The Anonymity of the Gospels

Michael Kok posts here about the theological value of anonymous Gospels, namely the focus is on the content and not the authors or editors. It seems to me that the Gospels express little interest in the issue of authorship. Even in places where you might expect it, such as Luke's prologue (Luke 1:1–4).

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.

Vince L. Bantu, Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity (University of California Press)
Miloš David

Beth A. Berkowitz, What Animals Teach Us about Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature (University of California Press)
Suzanna Millar

Erich S. Gruen, Scriptural Tales Retold: The Inventiveness of Second Temple Jews (T&T Clark)
Francis Borchardt

Charlotte Hempel, The Community Rules from Qumran: A Commentary (Fortress)
Melissa Sayyad Bach

Harry A. Hoffner Jr. and H. Craig Melchert, A Grammar of the Hittite Language: Reference Grammar, Tutorial (Eisenbrauns)
Marianna Pozza

Jaeyoung Jeon, JiSeong Kwon, and Daewook Kim, eds., King, State, Empire in the Hebrew Bible: Postcolonial Perspectives and Contemporary Relevance in Korea (De Gruyter)
Hyun Woo Kim

Clair Mesick, Paul and His Rivals: Apostleship and Antagonism in the Corinthian Correspondence (De Gruyter)
Joshua W. Jipp

Jens Schröter and Konrad Schwarz, eds., Early Christianity in Rome: Literary, Historical, and Archaeological Traditions (De Gruyter)
Andrew King

Carolyn J. Sharp, Micah: Introduction and Commentary (Eerdmans)
Dominic S. Irudayaraj

Todd D. Still and Jason A. Myers, eds., Rhetoric, History, and Theology: Interpreting the New Testament (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Vernon K. Robbins

Free eBook: Stones the Builders Rejected

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Free Logos Resources for July

Logos is offering these freebies this month: You Must Be Born Again by Jonathan Master,The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God by Gilles Emery. You can get these free resources and also other deals here and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get Replicate by Robby Gallaty and Chris Swain 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.

Taylor O. Gray, Ethan R. Johnson, and Martina Vercesi, eds., Belief and Unbelief in the Ancient World (Eerdmans)
John Henry

Marc Grønbech-Dam, Jesus as the Son of 1–2 Samuel’s David: An Intertextual Reading of the Gospel of Matthew (Brill)
Piotr Herok

Pieter Hartog and Andrew Perrin, eds., The Dead Sea Scrolls in the Context of Hellenistic Judea: Proceedings of the Tenth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (Aberdeen, 5–8 August, 2019) (Brill)
Michael DeVries

Rhyne King, The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire (University of California Press)
Sam Blankenship

Claude Lichert, Le prophète s’avance masqué: Commentaire et traversée biblique du livre de Jonas (Peeters)
Bob Becking

Michael Meyer-Blanck, Glaube und Hass: Antisemitismus im Christentum (Mohr Siebeck)
Benedikt J. Collinet

Thomas A. Robinson, Revisiting the God-Fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity (T&T Clark)
Christoph Stenschke

Shaily Shashikant Patel, Smoke and Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions (Oxford University Press) and Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature (Cambridge University Press)
Laura Nasrallah

Michael B. Shepherd, How Did They Read the Prophets? Early Jewish and Christian Interpretations (Eerdmans)
Antti Laato

Michael E. Stone, Armenian Apocrypha: The Short Questionnaire from Adam to Moses (SBL Press)
Florentina Badalanova Geller

Lost Plague Of Cyclists Blocking Pharaoh’s Morning Commute

From the Babylon Bee.

Psalm 146

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 146 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Beth Tanner: https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=3825

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps146.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_146.pdf

Daniel Akin sermon resources: https://www.danielakin.com/our-god-is-an-awesome-god-psalm-146