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.

Dionsio Candido, Renate Egger-Wenzel, and Stefan C. Reif, eds., What Makes a People? Early Jewish Ideas of Peoplehood and Their Evolving Impact (De Gruyter)
Grace Wing-Yi Au

Meghan Henning and Nils Neumann, eds., Vivid Rhetoric and Visual Persuasion: Ekphrasis in Early Christian Literature (Eerdmans)
Jason Robert Combs

John C. Poirier, The Invention of the Inspired Text: Philological Windows on the Theopneustia of Scripture (T&T Clark)
Jeffrey M. Tripp

Stanley E. Porter, The Pastoral Epistles: A Commentary on the Greek Text (Baker Academic)
Isaiah Allen

Olivia L. Rahmsdorf, Zeit und Ethik im Johannesevangelium: Theoretische, methodische und exegetische Annäherungen an die Gunst der Stunde (Mohr Siebeck)
Gregory Thomas Bask

Nicolai Techow, Sinners, Works of Law, and Transgression in Gal 2:14b–21: A Study in Paul’s Line of Thought (Mohr Siebeck)
William Sanger Campbell

Philip S. Thomas, In a Vision of the Night: Job, Cormac McCarthy, and the Challenge of Chaos (Baylor University Press)
Anthony C. Swindell

Robyn J. Whitaker, Even the Devil Quotes Scripture: Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms (Eerdmans)
Greg Carey

Free Logos Resources for March

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Genesis, Shepherd's Notes, What Are They Saying about Augustine? by Joseph Kelley, a free ebook, A Loving Life by Paul Miller, and the free audio book Working for God by Andrew Murray. You can get these free resources and also other deals here, here, here, and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get People of the Spirit by Graham Twelftree for free here.

The Meaning of the Transfiguration in Luke 9

Ian Paul has a good discussion here on the meaning of Jesus' transfiguration in Luke 9

Don't Preach a Commentary

Amen and amen to this article on preaching by Michael C. Lyons.

HT: Tim Challies

Top Biblical Archaeology Discoveries of 2024

A bit late to the party, but Biblical Archaeology Review discusses the top bBiblical archaeology discoveries of 2024 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.

Adam H. Becker, Isaac of Antioch: Homilies on Moral and Monastic Reform (SBL Press)
Robert A. Kitchen

Jonathan Ben-Dov, Asaf Gayer, and Eshbal Ratzon, Material and Digital Reconstruction of Fragmentary Dead Sea Scrolls: The Case of 4Q418a (Brill)
Charles P. Comerford

Presian Renee Burroughs, Creation’s Slavery and Liberation: Paul’s Letter to Rome in the Face of Imperial and Industrial Agriculture (Cascade)
William Horst

Sung J. Cho, Matthew’s Account of the Massacre of the Innocents in Light of Its Reception History (T&T Clark)
Rebekah Eklund

Jürg Hutzli, The Origins of P: Literary Profiles and Strata of the Priestly Texts in Genesis 1–Exodus 40 (Mohr Siebeck)
David Rothstein

Chiaen Liu, Register Variation in the New Testament Petrine Texts (Brill)
Zachary K. Dawson

Travis R. Niles, The Image of the Invisible God: An Exegetical Study of Colossians 1:15–20 (Mohr Siebeck)
Matthew E. Gordley

Shaul Shaked, James Nathan Ford, and Siam Bhayro, Aramaic Bowl Spells: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Bowls, Volume Two (Brill)
Joshua Schwartz

The Samaritan Pentateuch

The Samaritan Pentateuch: An English Translation with a Parallel Annotated Hebrew Text by Moshe Florentin and Abraham Tal is available for free via open access here.

HT: Steven Fine

Bathsheba Soap?

You see all kinds of stuff on Facebook. Apparently you can actually buy this. 

Is the Rapture Just a Metaphor in 1 Thessalonians 4?

Those who embrace or reject the doctrine of the pretibulational rapture should watch this video from my colleague Mike Svigel.

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.

Nissim Amzallag, Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel: Insights from the Archaeological Record (Cambridge University Press)
Michael J. Stahl

Carol Bakhos, and Alyssa M. Gray, eds., Making History: Studies in Rabbinic History, Literature, and Culture in Honor of Richard L. Kalmin (Brown Judaic Studies)
Jenny R. Labendz

Courtney J. P. Friesen, Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era (Routledge)
Jo-Ann A. Brant

Tom Hatina, ed., Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels, Volume 4: The Gospel of John (T&T Clark)
Joshua J. Coutts

Yung Suk Kim, How to Read Paul: A Brief Introduction to His Theology, Writings, and World (Fortress)
James W. Aageson

Gideon R. Kotzé, Michaël N. van der Meer, and Martin Rösel, eds., XVII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies: Aberdeen, 2019 (SBL Press)
Tyler Horton

Roberta Mazza, Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts (Stanford University Press)
Gregory Fewster

James Riley Strange, Excavating the Land of Jesus: How Archaeologists Study the People of the Gospels (Eerdmans)
Joshua Schwartz

The Beatitudes in Luke 6

Ian Paul has a nice discussion here.