Journal of Biblical Literature 131, no. 2

The latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature includes:

• Morten H. Jensen, “Climate, Droughts, Wars, and Famines in Galilee as a Background for Understanding the Historical Jesus”
• James M. Trotter, “Death of the אלהים in Psalm 82″
• Molly M. Zahn, “Genre and Rewritten Scripture: A Reassessment”
• Michael M. Winter, “Interlopers Reunited: The Early Translators of Ben Sira”
• Joel Marcus, “Israel and the Church in the Exegetical Writings of Hippolytus”
• Dustin W. Ellington, “Not Applicable to Believers? The Aims and Basis of Paul’s ‘I’ in 2 Corinthians 10–13″
• Kyle Harper, “Porneia: The Making of a Christian Sexual Norm”
• Konrad Schmid, “The Canon and the Cult: The Emergence of Book Religion in Ancient Israel and the Gradual Sublimation of the Temple Cult”
• David Janzen, “The Condemnation of David’s ‘Taking’ in 2 Samuel 12:1–14″
• Victor Rhee, “The Role of Chiasm for Understanding Christology in Hebrews 1:1–14″
• Arie Shifman, “‘A Scent’ of the Spirit: Exegesis of an Enigmatic Verse (Isaiah 11:3)”