May 24, 2025

Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 30

The latest issue of the Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal is available for free PDF access here.

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. Echevarría, 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