Fatal Assumptions Concerning Communication

Don McMinn has some important thoughts on communication here. In my experience he is spot on and I have fallen prey more than once to his four fatal assumptions.

A Couple of More Best Book Lists for 2019

Here is Brandon Smith's discussion of his five favorite books of 2019.

Here is the Gospel Coalition's 2019 book awards.

Misunderstanding American Religious History

American religious history was a new course that I taught this semester. I learned a lot and trust that my students did too. In any case, I found this article from Thomas Kidd on some common misunderstandings about American religious history to be interesting.

Biblical Archaeological Society Warehouse Sale

The Biblical Archaeological Society has some great deals here. It seems like they are deleting their stock so you probably need to act sooner rather than later

Christianity Today's 2020 Book Awards

It is that time of year. Go here to see the winners of Christianity Today's 2020 book awards.

Free Audio Book of the Month: Orthodoxy

Christianaudio.com's free audio book of the month is G. K. Chesterton's classic Orthodoxy. To read more about this resource and to get your free audio download in either MP3 or M4B formats go here.

Psalm 6 Links

I have been working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some of my favorite links that I discovered during my research. There is a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 6 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Spokane Bible Church: http://www.spokanebiblechurch.com/books/psalm-6

Literary Analysis of Psalm 6: http://psalmsstudy.com/sing-learn/literary-analysis-psalm-6

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps006.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_006rev.pdf 

Free Christmas Devotional

I am a little late in highlighting this, but the folks at Dallas Theological Seminary have produced a daily Christmas devotional. I have enjoyed reading these over the years. You can access the free PDF 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.

Rainer Albertz; Jakob Wöhrle, ed., Pentateuchstudien
Reviewed by Jean Louis Ska

Benjamin M. Austin, Plant Metaphors in the Old Greek of Isaiah
Reviewed by Larry Perkins

Richard A. Burridge, What Are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography
Reviewed by Sean A. Adams

Paul K.-K. Cho, Myth, History and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible
Reviewed by Amy L. Balogh

David Christian Clausen, The Upper Room and Tomb of David: The History, Art and Archaeology of the Cenacle on Mount Zion
Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Matthias Ederer, Identitätsstiftende Begegnung: Die theologische Deutung des regelmäßigen Kultes Israels in der Tora
Reviewed by Martin Nitsche

John Glynn; Michael H. Burer, ed., Best Bible Books: New Testament Resources
Reviewed by Jay Harrington

Isabelle M. Hamley, Unspeakable Things Unspoken: An Irigarayan Reading of Otherness and Victimization in Judges 19–21
Reviewed by Jaco Gericke

Alan Kirk, Memory and the Jesus Tradition
Reviewed by Werner H. Kelber

J. D. McLarty, Thecla’s Devotion: Narrative, Emotion and Identity in the Acts of Paul and Thecla
Reviewed by Gail P. Streete

Dirk van Miert, The Emancipation of Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1590–1670
Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Morrow

Janet E. Spittler, ed., The Narrative Self in Early Christianity: Essays in Honor of Judith Perkins
Reviewed by Hans-Josef Klauck

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44:2

Neither the journal or its articles are free but here is a list of the articles. You can access a table of contents and abstracts of the articles here.

Pan-Psalter Occurrence Scheme of ‘Jacob’ and ‘Covenant’
Peter CW Ho

The Motif of Uzziah’s צרעת in the Deuteronomistic History, Chronicles, and Beyond
Isabel Cranz

Seeing Doubles: On Two of a Kind
Scott B Noegel and Corinna E Nichols

The destruction of Hazor: Israelite History and the Construction of History in Israel
Brendon C Benz

The Assassination of Mephibosheth: Royal and Redactional Intrigue in the book of Samuel
Jeremiah N Bailey