May 23, 2024

Psalm 131

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 131 (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/ps131.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_131.pdf

John Piper, Join Me in Soul-Satisfaction in God: https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/join-me-in-soul-satisfaction-in-god

Psalm 131 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/216

Cameron Howard’s commentary: https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/eighth-sunday-after-epiphany/commentary-on-psalm-131

H.B. Charles Jr’s handout: https://hbcharlesjr.com/resource-library/sermon-outlines/when-faith-grows-up-psalm-131-handout

May 21, 2024

Jeremiah's Land Purchase

Anathea Portier-Young has a nice article here on Jeremiah's land purchase recorded in Jeremiah 32.

May 20, 2024

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.

Nissim Amzallag, Psalm 29: A Canaanite Hymn to YHWH in the Psalter (Peeters)
Joseph Lam

Richard Bauckham, Early Jewish Literature, volume 1 of “Son of Man” (Eerdmans)
Benjamin E. Reynolds

Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife (Simon & Schuster)
Edmund P. Cueva

Tova Ganzel and Shalom E. Holtz, eds., Contextualizing Jewish Temples (Brill)
Joshua Schwartz

John D. Griffiths, The Spirit as Gift in Acts: The Spirit’s Empowerment of the Early Jesus Community (Brill)
David John McCollough

Raimo Hakola, Outi Lehtipuu, and Nina Nikki, eds., Common Ground and Diversity in Early Christian Thought and Study: Essays in Memory of Heikki Räisänen (Mohr Siebeck)
Alicia J. Batten

Jason A. Myers, Paul, the Apostle of Obedience: Reading Obedience in Romans (T&T Clark)
Robert Brian Lewis

Tina M. Sherman, Plant Metaphors in Prophetic Condemnations of Israel and Judah (SBL Press)
Julian J. Sieber

Brent A. Strawn; Collin Cornell and M. Justin Walker, eds., The Incomparable God: Readings in Biblical Theology (Eerdmans)
Jennifer M. Matheny

Adela Yarbro Collins, Collected Essays on the Gospel according to Mark (Mohr Siebeck)
Max Botner