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.
James K. Aitken, ed.
T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10386
Reviewed by Siegfried Kreuzer
Stine Birk
Depicting the Dead: Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10614
Reviewed by Eric C. Smith
Sebastian Fink
Benjamin Whorf, die Sumerer und der Einfluss der Sprache auf das Denken
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10856
Reviewed by Michael S. Moore
Stephen E. Fowl
Ephesians: Being a Christian at Home and in the Cosmos
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10219
Reviewed by Julia Lambert Fogg
John Paul Heil
The Book of Revelation: Worship for Life in the Spirit of Prophecy
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10002
Reviewed by Russell Morton
Yael Klangwisan
Earthing the Cosmic Queen: Relevance Theory and the Song of Songs
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9826
Reviewed by Dianne Bergant
Ilaria L. E. Ramelli
Evagrius’s Kephalaia Gnostika: A New Translation of the Unreformed Text from the Syriac
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10904
Reviewed by Timothy Pettipiece
Stanley E. Porter
John, His Gospel, and Jesus: In Pursuit of the Johannine Voice
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10830
Reviewed by Cornelis Bennema
Sigmund Mowinckel; trans. Mark E. Biddle
Psalm Studies
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10081
Reviewed by Phil J. Botha
Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins
Nov 11, 2016
Luke 2:1-7
James Gray discusses Luke 2:1-7 here. This post does a good job of summarizing some of the problematic issues related to this text. Those working on Christmas sermons or lessons might find it useful.
Nov 10, 2016
Characteristics of Faith According to Hebrews 11
George Guthrie discusses six characteristics of biblical faith according to Hebrews 11 here.
Nov 9, 2016
Robert Hubbard on Books for Genesis — Ruth
Robert Hubbard has a nice run through here of books which you might want to consider in building an Old Testament library covering Genesis — Ruth.
Nov 7, 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.
James S. Anderson
Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10729
Reviewed by Steve Wiggins
Robert L. Brawley
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10163
Reviewed by Volker Rabens
Natalio Fernández Marcos, M. Victoria Spottorno Díaz-Caro, Jose Manuel Cañas Reillo, Mercedes López Salvá, Inmaculada Delgado Jara, Antonio Piñero Sáenz, and Lorena Miralles Maciá, trans.
La Biblia griega Septuaginta 3: Libros poéticos y sapienciales
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9694
Reviewed by Thomas J. Kraus
Deirdre N. Fulton
Reconsidering Nehemiah's Judah: The Case of MT and LXX Nehemia 11–12
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10838
Reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Lars Kierspel
Charts on the Life and Letters of Paul
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9124
Reviewed by Corneliu Constantineanu
Susan Marks and Hal Taussig, eds.
Meals in Early Judaism: Social Formation at the Table
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10807
Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz
Benjamin Richler
Guide to Hebrew Manuscript Collections
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10919
Reviewed by Christopher Dost
J. J. M. Roberts
First Isaiah
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11068
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney
Reviewed by H. G. M. Williamson
Jack M. Sasson
From the Mari Archives: An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10716
Reviewed by Amanda H. Podany
James S. Anderson
Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10729
Reviewed by Steve Wiggins
Robert L. Brawley
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10163
Reviewed by Volker Rabens
Natalio Fernández Marcos, M. Victoria Spottorno Díaz-Caro, Jose Manuel Cañas Reillo, Mercedes López Salvá, Inmaculada Delgado Jara, Antonio Piñero Sáenz, and Lorena Miralles Maciá, trans.
La Biblia griega Septuaginta 3: Libros poéticos y sapienciales
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9694
Reviewed by Thomas J. Kraus
Deirdre N. Fulton
Reconsidering Nehemiah's Judah: The Case of MT and LXX Nehemia 11–12
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10838
Reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Lars Kierspel
Charts on the Life and Letters of Paul
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9124
Reviewed by Corneliu Constantineanu
Susan Marks and Hal Taussig, eds.
Meals in Early Judaism: Social Formation at the Table
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10807
Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz
Benjamin Richler
Guide to Hebrew Manuscript Collections
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10919
Reviewed by Christopher Dost
J. J. M. Roberts
First Isaiah
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11068
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney
Reviewed by H. G. M. Williamson
Jack M. Sasson
From the Mari Archives: An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10716
Reviewed by Amanda H. Podany
Nov 6, 2016
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