Preaching the Psalms

Abe Kuruvilla has some insights here.

Philip's Daughters (Acts 21:7-14)

Phil Long has a good discussion here of Philip's daughters mentioned in Acts 21.

Free Logos Resources for October

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Imminent Domain: The Story of the Kingdom of God and its Celebration by Ben Witherington, Crisis of faith, Crisis of Love by Thomas Keating, a free ebook, The Wonder Working God by Jared Wilson, and the free audio book Pinnacles of Preaching. You can get these free resources and also other deals here, here, here, and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get The History of Ancient Israel by Phillip Davies for free here.

A Goat Being Pushed off a Cliff on the Day of Atonement

Marty Lockshin has an interesting post here regarding the supposed practice of a goat being pushed off a cliff related to the Day of Atonement (Lev 16).

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.

Jonathan Ben-Dov and Felipe Rojas, eds., Afterlives of Ancient Rock-Cut Monuments in the Near East: Carvings in and out of Time (Brill)
Joshua Schwartz

Richard J. Britton, Romans and the Power of the Believer (SBL Press)
K. Edwin Bryant

Christy Cobb and Katherine A. Shaner, eds., Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts (Eerdmans)
Shayna Sheinfeld

Yael Landman, Legal Writing, Legal Practice: The Biblical Bailment Law and Divine Justice (Brown Judaic Studies)
Andrew D. Gross

Jon D. Levenson, Israel’s Day of Light and Joy: The Origin, Development, and Enduring Meaning of the Jewish Sabbath (Eisenbrauns)
Ottilia Lukács

Teresa Lee McCaskill, Gifts and Ritual: The Charismata of Romans 12:6–8 in the Context of Roman Religion (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Zeba Crook

Grace J. Park, Focus Construction with kî ʾim in Biblical Hebrew (Eisenbrauns)
Laura Hare

Andrew J. Summerson, Divine Scripture and Human Emotion in Maximus the Confessor: Exegesis of the Human Heart (Brill)
Jonathan Bieler