Books for a Buck at Discovery House

  
Some might be interested in Discovery House's "Book for a Buck" sale running through March 31. A quick perusal of titles notes some books by Ray Stedman, Oswald Chambers, Haddon Robinson, Warren Wiersble, and J. Dwight Pentecost. See here.
  

Latest Issue of Review of Biblical Literature

  

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews that may be of interest from a Bible Exposition perspective include:

Cornelis Bennema
Encountering Jesus: Character Studies in the Gospel of John
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7578
Reviewed by Francis J. Moloney, S.D.B.
 
John Day, ed.
Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7607
Reviewed by Hallvard Hagelia
 
Steven Fine
Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7493
Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz
 
Ernst Käsemann
On Being a Disciple of the Crucified Nazarene: Unpublished Lectures and Sermons
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7635
Reviewed by Wayne Coppins
 
Andreas J. Köstenberger
A Theology of John's Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, the Son of God
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7557
Reviewed by Craig R. Koester
 
Luis Sanchez Navarro, ed.
Pablo y Cristo.: La centralidad de Cristo en el Pensamiento de san Pablo
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7346 Editor(s):
Reviewed by Rodrigo Morales
 
Mark Allan Powell
Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7534
Reviewed by Peter J. Judge
 
Eric A. Seibert
Disturbing Divine Behavior: Troubling Old Testament Images of God
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7354
Reviewed by John E. Anderson
 
Francesca Stavrakopoulou and John Barton, eds.
Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7605
Reviewed by Katharine Dell
 
Carl N. Toney
Paul's Inclusive Ethic: Resolving Community Conflicts and Promoting Mission in Romans 14-15
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7378
Reviewed by James R. Harrison   

Considering Seminary?

   
Kevin DeYoung has some good questions for those who are thinking about going to seminary. 
   

Varner on Exodus 15: The Song of the Sea

 
William Varner has a very nice post on Exodus 15 here.
 

Free Archaeology and Ancient History E-Books

  
See Seth Rodriguez's list of free archaeology and ancient history e-books here.
  

Fortress Press 40% Off Sale

  
Fortress Press is offering all their books at 40% off through March 31. You can see the Fortress site here.

Addendum: One reader has commented (see comments) that after shipping and taxes, Amazon was still a better deal. So be sure to compare before buying. By the way, you can help me out by using the Amazon widget on this blog.
     

Free Audio Download of R. C. Sproul's The Holiness of God

 
Christianaudio.com is offering a free audio download of R. C. Sproul's book The Holiness of God for the month of March. For more details and instructions go here.
  

Typology

  
David Murray continues his series on preaching Christ from the Old Testament by discussing typology. You can access his lecture notes and audio here.
 

Terence Fretheim on Lecturing

  
See this post on Terence Fretheim and lecturing well. I don't recall ever hearing Fretheim lecture, so I don't know if he practices what he preaches, but there appears to be some solid advice here.
  

Parchman Endowed Lectures Featuring Richard Bauckham

  
Readers in the vicinity of Waco, Texas might be interested in attending the Parchman Endowed Lectures presented by Truett Seminary and featuring Richard Bauckham. Bauckham will present three lectures on March 1-3 on "The Gospels as Histories: What Sort of History are They?" See this announcement.
  

Fee on How to Read the Bible Better

  

See this post which summarizes an article by Gordon Fee on how to read the Bible better. I wholeheartedly concur with Fee's suggestions.

HT: Todd Bolen
 

Outreach Resources of the Year

  

Some might be interested in this list of the best outreach resources of 2010.

  

Latest Issue of Review of Biblical Literature

  

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews that may be of interest from a Bible Exposition perspective include:

Matthew E. Carlton
Translator's Reference Translation of the Gospel of Luke
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7165
Reviewed by Sylvie Raquel
 
Youn Ho Chung
The Sin of the Calf: The Rise of the Bible's Negative Attitude toward the Golden Calf
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7633
Reviewed by Raz Kletter
 
Werner H. Kelber and Samuel Byrskog, eds.
Jesus in Memory: Traditions in Oral and Scribal Perspectives
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7538
Reviewed by Stephan Witetschek
 
Michael Lattke
The Odes of Solomon
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7349
Reviewed by Majella Franzmann
 
Adrian Long
Paul and Human Rights: A Dialogue with the Father of the Corinthian Community
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7496
Reviewed by Ronald R. Clark
 
Mark Allan Powell, ed.
Methods for Matthew
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7412
Reviewed by InHee Cho
 
Thomas Römer, ed.
The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7002
Reviewed by William A. Tooman
 
David Rosenberg
A Literary Bible: An Original Translation
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7446
Reviewed by John Engle
 
Gerd Theißen
Erleben und Verhalten der ersten Christen: Eine Psychologie des Urchristentums
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6521
Reviewed by Wayne Coppins
 
Ellen van Wolde
Reframing Biblical Studies: When Language and Text Meet Culture, Cognition, and Context
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7410
Reviewed by Frank Polak 

Slinging: This Way or That?

