Commentary Recommendations

The Gospel Coalition has produced a new list of commentary recommendations. You can read more about it here.

Journal of Biblical Literature 143:1

Volume 143:1  of the Journal of Biblical Literature is now available. Here is a list of articles with links to abstracts.

Introduction to the Presidential Address
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi

Behold, the Global Translated Bible(s)! Research and Pedagogical Implications
Musa W. Dube

Returning the King and the Women to the Beginning of the Song of Songs
Gavin Fernandes

The Materiality of Scribal Practice in Isaiah 8:1–2: Papyrus, Pens, and Authority in Inscribing Prophecy
Elizabeth VanDyke

Enoch the Explorer: 1 Enoch 17–36 in Its Hellenistic Context
Paul J. Kosmin

Demons Seeking Identity? The Psychic Life of New Testament Exorcisms

Joseph L. Kimmel

The Souring of the Ways: Anti-Jewish Readings of Psalm 69 and the Wine Offerings to Jesus
John Anthony Dunne

Is the Gospel of Mark Distinctly Pauline? A Critical Evaluation
John Van Maaren

The Rupture of an Association: Social Conflict and Its Management in the Thessalonian Christ Assembly
Bruce W. Longenecker

Thomas in Alexandria: Arguments for Locating the Gospel and Book of Thomas in Alexandria
M. David Litwa

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.

Steed Vernyl Davidson and Daniel Timmer, eds., Prophetic Otherness: Constructions of Otherness in Prophetic Literature (T&T Clark)
Yisca Zimran

Vincent Gabrielsen and Mario C. D. Paganini, eds., Private Associations in the Ancient Greek World: Regulations and the Creation of Group Identity (Cambridge University Press)
Christina Gousopoulos

Albert Geljon and Nienke Vos, eds., Rituals in Early Christianity: New Perspectives on Tradition and Transformation (Brill)
Jade Weimer

Daniel B. Glover, Patterns of Deification in the Acts of the Apostles (Mohr Siebeck)
M. David Litwa

Morten Hørning Jensen, The “Gospel” between Emperor and Temple in the Gospel of Mark: A Story of Epoch-Making Proximity to the Divine through Victory and Cult (Mohr Siebeck)
Scot McKnight

Ole Jakob Løland, Pauline Ugliness: Jacob Taubes and the Turn to Paul (Fordham University Press)
Peter Frick

Ronald L. Troxel, Commentary on the Old Greek and Peshitta of Isaiah 1–25 (SBL Press)
Jerome Lund

Christopher J. H. Wright, The Great Story and the Great Commission: Participating in the Biblical Drama of Mission (Baker Academic)
Nathan Bills

Romans 1-7

The Good Book Company is offering a free epub version of Tim Keller's Romans 1-7 commentary in exchange for an email address here.

HT: Antony Billington

What You Should Know about the Gospel of Mark

Douglas Sean O'Donnell identifies ten things here.

Theology of Paul Slides

Steve Walton has made his "Introducing the Theology of Paul" slides available here.

Free eBook: Paul: Christianity's Premier Apostolic Mystic

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Free eBook: Paul: Christianity's Premier Apostolic Mystic by Harvey Egan. The offer is valid until April 16. 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 "EGAN24"
4. Upon checkout completion, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions of how to download your free eBook.

New Genesis Resource

The newest BiblePlaces newsletter (subscribe for free here) has announced the release of Genesis, the latest volume of the Photo Companion to the Bible Series. As a preacher and teacher I have found that Genesis is a book that can really benefit from visuals and I am aware of no better resource than the Photo Companions. Here is information from the newsletter.

Over the last 24 years, we've created more than 70 volumes of photo collections, but none has
proved more demanding or taken more hours than the new Genesis volume in the Photo Companion to the Bible. The size and scope of the book of Genesis are well-known, from Creation to Egypt, with 50 chapters describing God's work through the generations from Adam to Jacob's sons.

From a visual perspective, the possibilities are tremendous, from illustrating the six days of creation and the Garden of Eden to Israel's sojourn in Goshen. We have assembled many of the obvious photos, such as the patriarchs' travels at Haran, Shechem, Bethel, Moriah/Salem, Hebron, and Beersheba. But there is so much more, with imagery of tent-dwelling, shepherding, and farming, with an abundance drawn from museum artifacts,
detailed models, and ancient reliefs.

We really went all out to make this the most useful photo collection possible. This collection includes many aerial photographs, satellite images, and detailed maps to provide the big picture. We have more images from more photographers from more sites and museums than ever, including a number of unique images that we received special permission to share.

We are offering Genesis this week for only $79 for nearly 7,000 photos with explanatory notes (DVD+download or

download-only). Your purchase includes all future updates to the volume at no charge, and it supports our efforts to continue developing the Photo Companion to the Bible. Whatever you are studying or teaching in Genesis, this collection offers the images you don't even know to look for, all in the easy-to-use PowerPoint format. We are confident that you'll love what you discover here and find it useful for years to come.

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.

C. Clifton Black, Mark’s Gospel: History, Theology, Interpretation (Eerdmans)
Elizabeth Shively

Robert J. Daly, Sacrifice in Pagan and Christian Antiquity (T&T Clark)
Scott Shauf

Paul J. DeHart, Unspeakable Cults: An Essay in Christology (Baylor University Press)
Thomas Kazen

Elaine T. James, An Invitation to Biblical Poetry (Oxford University Press)
Francis Landy

Joachim Friedrich Quack, Altägyptische Amulette und ihre Handhabung (Mohr Siebeck)
Kirsten Konrad

Peter-Ben Smit, Felix Culpa: Ritual Failure and Theological Innovation in Early Christianity (Brill)
Richard E. DeMaris