A Sermon's "Edge"

Trevin Wax has some helpful advice here on finding your sermon's edge.

Resources for Reading Greek Manuscripts

Clark Bates has an excellent summary of the issue and compendium of resources 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 to read them.

Anna Lucille Boozer, At Home in Roman Egypt: A Social Archaeology (Cambridge University Press)
Shannon Grimes

Robert Matthew Calhoun, James A. Kelhoffer, and Clare K. Rothschild, eds., Celebrating Arthur Darby Nock: Choice, Change, and Conversion (Mohr Siebeck)
Davina C. Lopez

Peter Gemeinhardt and Tanja S. Scheer, eds., Autorität im Spannungsfeld von Bildung und Religion (Mohr Siebeck)
Arthur Jan Keefer

W. Edward Glenny and Darian R. Lockett, eds., Canon Formation: Tracing the Role of Sub-collections in the Biblical Canon (T&T Clark)
Clark R. Bates

Edith Rasell, The Way of Abundance: Economic Justice in Scripture and Society (Fortress)
Michael Barram

Jonathan Thambyrajah, Loanwords in Biblical Literature: Rhetorical Studies in Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Exodus (T&T Clark)
Paul Korchin

Markus Tiwald, The Sayings Source: A Commentary on Q (Kohlhammer)
Olegs Andrejevs

MiJa Wi, The Path to Salvation in Luke’s Gospel: What Must We Do? (T&T Clark)
Timothy W. Reardon

Free Logos Resources for April

Logos is offering these three freebies this month: The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms by Michael Heiser, The Forty Parables of Jesus by Gerhard Lohfink, a free ebook, The Bookends of a Christian Life by Jerr Bridges, and the audio book Athanasias by Simonetta Carr. You can get these free resources and also purchase others at significant discounts here, here, here, and here.

Christ is risen!

David Hendin Interview

Here are links to a two part interview with Biblical coin expert David Hendin.

The Ancient Coin Hour: Episode 3, Interview with David Hendin (Part 1)

The Ancient Coin Hour: Episode 4, Interview with David Hendin (Part 2)

Free eBook: Ecclesiastes

 Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Ecclesiastes in the Bible in God's World commentary series by John Goldingay. I am not sure how long the offer will be valid so I would act quickly. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

1. Click on this link.
2. Click "ADD TO CART" on the eBook option.
3. Use the code "QOHELETH24"
4. Upon checkout completion, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions of how to download your free eBook.

HT: Jill Firth 

The Benefits and Challenges of Hybrid Education

In my ideal world, all my classes would be live and in-person. But the educational landscape has changed and I am now teaching a number of hybrids. This article looks at some of the benefits and challenges of this approach.

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.

Sonja Ammann, Katharina Pyschny, and Julia Rhyder, eds., Authorship and the Hebrew Bible (Mohr Siebeck)
Tchavdar S. Hadjiev

Victoria S. Balabanski, Colossians: An Earth Bible Commentary, An Eco-Stoic Reading (T&T Clark)
David J. Neville

Jonathan Bernier, Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament: The Evidence for Early Composition (Baker Academic)
Bill Warren

Ken S. Brown, Alison L. Joseph, and Brennan Breed, eds., Reading Other Peoples’ Texts: Social Identity and the Reception of Authoritative Traditions (T&T Clark)
Paul Middleton

Benjamin M. J. De Vos and Danny Praet, eds., In Search of Truth in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies: New Approaches to a Philosophical and Rhetorical Novel of Late Antiquity (Mohr Siebeck)
Joshua T. King

Zanne Domoney-Lyttle and Sarah Nicholson, eds., Women and Gender in the Bible: Texts, Intersections, Intertexts (Sheffield Phoenix)
Michelle Eastwood

David G. Horrell, The Making of Christian Morality: Reading Paul in Ancient and Modern Contexts (Eerdmans)
Davina C. Lopez

Bernd Janowski, Biblischer Schöpfungsglaube: Religionsgeschichte – Theologie – Ethik (Mohr Siebeck)
Michael S. Moore

F. Manjewa M’bwangi, The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9–13: A Socio–rhetorical Analysis of Identity Politics of the Matthean Community (Pickwick)
D. Stephen Black

R. W. L. Moberly, The Bible in a Disenchanted Age: The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith (Baker Academic)
Scott Bayer

Hebrew Transliteration App

I have only fiddled with it, but this Hebrew transliteration app seems pretty cool. The app follows the style guide of the Journal of Semitic Studies. Unfortunately, this is just one of many transliteration forms.

Psalm 128

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 128 (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/ps128.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_128.pdf

Psalm 128 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/213

Daniel Akin sermon resources: https://www.danielakin.com/the-family-that-the-lord-blesses and https://www.danielakin.com/the-man-the-lord-blesses-through-the-psalms-series

Steve Walton on Worship

Steve Walton has posted his talk on worship from Revelation 19 here. You can also access his presentation slides using the same link.

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.

David J. A. Clines, Play the Man! Biblical Imperatives to Masculinity (Sheffield Phoenix)
Stephen M. Wilson

Sophie Démare-Lafont and Daniel E. Fleming, eds., Judicial Decisions in the Ancient Near East (SBL Press)
Sara Milstein

Henryk Drawnel, ed., Qumran Cave 4: The Aramaic Books of Enoch, 4Q201, 4Q202, 4Q204, 4Q205, 4Q206, 4Q207, 4Q212 (Oxford University Press)
Catherine E. Bonesho

Paul W. Gooch, Paul and Religion: Unfinished Conversations (Cambridge University Press)
L. Ann Jervis

Lydia Gore-Jones, When Judaism Lost the Temple: Crisis and Response in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch (Brepols)
Andrew Knight-Messenger

Matthias Henze and David Lincicum, eds., Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christian Writings: The Use of the Old Testament in the New (Eerdmans)
Thomas Hieke

Emanuel Pfoh, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark)
Anselm C. Hagedorn

Timothy W. Reardon, The Politics of Salvation: Lukan Soteriology, Atonement, and the Victory of Christ (T&T Clark)
MiJa Wi

Stuart Weeks, Ecclesiastes: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark)
Kyle C. Dunham

Jonathan L. Zecher, Spiritual Direction as a Medical Art in Early Christian Monasticism (Oxford University Press)
John David Penniman