May 24, 2025
May 23, 2025
The Amarna Letters
TheTorah.com has an eight part series on the Amarna Letters here. I am not sure how new it is but it was new to me.
May 22, 2025
The Apocalyptic Paul: Retrospect and Prospect
Wipf & Stock is offering a free digital copy of The Apocalyptic Paul: Retrospect and Prospect by Jamie Davies. Go here and use the code "DAVIES25" at checkout. The offer is good until May 31, 2025.
May 21, 2025
Matthew 1:25
Travis Wright has a helpful discussion here of Matthew 1:25, namely whether the verse implies that Mary had conjugal relations after Jesus' birth.
May 18, 2025
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.
Mark E. Cohen, An Annotated Sumerian Dictionary (Eisenbrauns)John Alan Halloran
Naftali S. Cohn and Katrin Kogman-Appel, eds., Beloved David—Advisor, Man of Understanding, and Writer: A Festschrift in Honor of David Stern (Brown Judaic Studies)
Federico Dal Bo
Jitse H. F. Dijkstra and Christian R. Raschle, eds., Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (Cambridge University Press)
Riemer Roukema
Miguel G. EchevarrÃa, Engaging the New Testament: A Short Introduction for Students and Ministers (Baker Academic)
William Horst
Rebekah Eklund, The Beatitudes through the Ages (Eerdmans)
Akio Ito
Alan Taylor Farnes, Scott D. Mackie, and David Runia, eds., Ancient Texts, Papyri, and Manuscripts: Studies in Honor of James R. Royse (Brill)
Chris S. Stevens
Sigurd Grindheim, The Letter to the Hebrews (Eerdmans)
Loveday Alexander
Michael Trainor, About Earth’s Children: An Ecological Listening to the Acts of the Apostles (T&T Clark)
Jeffrey S. Lamp