Journal for the Study of the New Testament 45:3

The latest articles from of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament are available now. Here is a list of the articles and links to abstracts. 

In Defence of ‘Theological’ Readings of the New Testament
Jonathan Rowlands

The Perils of Premature Judgment: Reading Matthew 21.18–22.14 with the Fig Tree
Rebecca L. Copeland

Gnats, Camels, and Matthew’s Use of Luke
Alan Garrow

Happy Reading: Textual Self-Consciousness and Human Flourishing in the Macarisms of Lk 11.28, Gos. Thom. 79.2, and Rev. 1.3
Kenneth Trax

Epicurean Critical Praxis and Philonian Metaphor in Johannine Parrhêsia
Connor Purcell Wood

Psalm 107

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

Ray Stedman, “A Song of Restoration,” Psalm 107: https://www.raystedman.org/old-testament/psalms/a-song-of-restoration

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps107.pdf

John MacArthur Sermon: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/80-203/giving-thanks-for-redemption

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_107.pdf

James Hamilton Sermon, “Thank the Lord for His Steadfast Love” : https://kenwoodbaptistchurch.com/sermons/thank-the-lord-for-his-steadfast-love

Psalm 107 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/171

Johannine Bibliography, 2023 Edition

Paul Anderson has made his newly updated Johannine bibliography available here.

Curse Tablets and the Book of Revelation

I don't find this article very persuasive. The similarities are fairly minimal.

Psalm 106

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 106 (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/ps106.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_106.pdf

James Hamilton Sermon, “Gather Us from among the Nations” : https://kenwoodbaptistchurch.com/sermons/gather-us-from-among-the-nations

Psalm 106 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/119 

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.

Maria E. Doerfler, Jephthah’s Daughter, Sarah’s Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity (University of California Press)
Chris L. de Wet

Moshe Halbertal, The Birth of Doubt: Confronting Uncertainty in Early Rabbinic Literature (Brown Judaic Studies)
Aaron Koller

Andreas Hilpert, Die Komposition der Chronikbücher: Redaktionsgeschichtliche Studien zu 2 Chr 10–36 (De Gruyter)
Jaeyoung Jeon

Filip Ivanovic, Desiring the Beautiful: The Erotic-Aesthetic Dimension of Deification in Dionysius the Areopagite and Maxiumus the Confessor (Catholic University of America Press)
Michael M. C. Reardon

V. K. McCarty, From Their Lips: Voices of Early Christian Women (Gorgias)
Margaret Y. MacDonald

Mina Monier, Temple and Empire: The Context of the Temple Piety of Luke-Acts (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Isaac W. Oliver

Katherine E. Southwood and Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor, eds., Women and Exilic Identity in the Hebrew Bible (Bloomsbury)
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi

H. Clifton Ward, Clement and Scriptural Exegesis: The Making of a Commentarial Theologian (Oxford University Press)
Edward Creedy