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.

Ahn Byung-Mu, Stories of Minjung Theology: The Theological Journey of Ahn Byung-Mu in His Own Words
Reviewed by Youjin Chung

Marlis Arnhold, Harry O. Maier, and Jörg Rüpke, eds., Seeing the God: Image, Space, Performance, and Vision in the Religion of the Roman Empire
Reviewed by Davina C. Lopez

Angelika Berlejung and Aren M. Maeir, eds., Research on Israel and Aram: Autonomy, Independence and Related Issues; Proceedings of the First Annual RIAB Center Conference, Leipzig, June 2016
Reviewed by H. G. M. Williamson

Phyllis A. Bird, Harlot or Holy Woman? A Study of Hebrew Qedešah
Reviewed by Elaine Adler Goodfriend

A. J. Culp, Memoir of Moses: The Literary Creation of Covenantal Memory in Deuteronomy
Reviewed by Jack Lundbom

Sonja Feldmar, Eschatologische Fortschreibungen im Buch Hiob
Reviewed by Tobias Häner

Friedhelm Hartenstein and Thomas Willi, eds., Psalmen und Chronik
Reviewed by Lars Maskow

Sean Seongik Kim, The Spirituality of Following Jesus in John’s Gospel: An Investigation of Akolouthein and Correlated Motifs
Reviewed by Toan Do

Sun Wook Kim, Jesus and the Missional Movement in Galilee: Markan Spatial Presentation and Its Hermeneutical Significance
Reviewed by Eric Stewart

Flavien Pardigon, Paul against the Idols: A Contextual Reading of the Areopagus Speech
Reviewed by David Lertis Matson

Iain Provan, The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture
Reviewed by Edmon L. Gallagher

Psalm 35 Links

I have been working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 35 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Literary analysis of Psalm 35: http://psalmsstudy.com/psalms-literary-analysis-by-chapter/literary-analysis-psalm-35-bones-adonai-you

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps035.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_035.pdf

The Beatitudes

Ian Paul has a very nice discussion here on the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5:1-12. This is a passage that is well-known but often not well-understood.

Sunday Is Not the Sabbath

It is not the most popular view today, but Stephen Wellum is correct in asserting that Sunday is not the Christian Sabbath here.

Key Resources for New Testament Studies

Steve Walton has put together a helpful list of key resources for the academic study of the New Testament. You can the find the link in Steve's blog post here.

Proverbs 26:4

 I thought of Proverbs 26:4 when I saw the following meme.

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.

Angelos Chaniotis, Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian
Reviewed by Eric C. Smith

Dorotei Getov, A Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts at the Ecclesiastical Historical and Archival Institute of the Patriarchate of Bulgaria: Volume II
Reviewed by W. Andrew Smith

Peter C. W. Ho, The Design of the Psalter: A Macrostructural Analysis
Reviewed by J. Clinton McCann Jr.

Ido Koch, Thomas Römer, and Omer Sergi, eds., Writing, Rewriting, and Overwriting in the Books of Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets: Essays in Honor of Cynthia Edenburg
Reviewed by Gili Kugler

Katja Kujanpää, The Rhetorical Functions of Scriptural Quotations in Romans: Paul’s Argumentation by Quotations
Reviewed by B. J. Oropeza

Graham S. Ogden and Lynell Zogbo, A Handbook on Judges
Reviewed by Victor H. Matthews

Andrew B. Perrin, Kyung S. Baek, and Daniel K. Falk, eds., Reading the Bible in Ancient Traditions and Modern Editions: Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint
Reviewed by Peter C. W. Ho

Josef Schmid; trans. Juan Hernández Jr., Garrick V. Allen, and Darius Müller, Studies in the History of the Greek Text of the Apocalypse: The Ancient Stems
Reviewed by Eugenia Constantinou

Klaas Spronk and Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman, eds., Hebrew Texts in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Surroundings
Reviewed by Jennifer M. Matheny

Benjamin D. Suchard, The Development of the Biblical Hebrew Vowels: Including a Concise Historical Morphology
Reviewed by Gary A. Rendsburg

Interview with Richard Hays

The Eerdword Blog has a brief interview with Richard Hays here. For those that may be unfamiliar with Hays, he is a fairly well-known and well-respected New Testament scholar. But what is most interesting about the interview are the personal insights that one gets concerning the man. For those who traffic in the academic world, so much of our focus and identity seems to be found in what we are teaching and writing. It is refreshing to see the richness that is found in just living life.

