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Daily Gleanings: Paul (26 December 2019)

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:00:20 +0000

Katja Kujanpää discusses Paul’s quotation in Rom 11:35 and argues that it comes not from Job 41:3 but from Isa 40:14.

Daily Gleanings: Bezae (25 December 2019)

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:00:14 +0000

Pasi Hyytiäinen discusses the “Evolving Gamaliel Tradition in Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis, Acts 5:38–39.”

Daily Gleanings: James (9 September 2019)

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:00:33 +0000

Daily Gleanings about the free Zondervan Exegetical commentary on James from Logos, as well as deep discounts on related resources.

Daily Gleanings: Manuscript Preservation (7 August 2019)

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 16:00:33 +0000

Daily Gleanings from Dan Wallace about CSNTM and Roger Pearse about the longevity of manuscripts in antiquity.

Daily Gleanings: Paul in RBL (10 July 2019)

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:00:53 +0000

Daily Gleanings about reviews of recent publications on Paul in the Review of Biblical Literature.

Daily Gleanings: RBL (3 July 2019)

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:00:56 +0000

Daily Gleanings from RBL on Fiona Gregson’s, “Everything in Common?” and Jason Maston and Benjamin Reynolds’s, “Anthropology and New Testament Theology.”

Daily Gleanings: New Releases (26 June 2019)

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:00:30 +0000

Daily Gleanings about the publication of the proceedings from the 16th IOSCS congress and Matthew Crawford’s treatment of Eusebian canon tables.

Daily Gleanings: Textual Criticism (21 June 2019)

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:00:09 +0000

Daily Gleanings about multi-spectral images from CSNTM and an open access series from Gorgias in partnership with De Gruyter.

Daily Gleanings (13 June 2019)

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings from Todoist on the Pomodoro technique and Peter Gurry on the Harklean Syriac.

Daily Gleanings (12 June 2019)

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings from Larry Hurtado about early Alexandrian scholarship and INTF about how ECM handles patristic material.

Daily Gleanings: Craig Keener Lectures (28 May 2019)

Fri, 31 May 2019 08:38:49 +0000

Daily Gleanings with Craig Keener on Acts and Romans from the 2019 Stone-Campbell Journal conference.

Daily Gleanings (20 May 2019)

Mon, 20 May 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Mike Aubrey points to a full set of video recordings of lectures from the recent SEBTS conference on linguistics and NT Greek. I’ve included this playlist below as well. The “hamburger” button in the upper left-hand corner will expand the playlist contents with a list of speakers and their topics.

Larry Hurtado reviews Michael Dormandy’s recent TC essay, “How the Books Became the Bible: The Evidence for Canon Formation From Work-Combination in Manuscripts.”

Daily Gleanings (16 May 2019)

Thu, 16 May 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings about digitizing medieval manuscripts and plans for the NA29 and UBS6.

Daily Gleanings (14 May 2019)

Tue, 14 May 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings about Codex Robertsonianus and the application of “YHWH texts” to Jesus.

Daily Gleanings (24 April 2019)

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Gleanings about textual criticism.

Daily Gleanings (17 April 2019)

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:00:16 +0000

Gleanings about focus and the Kurzgefasste Liste.

Godet's "Première épitre aux Corinthiens"

Wed, 23 May 2018 17:27:51 +0000

Google Books has full-text PDFs available for both volumes of Frédéric Godet’s “Première épitre aux Corinthiens.”

The Major Critical Edition Data for Acts Is Online

Sun, 03 Dec 2017 13:00:32 +0000

Holger Strutwolf has made the Editio Critica Maior for Acts freely available online.

Tyndale GNT to Be Available for Free

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:00:04 +0000

According to the Tyndale Greek New Testament’s FAQs sheet, a digital version of the text is set to be made available for free.

Scott, "Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright"

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:00:30 +0000

InterVarsity Press has released James M. Scott’s “Exile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright.”

Didaktikos 1

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:00:03 +0000

Faithlife has launched a new journal specifically for faculty, Didaktikos, which focuses on issues related to theological education.

Harmonization Triggers

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:00:58 +0000

Dirk Jongkind reflects on harmonization triggers, especially in the Pauline corpus.

Newly digitized gospel manuscripts

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:00:42 +0000

The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts has digitized 10 new gospel manuscripts, with dates ranging from the 10th to the 14th centuries. For additional details, see CSNTM’s announcement or view the manuscripts in their online library.

