Apr 22, 2017

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.

Jeff W. Childers, trans.; George A. Kiraz, ed.
The Antioch Bible: The Gospel of Luke according to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation (Syriac Edition)
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10038
Reviewed by David A. Smith

Karin Finsterbusch and Armin Lange, eds.
Texts and Contexts of Jeremiah: The Exegesis of Jeremiah 1 and 10 in Light of Text and Reception History
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11321
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Simon Gathercole
Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10364
Reviewed by Don Garlington

Jogy Cheruvathoor George
The Metaphor of Shepherd in the Gospel of Mark
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10654
Reviewed by Wayne Baxter

Jean-Daniel Macchi
Le livre d’Esther
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11320
Reviewed by Kristin De Troyer

Scot McKendrick, David Parker, Amy Myshrall, and Cillian O’Hogan, eds.
Codex Sinaiticus: New Perspectives on the Ancient Biblical Manuscript
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10713
Reviewed by S. Matthew Solomon

Paola Mollo
An Intratextual Analysis of the Mirroring Birth Stories of Samson and Samuel: Explaining the Narrative Logic of Literary Montage
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11063
Reviewed by Catherine Lewis-Smith

Susanne Scholz and Pablo R. Andiñach, eds.
La Violencia and the Hebrew Bible: The Politics and Histories of Biblical Hermeneutics on the American Continent
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11283
Reviewed by Hector Avalos
Reviewed by Brandon Grafius

Jan van der Watt, ed.
The Quest for the Real Jesus: Radboud Prestige Lectures by Prof. Dr. Michael Wolter
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9401
Reviewed by Stephan Witetschek

Apr 21, 2017

Witherington on Adam and the Genome

I have been enjoying Ben Witherington's interaction with the book Adam and the Genome by Dennis Venema and Scot McKnight. I am not sure how many posts Witherington will do but the first five are here, here, here, here, and here.

Apr 19, 2017

Christ's Resurrection and Missions

William Barrick has some great thoughts here on Christ's resurrection and missions.

Apr 18, 2017

Zondervan Lecture Videos Sale

Zondervan is offering its lecture videos at 55%-off with free shipping. This sale is only good for three days, April 18-20. Use the source code VIDEO. You can check it out here.

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Paying Taxes in Biblical Times

Livia Gershon talks about the process of paying taxes in biblical times here.

Apr 17, 2017

Biblical Chronology

Rodger You has links to a number of resources related to biblical chronology here.

HT: Kevin Woodruff