Latest Issue of Currents in Biblical Research

Here is a list of articles in the Currents in Biblical Research 19:1. The link takes you to an abstract.

Ruth in Recent Research
Jennifer M. Matheny

The Hebrew Bible and the ‘Animal Turn’
Phillip Sherman

Recent Trends in the Study of Jews and Judaism in Luke-Acts
Jason F. Moraff

The Date and Authenticity of the Ignatian Letters: An Outline of Recent Discussions
Jonathon Lookadoo

Psalm 91: Demons, DSS, and Jesus

 Tavis Bohlinger has an interesting discussion here.

Cain's Killing of Abel

David Zucker has an interesting discussion here related to the motivations or causes behind Cain killing Abel. Most interesting to me is how Jewish tradition has addressed the issue. I think it is mostly wrong but it is still interesting.

Psalm 34 Links

I have been working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 34 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Literary analysis of Psalm 34: http://psalmsstudy.com/psalms-literary-analysis-by-chapter/lliterary-analysis-psalm-34iterary-analysis-psalm-34

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps034.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_034.pdf

Eric Mathis: https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=3733

Psalm 110 in the New Testament

Justin Dillehay discusses the the significance of the New Testament's use of Psalm 110 here.

The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant: Virtual Conference

Those interested in biblical archaeology might be interested in a virtual workshop sponsored by the The W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research on November 11. The topic is "The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant: From Urban Origins to the Demise of City-States, 3700–1000 BCE." The workshop is free but registration is required 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.

Angelika Berlejung and Marianne Grohmann, eds., Foreign Women—Women in Foreign Lands
Reviewed by Renate Jost

Fiona C. Black and Jennifer L. Koosed, eds., Reading with Feeling: Affect Theory and the Bible
Reviewed by Brandon R. Grafius

Mareike Verena Blischke, Der Geist Gottes im Alten Testament
Reviewed by Kåre Berge

Joseph R. Dodson and David E. Briones, eds., Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context
Reviewed by Brian Yong Lee

Cao Jian, Chinese Biblical Anthropology: Persons and Ideas in the Old Testament and in Modern Chinese Literature
Reviewed by Chloe Sun

Nathan Nzyoka Joshua, Benefaction and Patronage in Leadership: A Socio-historical Exegesis of the Pastoral Epistles
Reviewed by Jin Hwan Lee

Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka, Esther in Diaspora: Toward an Alternative Interpretive Framework
Reviewed by Brittany N. Melton

Michael Straus, The New Testament: A 21st Century Translation
Reviewed by Zachary K. Dawson

Tom Thatcher, Chris Keith, Raymond F. Person Jr., and Elsie R. Stern, eds., The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media
Reviewed by Jonathan A. Draper

Julio Trebolle, Texturas biblicas del antiguo Oriente al Occidente moderno
Reviewed by Dominick S. Hernández

Irony in Esther

Jesse Johnson briefly explains what irony is and how it works and then examines how it plays out in Esther here.

The Book of Habakkuk

A number of years ago I developed a simple rhyme for the book of Habakkuk.It was Q – A, Q – A, OK. The "Q" relates to the questions of the prophet and the "A" to God's answers. The "OK" relates to the psalm that closes the book, especially 3:16-19. I have found that this rhyme helps people remember the book. Here is a simple synthetic chart that I have used as well.