Expository Imposters

Sean Demars identifies four of them here.

Sacred Space

Baruch Levine has an interesting discussion here on the issue of sacred space, sacrifices, the temple in Jerusalem, and Judaism today.

Free Logos Resources for April

Logos is offering these freebies this month: The Challenge of Jesus' Parables edited by Richard Longenecker, An Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels by Pheme Perkins, a free ebook, Made for More: An Invitation to Live in God's Image by Hannah Anderson, and the free audio book What the Bible Says about Abortion, Euthanasia, and End-of-Life Medical Decisions by Wayne Grudem. You can get these free resources and also other deals here, here, here, and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get Haggai: A Commentary by Hans Walter Wolff for free 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.

Arjen F. Bakker, The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill)
Charles P. Comerford

Kimlyn J. Bender, 1 Corinthians (Brazos)
Timothy Keiderling

Steven J. Friesen, Michalis Lychounas, and Daniel N. Schowalter, eds., Philippi, from Colonia Augusta to Communitas Christiana: Religion and Society in Transition (Brill)
Jeehei Park

Benedikt Hensel and Jordan Davis, eds., Transjordan and the Southern Levant: New Approaches Regarding the Iron Age and the Persian Period from Hebrew Bible Studies and Archaeology (Mohr Siebeck)
Diederik J. H. Halbertsma

Cheryl Bridges Johns, Re-enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious (Baker Academic)
Rodolfo Estrada

Liv Ingeborg Lied, Invisible Manuscripts: Textual Scholarship and the Survival of 2 Baruch (Mohr Siebeck)
Jacob A. Lollar

Joseph Patrich, The Jerusalem Temple and the Temple Mount: Collected Essays (Mohr Siebeck)
Maria Brutti

David Cameron Ray, Conflict and Enmity in the Asaph Psalms (Mohr Siebeck)
Matthew Montgomery

The Plagues in Exodus and Ancient Egyptian Contexts

Gary Rendsburg discusses some of the possible Egyptian background for some of the plagues in Exodus 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.

Matthew Croasmun and Miroslav Volf, The Hunger for Home: Food and Meals in the Gospel of Luke (Baylor University Press)
Ron Clark

Eldon Jay Epp, Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism, Volume 2: Collected Essays, 2006–2017 (Brill)
Chris S. Stevens

Mark Giacobbe, Luke the Chronicler: The Narrative Arc of Samuel-Kings and Chronicles in Luke-Acts (Brill)
Kenneth D. Litwak

Martina Korytiaková, The Concept of Space in the Book of Judith: A Contribution to the Narrative Analysis of Old Testament Texts (Brepols)
Lawrence M. Wills

Peter Oakes and Andrew Boakye, Rethinking Galatians: Paul’s Vision of Oneness in the Living Christ (T&T Clark)
Josh C. S. Ip

Margaret Murray Talbot, Why Jephthah’s Daughter Weeps: A Child-Oriented Interpretation (Brill)
Yael Shemesh

Nicole L. Tilford and Kelly J. Murphy, eds., Biblical Themes in Science Fiction (SBL Press)
Anthony Swindell

David H. Wenkel, Jesus the Dayspring: The Sunrise and the Visitation of Israel’s Messiah (Sheffield Phoenix)
Daniel Gustafsson

Preaching the Psalms

Phillip Howell makes some good points here about preaching the Psalms here.

Archaeological Discoveries Related to Esther

Bryan Windle has a nice post here on the top ten discoveries related to the Book of Esther.

HT: Todd Bolen

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.

Ra‘anan Boustan, David Frankfurter, and Annette Yoshiko Reed, eds., Above, Below, Before, and After: Studies in Judaism and Christianity in Conversation with Martha Himmelfarb (Mohr Siebeck)
Joshua Schwartz

C. Hassell Bullock, Theology from the Psalms: The Story of God’s Steadfast Love (Baker Academic)
Marika Pulkkinen

Caralie Cooke, Discovering the Religious Dimension of Trauma: Trauma Literature and the Joseph Story (Brill)
David N. DeJong

Philip Erwin, Paul and Image: Reading First Corinthians in Visual Terms (Lexington/Fortress Academic)
Yi-Sang Patrick, Chan

René Jacob, L’Évangile de Marc: L’Évangile de la Foi (L’Harmattan)
Luca Marulli

Margaret H. Williams, Early Classical Authors on Jesus (T&T Clark)
Alden Bass

Benjamin Wold, Qumran Wisdom and the New Testament: Exploring Early Jewish and Christian Textual Cultures (Cambridge University Press)
Michael R. Jost