Nov 5, 2016

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 but unfortunately you must be a SBL member.

Ward Blanton
A Materialism for the Masses: Saint Paul and the Philosophy of Undying Life
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9971
Reviewed by Steven J. Kraftchick
Reviewed by Joseph A. Marchal

Emma England and William John Lyons, eds.
Reception History and Biblical Studies: Theory and Practice
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10539
Reviewed by C. L. Seow

Irving Finkel and Jonathan Taylor
Cuneiform: Ancient Scripts
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10593
Reviewed by John L. Ellison

Stephan Hagenow
Heilige Gemeinde – Sündige Christen: Zum Umgang mit postkonversionaler Sünde bei Paulus und in weiteren Texten des Urchristentums
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8883
Reviewed by Lars Kierspel

Julia Linke
Das Charisma der Könige: Zur Konzeption des altorientalischen Königtums im Hinblick auf Urartu
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10722
Reviewed by Michael S. Moore

Caterina Moro
I sandali di Mosè: Storia di una tradizione ebraica
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8938
Reviewed by Andrea Ravasco

Daniel D. Pioske
David’s Jerusalem: Between Memory and History
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10823
Reviewed by Kyle H. Keimer

Pamela Shellberg
Cleansed Lepers, Cleansed Hearts: Purity and Healing in Luke-Acts
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10239
Reviewed by Kindalee Pfremmer De Long
Reviewed by Sharon Jacob

Nov 4, 2016

Grant Osborne on the Book of Revelation

Grant Osborne writes about four keys to kindling your love for the Book of Revelation here.

Nov 3, 2016

Thoughts on Luke-Acts Commentaries

Joshua Mann has three very brief thoughts on Luke-Acts commentaries here.

Nov 1, 2016

Free Logos Book for November: Philippians: How to Have Joy

The free Logos Book of the Month for November is Philippians: How to Have Joy from Precept Ministries International. You can also purchase the volume on Jonah for .99 cents. For  these offers you can go to the Logos' Free Book of Month page here.

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 but unfortunately you must be a SBL member.

Mette Bundvad
Time in the Book of Ecclesiastes
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10974
Reviewed by Doug Ingram

Douglas A. Campbell
Framing Paul: An Epistolary Biography
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10132
Reviewed by Matthew V. Novenson

Hubert Irsigler
“Denk an deinen Schöpfer”: Studien zum Verständnis von Gott, Mensch und Volk im Alten Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10647
Reviewed by Judith Gärtner

Yael Cameron Klangwisan
Jouissance: A Cixousian Encounter with the Song of Songs
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10473
Reviewed by Rhiannon Graybill

Judith Lieu
Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second Century
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10411
Reviewed by Dylan M. Burns

Nicholas P. Lunn
The Original Ending of Mark: A New Case for the Authenticity of Mark 16:9–20
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10054
Reviewed by Elizabeth E. Shively

Anna C. Miller
Corinthian Democracy: Democratic Discourse in 1 Corinthians
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10354
Reviewed by Joseph A. Marchal

Takamitsu Muraoka
A Biblical Aramaic Reader: With an Outline Grammar
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10842
Reviewed by Jordan M. Scheetz

Thomas Römer
Dark God: Cruelty, Sex, and Violence in the Old Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9266
Reviewed by John E. Anderson

Alexei M. Sivertsev
Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8223
Reviewed by Adam Marshak

Oct 30, 2016

Why Study Theology?

Scott Redd gives you seven reasons here.