Biblical references in systematic theologies

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 06:43:14 +0000

At theLAB, Rick Brannan has an interesting post about the most frequently cited verses in a selection of systematic theologies. Especially by comparison with the size of the two testaments, New Testament references vastly outnumber Old Testament references (90% to 10% in the top 100 most frequently cited texts). As a supplement to the analysis, it might also be interesting to see a bibliography of the exact systematic theologies involved in the accounting would be interesting, as well as whether there would be some way of calculating whether the sample size is large enough to be statistically significant (e.g., within the publication date ranges represented).

Review of Longman, ed., "Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary" in Logos

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:50:00 +0000

The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary is a helpful resource with some useful enhancements in the Logos Bible Software version.

Larsen on New Testament textual criticism and discussion

Mon, 29 May 2017 13:00:17 +0000

On Academia.edu, Matthew Larsen has posted his recent Journal for the Study of the New Testament essay on “Accidental Publication, Unfinished Texts and the Traditional Goals of New Testament Textual Criticism.”

Peter Head has started a related discussion on the Evangelical Textual Criticism Blog.

Wallace, "Medieval manuscripts"

Mon, 15 May 2017 15:44:04 +0000

In its first 2017 issue (currently behind the society membership paywall), the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society has a version of Daniel Wallace’s presidential address from the 2016 annual Evangelical Theological Society meeting: “Medieval Manuscripts and Modern Evangelicals: Lessons from the Past, Guidance for the Future” (5–34). Per the abstract, the essay focuses on

TNT Updates

Mon, 08 May 2017 13:00:34 +0000

Two latest posts on the Tyndale New Testament blog contain some interesting further comments about the edition and its preparation.

Oxyrhynchus Papyri Transcriptions from the Paulines

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:00:21 +0000

Geoffrey Smith has made available offprints of new transcriptions for 5258 (132), containing fragments of Eph 3:21–4:2, and 5259 (133), containing fragments of 1 Tim 3:13–4:8. Dated to the third century, 5259 (133) is the earliest published witness to 1 Timothy.

HT: Andreas Köstenberger, Brice Jones, Rick Brannan

Hurtado's inaugural lecture

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:00:30 +0000

Larry Hurtado has recently uploaded the published version of his inaugural lecture, “New Testament Studies at the Turn of the Millennium: Questions for the Discipline.” For the lecture file, see his “Selected Published Essays etc.” page.

Jesus and the right hand

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:00:08 +0000

Some time ago, Larry Hurtado posted some thoughts about how Jesus is characterized as ἐκ δεξιῶν or ἐν δεξιᾷ. Recently, he’s followed up with “another possible factor” for how the language coalesces and a “bonus” post on the importance of being data-driven in developing hypotheses about such phenomena.

Greek Prepositions @ Tyndale House

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:00:10 +0000

On 30 June–1 July, Tyndale House is set to host a workshop on Greek prepositions that focuses on cognitive linguistics, lexicography, and theology. Registration opens 1 March.

For further discussion and background, see Septuaginta &c.

Journal of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 19:05:07 +0000

Access to the Journal of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting is open and available online. JJMJS is:

a peer-reviewed academic open access journal, published electronically (immediate free online availability) in co-operation with Eisenbrauns, with support of McMaster University and Caspari Center….

The journal aims, uniquely, to advance scholarship on this crucial period in the early history of the Jewish and Christian traditions when they developed into what is today known as two world religions, mutually shaping one another as they did so. JJMJS publishes high-quality research on any topic that directly addresses or has implications for the understanding of the inter-relationship and interaction between the Jesus movement and other forms of Judaism, as well as for the processes that led to the formation of Judaism and Christianity as two related but independent religions.

Advent 22 @ Logos

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:16:17 +0000

Today, Logos Bible Software has Louis Berkhof’s Introduction to the New Testament for free.

Logos's Free Book(s) of the Month for December 2015

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:57:15 +0000

Logos Bible Software’s free book of the month for December is now live. The selection is Stephen Fowl’s Ephesians from the New Testament Library series. Also deeply discounted to $1.99 is Luke Timothy Johnson’s Hebrews volume from the same series.

New Manuscripts @ CSNTM

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:28:06 +0000

From Dan Wallace:

New manuscripts digitized by the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) have just been added to our searchable collection. These include 10 new manuscripts from the National Library of Greece in Athens, the site of our ongoing digitization project for 2015–16.

CSNTM Website Reboot

Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:28:55 +0000

From ETC:

Today, the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) launched their new and vastly improved website at CSNTM.org.

