Journal of Biblical Literature 143:4

Volume 143:4 of the Journal of Biblical Literature is now available. Here is a list of articles but you will need to be a member to access them.

“You Shall Be Holy”: A Reassessment of Israel’s Call to Holiness
Joshua J. Van Ee

Spirit Possession and Intimate Partner Violence in the Law of Jealousy (Numbers 5:11–31)
Reed Carlson

Fluid Boundaries and Conflicted Meaning in the Book of Joshua
Robin Baker

Persian-Style Historiography in Ezra-Nehemiah
Sam Blankenship

Revisiting Psalm 91 in Light of Rainer Albertz’s Model of Internal Religious Pluralism
W. Dennis Tucker Jr.

Torches, Not Lamps, in the Wedding Parable of Matthew 25
Michael Peppard

2 Corinthians 8:16–9:5 as a Letter of Commendation and Instruction
Jerry L. Sumney

Courtroom Theatrics in the Letter of James
Alicia J. Batten

An Early Harklean Version in a Syriac Gospel Fragmentary Manuscript (MS Or. 403)
Catalin-Stefan Popa

Helpful Commentaries on Revelation

Paul Himes offers an annotated list 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 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

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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.