Owls in the Ancient Near East and the Bible

Phillip Michael Sherman has a fascinating view of owls in the ANE and the Bible here.

Free Logos Resources for April

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Obadiah and Joel, in the ICC series, by Julius Brewer and Hear the Ancient Wisdom. You can get these free resources and also other deals here and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get God with Us by Mark Allan Powell for free here.

Psalm 142

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 142 (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/ps142.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_142.pdf

H. B. Charles Jr., sermon: https://hbcharlesjr.com/resource-library/sermon-outlines/who-cares-psalm-142

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.

Keith Bodner and Benjamin J. M. Johnson, eds., Characters and Characterization in the Book of Judges (T&T Clark)
Michelle Knight

Stephen J. Chester, Paul through the Eyes of the Reformers: Living under Grace (Eerdmans)
R. Ward Holder

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

W. G. Lambert and Ryan D. Winters; Andrew George and Manfred Krebernik, eds., An = Anum and Related Lists: God Lists of Ancient Mesopotamia, Volume I (Mohr Siebeck)
Nicole Brisch

Meir Lubetski and Edith Lubetski, eds., Epigraphy, Iconography, and the Bible (Sheffield Phoenix)
Elijah Wreh

Paul Moser, Paul’s Gospel of Divine Self-Sacrifice: Righteous Reconciliation in Reciprocity (Cambridge University Press)
Gilha Lee

Susan Niditch, Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond (Oxford University Press)
Joseph Ryan Kelly

Sarah Ruden, Perpetua: The Woman, the Martyr (Yale University Press)
Susan E. Hylen

Irene Salvo and Tanja S. Scheer, eds., Religion and Education in the Ancient Greek World (Mohr Siebeck)
Michel Pauw

Karen J. Wenell, Locating the Kingdom of God: Performing Sacred Boundaries (T&T Clark)
Eric Stewart

What Do Americans Consider Immoral?

The Pew Research Center recently posted their results of a poll related to what Americans consider immoral. You can access the poll here. There might be some good sermon illustration material 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.

Craig L. Blomberg, Jesus the Purifier: John’s Gospel and the Fourth Quest for the Historical Jesus (Baker Academic)
Elijah Wreh

Grant Buchanan, The Spirit, New Creation, and Christian Identity: Towards a Pneumatological Reading of Galatians 3:1–6:17 (T&T Clark)
William Horst

Craig A. Evans, Brian LePort, and Paul T. Sloan, eds., Visions and Violence in the Pseudepigrapha (T&T Clark)
Samantha J. Scott

Richard A. Horsley, Empowering the People: Jesus, Healing, and Exorcism (Cascade)
Michael Barram

Krzysztof Kinowski, Bloodshed by King Manasseh, Assyrians and Priestly Scribes: Theological Meaning and Historical-Cultural Contextualization of 2 Kings 21:16, 24:3–4 in Relation to the Fall of Judah (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht)
Garrett Galvin

George Anton Kiraz and Hannah Stork, eds., Mfaḥmono Kashiro: Perspectives on the Syriac Bible in Honor of Andreas Juckel (Gorgias)
Kristian S. Heal

Hindy Najman, Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics (Oxford University Press)
Marco Pavan

Jonathan Rodrian, Das Abrahamopfer im Kontext von Gen 12–25: Narratologische und literarhistorische Untersuchungen (Mohr Siebeck)
Benedikt J. Collinet

R. S. Sugirtharajah, Hindus and Their Christian Bible (T&T Clark)
Reid B. Locklin Arthur W. Walker-Jones and Suzanna R. Millar, eds., Ask the Animals: Developing a Biblical Animal Hermeneutic (SBL Press)
Beth A. Berkowitz