Aug 11, 2025

Kissing in the Hebrew Bible

The Times of Israel discusses a recent Journal of Biblical Literature article on kissing in Hebrew Bible here.

Aug 10, 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.

Arjen F. Bakker, René Bloch, Yael Fisch, Paula Fredriksen, and Hindy Najman, eds., Protestant Bible Scholarship: Antisemitism, Philosemitism and Anti-Judaism (Brill)
Jeffrey Morrow

Beatrice Bonanno, The Septuagint of Ruth: Translation Technique, Textual History, and Theological Issues (Brepols)
William A. Ross

Lynn H. Cohick, The Letter to the Ephesians (Eerdmans)
Lisa Marie Belz

Craig A. Evans and Adam Z. Wright, eds., Gods, Spirits, and Worship in the Greco-Roman World and Early Christianity (T&T Clark)
Margaret Froelich

Zhenya Gurina-Rodriguez, Begging for Their Daily Bread: Beggar-Centric Interpretations of Matthew 6 (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Mphumezi Hombana

James B. Prothro, A Pauline Theology of Justification: Forgiveness, Friendship, and Life in Christ (Cascade)
Garwood P. Anderson

Jonathan Stutz, Stasis: Crowd Violence and Religious-Political Discourses in Late Antiquity (Mohr Siebeck)
Christian R. Raschle

Erik Waaler, The Use of the Old Testament in Matthew 1–4 (Mohr Siebeck)
Akio Ito