Bibliography

At the Friday night meeting of the Institute for Biblical Research, there is traditionally a book giveaway of some kind. At my first IBR last year, attendees received M. Daniel Carroll R.’s Christians at the Border and either Theological Interpretation of the New Testament (ed. Kevin Vanhoozer, Daniel Treier, and N. T. Wright) or Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament (ed. Kevin Vanhoozer, Craig Bartholomew, and Daniel Treier). ...

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include the following: New Testament and Cognate Studies Brevard Childs, The Church’s Guide for Reading Paul: The Canonical Shaping of the Pauline Corpus, reviewed by Paul E. Trainor Desta Heliso, Pistis and the Righteous One: A Study of Romans 1:17 against the Background of Scripture and Second Temple Jewish Literature, reviewed by Lars Kierspel Martin Mosse, The Three Gospels: New Testament History Introduced by the Synoptic Problem, reviewed by Pheme Perkins Charles Puskas, The Conclusion of Luke-Acts: The Significance of Acts 28:16–31, reviewed by Deborah Thompson Prince Huub van de Sandt and Jürgen Zangenberg, eds., Matthew, James, and Didache: Three Related Documents in Their Jewish and Christian Settings, reviewed by William Varner Robert Stein, Mark, reviewed by Joel F. Williams Alan Thompson, One Lord, One People: The Unity of the Church in Acts in Its Literary Setting, reviewed by Bobby Kelly Jewish Scripture and Cognate Studies ...

The fall issue of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society arrived in the mail yesterday and includes the following: New Testament Kevin W. McFadden, “The Fulfillment of the Law’s Dikaiōma: Another Look at Romans 8:1–4,” pgs. 483–97 Jewish Scriptures Greg Goswell, “The Order of the Books in the Greek Old Testament,” pgs. 449–66 Chee-Chiew Lee, “גים in Genesis 35:11 and the Abrahamic Promise of Blessings for the Nations,” pgs. 467–82 Andrew S. Malone, “God the Illeist: Third-Person Self-References and Trinitarian Hints in the Old Testament,” pgs. 499–518 Systematic Theology ...

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include the following: New Testament and Cognate Studies Lars Aejmelaeus and Antti Mustakallio, eds., The Nordic Paul: Finnish Approaches to Pauline Theology, reviewed by Erik Heen Dietrich-Alex Koch, Hellenistisches Christentum: Schriftverständnis-Ekklesiologie-Geschichte, reviewed by Friedrich Reiterer M. Sydney Park, Submission within the Godhead and the Church in the Epistle to the Philippians: An Exegetical and Theological Examination of the Concept of Submission in Philippians 2 and 3, reviewed by Mark A. Jennings Jonathan T. Pennington and Sean M. McDonough, Cosmology and New Testament Theology, reviewed by Michael J. Lakey Enno Edzard Popkes, Die Theologie der Liebe Gottes in den johanneischen Schriften: Zur Semantik der Liebe und zum Motivkreis des Dualismus, reviewed by Jan G. van der Watt Jens Schröter, Von Jesus zum Neuen Testament: Studien zur urchristlichen Theologiegeschichte und zur Entstehung des neutestamentlichen Kanons, reviewed by Nils Neumann David Sim and Boris Repschinski, eds., Matthew and His Christian Contemporaries, reviewed by Glenna Jackson Lawrence M. Wills, Not God’s People: Insiders and Outsiders in the Biblical World, reviewed by Lara van der Zee-Hanssen Other Fields ...

The following two reference works are recently published or forthcoming from Oxford University Press, albeit with rather hefty, retail price tags: [caption id=“attachment_3613” align=“alignleft” width=“80” caption=“Roger Bagnall”] [/caption]Publisher’s Summary: Thousands of texts, written over a period of three thousand years on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Persian, and other languages, have transformed our knowledge of many aspects of life in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology provides an introduction to the world of these ancient documents and literary texts, ranging from the raw materials of writing to the languages used, from the history of papyrology to its future, and from practical help in reading papyri to frank opinions about the nature of the work of papyrologists. This volume, the first major reference work on papyrology written in English, takes account of the important changes experienced by the discipline within especially the last thirty years. Including new work by twenty-seven international experts and more than one hundred illustrations, The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology will serve as an invaluable guide to the subject.[caption id=“attachment_3612” align=“alignleft” width=“90” caption=“Michael Gagarin”] [/caption]Publisher’s Summary: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome is the clearest and most accessible guide to the world of classical antiquity ever produced. This multivolume reference work is a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world—Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman—from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries. The Encyclopedia brings the work of the best classical scholars, archaeologists, and historians together in an easy-to-use format. The articles, written by leading scholars in the field, seek to convey the significance of the people, places, and historical events of classical antiquity, together with its intellectual and material culture. Broad overviews of literature, history, archaeology, art, philosophy, science, and religion are complimented by articles on authors and their works, literary genres and periods, historical figures and events, archaeologists and archaeological sites, artists and artistic themes and materials, philosophers and philosophical schools, scientists and scientific areas, gods, heroes, and myths. ...

The second issue of Ecclesia Reformanda is almost finished. This issue includes: "‘And Their Children After Them’: A Response to Reformed Baptist Readings of Jeremiah’s New Covenant Promises," by Neil G. T. Jeffers Journal’s Abstract: The promise of the New Covenant in Jeremiah 31:31-34 is a key text in the infant baptism debate. For Baptists, it describes the discontinuity between Old and New Covenants, highlighting in particular the individual, unbreakable, more subjective nature of the new. While paedobaptists often respond defensively, Jeremiah 32:37-41, where this promise is echoed with the important addition ‘for their own good and the good of their children after them’, suggests the Old Covenant principle of family solidarity may remain in place. This article re-examines the Baptist argument, and suggests closer exegesis shows that even Jeremiah 31 still includes children in the New Covenant. ...