For details about the reboot see ETC’s post and the CSNTM website.

Stevens, John 9.38–39a

Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:23:07 +0000

Chris Stevens has the latest article in the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, “John 9.38-39a: A Scribal Interjection for Literary Reinforcement.”

Jachowski, "Herod the Great and the Latin Josephus"

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:05:32 +0000

In the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Raymond Jachowski discusses “The Death of Herod the Great and the Latin Josephus: Re-examining the Twenty-second Year of Tiberius.”

Sacra Pagina: Revelation

Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:10:09 +0000

Harrington, Revelation (Sacra Pagina)

Verbum’s free book for October is Wilfrid Harrington’s Sacra Pagina volume on Revelation:

More than any other New Testament writing, the Book of Revelation demands commentary. Its often-bewildering text is easily open to less-than-scholarly interpretation.

Wilfrid Harrington brings his scholarship to the Book of Revelation and conveys its Christian message. He puts the work in its historical and social setting—a first-century CE province of the Roman Empire—and explores its social and religious background and its literary character. Through Harrington we hear clearly the challenge of John, the prophet, to the churches of his time—and to ours—not to compromise the Gospel message.

Advice for Learning Greek

Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:12:08 +0000

Advice from Murray Harris:

As for the study habit that has proved most helpful in my academic career, it is this. There is no better way to become proficient in Greek, to gain a “feel” for the language, and to become enriched by the theology of the New Testament than the regular memorization of the Greek text. Paste a photocopy of verses or sections of the text on to cards and carefully reflect on it as you go about your daily exercise.

Un-Bock-sing the Importance of Backgrounds

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:21:35 +0000

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

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:51:57 +0000

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 important to pursue it in terms of the relationship between the individual and the community. The community of the ‘church’—however we define that—is founded by and founds its texts. This is a dialectic which itself rests in the priority of the founding acts of God. The priority over community, individual and the textual conveying of revelation always belongs with God; and the Christian will take that fundamentally seriously. ( 52; emphasis added)

Excerpts from Selby's Comical Doctrine, Part 1

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:05:07 +0000

In her Comical Doctrine: An Epistemology of New Testament Hermeneutics (Paternoster, 2006), Rosalind Selby has several insightful observations. Summarizing the thought of Karl-Otto Apel, Selby comments:

Apel himself proposes a dialectical mediation of objective-scientistic and hermeneutical methods with a critique of ideology. Philosophical hermeneutics is reflexive in as much as the subject must self-objectify in order to be self-critical and avoid any hidden prejudices. ( 36)

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (February 6, 2015)

Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:45:33 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Daniel I. Block, Beyond the River Chebar: Studies in Kingship and Eschatology in the Book of Ezekiel, reviewed by Sven Petry
Reinhard Feldmeier, Power, Service, Humility: A New Testament Ethic, reviewed by David Briones
David G. Firth, 1 and 2 Samuel: A Kingdom Comes, reviewed by Ralph Henson
Martha Himmelfarb, Between Temple and Torah: Essays on Priests, Scribes, and Visionaries in the Second Temple Period and Beyond, reviewed by L. Michael Morales
Cornelia Linde, How to Correct the Sacra Scriptura?: Textual Criticism of the Bible between the Twelfth and Fifteenth Century, reviewed by Jeffrey L. Morrow
Kim Lan Nguyen, Chorus in the Dark: The Voices of the Book of Lamentations, reviewed by Charles William Miller
Jesse E. Robertson, The Death of Judas: The Characterization of Judas Iscariot in Three Early Christian Accounts of His Death, reviewed by Lee M. Jefferson
Michael Trainor, About Earth’s Child: An Ecological Listening to the Gospel of Luke, reviewed by C. Jason Borders
David Trobisch, A User’s Guide to the Nestle-Aland 28 Greek New Testament, reviewed by Michael W. Holmes and by Jan Krans

Milligan on the Papyri

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:38:02 +0000

Rob Bradshaw has made available George Milligan’s essay, “The Greek Papyri: With Special Reference to Their Value for New Testament Study,” Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 44 (1912): 62–78.

Research@StAndrews

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:59:03 +0000

Research@StAndrews:FullText is:

[A] digital repository of research output from the University of St Andrews. Since 2006 the University has required theses to be submitted to the repository. . . . The Research@StAndrews Portal provides links to the full text of research publications which are stored in Research@StAndrews:FullText.

From the School of Divinity, 160 theses are available.

