Dec 30, 2017
Interview with Mark Keown on Philippians
Todd Scacewater has a pretty interesting interview here with Mark Keown on Philippians. Keown has written a two-volume commentary on Philippians in the Evangelical Exegetical Commentary series.
Dec 29, 2017
Questioning Apocalyptic
I have long struggled with apocalyptic both as a phenomenon and as a genre. It is not so much that I don't understand what is said about these but rather how the term apocalyptic and the baggage that comes with it is applied to books in the Bible (e.g., Ezekiel, Daniel, Zechariah, Revelation). Too often it seems that the label is used much like a hermeneutical trump card. Merely playing the card means this or that. But labeling a text is not interpreting it. There also seems to be a fair amount of circularity in the process. Certain texts are determined to be apocalyptic and therefore we derive a definition of apocalyptic based on characteristics noted in the books. In turn we say that a certain book is apocalyptic because it fits a definition that we derived from books we have already determined were apocalyptic. I hope that makes sense. In any case, Paul Henenbury raises some issues here that resonate with me. But I will have to wait until his forthcoming fuller discussion is available to assess his critique overall.
Dec 28, 2017
Christianity Today's Top Ten Biblical Archaeology Discoveries of 2017
Gordon Govier enumerates and discusses them here.
Dec 27, 2017
Todd Bolen's List of Top 10 Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology from 2017
Dec 25, 2017
Dec 22, 2017
Latest Issue of 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.
Robert Karl Gnuse
The Elohist: A Seventh-Century Theological Tradition
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11643
Reviewed by Philip Y. Yoo
Esther J. Hamori
Women’s Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11500
Reviewed by Gerhard Karner
Lanuwabang Jamir
Exclusion and Judgment in Fellowship Meals: The Socio-historical Background of 1 Corinthians 11:17–34
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11262
Reviewed by Valeriy Alikin
Yigal Levin
The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah: 2 Chronicles 10–36
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11641
Reviewed by Ralph W. Klein
Richard D. Nelson
Judges: A Critical and Rhetorical Commentary
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11639
Reviewed by Keith Bodner
Frederick S. Tappenden
Resurrection in Paul: Cognition, Metaphor, and Transformation
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11335
Reviewed by John Granger Cook
Reviewed by Robert H. von Thaden Jr.
James W. Voelz
Mark 1:1–8:26
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10070
Reviewed by Hallur Mortensen
Sarah Whittle
Covenant Renewal and the Consecration of the Gentiles in Romans
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10408
Reviewed by Ryan Heinsch
Reviewed by Janelle Peters
Robert Karl Gnuse
The Elohist: A Seventh-Century Theological Tradition
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11643
Reviewed by Philip Y. Yoo
Esther J. Hamori
Women’s Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11500
Reviewed by Gerhard Karner
Lanuwabang Jamir
Exclusion and Judgment in Fellowship Meals: The Socio-historical Background of 1 Corinthians 11:17–34
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11262
Reviewed by Valeriy Alikin
Yigal Levin
The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah: 2 Chronicles 10–36
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11641
Reviewed by Ralph W. Klein
Richard D. Nelson
Judges: A Critical and Rhetorical Commentary
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11639
Reviewed by Keith Bodner
Frederick S. Tappenden
Resurrection in Paul: Cognition, Metaphor, and Transformation
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11335
Reviewed by John Granger Cook
Reviewed by Robert H. von Thaden Jr.
James W. Voelz
Mark 1:1–8:26
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10070
Reviewed by Hallur Mortensen
Sarah Whittle
Covenant Renewal and the Consecration of the Gentiles in Romans
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10408
Reviewed by Ryan Heinsch
Reviewed by Janelle Peters
Dec 21, 2017
Paul on the Road to Assos (Acts 20)
I like the book of Acts and dabble in Bible geography so I enjoyed this post by Carl Rasmussen on Paul's trip to Assos from Troas and his companions trip by sea to Assos (Acts 20:13–14). So good so far. But trying to determine why two different routes were taken is difficult because the text simply does not tell us. But Mark Wilson offers some suggestions that are then challenged and defended in the comments. Good stuff.
Dec 20, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Biblical Archaeology Related Finds of 2017
Live Science has their list of the most significant biblical archaeology related finds of the year here.
Dec 18, 2017
Dec 16, 2017
Latest Issue of 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.
Donald L. Berry
Glory in Romans and the Unified Purpose of God in Redemptive History
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11212
Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Cockrell
C. L. Crouch
An Introduction to the Study of Jeremiah
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11633
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney
A. Andrew Das
Paul and the Stories of Israel: Grand Thematic Narratives in Galatians
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11318
Reviewed by Bart J. Koet and Jaap F. van der Meij
Torleif Elgvin, Kipp Davis, and Michael Langlois, eds.
Gleanings from the Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls and Artefacts from the Schoyen Collection
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11370
Reviewed by Peter Porzig
Garrett Galvin
David’s Successors: Kingship in the Old Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11421
Reviewed by David G. Firth
John Goldingay
An Introduction to the Old Testament: Exploring Text, Approaches and Issues
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11499
Reviewed by Bálint Károly Zabán
Bernd Janowski and Enno Edzard Popkes, eds.
