelical theological presuppositions in biblical theology
Evangelical hermeneutical presuppositions in biblical theology

3. Salvation and history
The idea of salvation history
The biblical history as salvation history
Salvation history within Scripture: Old Testament
Salvation history within Scripture: New Testament
Conclusions

4. Evangelical practice
The lack of consensus among evangelicals
The shaping of a biblical theologian: my debt to Donald Robinson
Some leading evangelical biblical theologians
Conclusions

5. Multiplex biblical theology
The problem of unity and diversity in method
Proponents of the multiplex approach
Conclusions

6. Letting the Old Testament speak I: biblical history
What kind of epoch?
The main foci in Old Testament history
Conclusions

7. Letting the Old Testament speak II: prophetic eschatology
The pattern of prophetic eschatology
The canonical shape
The main foci in prophetic eschatology
Conclusions

8. Letting the New Testament speak
Is the New Testament normative in the interpretation of the Old Testament?
Does the New Testament exhibit a structure of revelation?
The Abraham-David/Solomon axis and the fulfilment of prophecy
A comparison of approaches

9. Typology
Robinson's typology
Approaches to typology
Some issues in the debate
Macro-typology

10. The Robinson legacy
Robinson's typology and method in biblical theology
Israel and the church
Eschatology
Baptism
Assessment

11. How to do biblical theology
Is there a future for biblical theology?
Possibilities for biblical theology
Epilogue

Indexes

Thanks to Adrianna Wright and the kind folks at IVP Academic for sending a free review copy.