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (July 14, 2014)

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:34:15 +0000

The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Richard J. Clifford, Wisdom, reviewed by Lawrence M. Wills
David J. A. Clines and J. Cheryl Exum, eds., The Reception of the Hebrew Bible in the Septuagint and the New Testament: Essays in Memory of Aileen Guilding, reviewed by Benjamin J. M. Johnson
Joan E. Cook, Genesis, reviewed by Jonathan L. Huddleston
Avraham Faust, Judah in the Neo-Babylonian Period: The Archaeology of Desolation, reviewed by Gert T. M. Prinsloo
James E. Harding, The Love of David and Jonathan: Ideology, Text, Reception, reviewed by Katherine Low
Irene Nowell, Numbers, reviewed by Timothy R. Ashley
Naomi Steinberg, The World of the Child in the Hebrew Bible, reviewed by Karin Finsterbusch

New Testament and Cognate Studies

More Online Resources

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:38:32 +0000

As a follow up to noting Rob Bradshaw’s additions of Charles Simeon and John Lightfoot’s works in conveniently accessible PDF files, some other possibly helpful resources across which I’ve recently stumbled (sometimes apparently afresh) include:

Keil and Delitzsch’s Old Testament commentary via Internet Archive;
Various helpful texts via University of Pennsylvania’s Online Books Page; and
The overall, searchable list of “Hosted Articles, Monographs, and Books” at BiblicalStudies.org.

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (July 3, 2014)

Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:40:52 +0000

The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Tremper Longman III, Job, reviewed by Richard G. Smith
Donald P. Moffat, Ezra’s Social Drama: Identity Formation, Marriage and Social Conflict in Ezra 9 and 10, reviewed by Hannah K. Harrington
Daniel C. Owens, Portraits of the Righteous in the Psalms: An Exploration of the Ethics of Book I, reviewed by Beat Weber
Franz Sedlmeier, Das Buch Ezechiel: Kapitel 25-48, reviewed by Michael S. Moore
Stefan Seiler, Text-Beziehungen: Zur intertextuellen Interpretation alttestamentlicher Texte am Beispiel ausgewählter Psalmen, reviewed by Gert T. M. Prinsloo

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (June 27, 2014)

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:57:33 +0000

The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Peter Enns, The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins, reviewed by Paul Korchin
Kai Kaniuth et al., eds., Tempel im Alten Orient, reviewed by Jason M. Silverman
Christoph Körner and Hans-Winfried Jüngling, eds., "…denn das ist der ganze Mensch": Jüdische Feste: Kohelet, Ester, Hoheslied, Rut, Klagelieder, reviewed by Andreas Lehnardt
Michael Pietsch, Die Kultreform Josias: Studien zur Religionsgeschichte Israels in der späten Königszeit, reviewed by Peter Porzig

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (June 20, 2014)

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 21:05:35 +0000

The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

William Goodman, Yearning for You: Psalms and the Song of Songs in Conversation with Rock and Worship Songs, reviewed by T. Michael W. Halcomb
David Weiss Halivni, The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud, reviewed by Joshua Ezra Burns
Isaac Kalimi, ed., Jewish Bible Theology: Perspectives and Case Studies, reviewed by Ginny Brewer-Boydston
Vita Daphna Arbel, Forming Femininity in Antiquity: Eve, Gender, and Ideologies in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve, reviewed by F. Scott Spencer
Víctor Morla, Los manuscritos hebreos de Ben Sira: Traducción y notas, reviewed by Nuria Calduch-Benages
Peter W. Flint, The Dead Sea Scrolls, reviewed by George J. Brooke

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (June 13, 2014)

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:17:10 +0000

The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Jenny R. Labendz, Socratic Torah: Non-Jews in Rabbinic Intellectual Culture, reviewed by Joshua Schwartz
Thomas L. Thompson, Biblical Narrative and Palestine’s History: Changing Perspectives 2, reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Witherington, What’s in the Word

Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:27:48 +0000

Ben Witherington,

Through June 16, Ben Witherington’s What’s in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament (Baylor, 2009) is available for free from Logos Bible Software.

In sum, “Expanding on the work in which he has been fruitfully engaged for over a quarter century, Witherington challenges the previously assured results of historical criticism and demonstrates chapter by chapter how the socio-rhetorical study shifts the paradigm.” The volume discusses concerns related to orality and canon, and includes several chapters treating particular texts or phrases within the New Testament.