Das Geheimnis der Gegenwart Gottes
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10302
Reviewed by Pieter de Vries
Richard N. Longenecker
The Epistle to the Romans
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11253
Reviewed by Mark Reasoner
Anne-Françoise Loiseau
L’influence de l’araméen sur les traducteurs de la LXX principalement, sue les traducteurs grecs postérieurs, ainsi que sur les scribes de la Vorlage de la LXX
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11417
Reviewed by Theo van der Louw
Joel R. Soza
Lucifer, Leviathan, Lilith, and Other Mysterious Creatures of the Bible
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11674
Reviewed by Robin C. McCall
Donald L. Berry
Glory in Romans and the Unified Purpose of God in Redemptive History
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11212
Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Cockrell
C. L. Crouch
An Introduction to the Study of Jeremiah
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11633
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney
A. Andrew Das
Paul and the Stories of Israel: Grand Thematic Narratives in Galatians
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11318
Reviewed by Bart J. Koet and Jaap F. van der Meij
Torleif Elgvin, Kipp Davis, and Michael Langlois, eds.
Gleanings from the Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls and Artefacts from the Schoyen Collection
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11370
Reviewed by Peter Porzig
Garrett Galvin
David’s Successors: Kingship in the Old Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11421
Reviewed by David G. Firth
John Goldingay
An Introduction to the Old Testament: Exploring Text, Approaches and Issues
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11499
Reviewed by Bálint Károly Zabán
Bernd Janowski and Enno Edzard Popkes, eds.
Das Geheimnis der Gegenwart Gottes
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10302
Reviewed by Pieter de Vries
Richard N. Longenecker
The Epistle to the Romans
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11253
Reviewed by Mark Reasoner
Anne-Françoise Loiseau
L’influence de l’araméen sur les traducteurs de la LXX principalement, sue les traducteurs grecs postérieurs, ainsi que sur les scribes de la Vorlage de la LXX
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11417
Reviewed by Theo van der Louw
Joel R. Soza
Lucifer, Leviathan, Lilith, and Other Mysterious Creatures of the Bible
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11674
Reviewed by Robin C. McCall
Dec 15, 2017
Evidence for Interpreting the Temple in Ezekiel 40-48 Literally
Martin Henebury identifies 10 lines of evidence for interpreting the temple in Ezekiel 40-48 literally here.
Dec 14, 2017
The Temptation to Retranslate the Lord's Prayer
Many of you have probably already heard about the Pope's call for a "better translation” of one of the verses in the Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:13). But Anthony Esolen argues here, and rightly in my opinion, that this suggestion is misguided at best.
Dec 13, 2017
Latest Issue of 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.
Matthias Becker
Porphyrios, ‘Contra Christianos’: Neue Sammlung der Fragmente, Testimonien und Dubia mit Einleitung, Übersetzung und Anmerkungen
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10962
Reviewed by John Granger Cook
David Alan Black and Jacob N. Cerone, eds.
The Pericope of the Adulteress in Contemporary Research
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11269
Reviewed by Zachary J. Cole
David A. deSilva
Galatians: A Handbook on the Greek Text
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10155
Reviewed by Richard Manly Adams Jr.
Jonathan Gibson
Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11477
Reviewed by Pamela J. Scalise
Barbara Green
David’s Capacity for Compassion: A Literary-Hermeneutical Study of 1–2 Samuel
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11700
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney
Adam Gregerman
Building on the Ruins of the Temple
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11395
Reviewed by Daniel M. Gurtner
Mercedes Navarro Puerto and Marinella Perroni, eds.
Gospels: Narrative and History
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10742
Reviewed by Glenna S. Jackson
Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts
Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10967
Reviewed by S. Matthew Solomon
Keith A. Stone
Singing Moses’ Song: A Performance-Critical Analysis of Deuteronomy’s Song of Moses
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11651
Reviewed by Don C. Benjamin
Urban von Wahlde
Gnosticism, Docetism, and the Judaisms of the First Century: The Search for the Wider Context of the Johannine Literature and Why It Matters
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10425
Reviewed by Jan G. van der Watt
Matthias Becker
Porphyrios, ‘Contra Christianos’: Neue Sammlung der Fragmente, Testimonien und Dubia mit Einleitung, Übersetzung und Anmerkungen
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10962
Reviewed by John Granger Cook
David Alan Black and Jacob N. Cerone, eds.
The Pericope of the Adulteress in Contemporary Research
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11269
Reviewed by Zachary J. Cole
David A. deSilva
Galatians: A Handbook on the Greek Text
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10155
Reviewed by Richard Manly Adams Jr.
Jonathan Gibson
Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11477
Reviewed by Pamela J. Scalise
Barbara Green
David’s Capacity for Compassion: A Literary-Hermeneutical Study of 1–2 Samuel
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11700
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney
Adam Gregerman
Building on the Ruins of the Temple
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11395
Reviewed by Daniel M. Gurtner
Mercedes Navarro Puerto and Marinella Perroni, eds.
