Mar 12, 2022

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 to read them.

Daniel L. Akin and Thomas W. Hudgins, eds., Getting into the Text: New Testament Essays in Honor of David Alan Black
Panayotis Coutsoumpos

David J. Downs and Benjamin J. Lappenga, The Faithfulness of the Risen Christ: Pistis and the Exalted Lord in the Pauline Letters
M. Eugene Boring

Amy Erickson, Jonah: Introduction and Commentary
L. Juliana Claassens

Erich S. Gruen, Ethnicity in the Ancient World: Did It Matter?
Shaye J. D. Cohen

Brandon W. Hawk, The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and the Nativity of Mary
Ally Kateusz

Andreas Höfele, Christoph Levin, and Richard Müller, eds., Chaos from the Ancient World to Early Modernity: Formations of the Formless
Jordan M. Scheetz

Saul M. Olyan and Jordan D. Rosenblum, eds., Animals and the Law in Antiquity
Joshua Schwartz

Priya Paul, Beyond the Breach: An Exegetical Study of John 4:1–42 as a Text of Jewish–Samaritan Reconciliation
Sergio Zapata Grajales

Agnethe Siquans, ed., Biblical Women in Patristic Reception / Biblische Frauen in patristischer Rezeption
Maria E. Doerfler

Jerry L. Sumney, The Bible: An Introduction
Adam L. Porter

Mar 11, 2022

Putin and Imprecatory Psalms

How one understands and applies the imprecatory psalms (or psalms with imprecations as I prefer to call them) is a matter of debate. But Tish Harrison Warren argues here that it is okay to "Go Ahead. Pray for Putin’s Demise."

Mar 10, 2022

Tax Tips for Pastors

This is a pretty helpful overview concerning tax issues for pastors (and perhaps others in full-time ministry).

Mar 8, 2022

Psalm 69

I am 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 69 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps069.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_069.pdf

John Piper, Pour Out Your Indignation Upon Them: https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/pour-out-your-indignation-upon-them

Psalm 69 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/82

Mar 7, 2022

Leviticus 16: Azazel or “Scapegoat”

Here is a good post discussing the issues even if one doesn't agree with the final conclusions.

Mar 6, 2022

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 to read them.

John Behr, John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology
James D. Romano

Kylie Crabbe, Luke/Acts and the End of History
Jason F. Moraff

Martin Ebner, Der Brief an Philemon
Roy R. Jeal

Seth M. Ehorn, 2 Maccabees 1–7: A Handbook on the Greek Text
Jean Maurais

Ingrid Faro, Evil in Genesis: A Contextual Analysis of Hebrew Lexemes for Evil in the Book of Genesis
Ziony Zevit

John Merrill and Hershel Shanks, eds., Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple
Yigal Levin

Roman A. Montero, Jesus’s Manifesto: The Sermon on the Plain
Mary J. Marshall

Johannes C. de Moor, Micah
Christopher R. Seitz

Hauna T. Ondrey, The Minor Prophets as Christian Scripture in the Commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria
Kevin M. Clarke

Anders Runesson and Daniel M. Gurtner, eds,. Matthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel
David Z. Blackwell