Cornelius

Bible History daily asks and answers the question, "Who Was Cornelius the Centurion?" here. Not much new, but I found the brief discussion of Cornelius in the Coptic and Orthodox traditions interesting.

Free eBook: The Moral Teachings of Jesus

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Journal for the Study of the New Testament 49:1

The latest articles from of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament are available now. Here is a list of the articles and links to abstracts. The articles by Meyer and Finegan are open access.

Drinking in the Kingdom: The Last Supper ‘Vow’ of Jesus and His Death in the Synoptic Gospels
Michael Patrick Barber

Through a Glass Darkly: Pedagogical Potentials in the 2024 Survey of Pauline Studies
Zen Hess and Bruce W. Longenecker

Redescribing the Pauline Corpus as a Pseudonymous Collection of the Second Century
Nina E. Livesey

Flipping the Script in Phil. 2.6b: Setting ἁρπαγµός in the Religious Context of First Century Philippi
Matthew W. Meyer

The Gerasene Pericope and Disability Studies: Irony, Empire, and (In)complete Reintegration in Mk 5.1–20
Agnieszka B. Ziemińska

‘Daughter, Your Faith Has Saved You’: The Salvation of St. Veronica
Abigail Rose Thompson

Simon Peter’s Wife in (and out of) Early Christian Writings
Noel Cheong

‘Better Than I Ever Was’: ‘Not Enslaved’ as a Higher Status in 1 Corinthians 7.15
A. Andrew Das

Specifying πορνεία in Matthew 5.32 and 19.9 via Overlooked Contextualization
Thomas Finegan

Mark 8.24—An Apocalyptic Vision?
Mateusz Kusio

A Common Reading of Gen. 2.7? The Case of the Anthropologies of Philo, Paul, and the Gospel of John
Daniel Jackson

Some Problems with John C. Poirier’s ‘Two(-and-a-Half) Problems’
Jonathan Rowlands

What Meaning Is, and Why That’s the Case: Responding to Rowlands’s Further Remarks
John C. Poirie

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.

Jennifer Barry, Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination (University of California Press)
Emmanouela Grypeou

Samuel Hildebrandt, Kurtis R. Peters, and Eric N. Ortlund, eds., From Words to Meaning: Studies on Old Testament Language and Theology for David J. Reimer (Sheffield Phoenix)
Jonathan Gan

Donghyun Jeong, Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation (De Gruyter)
Seon Yong Kim

Vincent Lemire, Katell Berthelot, Julien Loiseau, and Yann Potin, Jerusalem: History of a Global City (University of California Press)
Anna Gutgarts

George Mutuku, A Cross-Cultural Conceptual Study of the Emotion of קצר in the Hebrew Bible and the Folk Theory of the Emotion of Ngoò in the Kĩkamba Language (Langham Academic)
David A. Bosworth

Jürgen van Oorschot and Andreas Wagner, eds., Biografie und Lebensalter: Zur materialen, soziologischen und theologischen Verfasstheit biografischer Bezüge (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt)
Anja Marschall

Pekka Särkiö, Hidden Critique of Solomon in the Hebrew Bible (SBL Press)
John W. Herbst

Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, Kristin Joachimsen, Ehud Ben Zvi, and Pauline A. Viviano, eds., The Hunt for Ancient Israel: Essays in Honour of Diana V. Edelman (Equinox)
Johannes Unsok Ro

Martin Shedd, Sean Tandy, and Jeremy M. Schott, Remembering Nicaea: The Ecclesiastical History of Anonymous Cyzicenus (SBL Press)
David Kneip

Anthony Spalinger, The Books Behind the Masks: Sources of Warfare Leadership in Ancient Egypt (Brill)
Sébastien Biston-Moulin

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.

Brian J. Abasciano, Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:19–24: An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis (T&T Clark)
Channing L. Crisler

Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, S.J, and Tom Thatcher, eds., John, Jesus, and History, Volume 4: Jesus Remembered in the Johannine Situation (SBL Press)
David S. Ritsema

David Anthony Basham, Paul, the Temple, and Building a Metaphor (T&T Clark)
Ryan Heinsch

William S. Campbell, Romans: A Social Identity Commentary (T&T Clark)
Andrés D. Vera

Michael Floyd, Woe-Speeches within the Context of an Oracular Inquiry: Chapter 2 of Habakkuk (T&T Clark)
Michael J. Biggerstaff

Lester L. Grabbe, “The Spirit of the Lord Came upon Me”: Prophets in Ancient Israel from a Cross-Cultural Perspective (T&T Clark)
Corrine Carvalho

Young Bok Kim, Hebrew Forms of Address: A Sociolinguistic Analysis (SBL Press)
Laura Hare

Steve Mason, Jews and Christians in the Roman World: From Historical Method to Cases (Brill)
Joshua Schwartz

Chiara Meccariello and Jennifer Singletary, eds., Uses and Misuses of Ancient Mediterranean Sources: Erudition, Authority, Manipulation (Mohr Siebeck)
Raleigh Heth

Chloe T. Sun, Exodus: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary (Langham Global Library)
Robert Setio

Free Logos Resources for September

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Engaging with the Holy Spirit: Real Questions, Practical Answers by Graham Cole and St. Thomas Aquinas by Francis Selman. You can get these free resources and also other deals here and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get Encountering New Religious Movements edited by Irving Hexam, Stephen Rost, and John Morehead II for free here.

Psalm 148

I am working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 148 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps148.pd

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_148.pdf

Danny Akin (outline, manuscript): https://www.danielakin.com/all-creation-praise-the-lord-psalm-148

Bible Project video: https://bibleproject.com/videos/psalm-148 

Scott Hoezee commentary: https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2023-12-25/psalm-148-12