Vanhoozer, ed., Theological Interpretation of the New Testament

Fri, 16 May 2014 21:59:56 +0000

Kevin Vanhoozer, ed.,

For this week, Kevin Vanhoozer’s edited volume on the Theological Interpretation of the New Testament is free from Logos Bible Software when users join a Baker-related email list (HT: Tayler Beede). The volume provides a focused selection of the book-specific entries from the larger Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible.

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (Catch-up Ed.)

Fri, 09 May 2014 22:30:23 +0000

The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include those below. In biblioblog time, some of these reviews date back almost to eternity past, but I’m going ahead and posting them here for future reference.

Update (5/13): The following now includes the April 24 listings I’d missed out previously.

March 14

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Alan Appelbaum, The Rabbis’ King-Parables: Midrash from the Third-Century Roman Empire, reviewed by Rachel Adelman
Magnar Kartveit, Rejoice, Dear Zion!: Hebrew Construct Phrases with “Daughter” and “Virgin” as Nomen Regens, reviewed by Peter Bekins
Tyler D. Mayfield, Literary Structure and Setting in Ezekiel, reviewed by Richard G. Smith

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Gospel and Testimony

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:31:41 +0000

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In his 2006 Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, Richard Bauckham suggests:

that we need to recover the sense in which the Gospels are testimony. This does not mean that they are testimony rather than history. It means that the kind of historiography they are is testimony. An irreducible feature of testimony as a form of human utterance is that it asks to be trusted. This does not mean that it asks to be trusted uncritically, but it does mean that testimony should not be treated as credible only to the extent that it can be independently verified. There can be good reasons for trusting or distrusting a witness, but these are precisely reasons for trusting or distrusting. Trusting testimony is not an irrational act of faith that leaves critical rationality aside; it is, on the contrary, the rationally appropriate way of responding to authentic testimony. . . . It is true that a powerful trend in the modern development of critical historical philosophy and method finds trusting testimony a stumbling-block in the way of the historian’s autonomous access to truth that she or he can verify independently. But it is also a rather neglected fact that all history, like all knowledge, relies on testimony. ( 5; italics original)

Schreiner, The King in His Beauty

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:00:49 +0000

Baker and the Stone-Campbell Journal were kind enough to provide a copy of Tom Schreiner’s The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments. According to the publisher’s description, Schreiner:

Nicoll, Expositor's Greek Testament (vol. 5) Free @Logos

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:03:13 +0000

As their free book of the month, Logos Bible Software is giving away volume 5 of the Expositor’s Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll. Volume 5 includes:

J. H. A. Hart, “The First Epistle General of Peter”
R. H. Strachan, “The Second Epistle General of Peter”
David Smith, “The Epistles of John”
J. B. Mayor, “The General Epistle of Jude”
James Moffatt, “The Revelation of St. John the Divine”

For more information about the text and to download this volume, please see here.

TDNT Sale @ CBD

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:49:39 +0000

Christian Book Distributors now has the 10-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament on sale for $99.99. Orders for the product should ship on or after October 1.

Edith Humphrey Interview

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:17:31 +0000

Baker Academic has an interesting, three-part interview with Edith Humphrey about her new book Scripture and Tradition.

Schnabel, Acts (Excerpt)

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:38:24 +0000

Zondervan has kindly made available a PDF containing Eckhard Schnabel’s treatment of Acts 25:1–26:32 in his Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament volume (HT: Jesse Hillman).

Danove, "Features of the Conceptualization of Transference"

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:51:45 +0000

Paul Danove has the latest article in Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics, “Features of the Conceptualization of Transference in the New Testament”:

This article develops five features that describe the conceptualizations of the event of transference grammaticalized by New Testament verbs, and uses these features to formulate a model of the possible New Testament usages of transference. The discussion resolves all New Testament occurrences of verbs that designate transference into one of eighteen usages with distinct feature descriptions, and considers the usages of transference predicted by the feature model but not realized in the New Testament.

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (March 25, 2013)

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:53:26 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

John E. Anderson, Jacob and the Divine Trickster: A Theology of Deception and Yhwh’s Fidelity to the Ancestral Promise in the Jacob Cycle, reviewed by Koog P. Hong
Frank Lothar Hossfeld and Eric Zenger, Psalms 3: A Commentary on Psalms 101–150, reviewed by Leonard P. Maré
Pirjo Lapinkivi, The Neo-Assyrian Myth of Istar’s Descent and Resurrection, reviewed by James R. Getz Jr.
Jordan M. Scheetz, The Concept of Canonical Intertextuality and the Book of Daniel, reviewed by Philippus J. Botha and by Don Collett
Janet Smith, Dust or Dew: Immortality in the Ancient Near East and in Psalm 49, reviewed by Ilaria L. E. Ramelli

