Dec 16, 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. 

Donald L. Berry
Glory in Romans and the Unified Purpose of God in Redemptive History
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11212
Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Cockrell

C. L. Crouch
An Introduction to the Study of Jeremiah
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11633
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

A. Andrew Das
Paul and the Stories of Israel: Grand Thematic Narratives in Galatians
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11318
Reviewed by Bart J. Koet and Jaap F. van der Meij

Torleif Elgvin, Kipp Davis, and Michael Langlois, eds.
Gleanings from the Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls and Artefacts from the Schoyen Collection
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11370
Reviewed by Peter Porzig

Garrett Galvin
David’s Successors: Kingship in the Old Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11421
Reviewed by David G. Firth

John Goldingay
An Introduction to the Old Testament: Exploring Text, Approaches and Issues
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11499
Reviewed by Bálint Károly Zabán

Bernd Janowski and Enno Edzard Popkes, eds.
Das Geheimnis der Gegenwart Gottes
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10302
Reviewed by Pieter de Vries

Richard N. Longenecker
The Epistle to the Romans
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11253
Reviewed by Mark Reasoner

Anne-Françoise Loiseau
L’influence de l’araméen sur les traducteurs de la LXX principalement, sue les traducteurs grecs postérieurs, ainsi que sur les scribes de la Vorlage de la LXX
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11417
Reviewed by Theo van der Louw

Joel R. Soza
Lucifer, Leviathan, Lilith, and Other Mysterious Creatures of the Bible
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11674
Reviewed by Robin C. McCall

Dec 15, 2017

Evidence for Interpreting the Temple in Ezekiel 40-48 Literally

Martin Henebury identifies 10 lines of evidence for interpreting the temple in Ezekiel 40-48 literally here.

Dec 14, 2017

The Temptation to Retranslate the Lord's Prayer

Many of you have probably already heard about the Pope's call for a "better translation” of one of the verses in the Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:13). But Anthony Esolen argues here, and rightly in my opinion, that this suggestion is misguided at best.

Dec 13, 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. 

Matthias Becker
Porphyrios, ‘Contra Christianos’: Neue Sammlung der Fragmente, Testimonien und Dubia mit Einleitung, Übersetzung und Anmerkungen
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10962
Reviewed by John Granger Cook

David Alan Black and Jacob N. Cerone, eds.
The Pericope of the Adulteress in Contemporary Research
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11269
Reviewed by Zachary J. Cole

David A. deSilva
Galatians: A Handbook on the Greek Text
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10155
Reviewed by Richard Manly Adams Jr.

Jonathan Gibson
Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11477
Reviewed by Pamela J. Scalise

Barbara Green
David’s Capacity for Compassion: A Literary-Hermeneutical Study of 1–2 Samuel
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11700
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Adam Gregerman
Building on the Ruins of the Temple
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11395
Reviewed by Daniel M. Gurtner

Mercedes Navarro Puerto and Marinella Perroni, eds.
Gospels: Narrative and History
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10742
Reviewed by Glenna S. Jackson

Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts
Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10967
Reviewed by S. Matthew Solomon

Keith A. Stone
Singing Moses’ Song: A Performance-Critical Analysis of Deuteronomy’s Song of Moses
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11651
Reviewed by Don C. Benjamin

Urban von Wahlde
Gnosticism, Docetism, and the Judaisms of the First Century: The Search for the Wider Context of the Johannine Literature and Why It Matters
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10425
Reviewed by Jan G. van der Watt

Dec 12, 2017

Books: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

Nijay Gupta discusses his favorite academic books for 2017 here. Meanwhile, Tim Challies identifies the top 5 most ridiculous Christian bestsellers here.

Dec 11, 2017

2017 Advanced Expository Preaching Workshop

Free video for this year's Advanced Expository Preaching Workshop featuring Philemon is now available here.