Aug 21, 2026

Psalm 147

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 147 (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/ps147.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_147.pdf

Bryan Chapell, sermon: https://www.bryanchapell.com/sermon-archive/the-god-who-heals-psalm-147

Robert J. Morgan, brief Bible study: https://www.robertjmorgan.com/devotional/cruising-or-crashing-a-bible-study-from-psalm-147

Aug 20, 2026

The Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart

Charlie Trimm discusses the hardening of pharaoh’s heart here.

Aug 18, 2026

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Aug 15, 2026

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.

Pablo R. Andiñach, Old Testament Theology: A Latin American Perspective (DTL Press)
M. Daniel Carroll R.

Ryan M. Armstrong, The Book of Job in Wonderland: Making (Non)Sense of Job’s Mediators (Oxford University Press)
Dominick S. Hernández

John M. G. Barclay, ed., Dying with Christ – New Life in Hope: Romans 5:12–8:39 (Peeters)
Adam D. Booth

David DeJong, A Prophet Like Moses (Deut 18:15, 18): The Origin, History, and Influence of the Mosaic Prophetic Succession (Brill)
Mark A. Awabdy

Marc Hirshman, Grounded Spirituality: Aspects of Rabbinic Culture in Its Late Antique Context (Oxford University Press)
Carol Bakhos

Michael J. Kruger, Miniature Codices in Early Christianity (Oxford University Press)
Jennifer Knust

Martti Nissinen and Jutta Jokiranta, eds., Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions: Methodological Encounters and Debates (SBL Press)
Reettakaisa Sofia Salo

Amy Paulsen-Reed, The Apocalypse of Abraham in Its Ancient and Medieval Contexts (Brill)
Emanuela Valeriani

Kyle Smith, Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity (University of California Press)
David L. Eastman

Scott Ying Lam Yip, A Ricoeurian Analysis of Identity Formation in Philippians: Narrative, Testimony, Contestation (T&T Clark)
Mauro Belcastro

Aug 10, 2026

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.

Sofanit T. Abebe, Elizabeth W. Mburu, and Abeneazer G. Urga, eds., Reading Hebrews and 1 Peter from Majority World Perspectives (T&T Clark)
Jaeda Charlotte Calaway

Rainer Albertz; Ruth Ebach and Jakob Wöhrle, eds., Geschichte und Theologie II: Studien zur Literatur-, Religions- und Theologiegeschichte des Alten Testaments (De Gruyter)
Benedikt Hensel

Bob Becking, A Transverse Dreamer: Essays on the Book of Micah (De Gruyter)
Jeremiah Cataldo

Martinus C. de Boer, John 1–6: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark)
Pino Di Luccio

Justo L. González, The Bible in the Early Church (Eerdmans)
Derek Tovey

Siobhan Jolley, Reimaging the Magdalene: Feminism, Art, and the Counter-Reformation (T&T Clark)
Caroline Vander Stichele

Jodi Magness, Ancient Synagogues in Palestine: A Re-evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik’s Schweich Lectures (Oxford University Press)
L. Michael White

Manuel Nägele, Paulus und der Nous: Eine Untersuchung zur paulinischen Anthropologie vor dem Hintergrund hellenistisch-jüdischer und griechisch-römischer Konzeptionen (Mohr Siebeck)
Stephan Hecht

Angukali Rotokha, Post-mortem Divine Retribution: A Study in the Hebrew Bible and Select Second Temple Jewish Literature Compared with Aspects of Divine Retribution in Deuteronomy (Langham Academic)
Philip S. Johnston

Juliane Zachhuber, Religious Life in Late Classical and Hellenistic Rhodes (Oxford University Press)
Christina Gousopoulos