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.

Todd S. Berzon
Classifying Christians: Ethnography, Heresiology, and the Limits of Knowledge in Late Antiquity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11190
Reviewed by Robert M. Royalty Jr.

Collin Blake Bullard
Jesus and the Thoughts of Many Hearts: Implicit Christology and Jesus’ Knowledge in the Gospel of Luke
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10394
Reviewed by Tyler Smith

Anthony Le Donne
A Study Companion to The Bible: An Introduction
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9904
Reviewed by Johanna Friedl

Karoline M. Lewis
John
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10195
Reviewed by Chang Seon An

Robert MacEwen
Matthean Posteriority: An Exploration of Matthew’s Use of Mark and Luke as a Solution to the Synoptic Problem
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10391
Reviewed by J. Andrew Doole

Matthieu Richelle
Guide pour l’exégèse de l’Ancien Testament: Méthodes, exemples et instruments de travail
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9162
Reviewed by Olivier-Thomas Venard

Clare K Rothschild
Paul in Athens: The Popular Religious Context of Acts 17
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10265
Reviewed by Troy M. Troftgruben

Brian Schmidt, ed.
Contextualizing Israel’s Sacred Writings: Ancient Literacy, Orality, and Literary Production
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10548
Reviewed by Gareth Wearne

Craig A. Smith
2 Timothy
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11242
Reviewed by Robert W. Wall

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Zechariah’s Vision Report and Its Earliest Interpreters: A Redaction-Critical Study of Zechariah 1–8
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11173
Reviewed by Max Rogland

Wipf & Stock 50%-Off Sale

Wipf and Stock is having a 50%-off sale. The sale is good until April 3. Use code INV50 at checkout to get the discount. Here is a list of the books on sale.

Is This Really Satire

The Babylon Bee has this post about choosing a dissertation topic. But those who have been through the process of trying to select a topic know how true to life this can be!

Word Studies for Those that Don't Know Hebrew or Greek

Jackson Wu has some helpful advice here for doing word studies when you don't know Hebrew or Greek.

Free Audio of a Dan Wallace Textual Criticism Course

You can download free audio of a textual criticism course by Dan Wallace here. Note video and other options are not free but the audio portion is. I am also unsure of how long it will be free so you might want to take advantage of the opportunity sooner rather than later.

Why Are Academic Books So Expensive?

Thomas Kidd explains here.

Exegesis vs Exposition

Michael Duduit explains the difference between exegesis and exposition here.

Missions and Hermeneutics

Will Brooks argues that training in biblical interpretation should be an integral part of every missions strategy here.