Three recent, Brill publications on the intersections between the New Testament and the Dead Sea Scrolls include: [caption id=“attachment_3522” align=“alignleft” width=“80” caption=“Florentino García Martínez”] [/caption] Publisher’s Summary: In spite of the amount of literature on the relationship between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament, no consensus among the scholars has emerged as yet on how to explain both the similarities and the differences among the two corpora of religious writings. This volume contains a revised form of the contributions to an “experts meeting” held at the Catholic University of Leuven on December 2007 dedicated to explore the relationship among the two corpora and to understand both the commonalities and the differences between the two corpora from the perspective of the common ground from which both corpora have developed: the Hebrew Bible. ...

As news to me, I recently found Jewish Studies, an Internet Journal and the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures openly accessible online.

Mark Goodacre has updated the hermeneutics page at New Testament Gateway to include Holger Szesnat’s substantial list of online resources for biblical hermeneutics.

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include the following: New Testament and Cognate Studies L. Stephanie Cobb, Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts, reviewed by Jan Willem van Henten J. Edward Crowley and Paul L. Danove, The Rhetoric of Characterization of God, Jesus, and Jesus’ Disciples in the Gospel of Mark, reviewed by Seán P. Kealy F. Gerald Downing, God with Everything: The Divine in the Discourse of the First Christian Century, reviewed by Michael Lakey Joseph A. Fitzmyer, A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature, reviewed by Shayna Sheinfeld Matthew J. Marohl, Faithfulness and the Purpose of Hebrews: A Social Identity Approach, reviewed by Renate Viveen Hood Etienne Nodet, The Historical Jesus? Necessity and Limits of an Inquiry, reviewed by James West Ilaria Ramelli and David Konstan, Terms for Eternity: Aiônios and Aïdios in Classical and Christian Texts, reviewed by Jan G. van der Watt Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed., Theological Interpretation of the New Testament: A Book-by-Book Survey, reviewed by Erik Heen Hermeneutics ...

The Biblical Archaeology Society catalog arrived yesterday with a list of free resources in the back, most of which are relevant for New Testament and related studies. Among these works are: Island Jewels: Understanding Ancient Cyprus and Crete. 2008. 66 pages. Contributors include Steven Feldman, David Soren, Hershel Shanks, Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou, Nancy Serwint, Jeremy McInerney, and Joan G. Scheuer. The Dead Sea Scrolls—What They Really Say. 2007. 24 pages. By Hershel Shanks. The Burial of Jesus. 2007. 63 pages. Contributors include Jodi Magness, Amos Kloner, Dan Bahat, Gabriel Barkay, Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, Gabriel Barkay and Amos Kloner, and Richard J. Bauckham. Real or Fake? A Special Report. 2007. 29 pages. By Hershel Shanks. Also available at this URL as a separate file is the abstracts appendix. 2007. 83 pages. Contributors include Shmuel Ahituv, Gabriel Barkay, Chaim Cohen, Aaron Demsky, David Noel Freedman, Edward Greenstein, Avi Hurwitz, Wolfgang Krumbein, André Lemaire, Alan Millard, Ronny Reich, Amnon Rosenfeld and Howard R. Feldman, Hershel Shanks, Andrew Vaughn, Ada Yardeni, Gerald B. Richards, and Gabriel Barkay. All of these works are helpfully illustrated. To access these resources, you will need to submit your name and email address, and you will receive an email with download information. ...

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include the following: New Testament and Cognate Studies Dan R. Stiver, Life Together in the Way of Jesus Christ: An Introduction to Christian Theology, reviewed by Yolanda Dreyer James M. Robinson, Jesus: According to the Earliest Witness, reviewed by Petri Luomanen Marvin Meyer, Judas: The Definitive Collection of Gospels and Legends about the Infamous Apostle of Jesus, reviewed by Philip Tite Andrew T. Lincoln and Angus Paddison, eds., Christology and Scripture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, reviewed by Douglas Campbell Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons, Illuminating Luke, Volume 3: The Passion and Resurrection Narratives in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Painting, reviewed by Thomas E. Phillips Axel Graupner and Michael Wolter, eds., Moses in Biblical and Extra-biblical Traditions, reviewed by Hallvard Hagelia Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Richard B. Hays, eds., Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage, reviewed by Mark Elliott Daniel Durken, ed., The New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament, reviewed by Peter Judge Lawrence DiPaolo Jr., Hymn Fragments Embedded in the New Testament: Hellenistic Jewish and Greco-Roman Parallels, reviewed by Daniel Darko Augustine Casiday and Frederick W. Norris, The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 2: Constantine to c. 600, reviewed by Paul Dilley Richard Bauckham, The Jewish World around the New Testament: Collected Essays 1, reviewed by Christoph Stenschke Octavian D. Baban, On the Road Encounters in Luke-Acts: Hellenistic Mimesis and Luke’s Theology of the Way, reviewed by Ron Clark Other Fields ...

[Update: As of 27 October 2017, the Ecclesia Reformanda website appears no longer to be available.] A new journal for British, Reformed theology has just launched, Ecclesia Reformanda. Ros Clarke, a fellow PhD student from our days at Westminster who is now sitting under Jamie Grant at the University of the Highlands and Islands Millennium Institute, is the book review editor. ...