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.

Luca Arcari, ed., Beyond Conflicts: Cultural and Religious Cohabitations in Alexandria and Egypt between the 1st and 6th Century CE
Melody Everest

George Branch-Trevathan, The Sermon on the Mount and Spiritual Exercises: The Making of the Matthean Self
Jin Ki Hwang

Jaime Clark-Soles, Women in the Bible
Amy-Jill Levine

Markham J. Geller and Strahil V. Panayotov, Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts: The Nineveh Treatise
Laura M. Zucconi

John Goldingay, Hosea–Micah
Heath D. Dewrell

David Lyle Jeffrey, Scripture and the English Poetic Imagination
Anthony Swindell

Justin Leidwanger, Roman Seas: A Maritime Archaeology of Eastern Mediterranean Economies
David Schreiner

Kara J. Lyons-Pardue, Gospel Women and the Long Ending of Mark
Elizabeth E. Shively

Karl-Heinrich Ostmeyer, Jüdische Gebete aus der Umwelt des Neuen Testaments: Ein Studienbuch
Simon Bellmann

Chun Jung, Il paradosso messianico secondo Marco: Rilevanza di Mc 8,31–9,29 per la caratterizzazione della figura di Gesù e dei discepoli
Lorenzo Scornaienchi

Ralph J. Korner, Reading Revelation after Supersessionism: An Apocalyptic Journey of Socially Identifying John’s Multi-ethnic Ekklēsiai with the Ekklēsia of Israel
Craig R. Koester

Helen Paynter and Michael Spalione, eds., The Bible on Violence: A Thick Description
Markus Zehnder

Nathanael R. Polinski, O.S.B., That the Scriptures Might Be Fulfilled through Perfect Worship: An Investigation of John 19:36–37
Chris Blumhofer

Dalit Regev, Painting the Mediterranean Phoenician: On Canaanite-Phoenician Trade-Nets
Aaron Greener

Thomas Renz, The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah
Klaas Spronk

Outreach Magazine's Essential Reading for 2022

This list of annotated resources is worth checking out.

A Synagogue in Magdala

Leen Ritmyer has a nice post here on a first century synagogue discovered in 2009 at Magdala. The Gospels do not mention this synagogue but it can help us visualize synagogues from the time period. I do wish that the drawings would not be spoiled by the watermarks though.

Justin Martyr and the Gospel of John

Michael Kruger has a good post here arguing that Justin Martyr knew of the Gospel of John.

The "Colossian Heresy"

Interpreters have frequently debated the exact nature and identity of the false teaching addressed by Paul in Colossians. But I am wondering whether it might be time to see the aberration as an amalgamation of various elements of false doctrine rather than a teaching traceable to a single source. In any case, the following is a slide that I have used in the past to help illustrate the false teaching in terms of a spectrum. Given what I have stated, I am not sure how helpful the visual is but include it nonetheless.

 

Psalm 67

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

Jerome Creach: https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=4066

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps067.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_067.pdf

Psalm 67 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/80 

Daniel Akin sermon resources: https://www.danielakin.com/a-missionarys-psalm-through-the-psalms-series

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.

Jean-Noël Aletti, Le Messie souffrant: Un défi pour Matthieu, Marc et Luc
Sébastien Doane

David M. Carr, Genesis 1–11
John Day

Brandon Cline, Petition and Performance in Ancient Rome: The Apologies of Justin Martyr
Judith M. Lieu

Wilda C. Gafney, Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
Stacy Davis

Lourdes García Ureña, Narrative and Drama in the Book of Revelation: A Literary Approach
Alexander P. Thompson

Nijay K. Gupta, Paul and the Language of Faith
Jin Ki Hwang

Ralph K. Hawkins, Discovering Exodus: Content, Interpretation, Reception
Riemer Roukema

Luke Timothy Johnson, Interpreting Paul: The Canonical Paul, Volume 2
M. Eugene Boring

Lionel J. Windsor, Reading Ephesians and Colossians after Supersessionism: Christ’s Mission through Israel to the Nations
Alexander E. Stewart

Lynell Zogbo and Ernst R. Wendland, Hebrew Poetry in the Bible: A Guide for Understanding and for Translating
Barry Bandstra

Top Esther Commentaries

Chloe Sun lists and annotates her top six commentaries on Esther on Nijay Gupta's blog here. It is a solid listing. But Tomasino's, EEC commentary might be a better choice than Levenson. And though it might be too brief to include it in the top six and is a little dated, Joyce Baldwin's commentary in the Tyndale series is a model of clarity and judicious interpretation.