Free eBook: Circles and the Cross

 Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation Context of Palestine/Israel edited by Loren Wilkinson. Act quickly because the deal ends on 8/30. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

1. Click on this link.
2. Click "ADD TO CART" on the eBook option.
3. Use the code "WILKINSON25"
4. Upon checkout completion, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions of how to download your free eBook.

Iron in Ancient Israel

Naama Yahalom-Mack has an interesting article here on the history of iron in Israel.

Resource: Audio-Visual Reading of Acts 27

Bible Mapper is a helpful Bible geography resource with over 200 free maps created by David Barrett. Barrett has now added a video that includes a reading of Acts 27 and Paul's voyage to Rome while the geographical references in the text are simultaneously highlighted on a map. Check it out here.

HT: Todd Bolen

Free Logos Resources for September

Logos is offering these freebies this month: A Passion for Faithfulness: Wisdom from the Book of Nehemiah by J. I. Packer, Follow Me: A History of Christian Intentionality by Ivan Kauffman, a free ebook, Marriage Forecasting by Tim Muehlhoff, and the free audio book Raising Disciples by Teresa Roberts. You can get these free resources and also other deals here, here, here, and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get 1 Samuel: Choose Your King by Tim Chester for free here.

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.

Craig G. Bartholomew, Listening to Scripture: An Introduction to Interpreting the Bible (Baker Academic)
Zach Eberhart

Angelika Berlejung and Gideon Bohak, eds., Amulets of Protection and Texts for Fears in Antiquity (Mohr Siebeck)
Ariel Feldman

Kathleen J. Birney, Ashkelon 9: The Hellenistic Period (Eisenbrauns)
Joshua Schwartz

Aron Freidenreich, Mutual Influence in Priestly and Non-Priestly Pentateuchal Narratives: A Study of the Dynamic Interaction Behind the Textual Growth of P and Non-P (Mohr Siebeck)
Gershon Brin

Matthew E. Gordley, Social Justice in the Stories of Jesus: The Ethical Challenge of the Parables (Wiley Blackwell)
Warren Carter

Roy R. Jeal, Exploring Colossians: Living the New Reality (SBL Press)
Timothy Milinovich

Benjamin Kantor, The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek: Judeo-Palestinian Greek Phonology and Orthography from Alexander to Islam (Eerdmans)
Jenny Read-Heimerdinger

Sydney Tooth, Suddenness and Signs: The Eschatologies of 1 and 2 Thessalonians (Mohr Siebeck)
Janusz Kucicki