Dec 13, 2024

Dec 9, 2024

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.

Paul W. Barnett, Jerusalem to Illyricum: Earliest Christianity through the Eyes of Paul (Cascade)
Zane McGee

David Brakke, Gospel of Judas: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Yale University Press)
Johanna Brankaer

Ryan Heinsch, The Figure of Hagar in Ancient Judaism and Galatians (Mohr Siebeck)
Rafael Rodríguez

Marvin J. Heller, Essays on the Making of the Early Hebrew Book (Brill)
Joshua Schwartz

Steve Mason, Flavius Josephus: Judean War 4 (Brill)
David R. Edwards

James W. Voelz and Christopher Mitchell, Mark 8:27–16:20 (Concordia)
Elizabeth E. Shively

Florian Wilk, ed., Paul and Moses: The Exodus and Sinai Traditions in the Letters of Paul (Mohr Siebeck)
Timothy Keiderling

Richard A. Wright, A Reader in Biblical Greek (Eerdmans)
Akio Ito

Dec 8, 2024

Free eBook: Isaiah 1–39: A Commentary

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Isaiah 1–39: A Commentary by Michael E. W. Thompson. The offer is valid until December 13. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Dec 7, 2024

Advice on Using Commentaries

Tom Schreiner aims this advice at pastors but it should be heard by all those who use them.

Dec 6, 2024

Hanukkah

Leen Ritmyer has a well-illustrated discussion of Hanukkah here, especially some of the archeological aspects.

Dec 5, 2024

Psalm 139

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 1395 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Ray Stedman., “Who Am I, Lord,” Psalm 139: https://www.raystedman.org/old-testament/psalms/who-am-i-lord

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps139.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_139.pdf

The Fathers on Psalm 139: https://pursuingveritas.com/2019/11/26/the-fathers-on-psalm-139

Psalm 139 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/225

Daniel Akin sermon resources: https://www.danielakin.com/you-are-fearfully-and-wonderfully-made-psalm-139

H.B. Charles Jr’s article: Knowing the God Who Knows You | Psalm 139: https://hbcharlesjr.com/resource-library/articles/knowing-the-god-who-knows-you

Dec 4, 2024

Free Course on the Lord's Prayer

You can access N. T. Wright's course on the Lord's Prayer for free here. It doesn't appear that you need it, but the access code is ADVENT24. I am not sure how long this offer will be available.

Dec 2, 2024

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

Peter G. Bolt, The Narrative Integrity of Mark 13:24–27 (Wipf & Stock)
Devlin McGuire

Kai-Hsuan Chang, The Impact of Bodily Experience on Paul’s Resurrection Theology (T&T Clark)
Annette Potgieter

Katherine J. Dell, with Suzanna R. Millar and Arthur Jan Keefer, eds., The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature (Cambridge University Press)
Douglas B. Miller

Philip Esler, 2 Corinthians: A Social Identity Commentary (T&T Clark)
Kar Yong Lim

Harriet I. Flower, ed., Empire and Religion in the Roman World (Cambridge University Press)
Dan Schowalter

Reuven Kiperwasser, Going West: Migrating Personae and Construction of the Self in Rabbinic Culture (Brown Judaic Studies)
Stuart S. Miller

Damien B. Schlarb, Melville’s Wisdom: Religion, Skepticism, and Literature in Nineteenth-Century America (Oxford University Press)
Anthony Swindell

Kerry M. Sonia, Caring for the Dead in Ancient Israel (SBL Press)
Tyler M. Moser

Judith V. Stack, Metaphor and the Portrayal of the Cause(s) of Sin and Evil in the Gospel of Matthew (Brill)
Bruce Henning

Frauke Weiershäuser and Jamie Novotny, The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561–560 BC), Neriglissar (559–556 BC), and Nabonidus (555–539 BC), Kings of Babylon (Eisenbrauns)
Christopher W. Jones