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The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

• Victor H. Matthews, The Hebrew Prophets and Their Social World: An Introduction, reviewed by Aren M. Maeir and by Stewart Moore
• Jonathan T. Pennington, Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction, reviewed by Joel B. Green
• Iain Provan and Mark J. Boda, eds., Let Us Go Up to Zion: Essays in Honour of H. G. M. Williamson on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday, reviewed by Keith Bodner
• David T. Runia and Gregory E. Sterling, eds., Studia Philonica Annual XXIV, 2012, reviewed by Scott Mackie
• Philippe Wajdenbaum, Argonauts of the Desert: Structural Analysis of the Hebrew Bible, reviewed by Casper J. Labuschagne

New Testament and Cognate Studies

• Richard B. Hays and Stefan Alkier, eds., Revelation and the Politics of Apocalyptic Interpretation, reviewed by Greg Carey
• Matthias Konradt, Israel, Kirche und die Völker im Matthäusevangelium, reviewed by Donald Senior
• Daniel Marguerat, Lukas, der erste christliche Historiker: Eine Studie zur Apostelgeschichte, reviewed by Thomas Bergholz
• Anthony B. Robinson and Robert W. Wall, Called to Lead: Paul’s Letters to Timothy for a New Day, reviewed by James Howard

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The latest issue of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society arrived in yesterday’s mail and includes the following:

• Paul House, “Investing in the Ruins: Jeremiah and Theological Vocation”
• Daniel Block, “‘What Do These Stones Mean?’: The Riddle of Deuteronomy 27″
• Paul Tanner, “The Cost of Discipleship: Losing One’s Life for Jesus’ Sake”
• Greg Rhodea, “Did Matthew Conceive a Virgin?: Isaiah 7:14 and the Birth of Jesus”
• Daniel Wallace, “Sharp’s Rule Revisited: A Response to Stanley Porter”
• Stanley Porter, “Granville Sharp’s Rule: A Response to Daniel Wallace, Or Why a Critical Book Review Should Be Left Alone”
• Daniel Wallace, “Granville Sharp’s Rule: A Rejoinder to Stan Porter”
• Walter Schultz, “Jonathan Edwards’s Concept of an Original Ultimate End”
• Shawn Bawulski, “Reconciliationism, a Better View of Hell: Reconciliationism and Eternal Punishment”

In addition to the Justification and Variegated Nomism set, Logos Bible Software now has recently added three other Mohr-Siebeck resources to their pre-publication program:

• Karel Jongeling and Robert Kerr, eds., Late Punic Epigraphy
• Matthias Henze, The Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel
• Mark Smith, God in Translation

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

• Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce, and Eric H. Cline, The Ahhiyawa Texts, reviewed by Paul Sanders
• Walter Brueggemann, David and His Theologian: Literary, Social, and Theological Investigations of the Early Monarchy, reviewed by Andrea Ravasco
• James L. Crenshaw, Reading Job: A Literary and Theological Commentary, reviewed by Norman Habel
• Jonathan Grossman, Esther: The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading, reviewed by Kelly A. Whitcomb
• Irene Schulmeister, Israels Befreiung aus Ägypten: Eine Formeluntersuchung zur Theologie des Deuteronomiums, reviewed by Peter Porzig

New Testament and Cognate Studies

• Thomas R. Schreiner, Luke Timothy Johnson, Douglas A. Campbell, and Mark D. Nanos, Four Views on the Apostle Paul, edited by Michael F. Bird, reviewed by Arthur J. Dewey
• Markus Bockmuehl, Simon Peter in Scripture and Memory: The New Testament Apostle in the Early Church, reviewed by Finn Damgaard
• William Loader, The New Testament on Sexuality, reviewed by Colleen M. Conway

Miscellaneous

• George W. E. Nickelsburg and Michael E. Stone, eds., Early Judaism: Text and Documents on Faith and Piety, reviewed by David M. Maas
• John J. Pilch, A Cultural Handbook to the Bible, reviewed by Jeremiah W. Cataldo

On the web:

• Logos Bible Software adds select works of C. K. Barrett and the Justification and Variegated Nomism set to their pre-publication  program.
• Lawrence Schiffman considers Jubilees’ rationale for Torah’s commandments.
• J.-L. Simonet comments on what may be some newly-identified lectionary leaves.
• Tommy Wasserman notes the forthcoming Biblia Graeca from Eisenbrauns.