The Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6:17–49)

C. D. "Jimmy" Agan III has a nice post here on the less well known Sermon on the Plain.

Deuteronomy 4:29

I am somewhat reticent to go against common translation conventions but there are occasions where one should consider it. Peter Goeman makes such a case in his treatment of Deuteronomy 4:29. Check out his argument 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.

G. K. Beale, Union with the Resurrected Christ: Eschatological New Creation and New Testament Biblical Theology (Baker Academic)
Joshua Caleb Hutchens

Michael J. Gorman, 1 Corinthians: A Theological, Pastoral, and Missional Commentary (Eerdmans)
Pierre Célestin Musoni

Chris E. W. Green, The Fire and the Cloud: A Biblical Christology (Baylor University Press)
Reed Carlson

Joshua W. Jipp, Reading the Gospels as Christian Scripture: A Literary, Canonical, and Theological Introduction (Baker Academic)
Doug Burleson

James D. Nogalski, The Book of Micah (Eerdmans)
Kristin Weingart

Richard C. Rojas, Wisdom according to Paul in Relation to the Corinthian Problems: A Sociological and Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Corinthians 1–4 (Langham Academic)
Eric Covington

Michael Rydryck, Die Wunder an den Widersachern: Wunderhermeneutik am Beispiel der Strafwunder im lukanischen Doppelwerk (Mohr Siebeck)
Maria Sokolskaya

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, In Search of Jonathan: Jonathan between the Bible and Modern Fiction (Oxford University Press)
Joseph McDonald

The Death of Children in Ancient Israel

Not the happiest of topics but Kristine Garroway has a good discussion of the topic here.