The Latest Issue of the 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. 

Jacob Paxy Alumkal, The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ Implied in the Image of the Paschal Lamb in 1 Cor 5:7: An Intertextual, Exegetical and Theological Study
Reviewed by Rob A. Fringer

Bradford A. Anderson and Jonathan Kearney, eds., Ireland and the Reception of the Bible: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Reviewed by Anthony Swindell

Michele Cammarosano, Hittite Local Cults
Reviewed by Selim Ferruh Adalı

Shawn W. Flynn, Children in Ancient Israel: The Hebrew Bible and Mesopotamia in Comparative Perspective
Reviewed by Kristine Henriksen Garroway

David B. Gowler, The Parables after Jesus: Their Imaginative Receptions across Two Millennia
Reviewed by Mikeal C. Parsons

Naomi S. S. Jacobs, Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink: A Commentary
Reviewed by Jordan D. Rosenblum

William Johnstone, Exodus 20–40
Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Sara Kipfer, ed., Visualizing Emotions in the Ancient Near East
Reviewed by John R. L. Moxon

Aaron J. Kogon and Jean-Philippe Fontanille, The Coinage of Herod Antipas: A Study and Die Classification of the Earliest Coins of Galilee
Reviewed by David Hendin

Andreas J. Köstenberger, Commentary on 1–2 Timothy and Titus
Reviewed by Michael Scott Robertson

Elisabeth Lorenz, Ein Jesusbild im Horizont des Nationalsozialismus
Reviewed by Werner H. Kelber

Jan Stievermann, ed., Biblia Americana: America’s First Bible Commentary; A Synoptic Commentary on the Old and New Testaments: Volume 5: Proverbs–Jeremiah  

Reviewed by Adriaan Neele

Was Bathsheba Bathing or Washing

Most are familiar with the infamous encounter of David with Bathsheba. But one question that arises in 2 Samuel 11 is whether Bathsheba was bathing (hygienic) or washing (cultic) when David saw her. Claude Mariottini has a nice discussion on the issue here.

Where Pastors Go to Prepare Their Sermons

Thom Rainer discusses it here.

Teaching Genesis

Go here to see links to resources and an interview with Richard Phillips on teaching Genesis.

Stephen's Sermon in Acts 7

Peter Mead discusses seven preaching pointers from Stephen's sermon in Acts 7 here.

Psalm 51

William Ross has some interesting thoughts on Psalm 51, especially vv. 18-19 here.

The Latest Issue of the 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.

Allison Glazebrook and Barbara Tsakirgis, eds., Houses of Ill Repute: The Archaeology of Brothels, Houses, and Taverns in the Greek World
Reviewed by Allen Kerkeslager

John Goldingay, Reading Jesus’s Bible: How the New Testament Helps Us Understand the Old Testament
Reviewed by Nathan Bills

Edward Allen Jones III, Reading Ruth in the Restoration Period: A Call for Inclusion
Reviewed by Brandon R. Grafius

Gloria London, Ancient Cookware from the Levant: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective
Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Lidia D. Matassa, Invention of the First-Century Synagogue
Reviewed by Chad Spigel

John L. McLaughlin, An Introduction to Israel’s Wisdom Traditions
Reviewed by David Penchansky

David J. Neville, The Vehement Jesus: Grappling with Troubling Gospel Texts
Reviewed by Hector Avalos

Alexandra Robinson, Jude on the Attack: A Comparative Analysis of the Epistle of Jude, Jewish Judgement Oracles, and Greco-Roman Invective
Reviewed by Peter H. Davids

Kimberly D. Russaw, Daughters in the Hebrew Bible
Reviewed by Laura Quick

Ze’ev Safrai, Seeking Out the Land: Land of Israel Traditions in Ancient Jewish, Christian and Samaritan Literature (200 BCE–400 CE)
Reviewed by Benjamin D. Gordon

Mark Scarlata, The Abiding Presence: A Theological Commentary on Exodus
Reviewed by Justin Young

Sissel Undheim, Borderline Virginities: Sacred and Secular Virgins in Late Antiquity 
Reviewed by Susan E. Hylen