Psalm 64

I am 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 64 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps064.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_064.pdf 

Psalm 64 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/77

The Early Archaeology of Jerusalem

Christianity Today has an interesting article here.

Free eBook: Deuteronomy: Law and Covenant

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Deuteronomy: Law and Covenant by Jack Lundbom. The offer is only available until February 15. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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3. Use the code "DEUT22"
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Free Logos Resources for February

Logos is offering Greg Beale's John's Use of the Old Testament In Revelation and Henry Wansbrough's Use and Abuse of the Bible as their free offerings for February. You can also purchase other books at significant discounts and enter to win the 10-volume T&T Clark Johannine Studies collection. These offers can be accessed here and here.

Free E-Book: Preaching Like Yourself

One of the turning points in my preaching ministry came when I embraced the idea that I needed to preach as myself rather than try to be one of my favorite preachers. So, I am happy to see this free e-book from David Allen, a preacher and a teacher of preachers.

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.

Richard Bautch, Joachim Eck, and Burkard M. Zapff, eds., Isaiah and the Twelve: Parallels, Similarities and Differences
Barry A. Jones

Caleb T. Friedeman, ed., A Scripture Index to Rabbinic Literature
David A. Fiensy

Dean Furlong, The John Also Called Mark: Reception and Transformation in Christian Tradition
Stephan Witetschek

Elijah Hixson, Scribal Habits in Sixth-Century Greek Purple Codices
Clark R. Bates

Konstantinos Kapparis, Prostitution in the Ancient Greek World
Carly Daniel-Hughes

Celene Lillie, The Rape of Eve: The Transformation of Roman Ideology in Three Early Christian Retellings of Genesis
Edmund P. Cueva

Edward G. Mathews Jr., Jacob of Sarug’s Homilies on the Six Days of Creation: The Fourth Day
Philip Michael Forness

Steffan Mathias, Paternity, Progeny, and Perpetuation: Creating Lives after Death in the Hebrew Bible
Philip S. Johnston

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling; Christopher Arnold and Michael Hackl, eds., Frühe alttestamentliche Arbeiten (1789–1793)
Jeffrey L. Morrow

Elena V. Shabily, ed., Representations of the Blessed Virgin Mary in World Literature and Art
Amy Peeler

New Preaching Podcast

David Allen is starting a new preaching podcast. You will be able to access it here.

Greek New Testament Wordle

I don't play many games but this one created by James Tauber might be one worth trying.

HT: Mark Hoffman

Psalms Humor

Seen on Facebook.

 

Slavery in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy

Zev Farber has a good discussion here of the different laws related to slaves in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. I would not hold to many of his conclusions but Farber does a pretty good job of laying out the data.

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.

Helen K. Bond and Edward Adams, eds., The Bible on Television
Mary Ann Beavis

Max Botner, Justin Harrison Duff, and Simon Dürr, eds., Atonement: Jewish and Christian Origins
Brian Yong Lee

David Burr, The Book of Revelation
Paul M. Hoskins

Holger Gzella, Aramaic: A History of the First World Language
Craig E. Morrison

Matthias Henze and Rodney A. Werline, eds., Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters
Peter Porzig

Joseph Jensen, God’s Word to Israel: New and Augmented Edition
Leslie J. Hoppe

Dennis R. MacDonald, Luke and the Politics of Homeric Imitation: Luke-Acts as a Rival to the Aeneid
Olegs Andrejevs

Thomas Renz, The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah
Steven Tuell

Jon Stewart, The Emergence of Subjectivity in the Ancient and Medieval World: An Interpretation of Western Civilization
Carol A. Newsom

Justin David Strong, The Fables of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke: A New Foundation for the Study of Parables
Peter J. Tomson

Free Webinar: Colossae, Colossians, and Archaeology

Clinton Arnold has noted that Tutku Educational Travel is hosting a free webinar on "Colossae, Colossians, and Archaeology." The webinar will be Sunday, February 27 at 7 AM PST or 9 AM CST. Arnold is one of the speakers and will be blogging about it at the Good Book Blog. 

 

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 44:3

The latest articles from of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament are available now. Here is a list of the articles and links to abstracts. The whole Kujanpää is accessible as a free PDF.

A Postmodern Riddle? Gaps, Inferences and Mark’s Abrupt Ending
Kelly R. Iverson

Paul and the Author of 1 Clement as Entrepreneurs of Identity in Corinthian Crises of Leadership
Katja Kujanpää

‘If they Will Enter my Rest’: The Impact of the Greek Translation Technique of Psalm 95 for the Argument of Hebrews 3 and 4J.
Michael McKay, Jr

The Eyewitnesses in their Own Words: Testing Richard Bauckham’s Model Using Verifiable Quotations
Jeffrey Tripp

In Defence of New Testament Satanologies: A Response to Farrar and Williams
Tom de Bruin

To Quote or Not to Quote? Categorizing Quotations in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Mark Cooper

Advice for Preaching through Longer Books

Jeff Wiesner has some pretty good advice here.

Top Ezra–Nehemiah Commentaries

Aubrey Buster lists and annotates her top "six" (actually 8) commentaries on Ezra–Nehemiah on Nijay Gupta's blog here.

The Honesty of the Psalter

"Perhaps one reason for the enduring power of the Psalter, despite its troubling aspects, is its blistering honesty; not only does the Psalter not shrink from owning negative emotions, but it also does not underplay the experience of abandonment by God voiced in laments that dominate the first third of the Psalter. It is precisely this experience of abandonment, also placed in the mouth of Jesus as he died, that discomfits later theologians who have consistently sought to tidy up psalmic theology to protect a presupposed view of God as present, gracious, and powerful. Ironically, admitting that one does not always experience God this way vitalizes these poems. They showcase people struggling to make sense of God in the face of deep doubts and sometimes frankly failing in that endeavor. That the canonizers included this 'counter testimony' in the canon attests to their refusal to whitewash the problem of theodicy. The poets address people where they are, even when doing so flies in the face of authorized theological expectation."

Ellen Charry, Psalms 1–50 (Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2015), XIX.

Top 10 Commentaries on 2 Corinthians

B. J. Oropeza lists his here.

HT: Brian Small

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.

Hannes Bezzel and Reinhard G. Kratz, eds., David in the Desert: Tradition and Redaction in the “History of David’s Rise”
David G. Firth

Christa Gray and James Corke-Webster, eds., The Hagiographical Experiment: Developing Discourses of Sainthood
Jennifer Barry

Daniel M. Gurtner, Introducing the Pseudepigrapha of Second Temple Judaism: Message, Context, and Significance
Lydia Gore-Jones

Johan Leemans, Geert Roskam, and Josien Segers, eds., John Chrysostom and Severian of Gabala: Homilists, Exegetes and Theologians
Robert Edwards

Tobias Nicklas, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, and Mikhail Seleznev, eds., History and Theology in the Gospels: Seventh International East–West Symposium of New Testament Scholars, Moscow, September 26 to October 1, 2016
Andrew McGowan

Wesley G. Olmstead, Matthew: A Handbook on the Greek Text
Olegs Andrejevs

Aaron Ricker, Ancient Letters and the Purpose of Romans: The Law of the Membrane
William Horst

Dalit Rom-Shiloni, Voices from the Ruins: Theodicy and the Fall of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible
Jina Kang

Loren R. Spielman, Jews and Entertainment in the Ancient World
Joshua Schwartz

Bruce K. Waltke and Ivan D. V. De Silva, Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary
David Penchansky