The Term ‘elep (אלף)

Christopher Eames has a good aricle here on the meaning of the challenging Hebrew term ‘elep (אלף) and how that might relate to certain biblical texts.

Magic in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible

You can download a free copy of Magic in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible by Ilan Peled here. Use the "Save PDF option." Note the offer is only good until August 7.

HT: Christopher Hays

Free eBook: The Just and Loving Gaze of God with Us: Paul’s Apocalyptic Political Theology

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of  The Just and Loving Gaze of God with Us: Paul’s Apocalyptic Political Theology by Henry Walker Spaulding III. Act quickly because it is unclear when the deal ends. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Lamentations

The Jerusalem Post contains a report/review here of  Lamentations: Faith in a Turbulent World by Yael Ziegler. It is an interesting overview of this neglected book.

The Composition of Ancient Books

Monika Amsler has an interesting article here on the production of ancient books.

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.

Matthew J. Albanese, Translation Technique and Literary Structures in Greek Isaiah 13:1–14:23 (SBL Press)
Myrto Theocharous

Shlomit Bechar, Political Change and Material Culture in Middle to Late Bronze Age Canaan (Eisenbrauns)
Jill Citron Katz

.Sidnie White Crawford and Tommy Wasserman, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Textual Criticism of the Bible (Oxford University Press)
Leonardo Pessoa da Silva Pinto

Kevin Fisher, Monumentality, Place-Making and Social Interaction on Late Bronze Age Cyprus (Equinox)
Ekin Kozal

Brian T. German, Haggai and Malachi (Concordia)
W. Dennis Tucker Jr.

Bart J. Koet, Edwina Murphy, and Esko Ryökäs, eds., Deacons and Diakonia in Late Antiquity: The Third Century Onwards (Mohr Siebeck)
Ritva Williams

Hugo Méndez, The Gospel of John: A New History (Oxford University Press)
Paul N. Anderson

Lena Michelle Nogossek-Raithel, Dis/ability in Mark: Representations of Body and Healing in the Gospel Narrative (De Gruyter)
Dong Hyeon Jeong

David T. Runia, ed., Philo of Alexandria: An Annotated Bibliography 2007–2016 (Brill)
Sean A. Adams

Wendy I. Zierler, Going Out with Knots: My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry (Jewish Publication Society)
Ellen F. Davis