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.

Sonja Ammann, Katharina Pyschny, and Julia Rhyder, eds., Authorship and the Hebrew Bible (Mohr Siebeck)
Tchavdar S. Hadjiev

Victoria S. Balabanski, Colossians: An Earth Bible Commentary, An Eco-Stoic Reading (T&T Clark)
David J. Neville

Jonathan Bernier, Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament: The Evidence for Early Composition (Baker Academic)
Bill Warren

Ken S. Brown, Alison L. Joseph, and Brennan Breed, eds., Reading Other Peoples’ Texts: Social Identity and the Reception of Authoritative Traditions (T&T Clark)
Paul Middleton

Benjamin M. J. De Vos and Danny Praet, eds., In Search of Truth in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies: New Approaches to a Philosophical and Rhetorical Novel of Late Antiquity (Mohr Siebeck)
Joshua T. King

Zanne Domoney-Lyttle and Sarah Nicholson, eds., Women and Gender in the Bible: Texts, Intersections, Intertexts (Sheffield Phoenix)
Michelle Eastwood

David G. Horrell, The Making of Christian Morality: Reading Paul in Ancient and Modern Contexts (Eerdmans)
Davina C. Lopez

Bernd Janowski, Biblischer Schöpfungsglaube: Religionsgeschichte – Theologie – Ethik (Mohr Siebeck)
Michael S. Moore

F. Manjewa M’bwangi, The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9–13: A Socio–rhetorical Analysis of Identity Politics of the Matthean Community (Pickwick)
D. Stephen Black

R. W. L. Moberly, The Bible in a Disenchanted Age: The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith (Baker Academic)
Scott Bayer

Hebrew Transliteration App

I have only fiddled with it, but this Hebrew transliteration app seems pretty cool. The app follows the style guide of the Journal of Semitic Studies. Unfortunately, this is just one of many transliteration forms.

Psalm 128

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 128 (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/ps128.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_128.pdf

Psalm 128 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/213

Daniel Akin sermon resources: https://www.danielakin.com/the-family-that-the-lord-blesses and https://www.danielakin.com/the-man-the-lord-blesses-through-the-psalms-series

Steve Walton on Worship

Steve Walton has posted his talk on worship from Revelation 19 here. You can also access his presentation slides using the same link.

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 J. A. Clines, Play the Man! Biblical Imperatives to Masculinity (Sheffield Phoenix)
Stephen M. Wilson

Sophie Démare-Lafont and Daniel E. Fleming, eds., Judicial Decisions in the Ancient Near East (SBL Press)
Sara Milstein

Henryk Drawnel, ed., Qumran Cave 4: The Aramaic Books of Enoch, 4Q201, 4Q202, 4Q204, 4Q205, 4Q206, 4Q207, 4Q212 (Oxford University Press)
Catherine E. Bonesho

Paul W. Gooch, Paul and Religion: Unfinished Conversations (Cambridge University Press)
L. Ann Jervis

Lydia Gore-Jones, When Judaism Lost the Temple: Crisis and Response in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch (Brepols)
Andrew Knight-Messenger

Matthias Henze and David Lincicum, eds., Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christian Writings: The Use of the Old Testament in the New (Eerdmans)
Thomas Hieke

Emanuel Pfoh, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark)
Anselm C. Hagedorn

Timothy W. Reardon, The Politics of Salvation: Lukan Soteriology, Atonement, and the Victory of Christ (T&T Clark)
MiJa Wi

Stuart Weeks, Ecclesiastes: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark)
Kyle C. Dunham

Jonathan L. Zecher, Spiritual Direction as a Medical Art in Early Christian Monasticism (Oxford University Press)
John David Penniman

On Being a Pastor-Theologian

Brian Arnold has some suggestions how here.

John 12

Ian Paul has a good discussion here on some of the puzzling parts of John 12.

The Origins of Solomon’s Silver

Tzilla Eshel has written a fascination article here on the location of Tarshish and the origins of Solomon's silver.

Free eBook: The Gift of the Grotesque: A Christological Companion to the Book of Judges

 Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of The Gift of the Grotesque: A Christological Companion to the Book of Judges by Daniel J. D. Stulac. Keep in mind that offer is only good until March 15. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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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.

Christian A. Eberhart and Wolfgang Kraus, eds., Covenant – Concepts of Berit, Diatheke, and Testamentum: Proceedings of the Conference at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas, November 2019 (Mohr Siebeck)
William S. Morrow

Caleb Friedman, The Revelation of the Messiah: The Christological Mystery of Luke 1–2 and Its Unveiling in Luke-Acts (Cambridge University Press)
Edward W. Klink III

Massimo Grilli, Jacek Oniszczuk, and André Wénin, eds., Filiation, entre Bible et cultures: Hommage à Roland Meynet (Peeters)
Regis Burney

Hanne Løland Levinson, The Death Wish in the Hebrew Bible: Rhetorical Strategies for Survival (Cambridge University Press)
Raymond F. Person Jr.

Jonathon Lookadoo, The Shepherd of Hermas: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Handbook (T&T Clark)
Harry O. Maier

Darian Lockett, ed., The Catholic Epistles: Critical Readings (T&T Clark)
Shawn Thomas

Dogara Ishaya Manomi, Virtue Ethics in the Letter to Titus: An Inter-disciplinary Study (Mohr Siebeck)
Michael Scott Robertson

Graham Ogden, Nahum, Habakkuk and Malachi (Sheffield Phoenix)
Ruth Ebach

Federico G. Villanueva, Psalms 73–150: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary (Langham Global Library)
Ma. Maricel S. Ibita

Travis B. Williams and David G. Horrell, 1 Peter: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark)
Ruth Anne Reese

Jesus Greater than Moses

Patrick Schreiner outlines some ways here. 

Paul and First-Century Letter Writing

E. Randolph Richards has an excellenta rticle here on Paul and First-Century Letter Writing

Facing Apparent Contradictions in the Gospels

Michael Kruger has some helpful suggestions here.