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.

Andrea M. Berlin and Paul J. Kosmin, eds., The Middle Maccabees: Archaeology, History, and the Rise of the Hasmonean Kingdom
Bruce Chilton

Katrien De Graef and Anne Goddeeris, eds., Law and (Dis)Order in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the 59th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Held at Ghent, Belgium, 15–19 July 2013
M. J. Geller

Matthias Köckert, Von Jakob zu Abraham: Studien zum Buch Genesis
Stephen Germany

Jutta Krispenz, ed., Scribes as Sages and Prophets: Scribal Traditions in Biblical Wisdom Literature and in the Book of the Twelve
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

Rosemary Margaret Luff, The Impact of Jesus in First-Century Palestine: Textual and Archaeological Evidence for Long-Standing Discontent
Jonathan L. Reed

Brant Pitre, Michael P. Barber, and John A. Kincaid, Paul, a New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology
David A. Burnett

Éric Rebillard, The Early Martyr Narratives: Neither Authentic Accounts Nor Forgeries
Jan Willem van Henten

Joseph Too Shao and Rosa Ching Shao, Ezra and Nehemiah: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary
Elaine Wei-Fun Goh

James W. Watts, ed., Sensing Sacred Texts
John W. Fadden

Burkard M. Zapff, Micha
Kristin Weingart

Preaching Don'ts

Ben Witherington offers some pretty good advice here.

Septuagint Bibliography

William Ross has made his Septuagint bibliography available here. It contains over 750 entries!

Intinction

My spiritual journey has never involved churches where intinction (the dipping of the bread into the fruit of the vine) during the observance of the Lord Supper was an issue. So I found this discussion for it and this discussion against it interesting.

Exodus 14

Although I reject the critical methodologies and conclusions in this article, it does do a good job and laying out how many in the academic and some religious communities view Exodus.

Video Discussion on Writing Commentaries

Craig Keener, Ruth Anne Reese, and Ben Witherington talk about writing commentaries on two videos that can be found here.

Reading Christ in all the Scriptures

Mark Snoeberger has a very brief but helpful discussion of the issue here.

He is Risen!

 

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.

Benjamin A. Edsall, The Reception of Paul and Early Christian Initiation: History and Hermeneutics
Christopher Tuckett

Irmtraud Fischer, Liebe, Laster, Lust und Leiden: Sexualität im Alten Testament
Susanne Scholz

Rhiannon Graybill, Texts after Terror: Rape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible
Sandra Gravett

Tim Meadowcroft, Like the Stars Forever: Narrative and Theology in the Book of Daniel
Jason Bembry

Dieter Mitternacht and Anders Runesson, eds., Jesus, the New Testament, and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings
Maria Brutti

Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow, The Origins of the Canon of the Hebrew Bible: An Analysis of Josephus and 4 Ezra
David DeJong

Achim Peter, Akoluthiewahrung und Jesusüberlieferung im Jakobusbrief
Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr

T. C. Schmidt, Hippolytus of Rome: Commentary on Daniel and ‘Chronicon’
Ivan I. Iliev

Aaron Sherwood, Romans: A Structural, Thematic, and Exegetical Commentary
William Horst

Dieudonné Tamfu, 2 Peter and Jude
Pheme Perkins

Alistair Begg Talking about Preaching

 Thanks to Tim Challies for bringing attention to this video.

An Overlooked Argument for Jesus' Resurrection

Michael Kruger suggests one here. Although I am not sure that it is really all that overlooked.

Psalm 73

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 73 (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/ps073.pdf

“Knowing God” sermon by Malcolm Yarnell: http://preachingsource.com/sermon/knowing-god

“The Envy of the Wicked” Bruce Waltke: http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/audio/by/title/psalm_73_envy_of_the_wicked

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_073.pdf

Psalm 73 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/86

Piper on Romans 7

John Piper's post here will not settle the difficult interpretive issues related to Romans 7:14-25 but it is worth considering.