The Burning Bush

Rachel Adelman has an interesting take here on the site of the burning bush (Exod 3).

The Tenth Commandment

I have been teaching through the Decalogue at my church. As many are aware there are two "versions" in the Bible, one in Exodus and the other in Deuteronomy. I use a software analogy and call them version 1.0 and version 2.0. While there are mostly similar, they are not identical. One difference can be seen in the final (in the order that I am following) commandment. Here Exodus uses the word "covet" twice and Deuteronomy uses "covet" and a related word, "desire." Also  "neighbor's house" is listed first in Exodus but "neighbor's house is listed second, after "neighbor's wife" in Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy has a reference to a neighbor's "field" but this is not found in Exodus. Even with these differences, there is little, if any, real difference between the two commands. Here is a simple table that I created (the English translation is the ESV).

Exodus 20:17	Deuteronomy 5:21
“Covet” (ḥmd) 2x	“Covet” (ḥmd) and “desire” (ʾwh)
neighbor’s house	neighbor’s wife
neighbor’s wife	neighbor’s house
	his field
his male servant	his male servant
his female servant	his female servant
his ox	his ox
his donkey	his donkey
anything that is your neighbor’s	anything that is your neighbor’s

Weights and Measures in Ancient Israel

Claude Mariottini provides a link for his article on weights and measures in ancient Israel here.

Acts and the Eyewitnesses

Steve Walton's article, "Acts and the Eyewitnesses" in the Tyndale Bulletin is available 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.

Stephen J. Chester, Paul through the Eyes of the Reformers: Living under Grace (Eerdmans)
Benjamin Schliesser

Walter Dietrich, King David in the Deuteronomistic History: Collected Studies (SBL Press)
Leonardo Pessoa da Silva Pinto

Zanne Domoney-Lyttle, The Bible and Comics: Women, Power and Representation in Graphic Narratives (T&T Clark)
Gabriel Mckee

Jens-Arne Edelmann, Das Römische Imperium im Lukanischen Doppelwerk: Darstellung und Ertragspotenzial für christliche Leser des späten ersten Jahrhunderts (Mohr Siebeck)
Stephan Witetschek

Benedikt Hensel and Christian Wetz, eds., Migration und Theologie: Historische Reflexionen, theologische Grundelemente und hermeneutische Perspektiven aus der alt- und neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt)
Meiken Buchholz

Elaine T. James, An Invitation to Biblical Poetry (Oxford University Press)
Joseph Lam

Mario Liverani, Assyria: The Imperial Mission (Eisenbrauns)
Matheus Treuk Medeiros de Araujo

Bruce R. Reichenbach, Diving into the Gospel of John: Life through Believing (Cascade)
Richard Francis D’Souza

Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Daniel M. Gurtner, eds., T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism (T&T Clark)

Rebecca L. Harris Serdar Yalçın, Selves Engraved on Stone: Seals and Identity in the Ancient Near East, ca. 1415–1050 BCE (Brill)
Sarah Kielt Costello

Free eBook: Caesar and the Lamb

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Caesar and the Lamb, Second Edition:Early Christian Attitudes on War and Military Service by George Kalantzis. Act quickly because the deal ends on 2/28. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Walton on the Bible's Big Story

Steve Walton shares his slides from his presentation on the Bible's big story here.

Free Logos Resources for March

Logos is offering these freebies this month: Portraits of a Pastor edited by Jason Allen, The Gospel of the Family by Walter Kasper. You can get these free resources and also other deals here and here. If you are a subscriber, you can also get Revelation by Leon Morris for free here.

The Holy Spirit and Gender

Gary Manning has a good discussion here of the Holy Spirit and how grammatical gender works in the biblical languages.

The Curtains and Screens of the Tabernacle

Gary Anderson has an interesting post here related to how the curtains and screens of the Tabernacle are described.