Sep 26, 2020

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.

Kai Akagi, Proclaiming the Judge of the Living and the Dead: The Christological Significance of Judgment in Acts 10 and 17
Reviewed by Steve Walton

Warren Carter, Mark
Reviewed by Barry S. Crawford

Matthew Colvin, The Lost Supper: Revisiting Passover and the Origins of the Eucharist
Reviewed by Brant Pitre

Brian P. Gault, Body as Landscape, Love as Intoxication: Conceptual Metaphors in the Song of Songs
Reviewed by Laura Quick

Jione Havea, ed., Sea of Readings: The Bible in the South Pacific
Reviewed by Michelle Eastwood

Michael R. Licona, Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? What We Can Learn from Ancient Biography
Reviewed by Eve-Marie Becker

David Marcus, Hidden Treasure: Doublet Catchwords in the Leningrad Codex
Reviewed by Timothy G. Crawford

Stephen Mitchell and Philipp Pilhofer, eds., Early Christianity in Asia Minor and Cyprus: From the Margins to the Mainstream
Reviewed by Raymond Van Dam

Brent Nongbri, God’s Library: The Archaeology of the Earliest Christian Manuscripts
Reviewed by Juan Hernández

Joachim Schaper, Media and Monotheism: Presence, Representation, and Abstraction in Ancient Judea
Reviewed by Dominik Markl

Sep 25, 2020

Free Conference: The Archaeology of Israel: Where Are We Today?

The Purchase College History Program and the History Club is offering a free conference via zoom on "The Archaeology of Israel: Where Are We Today?" The webinar will be on October 13, 2020 at 4:00 PM EST, Unfortunately, there are no details about the speaker(s) or topics. Hopefully, these details will be shared soon. You can see a web page on the event here.

Sep 24, 2020

Psalm 31 Links

I have been working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 31 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Literary analysis of Psalm 31: http://psalmsstudy.com/psalms-literary-analysis-by-chapter/literary-analysis-psalm-31

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps031.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_031.pdf

Sermon Writer: https://sermonwriter.com/biblical-commentary/psalm-31-commentary 

Steven J. Cole, “Psalm 31: The Remedy for Stress”: https://bible.org/seriespage/psalm-31-remedy-stress

Sep 23, 2020

Erastus of Corinth

Carl Rasmussen has a helpful post here on Erastus of Corinth, a personage mentioned in Acts 19:22; Romans 16:13; 2 Timothy 4:20.

Sep 22, 2020

Where Was Galatia and Who Were Considered Galatians?

Wrapped up in the seemingly innocuous question above is a much discussed debate about the dating of Paul's epistle to the Galatians and the correspondence of Galatians 2:1-10 and the book of Acts, most notably Acts 11:30/12:25 or Acts 15:1-35. The issues are complex and part of the discussion is sometimes simply framed in academic shorthand as the Northern or Southern Galatian views. I fall within the less popular Southern Galatian view and see correspondence between the Jerusalem visits noted Galatians 2 and Acts 11. So I was happy to see Mark Wilson's recent, brief but informative, article in Biblical Archaeology Review: "Galatia in Text, Geography, and Archaeology” (Fall 2020). The article's main contribution in my view is to provide inscriptional evidence that might support the Southern Galatian view. You can read a condensed version for free here but if you are interested in the topic, you should take a look at the complete article.

Sep 21, 2020

Psalm 30 Links

I have been working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 30 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Literary analysis of Psalm 30: http://psalmsstudy.com/psalms-literary-analysis-by-chapter/literary-analysis-psalm-30-turned-lament-dancing

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps030.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_030.pdf