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.

David A. Brondos, The Parting of the Gods: Paul and the Redefinition of Judaism (Theological Community of Mexico)
Kent Yinger

Craig A. Carter, Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Premodern Exegesis (Baker Academic)
C. Clifton Black

Katharine J. Dell, The Solomonic Corpus of “Wisdom” and Its Influence (Oxford University Press)
Brandon R. Grafius

Elijah Hixson and Peter J. Gurry, eds., Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism (IVP Academic)
Chris S. Stevens

Marcus A. Leman, Reading with the Masoretes: The Exegetical Utility of Masoretic Accent Patterns (GlossaHouse)
Daniel J. Crowther

Angela N. Parker, If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority (Eerdmans)
Clarice J. Martin

Beatrix Potter; Gary T. Manning Jr., trans., Peter Rabbit and Other Stories in Koine Greek (GlossaHouse)
Andrew Daniel

Michael K. W. Suh, Power and Peril: Paul’s Use of Temple Discourse in 1 Corinthians (De Gruyter)
Ryan D. Collman

Einar Thomassen, The Coherence of “Gnosticism” (De Gruyter)
David Brakke

Yair Zakovitch, The Song of Songs: Riddle of Riddles (T&T Clark)
Melanie Peetz

Comparing Biblical and ANE Prophetic Practices

Joel Thomas has a brief but helpful overview here.

Murder and Blood Vengeance in Ancient Near Eastern Context

Yigal Bloch has a very interesting and informative post here.

The Nature of David Sin Against Bathsheba, Again

Last week I drew attention to Andrew Perriman's post on the nature of David's sin with Bathsheba, notably whether it should be classified as adultery or rape (see here). Perriman has now followed up with another post here where he addresses some challenges to his original post. I think Perriman has the better of it. One can see a somewhat different perspective in Carmen Imes' essay here, although I think these two are talking a bit past one another.

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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.

Patrick T. R. Gray, Claiming the Mantle of Cyril: Cyril of Alexandria and the Road to Chalcedon (Peeters)
John A. McGuckin

Scott J. Hafemann, Paul: Servant of the New Covenant; Pauline Polarities in Eschatological Perspective (Mohr Siebeck)
H. H. Drake Williams III

Philip A. Harland and Richard Last, Group Survival in the Ancient Mediterranean: Rethinking Material Conditions in the Landscape of Jews and Christians (T&T Clark)
David Fiensy

Martin Heide and Joris Peters, Camels in the Biblical World (Eisenbrauns)
Justin Elan Lev-Tov

Elizabeth Mburu, African Hermeneutics (HippoBooks)
Dora Rudo Mbuwayesango

Alicia D. Myers, An Introduction to the Gospels and Acts (Oxford University Press)
John T. Carroll

Rikard Roitto, Colleen Shantz, and Petri Luomanen, eds., Social and Cognitive Perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount (Equinox)
Warren Carter

Colin Semwayo, The Concept of Divine Sovereignty in Micah: A Vision for the Fulfillment of the Abrahamic Promises (Langham Monographs)
Kenneth Cuffey

J. Edward Walters, ed., Eastern Christianity: A Reader (Eerdmans)
Christine Shepardson

John H. Walton, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible (Baker Academic)
Heath D. Dewrell

The Nature of David Sin Against Bathsheba

Andrew Perriman has a very good post here addressing recent discussions related to the David's sin against Bathsheba, most specifically whether it amounted to rape.

John Mark Bibliography

Michael Kok has posted a brief but helpful bibliography on John Mark here.

History and Creative Liberties

Eleanor Parker has an interesting article here on how historians often take creative liberties in their descriptions of historical events and how that can be problematic. I have similar concerns with how some preachers and teachers often treat biblical events. One can call it "sanctified imagination" but it is still imagination.

Steve Walton on the Authorship of Acts

Steve Walton has posted a YouTube video on the significance of the authorship of Acts and has also provided a link to his slides from the same talk here.

Psalm 83

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 83 (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/ps083.pdf

“When God is Silent” Donald Campbell: https://voice.dts.edu/chapel/when-god-is-silent-donald-k-campbell

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_083.pdf

Psalm 83 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/96

How To Choose and Use Commentaries Podacst

David Allen offers some sage advice in this podcast.

Ashes of the Red Heifer

Numbers 19 references the enigmatic cleansing practice involving the ashes of the red heifer. Joseph Weinstein argues in this post that the ashes were part of a soap mixture. Whether one agrees with the conclusion, it is an informative and interesting discussion.

Luke 10: The Good Samaritan

Ian Paul has a very good post here on seven surprises related to the parable of the "Good Samaritan."

Reading Lamentations

Reuven Kimelman has an interesting post here on reading Lamentations with inner-biblical exegesis.

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.

John Sunday Adimula, Πνεύμα: From the Spiritual Condition of Christ to the Holy Spirit-Agent; A Dialectic of Flesh-Spirit at the Root of New Testament Pneumatology
William Horst

Elisa Chiorrini, Iterazioni sinonimiche nella Lettera di Giacomo: Studio lessicografico ed esegetico
Lorenzo Scornaienchi

John J. Collins, Craig A. Evans, and Lee Martin McDonald, Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures: New Developments in Canon Controversy
Maria Brutti

Gregor Geiger, Die Handschriften aus der Judäischen Wüste: Die Texte außerhalb Qumrans Einführung und deutsche Übersetzung
Daniel Machiela

John Hill, Constructing Exile: The Emergence of a Biblical Paradigm
Jill Middlemas

George Hunsinger, Philippians
Akio Ito

Dennis R. MacDonald, From the Earliest Gospel to the Gospel of Mark: Solving the Synoptic Problem with Mimesis Criticism
Olegs Andrejevs

Scot McKnight, The Letter to the Colossians
Chris Kugler

Bernd U. Schipper, A Concise History of Ancient Israel: From the Beginnings through the Hellenistic Era
David Schreiner

Christopher W. Skinner, Nijay K. Gupta, Andy Johnson, and Drew J. Strait, eds., Cruciform Scripture: Cross, Participation, and Mission
Chris Blumhofer