Bathsheba Soap?

You see all kinds of stuff on Facebook. Apparently you can actually buy this. 

Is the Rapture Just a Metaphor in 1 Thessalonians 4?

Those who embrace or reject the doctrine of the pretibulational rapture should watch this video from my colleague Mike Svigel.

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, Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel: Insights from the Archaeological Record (Cambridge University Press)
Michael J. Stahl

Carol Bakhos, and Alyssa M. Gray, eds., Making History: Studies in Rabbinic History, Literature, and Culture in Honor of Richard L. Kalmin (Brown Judaic Studies)
Jenny R. Labendz

Courtney J. P. Friesen, Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era (Routledge)
Jo-Ann A. Brant

Tom Hatina, ed., Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels, Volume 4: The Gospel of John (T&T Clark)
Joshua J. Coutts

Yung Suk Kim, How to Read Paul: A Brief Introduction to His Theology, Writings, and World (Fortress)
James W. Aageson

Gideon R. Kotzé, Michaël N. van der Meer, and Martin Rösel, eds., XVII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies: Aberdeen, 2019 (SBL Press)
Tyler Horton

Roberta Mazza, Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts (Stanford University Press)
Gregory Fewster

James Riley Strange, Excavating the Land of Jesus: How Archaeologists Study the People of the Gospels (Eerdmans)
Joshua Schwartz

The Beatitudes in Luke 6

Ian Paul has a nice discussion here.