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 and Paavo N. Tucker, Deuteronomy 12–26: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Baylor University Press)
Sidnie White Crawford

Knut Backhaus, Die Entgrenzung des Heils: Gesammelte Studien zur Apostelgeschichte (Mohr Siebeck)
Daniel B. Glover

Yael Fisch, Written for Us: Paul’s Interpretation of Scripture and the History of Midrash (Brill)
Nicholas Schaser

Justo L. González and Catherine Gunsalus González, Worship in the Early Church (Westminster John Knox)
David Kneip

Oscar Jiménez, Metaphors in the Narrative of Ephesians 2:11–22: Motion towards Maximal Proximity and Higher Status (Brill)
Lionel J. Windsor

Emerson B. Powery, The Good Samaritan: Luke 10 for the Life of the Church (Baker Academic)
Hyun Ho Park


The following reviews originally published in the Studia Philonica Annual have been added to RBL.

Michael B. Cover, Philo of Alexandria, On the Change of Names: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Brill)
Sean A. Adams

David T. Runia, Philo of Alexandria: Collected Studies 1997–2021 (Mohr Siebeck)
Gregory E. Sterling

Free eBook: Discipleship in a World Full of Nazis:Recovering the True Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Discipleship in a World Full of Nazis:Recovering the True Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Mark Thiessen Nation. The offer is valid until January 16. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Understanding Acts 16:6-15

Steve Walton has made his slides from a recent talk on Acts 16:6-15 available here.

Reasons to Read Your Bible

J. David Stark gives you twelve of them here.

Free Logos Resources for January

Logos is offering these freebies this month: 40 Questions about Christians and the Law by Tom Schreiner, St. Thomas Aquinas by Vivian Boland, a free ebook, Experience Your Bible by Josh and Sean McDowell, and the free audio book The Possibilities of Prayer by E. M. Bounds. You can get these free resources and also purchase others at significant discounts here, here, here, and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get Interpreting the Atonement by Robert Culpepper for free here.

Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2024

Todd Bolen has produced another "Top 10 Discoveries" list. I have posted other lists but this one is more comprehensive. Check it out here.

The Gospel According to Paul: Over a Hundred Years of Interpretation

B. J. Oropeza's article, "The Gospel According to Paul: Over a Hundred Years of Interpretation," can be accessed for free 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.

Andrew Errington, Every Good Path: Wisdom and Practical Reason in Christian Ethics and the Book of Proverbs (T&T Clark)
Paavo N. Tucker

Afework Hailu, Jewish Cultural Elements in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥәdo Church (Gorgias)
Nebeyou Alemu Terefe 

Susan Miller, Women in John’s Gospel (T&T Clark)
Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III

Thomas Tops, Paroimia and Parrēsia in the Gospel of John: A Historical-Hermeneutical Study (Mohr Siebeck)
Daniel Frayer-Griggs

The following reviews originally published in the Studia Philonica Annual have been added to RBL.

Radka Fialová, Jiří Hoblík, and Petr Kitzler, eds., Hellenism, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity: Transmission and Transformation of Ideas (De Gruyter)
Justin M. Rogers

Jeffrey M. Hunt, ed. and trans., De vita Mosis I: An Introduction with Text, Translation, and Notes (Baylor University Press)
Gregory E. Sterling

Daniel Maier, Das Glück im antiken Judentum und im Neuen Testament: Eine Untersuchung zu den Konzepten eines guten Lebens in der Literatur des Zweiten Tempels und deren Einfluss auf die frühchristliche Wahrnehmung des Glücks (Mohr Siebeck)
David T. Runia

Jason A. Staples, The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity (Cambridge University Press)
Ellen Birnbaum

Jonah: A Visual Reader

You can access a free PDF copy of an updated edition of Sawyer Moranville's Jonah: A Visual Reader from Lingua Deo Gloria here.

Top Biblical Archaeology Stories in 2024

Ruth Schuster at Haaretz has now come out with a list here.

Merry Christmas!

 

Biblical Archaeology Stories of 2024

Gordon Govier provides his top ten 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.

Eve-Marie Becker, Sigurvin Lárus Jónsson, and Susanne Luther, eds., Who was “James”?: Essays on the Letter’s Authorship and Provenance (Mohr Siebeck)
Martin C. Albl

Miriam Goldstein, A Judeo-Arabic Parody of the Life of Jesus: The Toledot Yeshu Helene Narrative (Mohr Siebeck)
Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg

Mark J. Goodwin, Paul and Participation in Christ: The Patristic Witness (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Benjamin A. Edsall

Evyatar Marienberg, Traditional Jewish Sex Guidance: A History (Brill)
Robert Jütte

The following reviews originally published in the Studia Philonica Annual have been added to RBL.

René Bloch, Ancient Jewish Diaspora: Essays on Hellenism (Brill)
Erich S. Gruen

Peder Borgen; Torrey Seland, ed., Illuminations by Philo of Alexandria: Selected Studies on Interpretation in Philo, Paul and the Revelation of John (Brill)
Gregory E. Sterling

Ludovica De Luca, Il Dio architetto di Filone di Alessandria (De opificio mundi 17–20) (Vita e Pensiero)
Heleen Keizer

Alan Taylor Farnes, Scott D. Mackie and David T. Runia, eds., Ancient Texts, Papyri, and Manuscripts: Studies in Honor of James R. Royse (Brill)
Brent Nongbri

Theistic Approach To Old Testament “Texts Of Terror”

Although this post dates to 2013, Roger Olson has a pretty good survey here.