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Journal of Biblical Literature 132, no. 1

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:26:06 +0000

The latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature includes:

John Dominic Crossan, “A Vision of Divine Justice: The Resurrection of Jesus in Eastern Christian Iconography”
Jill Hicks-Keeton, “Already/Not Yet: Eschatological Tension in the Book of Tobit”
Shane Berg, “Ben Sira, the Genesis Creation Accounts, and the Knowledge of God’s Will”
Seth Bledsoe, “Can Ahiqar Tell Us Anything about Personified Wisdom?”
Richard Steiner, “Four Inner-Biblical Interpretations of Genesis 49:10: On the Lexical and Syntactic Ambiguities of עַד as Reflected in the Prophecies of Nathan, Ahijah, Ezekiel, and Zechariah”
Richard Hicks, “Markan Discipleship according to Malachi: The Significance of μὴ ἀποστερήσῃς in the Story of the Rich Man (Mark 10:17-22)”
David Moffitt and Jacob Butera, “P. Duk. inv. 727r: New Evidence for the Meaning and Provenance of the Word Προσήλυτος”
Ronald Troxel, “The Problem of Time in Joel”
Jonathan Stökl, “The מתנבאות in Ezekiel 13 Reconsidered”

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (March 16, 2013)

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:39:23 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Keith Bodner, Jeroboam’s Royal Drama, reviewed by Mark McEntire
Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Israel in the Persian Period: The Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E., reviewed by John Engle
Edwin M. Good, Genesis 1–11: Tales of the Earliest World, reviewed by Brian D. Russell
Michelle J. Levine, Nahmanides on Genesis: The Art of Biblical Portraiture, reviewed by George Savran
Emily Teeter, Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt, reviewed by Michael B. Hundley

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (February 26, 2013)

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:07:00 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Melissa A. Jackson, Comedy and Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible: A Subversive Collaboration, reviewed by Kathryn D. Blanchard
Tremper Longman III, Introducing the Old Testament: A Short Guide to Its History and Message, reviewed by Trent Butler
James D. Nogalski, The Book of the Twelve: Hosea–Jonah, reviewed by Beth Stovell
Kathleen M. Rochester, Prophetic Ministry in Jeremiah and Ezekiel, reviewed by Wilhelm J. Wessels

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (February 3, 2013)

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:42:31 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Francis Landy, Hosea, reviewed by Gert T. M. Prinsloo
Angela R. Roskop, The Wilderness Itineraries: Genre, Geography, and the Growth of Torah, reviewed by Nathan MacDonald
Mark R. Sneed, The Politics of Pessimism in Ecclesiastes: A Social-Science Perspective, reviewed by Robert Williamson Jr.

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Get Codex Bezae for Free in Logos

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:09:46 +0000

Codex Bezae with text Luke 23:47–24:1 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Logos Bible Software is now taking $0.00 pre-orders for their upcoming edition of Codex Bezae. Among the manuscript’s noteworthy characteristics,

It is the oldest-known manuscript containing the story of the adulterous woman found in John 7–8, as well as a longer ending of the Gospel of Mark. There are also several apparent additions, including a story found nowhere else of Jesus addressing a man found working on the Sabbath.

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 55, no. 4

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:55:56 +0000

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

Matthew Akers, “What’s in a Name?: An Examination of the Usage of the Term ‘Hebrew’ in the Old Testament”
G. K. Beale, “The Use of Hosea 11:1 in Matthew 2:15: One More Time”
Joseph Greene, “The Spirit in the Temple: Bridging the Gap between Old Testament Absence and New Testament Assumption”
Moyer Hubbard, “Kept Safe through Childbearing: Maternal Mortality, Justification by Faith, and the Social Setting of 1 Timothy 2:15”
Peter Davids, “What Glasses Are You Wearing?: Reading Hebrew Narratives through Second Temple Lenses”
Bryan Litfin, “Eusebius on Constantine: Truth and Hagiography at the Milvian Bridge”
Steven Cowan, “Does 1 Corinthians 10:13 Imply Libertarian Freedom?: A Reply to Paul A. Himes”
Paul Himes, “First Corinthians 10:13: A Rejoinder to Steven Cowan”
Luke Van Horn, “On Incorporating Middle Knowledge into Calvinism: A Theological/Metaphysical Muddle?”

