Jun 14, 2025

Noah's Ark

Peter Lee suggests here that Noah's ark is a microcosm of creation, a temple-home, and an emblem of resurrection.

Jun 10, 2025

Naboth's Vineyard and the Archaeology of Jezreel

Norma Franklin discusses the story here of Naboth's vineyard in light of the archaeology of tell Jezreel. 

Here is a picture that I took at Tel Jezreel in 2023.

Jun 8, 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.

Fernando Bermejo-Rubio, They Suffered under Pontius Pilate: Jewish Anti-Roman Resistance and the Crosses at Golgotha (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
N. Clayton Croy

Jillian D. Engelhardt, Matthew, Disability, and Stress: Examining Impaired Characters in the Context of Empire (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Gregory E. Lamb

Douglas Harrison-Mills, Serving at the “Banking-Tables”: New Light on Acts 2–8 and the Link Between Spiritual and Economic Transformation (Brill)
Holly Beers

Christl M. Maier, Jeremia 1–25 (Kohlhammer)
Samuel Hildebrandt

Kevin W. McFadden, Faith in the Son of God: The Place of Christ-Oriented Faith within Pauline Theology (Crossway)
Stuart B. Langley

Yoav Rosenthal and Shlomo Naeh, eds., Meḥqerei Talmud IV: Talmudic Studies Presented to Professor David Rosenthal on His Eightieth Anniversary [Hebrew] (Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies)
Joshua Schwartz

Starr Tomczak, Living Well: Inspired by the Story behind the Bible (Cascade)
Gershon Brin

Helmut Utzschneider and Wolfgang Oswald, Exodus 16–40 (Kohlhammer)
Paavo N. Tucker