Job as a Missional Book

Years ago in Bible college, my missions professor emphasized the global nature of the Old Testament. Tim Davy reminds us of how even the book of Job underscores that as well.  

"One particularly striking feature of the book of Job is the way in which it intensifies the international tenor or outlook of the Wisdom Literature . . . by having a non-Israelite as its central human character and setting the events of the book outside of Israel (Job 1:10)."

Tim J. Davy, The Book of Job and the Mission of God: A Missional Reading (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2020), 28.

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.

Walter E. Aufrecht, A Corpus of Ammonite Inscriptions
Dennis Pardee

Mary L. Conway, Judging the Judges: A Narrative Appraisal Analysis
David G. Firth

Collin Cornell, ed., Divine Doppelgängers: YHWH’s Ancient Look-Alikes
Michael Coogan

Samuel Gibson, The Apostolos: The Acts and Epistles in Byzantine Liturgical Manuscripts
Denis L. Salgado

Nijay K. Gupta, Paul and the Language of Faith
Gregory E. Lamb

J. Cale Johnson, ed., Patients and Performative Identities: At the Intersection of the Mesopotamian Technical Disciplines and Their Clients
M. J. Geller

Francisco Lozada Jr. and Fernando F. Segovia, eds., Latino/a Theology and the Bible: Ethnic-Racial Reflections on Interpretation
Angela N. Parker

Isaac W. Oliver, Luke’s Jewish Eschatology: The National Restoration of Israel in Luke-Acts
Ron Clark

Angela N. Parker, If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority
Abraham Smith

Aaron Schart, Maleachi
S. D. (Fanie) Snyman

Psalm 75

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 75 (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/ps075.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_075.pdf

Psalm 75 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/88

Daniel Akin sermon resources: https://www.danielakin.com/lets-thank-god-the-righteous-judge-through-the-psalms-series

The significance of the authorship of Acts

Steve Walton has made his slides available here from a recent conference on the significance of the authorship of Acts

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.

Isaac D. Blois, Mutual Boasting in Philippians: The Ethical Function of Shared Honor in its Biblical and Greco-Roman Context
Gregory E. Lamb

Luc Bulundwe and Chen Dandelot, eds., Approches et méthodes en sciences bibliques: Quoi de neuf
Sébastien Doane

Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme and Kirsi Valkama, eds., Approaching the Dead: Studies on Mortuary Ritual in the Ancient World
F. Dorie Mansen

David T. Landry and John W. Martens, Inquiry into the New Testament: Ancient Context to Contemporary Significance
Jonathan Gan

Aloo Osotsi Mojola, God Speaks My Language: A History of Bible Translation in East Africa
Nebeyou Alemu Terefe

Stephen D. Moore, Gospel Jesuses and Other Nonhumans: Biblical Criticism Post-poststructuralism
Matthew J. Klem

Stanley E. Porter and Francis G. H. Pang, eds., The Letter to the Romans: Exegesis and Application
Mark Cooper

Bernd U. Schipper, The Hermeneutics of Torah
David Penchansky

Stefan Schorch, ed., The Samaritan Pentateuch, Volume I: Genesis
Ingrid Hjelm

Rosa Ching Shao, Jonah: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary
Daniel André Gloor