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (January 5, 2013)

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:26:01 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Eberhard Bons and Jans Joosten, eds., Septuagint Vocabulary: Pre-history, Usage, Reception, reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton and by Daniel M. O’Hare
Deborah O’Daniel Cantrell, The Horsemen of Israel: Horses and Chariotry in Monarchic Israel, reviewed by Raz Kletter
Peter Enns, Ecclesiastes, reviewed by Gert T. M. Prinsloo

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (December 22, 2012)

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:38:14 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Georg Fischer and Dominik Markl, Das Buch Exodus, reviewed by Paul Sanders
Peter Hon Wan Lau, Identity and Ethics in the Book of Ruth: A Social Identity Approach, reviewed by Timothy Stone
Nancy C. Lee, Lyrics of Lament: From Tragedy to Transformation, reviewed by Ulrich Berges and by Leonard Mare
John H. Sailhamer, The Meaning of the Pentateuch: Revelation, Composition and Interpretation, reviewed by Andrew Steinmann
Simon P. Stocks, The Form and Function of the Tricolon in the Psalms of Ascents: Introducing a New Paradigm for Hebrew Poetic Line-form, reviewed by Gert T. M. Prinsloo

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (December 15, 2012)

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:16:41 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Moshe Bar-Asher and Devorah Dimant, eds., Meghillot [Hebrew]: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, VIII-IX, reviewed by George Brooke
Abigail Pelham, Contested Creations in the Book of Job: The-World-as-It-Ought- and-Ought-Not-to-Be, reviewed by Norman Habel
Beat Weber, Werkbuch Psalmen III: Theologie und Spiritualität des Psalters und seiner Psalmen, reviewed by Mark Elliott
Ina Willi-Plein, Das Buch Genesis: Kapitel 12-50, reviewed by Wolfgang Zwickel

New Testament and Cognate Studies

New Testament Studies 59, no. 1

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:28:25 +0000

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In addition to John Barclay’s tribute to Friedrich Avemarie, the latest issue of New Testament Studies includes:

Kelly R. Iverson, “Incongruity, Humor, and Mark: Performance and the Use of Laughter in the Second Gospel (Mark 8.14–21)”
Izaak J. de Hulster, “The Two Angels in John 20.12: An Egyptian Icon of Resurrection”
Isaac W. Oliver, “Simon Peter Meets Simon the Tanner: The Ritual Insignificance of Tanning in Ancient Judaism”
Andrzej Gieniusz, “‘Debtors to the Spirit’ in Romans 8.12?: Reasons for the Silence”
L. L. Welborn, “‘That There May Be Equality’: The Contexts and Consequences of a Pauline Ideal”
Sigurd Grindheim, “Not Salvation History, but Salvation Territory: The Main Subject Matter of Galatians”
Andreas Dettwiler, “La lettre aux Colossiens: une théologie de la mémoire”
Régis Burnet, “Pour une Wirkungsgeschichtedes lieux: l’exemple d’Haceldama”
Gyula Vattamány, “Kann das Salz verderben? Philologische Erwägungen zum Salz-Gleichnis Jesu”

Journal of Biblical Literature 131, no. 4

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:37:56 +0000

The latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature includes:

Jonathan Kaplan, “1 Samuel 8:11-18 as ‘A Mirror for Princes’”
Nizzim Amzallag and Mikhal Avriel, “The Cryptic Meaning of the Isaiah 14 Māšāl”
Mark Hamilton, “Isaiah 32 as Literature and Political Meditation”
Mark Awabdy, “Yhwh Exegetes Torah: How Ezekiel 44:7–9 Bars Foreigners from the Sanctuary”
Christian Stadel, “A Septuagint Translation Tradition and the Samaritan Targum to Genesis 41:43”
John Meier, “The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (Matthew 13:24–30): Is Thomas’s Version (Logion 57) Independent?”
Andrew Simmonds, “Mark’s and Matthew’s Sub Rosa Message in the Scene of Pilate and the Crowd”
Matthew Rindge, “Reconfiguring the Akedah and Recasting God: Lament and Divine Abandonment in Mark”
Benjamin Lappenga, “Misdirected Emulation and Paradoxical Zeal: Paul’s Redefinition of ‘The Good’ as Object of ζῆλος in Galatians 4:12–20”
Callie Callon, “Secondary Characters Furthering Characterization: The Depiction of Slaves in the Acts of Peter”

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (November 23, 2012)

