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.

James P. Byrd, A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War (Oxford University Press)
Adele Reinhartz

Bart L. F. Kamphuis, New Testament Conjectural Emendation in the Nineteenth Century: Jan Hendrik Holwerda as a Pioneer of Method (Brill)
Chris S. Stevens

Joachim J. Krause and Kristin Weingart, eds., Exegetik des Alten Testaments: Bausteine für eine Theorie der Exegese (Mohr Siebeck)
Thomas Hieke

Bernd U. Schipper, Proverbs 1–15 (Fortress)
Richard J. Clifford

Joseph Too Shao and Rosa Ching Shao, Joel, Nahum, and Malachi: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary (Langham Global Library)

Mitchel Modine

Lieve M. Teugels, The Meshalim in the Mekhilot: An Annotated Edition and Translation of the Parables in Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael and Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Mohr Siebeck)
Joshua Schwartz

Mark Zhakevich, Follow Me: The Benefits of Discipleship in the Gospel of John (Lexington/Fortress Academic) Christopher Seglenieks

The Theology of Ephesians

Ben Merkle writes about it here.

What Your Professors Wish You Knew

This is a very good post articulating much of what I eventually understood as a student and what I believe now as an educator.

HT: Sheri Klouda

What Creation Teaches Us about God

There is a brief but helpful discussion here.

Psalm 87

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 87 (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/ps087.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_087.pdf

Psalm 87 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/100

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.

Rachelle Gilmour, Divine Violence in the Book of Samuel (Oxford University Press)
Diana Abernethy

Heidi J. Hornik, Ian Boxall, and Bobbi Dykema, eds., The Art of Biblical Interpretation: Visual Portrayals of Scriptural Narratives (SBL Press)
Nicola E. Hayward

Jacob Klein and Yitschak Sefati, From the Workshop of the Mesopotamian Scribe: Literary and Scholarly Texts from the Old Babylonian Period (Eisenbrauns)
John Hayes

Scot McKnight and B. J. Oropeza, eds., Perspectives on Paul: Five Views (Baker Academic)
B. G. White

Benedict Schöning, Geschwisterlichkeit lernen: Eine neue theologische Einschätzung der Aufstiegserzählung Davids (Kohlhammer)
Sara Kipfer

Nicklas Tobias, Studien zum Petrusevangelium (Mohr Siebeck)
Angela Standhartinger

The Meaning of “Stronghold” in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Ken Berding has a good explanation here of the meaning of “stronghold” in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5. I also agree that, "when we use biblical language, we ought to use it the way the Bible uses it" and unfortunately, Christians often don't when it comes to this term.