Dec 10, 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.

R. Alan Culpepper and Jörg Frey, eds., Expressions of the Johannine Kerygma in John 2:23–5:18: Historical, Literary, and Theological Readings from the Colloquium Ioanneum 2017 in Jerusalem (Mohr Siebeck)
Paul N. Anderson

Brandon W. Hawk, Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England (University of Toronto Press)
Anthony C. Swindell

Larry G. Herr, Douglas R. Clark, Lawrence T. Geraty, and Monique D. Vincent, eds., The 2006 Season at Tall al-ʿUmayri and Subsequent Studies (Eisenbrauns)
Piotr Bienkowski

Johannes C. de Moor, Micah (Peeters)
Yisca Zimran

Ronald L. Troxel, Commentary on the Old Greek and Peshitta of Isaiah 1–25 (SBL Press) H. F. van Rooy

Dec 9, 2022

A Grotto or a Stable?

Leen Ritmyer has an interesting discussion here on where Jesus was born. I am not sure he is right but well worth checking out.

Dec 8, 2022

Psalm 98

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 98 (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/ps098.pdf

Eric Mathis: https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=1827

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_098.pdf

Psalm 98 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/111

Dec 7, 2022

Psalm 22:9-10

Lee Fields has a nice analysis of the Hebrew in Psalm 22:9-10 here.

Dec 6, 2022

Wealth and Possessions according to Acts 11–28

Steve Walton has made his slides from his presentation at SBL on wealth and possessions according to Acts 11–28 available here.

Dec 5, 2022

Biblical Cookware and Crockery

Nava Panitz-Cohen has an excellent introduction to biblical cookware and crockery here.

Dec 4, 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.

Andrew Faulkner, ed., Apollinaris of Laodicea Metaphrasis Psalmorum (Oxford University Press)
Felix Albrecht

Iain Gardner, The Founder of Manichaeism: Rethinking the Life of Mani (Cambridge University Press)
Timothy Pettipiece

Arco den Heijer, Portraits of Paul’s Performance in the Book of Acts: Luke’s Apologetic Strategy in the Depiction of Paul as Messenger of God (Mohr Siebeck)
Daniel B. Glover

Victor H. Matthews, The History of Bronze and Iron Age Israel (Oxford University Press)
Lester L. Grabbe

Jennifer Otto, Philo of Alexandria and the Construction of Jewishness in Early Christian Writings (Oxford University Press)
Gregory E. Sterling

Kyriakos Savvidis and Dietmar Wyrwa, eds., Epistula ad Marcellinum (De Gruyter)
Johan Leemans and Laura Mariotti

Mary E. Sommar, The Slaves of the Churches: A History (Oxford University Press)
Anders Martinsen

Jacob Stromberg and J. Todd Hibbard, eds., The History of Isaiah: The Formation of the Book and Its Presentation of the Past (Mohr Siebeck)
Hyun Chul Paul Kim