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.

Katharine J. Dell, The Lord by Wisdom Founded the Earth: Creation and Covenant in Old Testament Theology (Baylor University Press)
Daniel R. Driver

Diana Edelman, Kåre Berge, Philippe Guillaume, and Benedetta Rossi, eds., Deuteronomy in the Making: Studies in the Production of Debarim (De Gruyter)
Samantha J. Scott

Lester L. Grabbe, A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 4: The Jews under the Roman Shadow (4 BCE–150 CE) (T&T Clark)
Michaël Girardin

David B. Hollander, Thomas R. Blanton IV, and John T. Fitzgerald, eds., The Extramercantile Economies of Greek and Roman Cities: New Perspectives on the Economic History of Classical Antiquity (Routledge)
Gary D. Wallin

Llewellyn Howes, The Formative Stratum of the Sayings Gospel Q: Reconsidering Its Extent, Message, and Unity (Mohr Siebeck)
John S. Kloppenborg

Matthias Konradt, Christology, Torah, and Ethics in the Gospel of Matthew (Mohr Siebeck)
George Branch-Trevathan

Adam E. Miglio, Caryn A. Reeder, Joshua T. Walton, and Kenneth C. Way, eds., For Us, but Not to Us: Essays on Creation, Covenant, and Context in Honor of John H. Walton (Pickwick)
William Horst

Timothy M. Rucker, The Temple Keys of Isaiah 22:22, Revelation 3:7, and Matthew 16:19: The Isaianic Temple Background and Its Spatial Significance for the Mission of Early Christ Followers (Mohr Siebeck)
Kevin L. Tolley

Commentaries on Galatians

Paul Henebury shares his thoughts on Galatians commentaries here.

The Spirit in Romans

Steve Walton has made the video and his slides for his talk on the Spirit in Romans available here.

Gotta Love the Babylon Bee

 

Free eBook: Fourth Maccabees and the Promotion of the Jewish Philosophy

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Fourth Maccabees and the Promotion of the Jewish Philosophy by David deSilva. The offer is valid until July 12. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Numbers 6:24-26 in Song

Michael Halcomb has posted a video of a song featuring the Aaronic Blessing in Numbers 6:24-26 in Greek using the LXX. Pretty cool. You can check it out here.

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.

Valerie M. Billingham, The Great Drama of Jeremiah: A Performance Reading (Sheffield Phoenix)
Corrine Carvalho

Paul Elbert, Luke’s Rhetorical Compositions: Essays in Lukan Studies (Pickwick)
Daniel K. Christensen

Nijay K. Gupta, Reading Philippians: A Theological Introduction (Cascade)
Christopher Zoccali

Annette Hoffmann, ed., Exodus: Border Crossings in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Texts and Images (De Gruyter)
Carol Bakhos

Kyle R. Hughes, How the Spirit Became God: The Mosaic of Early Christian Pneumatology (Cascade)
William Horst

John de Jong and Csilla Saysell, eds., Holding Forth the Word of Life: Essays in Honor of Tim Meadowcroft (Wipf & Stock)
Richard S. Briggs

Daniel Oudshoorn, Pauline Politics: An Examination of Various Perspectives (Cascade)
Dain Alexander Smith

William A. Ross and W. Edward Glenny, eds., T&T Clark Handbook of Septuagint Research (T&T Clark)
Jean Maurais

Greek Suggestions

Nijay Gupta has some suggestions here for what to do after completing one year of Greek. Mostly he suggests resources which are fine but mostly one needs to just read the text.

Don Carson on John 1:1–2:2

Listen or read the transcript of this podcast. Note that this is part 1. Part 2 is not yet posted.

Free Logos Resources for July

Logos is offering these three freebies this month:The Biblical Expositor: Volume 2: Job-Malachi, The Beauty of the Eucharist: Voices from the Church Fathers by Dennis Billy, a free ebook, 52 Weeks Through the Bible: Fall in Love with the Book That Changed Everything by James Merritt, and the audio book How to Know God Exists: Solid Reasons to Believe in God, Discover by Josh McDowell and Thomas William. You can get these free resources and also purchase others at significant discounts here, here, here, and here.

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.

Bill T. Arnold, The Book of Deuteronomy: Chapters 1–11 (Eerdmans)
Carmen Palmer

Linda L. Belleville and A. Andrew Das, eds., Scripture, Texts, and Tracings in Romans (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
David M. Allen

C. Clifton Black, Mark’s Gospel: History, Theology, Interpretation (Eerdmans)
Jarrett Knight

Kate Cooper and Jamie Wood, eds., Social Control in Late Antiquity: The Violence of Small Worlds (Cambridge University Press)
Margaret Y. MacDonald

Beate Ego, Tobit (Kohlhammer)
Katherine E. Southwood

R. Hollis Gause, Hebrews (Brill)
Harold W. Attridge

Francesco Graziano, La composizione letteraria del Vangelo di Matteo (Peeters)
Matteo Munari

Georges Massinelli, For Your Sake He Became Poor: Ideology and Practice of Gift Exchange between Early Christian Groups (De Gruyter)
Anna M. V. Bowden

Anders Runesson, Judaism for Gentiles: Reading Paul beyond the Parting of the Ways Paradigm (Mohr Siebeck)
Terence L. Donaldson

Alistair C. Stewart, Breaking Bread: The Emergence of Eucharist and Agape in Early Christian Communities (Eerdmans)
Steven Dunn

Writing Well

Check out David Allen's pocast here.

The Israel Exploration Journal 74

The latest issue of The Israel Exploration Journal (74:1) is out. It contains the following articles.

Nadav Na'aman: The "City of David" in Biblical Historiography and the Location of the Millo

Debora V. Ben-Ami, Raz Kletter and Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah: Outside the Canon? Three Unique Figurines from Tel Beth Shemesh, Tel Socho, and Jerusalem

Aharon Tavger: A New Look at Iron Age II Olive Oil Production in Southern Samaria: Royal Industry versus Local Economy

Esther Eshel, Haggai Misgav, Amir Ganor and Boaz Zissu: The Potter's Deal: A Fourth Century BCE Aramaic Economic Inscription Incised on the Shoulder of a Jar

Mechael Osband and Chaim Ben David: Inter-site Transfer of Stones from Ancient Public Structures at Rural Sites in the Central Golan Heights

Robert Hoyland: Forgotten Papyri of the Judaean Desert: The Khirbet Mird Corpus from Late Antiquity to Early Islam

Haya Katz and Harel Gootfriend: Archaeology, Education and the Israeli Public

Three Days in Jonah

Jay Sklar's article here makes an interesting connection between the three days in Jonah 1:17 and Jonah 3:3.