New Exodus Resource

The newest BiblePlaces newsletter (subscribe for free here) has announced the release of Exodus, the latest volume of the Photo Companion to the Bible Series. As a preacher and teacher, I have found that Exodus is a biblical book that can really benefit from visuals, and I am aware of no better resource for doing this than the Photo Companions. Not only do you have a carefully curated collection of relevant high resolution photos but also Bible-encyclopedia like commentary that is outstanding in its own right. And this resource seems to anticipate what photos would be the most helpful. I highly recommend it and Exodus and its 6,000 photos is currently on sale for only $69 for a DVD+download or download-only.

Free Logos Resources for October

Logos is offering these three freebies this month:The Word of Life: a Theology of John's Gospel by Craig Koester, Isaiah 1–39 by Joseph Blenkinsopp, a free ebook,What Grieving People Wish You Knew about What Really Helps (and What Really Hurts) by Nancy Guthrie, and the audio book The True Vine by Andrew Murray. 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.

Timothy J. Christian, Paul and the Rhetoric of Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15 as Insinuatio (Brill)
Donghyun Jeong

Joshua L. Harper, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor University Press)
Christopher R. Lortie

Martin Meiser, The Septuagint and Its Reception: Collected Essays (Mohr Siebeck)
Larry Perkins

Marco Moriggi and Siam Bhayro, eds., Studies in the Syriac Magical Traditions (Brill)
Anna Cherkashina

Yonatan Neril and Leo Dee, Eco Bible: An Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus (Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development)
Edward Pillar

Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, ed., Studies in Rabbinic Narratives: Volume 1 (Brown Judaic Studies)
Kristen Lindbeck

Guy G. Stroumsa, The Crucible of Religion in Late Antiquity: Selected Essays (Mohr Siebeck)
Nicholas Baker-Brian


RBL is pleased to make available the following presentations from an SBL Annual Meeting review session:

Cilliers Breytenbach and Christiane Zimmermann, Early Christianity in Lycaonia and Adjacent Areas: From Paul to Amphilochius of Iconium (Brill)
Review by Paul Trebilco
Review by Arjan Zuiderhoek
Response by Cilliers Breytenbach and Christiane Zimmermann

Archaeological Discoveries Related to Jeremiah

 Bryan Windle has a nice list of ten of them here.

Gospels Class Handouts and Presentations

Steve Walton has made a number of his handouts and presentations available here from a class that he taught in Morogoro, Tanzania.

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.

Timothy A. Brookins, Ancient Rhetoric and the Style of Paul’s Letters: A Reference Book (Cascade)
Priscille Marschall

Greg Carey, Death, the End of History, and Beyond: Eschatology in the Bible (Westminster John Knox)
Devlin McGuire

Michael A. Daise, Quotations in John: Studies on Jewish Scripture in the Fourth Gospel (T&T Clark)
Paul N. Anderson

Tim J. Davy, The Book of Job and the Mission of God: A Missional Reading (Pickwick)
Katharine Dell

Uri Gabbay and Shai Gordin, eds., Individuals and Institutions in the Ancient Near East: A Tribute to Ran Zadok (De Gruyter)
Brandon Simonson

Tal Ilan, Queen Berenice: A Jewish Female Icon of the First Century CE (Brill)
Cynthia M. Baker

Hayeon Kim, Multiple Authorship of the Septuagint Pentateuch: The Original Translators of the Pentateuch (Brill)
Camilla Recalcati

Gift Mtukwa, Work and Community in the Thessalonian Correspondence: An African Communal Reading of Paul’s Work Exhortations (Langham Monographs)
Adewale Joshua Adelakun

Jeehei Park, All Citizens of Christ: A Cosmopolitan Reading of Unity and Diversity in Paul’s Letters (Brill)
Eric Covington

Jennifer A. Quigley, Divine Accounting: Theo-Economics in Early Christianity (Yale University Press)
Zeba A. Crook

Christopher J. H. Wright's New Website

Christopher Wright is one of my favorite Old Testament scholars and he has a new website with a number of resources here.

HT: Antony Billington

5 Ways to Waste Your Time in Seminary

There is some good advice here.

An Eye for an Eye

John Collins has some interesting and helpful thoughts 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.

Adesola Joan Akala, ed., Exploring the Glory of God: New Horizons for a Theology of Glory (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
J. Michael Thigpen

Stéphanie Anthonioz and Cécile Dogniez, eds., Représentations et personnification de la sagesse dans l’Antiquité et au-delà (Peeters)
Anne Létourneau

Willi Braun; Russell T. McCutcheon, ed., Jesus and Addiction to Origins: Toward an Anthropocentric Study of Religion (Equinox)
Julius-Kei Kato

Matthew C. Genung and Kevin Zilverberg, eds., The Word of Truth, Sealed by the Spirit: Perspectives on the Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture (Saint Paul Seminary Press)
Nélida Naveros Córdova

Michael Graves, How Scripture Interprets Scripture: What Biblical Writers Can Teach Us about Reading the Bible (Baker Academic)
David Cohen

Peter H. W. Lau, The Book of Ruth (Eerdmans)
Mike O’Neal

Ismar Schorsch, “Better a Scholar Than a Prophet”: Studies on the Creation of Jewish Studies (Mohr Siebeck)
Michael Berenbaum

Anthony C. Thiselton, Colossians: A Short Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary (Cascade)
Chris S. Stevens

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer and Jakob Wöhrle, eds., The Book of the Twelve: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation (Brill)
Donatella Scaiola

Eric J. Tully, Reading the Prophets as Christian Scripture: A Literary, Canonical, and Theological Introduction (Baker Academic)
Manhee Yoon

Christocentric Preaching

Mike Bird has a good caution here regarding Christocentric preaching.