Psalm 114

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 114 (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/ps114.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_114.pdf

Encouraging Babylonian Jews to Return, Psalm 114 Tells a Unique Exodus Story by Marc Zvi Brettler: https://www.thetorah.com/article/encouraging-babylonian-jews-to-return-psalm-114-tells-a-unique-exodus-story

Psalm 114 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/178 

Commentary by Stan Mast: https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2017-09-11/psalm-114

Jezreel

Norma Franklin has a good overview here of the biblical, geographical, and archeaolical significance of Jezreel.

Archaeology Blogs

Abigail Leavitt, a personal friend and fellow archaeological digger has a very good blog related to her various endeavors living in Israel while she persues a PhD in archaeology at Ariel University. You can check out her latest post here. If you can read Spanish, then check out this archaeology-related blog by Tim Lopez, another friend and collegue. Here is a link to Tim's blog.

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.

Ulf Bergström, Aspect, Communicative Appeal, and Temporal Meaning in Biblical Hebrew Verbal Forms (Eisenbrauns)
Ken Penner

Travis DeCook, The Origins of the Bible and Early Modern Political Thought: Revelation and the Boundaries of Scripture (Cambridge University Press)
Jarrett A. Carty

H. H. Hardy II, The Development of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions (SBL Press)
Paul Korchin

Panagiotis G. Pavlos, Lars Fredrik Janby, Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson, and Torstein Theodor Tollefsen, eds., Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity (Routledge)
Jared Secord

Ruth Anne Reese, 1 Peter (Cambridge University Press)
Jeannine K. Brown

Gale A. Yee, Towards an Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics: An Intersectional Anthology (Cascade)
Koowon Kim

Hei Yin Yip, Ezekiel’s Message of Hope and Restoration: Redaction-Critical Study of Ezekiel 1–7 (De Gruyter)
Corrine Carvalho

Douglas Yoder, Tanakh Epistemology: Knowledge and Power, Religious and Secular (Cambridge University Press)
Arthur Jan Keefer

Good Leaders Fail Well

I found Scott Hubbard's article here to be a helpful reminder.

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Paul's Prison at Caesarea Maritima?

Carl Rasmussen posts about it here. I was able to see this last March. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.

Job Versus the Prosperity Gospel

Seen on Facebook.

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 L. Baker, Getting to Grips with Biblical Hebrew, Revised Edition: An Introductory Textbook (Langham Global Library)
Sarah Lynn Baker

Mary Ann Beavis, The First Christian Slave: Onesimus in Context (Cascade)
Joseph A. Marchal

Elon D. Heymans, The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World (Cambridge University Press)
Peter Altmann

R. W. L. Moberly, The God of the Old Testament: Encountering the Divine in Christian Scripture (Baker Academic)
Robert L. Foster

William D. Mounce, Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide (Zondervan)
Catherine Sider Hamilton

Jesse P. Nickel, The Things That Make for Peace: Jesus and Eschatological Violence (De Gruyter)
Nathan Johnson

Eugen J. Pentiuc, ed., The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity (Oxford University Press)
Antonios Finitsis

William Varner, Second Clement: An Introductory Commentary (Clarke)
Christopher Tuckett

Psalm 113

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 113 (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/ps113.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_113.pdf

A Women’s Voice in the Psalter: A New Understanding of Psalm 113 by Marc Zvi Brettler: https://www.thetorah.com/article/a-womens-voice-in-the-psalter-a-new-understanding-of-psalm-113 

Psalm 113 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/177

Free Logos Resources for June

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