Collin Hansen shares his here.
Dec 13, 2024
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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
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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
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