Biblical Theology and the Early Church

Stephen Presley has a concise discussion here of what we can learn about biblical theology from the early Church.

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.

Mark G. Brett, Indigenous Rights and the Legacies of the Bible: From Moses to Mabo (Oxford University Press)
Brian Kolia

Brevard S. Childs; Daniel R. Driver, ed., Canon as Rule and Guide: Collected Essays (Mohr Siebeck)
Paul Korchin

Monika Czekanowska-Gutman, Reclaiming Biblical Heroines: Portrayals of Judith, Esther and the Shulamite in Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Art (Brill)
Joshua Joel Spoelstra

Ken Dark, Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth (Oxford University Press)
Jonathan L. Reed

Yuliya Minets, The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identites in Late Antique Christianity (Cambridge University Press)
Simon Goldhill

Jonathan D. Redding, Daniel Reconstructed: Reading, Teaching, and Preaching with Fresh Eyes (Baylor University Press)
Tim Meadowcroft

Sarah C. Schaefer, Gustave Doré and the Modern Biblical Imagination (Oxford University Press)
Carmen Yebra-Rovira

Gerald L. Stevens, Romans: The Gospel of God (Pickwick)
William Horst

Richard Walsh and Jeffrey L. Staley, Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination: Introducing Jesus Movies, Christ Films, and the Messiah in Motion (T&T Clark)
Mark B. Stephens

Korinna Zamfir and Uta Poplutz, eds., Reading Women in the New Testament Letters (SBL Press)
Valerie A. Abrahamsen

Redemption and Ethics

Andrew Walker talks about it here.

Free eBook: A Heart of Flesh: William Desmond and the Bible

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of A Heart of Flesh: William Desmond and the Bible by Steven Knepper. Act quickly because the deal ends on 12/15. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Free Logos Resources for December

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Ezekiel 1–20, Anchor Yale Bible by Moshe Greenberg, An Introduction to the New Testament by Raymond Brown, a free ebook, 52 Weeks Through the Psalms Devotional by James Merritt, and the free audio book Recapturing the Glory of Christmas: A 25-Day Advent Devotional by Al Mohler. You can get these free resources and also other deals here, here, here, and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get Matthew , a LifeChange study guide 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.

Ferdinand Christian Baur; David Lincicum, ed., The Christ Party in the Corinthian Community (SBL Press)
Ron Clark

Wayne Baxter, Divine Shepherd Christology in the Gospel of Matthew (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Philip Thomas Mohr

Caroline Blyth, Rape Culture, Purity Culture, and Coercive Control in Teen Girl Bibles (Routledge)
Alexiana Fry

Bärbel Bosenius, Reversio animae: Studien zu den frühchristlichen Totenerweckungserzählungen (Kohlhammer)
John Granger Cook

A. Andrew Das and B. J. Oropeza, eds., Scriptures, Texts, and Tracings in 2 Corinthians and Philippians (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
J. David Stark

James R. Harrison and L. L. Welborn, eds., The First Urban Churches 6: Rome and Ostia (SBL Press)
Markus Oehler

Ronald Hendel, Genesis 1–11: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Yale University Press)
Theodore Hiebert

Angela Kalinowski, Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos (Cambridge University Press)
Paul Trebilco

Widows in Ancient Israel

Claude Mariottini has a good discussion here.

The Pauline Roads Project

I recently learned about this new website. It is still mostly under construction but has the potential to be a very helpful resource.

From Paleo-Hebrew to Aramaic Script

You can check out a fascinating explantion here.

Five Myths About the Book of Romans

Brian Rosner identifies five myths about Romans 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.

Pauline Allen, John Chrysostom, Homilies on Titus and Philemon (SBL Press)
Joseph Verheyden

Anna Angelini, L’imaginaire du démoniaque dans la Septante: Une analyse comparée de la notion de “démon” dans la Septante et dans la Bible Hébraïque (Brill)
Beatrice Bonanno

Ruben A. Bühner, Messianic High Christology: New Testament Variants of Second Temple Judaism (Baylor University Press)
Crispin Fletcher-Louis

Gregory R. Lanier and J. Nicholas Reid, eds., Studies on the Intersection of Text, Paratext, and Reception: A Festschrift in Honor of Charles E. Hill (Brill)
Zachary Skarka

Jill Middlemas, ed., Innovation in Persian Period Judah: Royal and Temple Ideology in Comparative Perspective (Mohr Siebeck)
Joshua Schwartz

Andrew B. Perrin, Horizons of Ancestral Inheritance: Commentary on the Levi, Qahat, and Amram Qumran Aramaic Traditions (T&T Clark)
Robert E. Jones

Konrad Schmid, The Scribes of the Torah: The Formation of the Pentateuch in Its Literary and Historical Contexts (SBL Press)
William M. Schniedewind

Shemaryahu Talmon and Michael Segal, eds., The Twelve Prophets: The Hebrew University Bible Project Edition [Hebrew] (Magnes)
Innocent Himbaza

The Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6:17–49)

C. D. "Jimmy" Agan III has a nice post here on the less well known Sermon on the Plain.

Deuteronomy 4:29

I am somewhat reticent to go against common translation conventions but there are occasions where one should consider it. Peter Goeman makes such a case in his treatment of Deuteronomy 4:29. Check out his argument 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.

G. K. Beale, Union with the Resurrected Christ: Eschatological New Creation and New Testament Biblical Theology (Baker Academic)
Joshua Caleb Hutchens

Michael J. Gorman, 1 Corinthians: A Theological, Pastoral, and Missional Commentary (Eerdmans)
Pierre Célestin Musoni

Chris E. W. Green, The Fire and the Cloud: A Biblical Christology (Baylor University Press)
Reed Carlson

Joshua W. Jipp, Reading the Gospels as Christian Scripture: A Literary, Canonical, and Theological Introduction (Baker Academic)
Doug Burleson

James D. Nogalski, The Book of Micah (Eerdmans)
Kristin Weingart

Richard C. Rojas, Wisdom according to Paul in Relation to the Corinthian Problems: A Sociological and Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Corinthians 1–4 (Langham Academic)
Eric Covington

Michael Rydryck, Die Wunder an den Widersachern: Wunderhermeneutik am Beispiel der Strafwunder im lukanischen Doppelwerk (Mohr Siebeck)
Maria Sokolskaya

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, In Search of Jonathan: Jonathan between the Bible and Modern Fiction (Oxford University Press)
Joseph McDonald