  
Seth Rodriquez, has a fascinating guest post at Todd Bolen's excellent BiblePlaces blog on ancient slinging technique. By the way, I recently made a sling in preparation for an upcoming presentation of the David and Goliath story but I haven't tried it out. I think that it would be wise to hide the women and children regardless of which technique I use!
    

Michael Vlach Has a Blog

  
If you have appreciated the work of Michael Vlach as I have you might be interested to know that he has a blog which can be found here.
 

Varner on Lessons Learned in the Study of the Psalms

  
William Varner has a nice post on the lessons he learned in his study of the psalms. Check it out here.
 

Timothy Keller's New Book King's Cross 60% Off

  
I don't know much about the book, but Timothy Keller's King's Cross is on sale for one week only (Sale Ends Monday, Feb. 28th) at 60%  off (or $10.38) at the Westminster Book store. Go here. You can browse the book here.

A Comparison of the Healing Accounts in Acts 9:32-43

  

I was looking through some of my files and came upon this table I created several years back. Maybe it will be of interest to someone.

   

SOME DIFFERENCES
Acts 9:32–35	Acts 9:36–43
Peter comes to Lydda on his own	Peter asked to come to Joppa
Miracle occurs in Lydda	Miracle occurs in Joppa
A certain man	A certain female disciple
Nature of the problem: paralysis	Nature of the problem: death
No prayer mentioned	Prayer mentioned
SOME SIMILARITIES
Both miracles involve Peter
Peter addresses both people by name
Peter tells both people to arise
Both are restored immediately
Both miracles result in people being converted

Learning Greek: Expectations and Reality

  

"First year students of New Testament Greek often imagine that they will quickly discover all kids of hidden secrets of Scripture that few in their churches know. They think they will be able to solve the major doctrinal and exegetical controversies of the faith, or at least know which of the existing options is 'right.' More careful reflection on these issues, however, should suggest to them that, if all it took to attain such depths of insight were a year or two of Greek, then the tens of thousands of students who had traversed this path before them, with the identical resources, would all have come to agreement on most every important exegetical question."

Craig L. Blomberg with Jennifer Foutz Markley, A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010), 37. 
  

House on Preaching Christ from the Old Testament

  
See Paul House's article, "Christ-Centered Zeal: Some Concerns from an OT Scholar" posted at The Gospel Coalition website here. The Gospel Coalitions has also set up a site on preaching Christ in the Old Testament which looks to have some excellent resources here.
 

Latest Issue of Review of Biblical Literature

  

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews that may be of interest from a Bible Exposition perspective include:

John J. Collins
Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7404
Reviewed by Philip R. Davies
 
David Lyle Jeffrey and C. Stephen Evans, eds.
The Bible and the University
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6773
Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Morrow
 
Timothy Jay Johnson
Now My Eye Sees You: Unveiling an Apocalyptic Job
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7514
Reviewed by Scott C. Jones
 
Jason Kalman and Jaqueline S. du Toit
Canada's Big Biblical Bargain: How McGill University Bought the Dead Sea Scrolls
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7649
Reviewed by Matthew A. Collins
 
Edward W. Klink III
The Audience of the Gospels: The Origin and Function of the Gospels in Early Christianity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7491
Reviewed by Theodore J. Weeden Sr.
 
Daniel A. Machiela
The Dead Sea Genesis Apocryphon: A New Text and Translation with Introduction and Special Treatment of Columns 13-17
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7425
Reviewed by Benjamin Ziemer
 
Lawrence H. Schiffman
Qumran and Jerusalem: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7591
Reviewed by Sidnie White Crawford
 
Michael E. Stone, Aryeh Amihay, and Vered Hillel, eds.
Noah and His Book(s)
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7661
Reviewed by Emma England
Reviewed by Anthony Swindell

Helps for Learning Hebrew Prepositions

  
See this post.
  

Hurtado on Scribes vs. Copyists

   
See this interesting post by Larry Hurtado on some possible distinctions of scribes versus copyists and the possible implications for textual criticism.
  

Excavations Began at Qumran on this Day in 1949

  
See this brief article on the anniversary of the excavations at Qumran.

 

Textual Stability of the New Testament Manuscripts

  

See Larry Hurtado's interesting post which interacts with K. Martin Heide's forthcoming essay entitled “Assessing the Stability of the Transmitted Texts of the New Testament and the Shepherd of Hermas."