Author: J. David Stark

  • Journal of Biblical Literature 134, no. 1

    The latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature includes: Athalya Brenner-Idan, “Introduction to the Presidential Address” Fernando F. Segovia, “Presidential Address: Criticism in Critical Times: Reflections on Vision and Task” Duane E. Smith, “The Divining Snake: Reading Genesis 3 in the Context of Mesopotamian Ophiomancy” David E. S. Stein, “A Rejoinder concerning Genesis 3:6…

  • Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (9 March 2015)

    The 9 March 2015 newsletter for the Review of Biblical Literature noted reviews of: Olivier Artus, Loi et Justice dans la Littérature du Proche-Orient ancien, reviewed by Michael S. Moore Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce, and Eric H. Cline, The Ahhiyawa Texts, reviewed by Aren M. Maeir Keith Bodner, Elisha’s Profile in the Book of Kings: The…

  • Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (February 27, 2015)

    The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include: Angelika Berlejung and Michael P. Streck, eds., Arameans, Chaldeans, and Arabs in Babylonia and Palestine in the First Millennium B.C., reviewed by Aren M. Maeir Matthew J. Goff, 4QInstruction, reviewed by Kenneth Atkinson and by Jeffrey P. Garcia T. Michael W. Halcomb, Entering the Fray: A Primer on New…

  • Un-Bock-sing the Importance of Backgrounds

    The Logos blog has a couple minute and slightly humorous segment from Darrell Bock on the importance of background information for New Testament Studies.

  • Excerpts from Selby’s Comical Doctrine, Part 2

    At the end of chapter 1, “Questions of Truth and Epistemology,” in her Comical Doctrine: An Epistemology of New Testament Hermeneutics (Paternoster, 2006), Rosalind Selby summarizes: If this chapter has concluded with an appropriate understanding of the logical structure of grace and faith as we contemplate how it is that we know God, it must be…

  • Runge Webinar

    On February 18, Steve Runge will be hosting a webinar about the Lexham “high definition” commentaries. For more information and to register, please visit the Logos website.