Leviticus and the Syntax of Sacrifice

Joe Rigney has a helpful piece here on how sacrificial language works in Leviticus.

The Holy Kiss

Ken Berding has a good word here on understanding the "holy kiss" (Rom 16:16; 1 Cor 16:20; 2 Cor 13:12; 1 Thess 5:26; cf. 1 Pet 5:18).

Why Was “Saul” Changed to “Paul”?

Steve Walton has a very nice explanation here.

Journal of Biblical Literature 142:1

Volume 142:1 of the Journal of Biblical Literature is now out. Here is a list of the articles with links to abstracts.

Introduction to the Presidential Address
Musa W. Dube

Ethics in Paul and Paul in Ethics
Adela Yarbro Collins

Making Sense of the Incense Altar: Location in Sacred Space and Text
Hananel Shapira

Where (and When) Did the Authors of Joshua 10:1–39, 11:1–15 Live?
Ya’akov Dolgopolsky-Geva

Toilets and Toilet Humor in the Story of Eglon’s Murder by Ehud (Judges 3:15–26)
Jodi Magness

Tracing Bathsheba’s Metamorphosis through the Lens of Trauma and Recovery
Brent Nessler

Darkness or Blackness? A Semantic Study of חשך (Joel 3:4)
Lourdes García Ureña

Centurions in the Jesus Movement? Rethinking Luke 7:1–10 in Light of the Gaianus Inscription at Kefar ‘Othnay
Rebecca Runesson

The Little Messiah: Jesus as τῇ ἡλικίᾳ μικρός in Luke 19:3
Isaac T. Soon

How You Learned Christ: Petrine Christological Transformation of Pauline Vocabulary
Adam Booth