May 13, 2023

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.

Hagit Amirav, Cornelis Hoogerwerf, and István Perczel, eds., Christian Historiography between Empires: 4th–8th Centuries (Peeters)
Andreas Westergren

C. L. Crouch, ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics (Cambridge University Press)
John Goldingay

Joseph A. Marchal, ed., Bodies on the Verge: Queering Pauline Epistles (SBL Press)
Christopher B. Zeichmann

Kelly J. Murphy, Rewriting Masculinity: Gideon, Men, and Might (Oxford University Press)
Caryn Tamber-Rosenau

Jonathan J. Price, Margalit Finkelberg, and Yuval Shahar, eds., Rome: An Empire of Many Nations; New Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Identity (Cambridge University Press)
Rubin James Yi McClain

Luzia Sutter Rehmann, Rage in the Belly: Hunger in the New Testament (Cascade)
Andrew Bowden

Karel van der Toorn, Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine (Yale University Press)
Gad Barnea

Peter Wick; Jens-Christian Maschmeier, ed., Schriftgelehrsamkeit und Toraethik: Die Bergpredigt im Kontext des Matthäusevangeliums (Kohlhammer)
Dorothy Jean Weaver

May 12, 2023

May 10, 2023

Polygamy

The issue of polygamy in the Bible is complicated. Mitch Chase discusses here why he does not believe that the Bible supports it.

May 9, 2023

Free eBook: Pauline Eschatology

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Pauline Eschatology: The Apocalyptic Rupture of Eternal Imperialism by Daniel Oudshoorn. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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May 8, 2023

Online Lecture: Exploring the Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth

You can attend Ken Dark's free online lecture on “Exploring the Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth” scheduled for Friday, May 12 at 11:00 am-12:30 pm ET. It is free but you must register here.

May 7, 2023

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.

Gianni Barbiero, Marco Pavan, and Johannes Schnocks, eds., The Formation of the Hebrew Psalter: The Book of Psalms between Ancient Versions, Material Transmission and Canonical Exegesis (Mohr Siebeck)
Eric D. McDonnell Jr

Pamela Barmash, The Laws of Hammurabi: At the Confluence of Royal and Scribal Traditions (Oxford University Press)
Adam E. Miglio

Jonathan Bieler, Der Einheitsbegriff als Kohärenzprinzip bei Maximus Confessor: Eine Studie zu Ps-Dionysius-Rezeption, triplex via und analogem Weltbild bei Maximus Confessor (Brill)
Andrew Louth

Karen H. Jobes, 1 Peter (Baker Academic)
Kelly D. Liebengood

Alain Le Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (Oxford University Press)
Judith M. Lieu

Maik Patzelt, Jörg Rüpke, and Annette Weissenrieder, eds., Prayer and the Ancient City: Influences of Urban Space (Mohr Siebeck)
Rosemary Canavan

Manuel Villalobos Mendoza, Bodies without Organs in the Gospel of Mark (Sheffield Phoenix)
Bradley H. McLean

Ian Wilson, Praying to the Temple: Divine Presence in Solomon’s Prayer (Peeters)
Michael Avioz