Gospels: Narrative and History
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10742
Reviewed by Glenna S. Jackson
Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts
Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10967
Reviewed by S. Matthew Solomon
Keith A. Stone
Singing Moses’ Song: A Performance-Critical Analysis of Deuteronomy’s Song of Moses
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11651
Reviewed by Don C. Benjamin
Urban von Wahlde
Gnosticism, Docetism, and the Judaisms of the First Century: The Search for the Wider Context of the Johannine Literature and Why It Matters
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10425
Reviewed by Jan G. van der Watt
Dec 12, 2017
Books: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
Dec 11, 2017
2017 Advanced Expository Preaching Workshop
Free video for this year's Advanced Expository Preaching Workshop featuring Philemon is now available here.
Dec 9, 2017
For the Bibliophiles
Jessica Stillman reminds us "Why You Should Surround Yourself With More Books Than You'll Ever Have Time to Read" here.
Dec 8, 2017
Favorite Biblical Studies Books of 2017
Josh Philpot has the first favorite biblical studies books of 2017 list that I have seen so far here.
Dec 7, 2017
The Genealogy of Jesus
Michael Kok has a collection of links related to Jesus' genealogies in Matthew and Luke here.
Dec 6, 2017
Dec 5, 2017
First Apocalypse of James
Apparently, a 1500-year old copy of the First Apocalypse of James has been found in
the Egypt Exploration Society's archives at Oxford. This text is part of the larger Gnostic Nag Hammadi library. Here is one of several articles out
there.
Dec 4, 2017
Latest Issue of 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.
Darrell Bock
Mark
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10973
Reviewed by Earl S. Johnson Jr.
John H. Elliott
Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World, volume 3: The Bible and Related Sources
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11352
Reviewed by Nicole Tilford
Peeter Espak
The God Enki in Sumerian Royal Ideology and Mythology
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10913
Reviewed by Michael S. Moore
Duane A. Garrett
A Commentary on Exodus
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11462
Reviewed by Pieter de Vries
Raimo Hakola, Jutta Maria Jokiranta, and Samuel Byrskog, eds.
Social Memory and Social Identity in the Study of Early Judaism and Early Christianity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11453
Reviewed by Jonathan Draper
J. Gordon McConville
Being Human in God’s World: An Old Testament Theology of Humanity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11488
Reviewed by Andrea Saner
Brian Neil Peterson
John’s Use of Ezekiel: Understanding the Unique Perspective of the Fourth Gospel
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11199
Reviewed by William Rogan
Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams, eds.
Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, volume 1: Prevailing Methods before 1980; volume 2: Prevailing Methods after 1980
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11371
Volume 1 reviewed by Jeffrey L. Morrow
Volumes 1 and 2 reviewed by Thomas H. Olbricht
Michael Vicko Zolondek
We Have Found the Messiah: How the Disciples Help Us Answer the Davidic Messianic Question
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11422
Reviewed by David S. Ritsema
Darrell Bock
Mark
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10973
Reviewed by Earl S. Johnson Jr.
John H. Elliott
Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World, volume 3: The Bible and Related Sources
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11352
Reviewed by Nicole Tilford
Peeter Espak
The God Enki in Sumerian Royal Ideology and Mythology
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10913
Reviewed by Michael S. Moore
Duane A. Garrett
A Commentary on Exodus
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11462
Reviewed by Pieter de Vries
Raimo Hakola, Jutta Maria Jokiranta, and Samuel Byrskog, eds.
Social Memory and Social Identity in the Study of Early Judaism and Early Christianity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11453
Reviewed by Jonathan Draper
J. Gordon McConville
Being Human in God’s World: An Old Testament Theology of Humanity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11488
Reviewed by Andrea Saner
Brian Neil Peterson
John’s Use of Ezekiel: Understanding the Unique Perspective of the Fourth Gospel
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11199
Reviewed by William Rogan
Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams, eds.
Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, volume 1: Prevailing Methods before 1980; volume 2: Prevailing Methods after 1980
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11371
Volume 1 reviewed by Jeffrey L. Morrow
Volumes 1 and 2 reviewed by Thomas H. Olbricht
Michael Vicko Zolondek
We Have Found the Messiah: How the Disciples Help Us Answer the Davidic Messianic Question
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11422
Reviewed by David S. Ritsema
Dec 2, 2017
Free Audio Book of the Month: Why the Reformation Still Matters
Christianaudio.com is offering Why the Reformation Still Matters by Michael Reeves and Tim Chester as their free audio download for the month
of December. To read more about this resource and to get your free audio
download in either MP3 or M4B formats go here.
Dec 1, 2017
Free Logos Book for December: Psalms, Vol. 1
The free Logos Book of the Month for December is James Montgomery Boice's commentary on Psalms 1-41. There are three volumes covering all 150 psalms and you can purchase the other two volumes for $1.99 and $2.99 respectively. You can also enter to win the 15 volume Baker D. A. Carson collection. For all these offers, go to the Logos' Free Book of Month page here.
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