Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 48:1

The latest articles from of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament are available now. Here is a list of the articles and links to abstracts. The article by Johnson is open access.

A new approach to Jephthah’s vow: Antanaclasis (Judges 10–11)
Hee-Sook Bae

The Most High God vs. Nabû: A God of Letters, Wisdom, and Fate Who Can(not) Read, Understand, or Foretell
Sanghwan Lee

The Anti-Levite of Judges 17-18
Davide D’Amico

The Woman from Tekoa (2 Sam. 14) and the Character of Judicial Wisdom in Ancient Israel
Dylan R. Johnson

Marginal characters: A strategy of persuasion in 1–2 Samuel
Julian C. Chike

Economics and Urdeuteronomium: A response to Kåre Berge, Diana Edelman, Philippe Guillaume, and Benedetta Rossi
Sandra Lynn Richter

The Visually Challenged in the Old Testament

Very interesting post here on visually challenged men in the Old Testament.

Psalm 121

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 121 (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/ps121.pdf

“A Dsturbing Question with a Reliable Answer” Charlie Dyer: https://voice.dts.edu/chapel/a-disturbing-question-with-a-reliable-answer-dyer-charles

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_121.pdf

Ian Paul: https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/looking-to-god-for-help-in-psalm-121

Danny Akin (outline, manuscript, audio): https://www.danielakin.com/the-god-who-is-my-help-through-the-psalms-series

Psalm 121 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/206

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 46:2

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. The articles by Williams, Reed, Byers, and Wong are open access.

Melchizedek, the Son of Man, and Eschatological Jubilee: The Sin-Forgiving Messiahs in 11QMelchizedek and Mark
Logan Williams

Was the Woman with the Flow of Blood Drunk? An Exploration of the Possibility that She Was Viewed as an Anus Ebria
Lily R. Reed

The Genre of Mark’s Gospel Is ‘Gospel’: Reconsidering Literary Innovation in the Markan Incipit
Andrew J. Byers

From Wounds to Scars: The Embodiment of a Forwarded Past through the Body Marks of Jesus in John 20
Edward Wong

The ‘Galilean Q Community’ and the Orientalist Legacy in 2DH Scholarship
Alan Kirk

Synoptic Singularity? The Chronicler’s Redaction of Samuel-Kings and Gospel Composition
Jimmy Myers

Hapax Legomena in the Hebrew Bible

Gary Rendsburg has a nice post here on ten hapax legomena (words only used once) in the Hebrew Bible.

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.

Peter Joshua Atkins, The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4: Reading across the Human-Animal Boundary (T&T Clark)
Tim Meadowcroft

Matthew T. Bell, Ruled Reading and Biblical Criticism (Eisenbrauns)
Chris Blumhofer

Charles E. Cruise, Writing on the Edge: Paul’s Use of Hyperbole in Galatians (Pickwick)
Adam G. White

Zanne Domoney-Lyttle and Sarah Nicholson, eds., Women and Gender in the Bible: Texts, Intersections, Intertexts (Sheffield Phoenix)
Susanne Scholz

Craig A. Evans and David Mishkin, eds., A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Gospels (Hendrickson)
Maria Brutti

Else K. Holt, Narrative and Other Readings in the Book of Esther (T&T Clark)
Anthony J. Tomasino

Katherine Joy Kihlstrom Timpte, The Transformational Role of Discipleship in Mark 10:13–16: Passage towards Childhood (T&T Clark)
Amy Lindeman Allen

Andrew M. King, Social Identity and the Book of Amos (T&T Clark)
Jason Radine

Tat-siong Benny Liew and Fernando F. Segovia, eds., Reading Biblical Texts Together: Pursuing Minoritized Biblical Criticism (SBL Press)
Gregory Thomas Basker

Stephen J. Shoemaker, The Apocalypse of Empire: Imperial Eschatology in Late Antiquity and Early Islam (University of Pennsylvania Press)
Franz Volker Greifenhagen