Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (August 8, 2013)

Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:52:29 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature are detailed in the newsletter dated August 8 but arrived in my inbox only yesterday. These include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Judith Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin, eds., The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture, reviewed by Alan Avery-Peck
Jan Joosten, Collected Studies on the Septuagint: From Language to Interpretation and Beyond, reviewed by Sean A. Adams
Ingrid E. Lilly, Two Books of Ezekiel: Papyrus 967 and the Masoretic Text as Variant Literary Editions, reviewed by John Engle
Marty Alan Michelson, Reconciling Violence and Kingship: A Study of Judges and 1 Samuel, reviewed by Gregory Mobley
Konrad Schmid, The Old Testament: A Literary History, reviewed by Trent C. Butler

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Slaves at Home

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:54:31 +0000

Ezra and Nehemiah each provide their own distinct reports of the Jews’ return from Babylonian exile. Even if the portrayal of this return as a “second exodus” is not a particular, literary concern in these books, 1 the narrative’s inclusion of elements like captivity, release, land resettlement, and covenant establishment certainly echo important features in the narrative of Israel’s exodus from Egypt. 2 Even so, Ezra and Nehemiah include in their portraits of the people’s experience of some “reviving” (מחיה) a stroke in which the people also found themselves still to be slaves ( Ezra 9:8–9; cf. Neh 9:36). 3

Greg-Beale on J. David Stark

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (August 8, 2013)

Slaves at Home