Where Is the Bethsaida Mentioned in the Gospels?

Ben Witherington talks about that question here. There are also two useful maps noting the two main proposals.

Online Bibliographies for 2 Peter

You can find links to five of them here.

Free Course on Acts by Craig Keener

BiblicalTraining.org is offering free audio of Craig Keener teaching the book of Acts. Check it out here.

Multi-Site Churches

Here is an interesting overview of multi-site churches.

Slides on Acts

Steve Walton has made two presentations introducing the book of Acts available here.

Reading the Bible in Community

Might friend Brian Wright identifies four reasons to read the Bible in community here.

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.

Ryan P. Bonfiglio, ed.
A Study Companion to Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9905
Reviewed by Blake A. Jurgens

John J. Collins
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9911
Reviewed by Blake A. Jurgens

Bryan R. Dyer
Suffering in the Face of Death: The Epistle to the Hebrews and Its Context of Situation
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11697
Reviewed by Bryan J. Whitfield

C. D. Elledge
Resurrection of the Dead in Early Judaism: 200 BCE–CE 200
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11756
Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Leander Keck
Why Christ Matters: Toward a New Testament Christology
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10520
Reviewed by Dieter T. Roth

Mark A. Leuchter and David T. Lamb
The Historical Writings: Introducing Israel’s Historical Literature
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11319
Reviewed by Kyle Greenwood

Yoseop Ra
Q, the First Writing about Jesus
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11276
Reviewed by Sarah E. Rollens

Margaret G. Sim
A Relevant Way to Read: A New Approach to Exegesis and Communication
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11354
Reviewed by Stephen Pattemore

Heidi Wendt
At the Temple Gates: The Religion of Freelance Experts in the Roman Empire
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11377
Reviewed by Timothy Luckritz Marquis

Siu Fung Wu
Suffering in Romans
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10599
Reviewed by Michael E. Peach

Free Logos Book for March: From Bondage to Liberty: The Gospel according to Moses

The free Logos Book for the Month for March is From Bondage to Liberty: The Gospel according to Moses. You can also purchase A Theology of James for $1.99 and Reformed Expository Commentary: Acts for $4.99. You can register for a chance win John Frame's four-volume A Theology of Lordship. For all these offers, go to the Logos' Free Book of Month page here.

How Two Evangelical Biblical Scholars Treat Scripture

You can read here how Dan Block and Richard Schultz believe that evangelicals ought to treat Scripture.

The Purpose of Biblical Theology

Scot Hafemann, recalling a challenge articulated by the late Carl F. H. Henry of an "articulation of an enduring Christian life and worldview with revelatory excitement that transcends technological science and heralds an unreviseable truth claim that replies to critics who decry reason," rightly suggests the following. "The purpose of biblical theology, if history and theology, faith and reason, 'law and gospel' can be wed again, is to answer this need, and in so doing to find doxology at the end of theology. For the final goal of biblically driven and integrated theology is not knowledge per se, but praise."

Scott Hafemann, “What’s the Point of Biblical Theology? Reflections Prompted by Brevard Childs,” in BiblicalTheology: Past, Present, and Future, ed. Corey Walsh and Mark. W Elliott, (Cascade: Eugene, OR, 2016), 120.

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 40:3

The latest issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament is out. Here is a list of the articles and links to abstracts.

Trusting in Jesus - David Konstan

Pistis as Relational Way of Life in Galatians - Peter Oakes

A Map of Understanding: The Riskiness of Trust in the World of the Early Christians - Loveday Alexander

Faith and the Fourth Gospel: A Conversation with Teresa Morgan - Judith M. Lieu

Faith in Dialogue - Teresa Morgan

Did Paul Refuse an Offer of Support from the Corinthians? - Ryan S. Schellenberg

Seeing Visions: The Persuasive Power of Sight in the Acts of the Apostles - Deborah Thompson Prince

Consistency Isn’t Everything: Self-Commendation in 2 Corinthians - Matthew C. Pawlak

Missing ‘Particles’ in Disputed Pauline Letters? A Question of Method - Jermo van Nes

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.

Phyllis A. Bird
Faith, Feminism, and the Forum of Scripture: Essays on Biblical Theology and Hermeneutics
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10705
Reviewed by Lisa W. Davison

Keith Bodner
An Ark on the Nile: The Beginning of the Book of Exodus
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11400
Reviewed by Jean Louis Ska

Timothy A. Brookins and Bruce W. Longenecker
1 Corinthians 1–9: A Handbook on the Greek Text
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11401
Reviewed by George H. Guthrie

L. Stephanie Cobb
Divine Deliverance: Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Texts
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11692
Reviewed by Gail P. Streete

Michael S. Heiser
The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11097
Reviewed by David B. Sloan

Mauricio Saavedra Monroy
The Church of Smyrna: History and Theology of a Primitive Christian Community
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10657
Reviewed by Mark Wilson

Chantal Reynier
Vie et mort de Paul à Rome
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11327
Reviewed by Stephan Witetschek

Marion L. Soards and Darrell J. Pursiful
Galatians
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=10481
Reviewed by Nijay Gupta

Brent A. Strawn
The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11629
Reviewed by Benjamin D. Sommer

Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, ed.
Priests and Cults in the Book of the Twelve
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=11260
Reviewed by James M. Bos

A Bulla of Isaiah the Prophet

Several news outlets, including this one, are reporting that a "seal" (more technically a bulla) possibly referencing the prophet Isaiah has been found.

 

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