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 02:26:31 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Giovanni Garbini, Letteratura e politica nell’Israele antico, reviewed by Dempsey Rosales Acosta
Benno Jacob, The First Book of the Bible: Genesis (augmented edition), edited by Ernest Jacob and Walter Jacob, reviewed by Joel S. Baden
Dale Launderville, Celibacy in the Ancient World: Its Ideal and Practice in Pre-Hellenistic Israel, Mesopotamia, and Greece, reviewed by Pancratius C. Beentjes
Erle Leichty, The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680–669 BC), reviewed by Paul Sanders
Lauren A. S. Monroe, Josiah’s Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text, reviewed by Ovidiu Creanga
Randall Heskett and Brian P. Irwin, eds., The Bible as a Human Witness to Divine Revelation: Hearing the Word of God through Historically Dissimilar Traditions, reviewed by S. D. Giere

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (November 15, 2012)

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:09:42 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Ancient Near East and Second Temple Judaism

Phillip R. Callaway, The Dead Sea Scrolls for a New Millennium, reviewed by Stephen Reed
Benedikt Eckhardt, ed., Jewish Identity and Politics between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba: Groups, Normativity, and Rituals, reviewed by Joshua Schwartz
Oded Lipschits and David S. Vanderhooft, The Yehud Stamp Impressions: A Corpus of Inscribed Impressions from the Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Judah, reviewed by Aren Maeir
Annick Payne, Hieroglyphic Luwian: An Introduction with Original Texts, reviewed by Robert Holmstedt

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (November 9, 2012)

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:28:39 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Victor P. Hamilton, Exodus: An Exegetical Commentary, reviewed by Brian D. Russell
Matthias Henze, ed., A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism, reviewed by Lester Grabbe
Sara M. Koenig, Isn’t This Bathsheba? A Study in Characterization, reviewed by Rachelle Gilmour
Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler, The Jewish Annotated New Testament, reviewed by Zev Garber

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (October 31, 2012)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:54:15 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Jo-Ann A. Brant, John, reviewed by Matthew Gordley
Bart B. Bruehler, A Public and Political Christ: The Social-Spatial Characteristics of Luke 18:35–19:43 and the Gospel as a Whole in Its Ancient Context, reviewed by John Cowan
Jaime Clark-Soles, Engaging the Word: The New Testament and the Christian Believer, reviewed by Ronald Witherup
Gerald J. Donker, The Text of the Apostolos in Athanasius of Alexandria, reviewed by Justin A. Mihoc
Craig A. Evans, Jesus and His World: The Archaeological Evidence, reviewed by Panayotis Coutsoumpos
Charles W. Hedrick, Unlocking the Secrets of the Gospel according to Thomas: A Radical Faith for a New Age, reviewed by William Arnal
Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition, Volume 4: Acts 18.24–28.31: Rome, reviewed by Vaughn CroweTipton
Christopher D. Stanley, ed., The Colonized Apostle: Paul in Postcolonial Eyes, reviewed by Steed Davidson

Second Temple Judaism

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (October 5, 2012)

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:41:37 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Reinhard G. Kratz and Hermann Spieckermann, eds., One God-One Cult-One Nation: Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives, reviewed by Aren Maeir
Matthew Morgenstern, Studies in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Based upon Early Eastern Manuscripts, reviewed by Aaron Koller
T. Muraoka, A Grammar of Qumran Aramaic, reviewed by Adam McCollum
Bezalel Porten, The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and Change, reviewed by Jeremy Hutton and by Jerome A. Lund
Seth D. Postell, Adam as Israel: Genesis 1–3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh, reviewed by L. Michael Morales
Gordon J. Wenham, Psalms as Torah: Reading Biblical Song Ethically, reviewed by Joseph R. Kelly

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Biblical Theology Bulletin 42, no. 4

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:55:43 +0000

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The next issue of the Biblical Theology Bulletin includes:

David M. Bossman, “The Ebb and Flow of Biblical Interpretation”
Joel Edmund Anderson, “Jonah in Mark and Matthew: Creation, Covenant, Christ, and the Kingdom of God”
Peter Admirand, “Millstones, Stumbling Blocks, and Dog Scraps: Children in the Gospels”
Zeba A. Crook, “Memory and the Historical Jesus”
John W. Daniels, Jr., “Gossip in the New Testament”

Review of Biblical Literature (September 30, 2012)

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:25:24 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include the following:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Steven Fassberg, The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa, reviewed by Aaron Koller
Lisbeth S. Fried, ed., Was 1 Esdras First?: An Investigation into the Priority and Nature of 1 Esdras, reviewed by Andrew Steinmann
Detlef Jericke, Regionaler Kult und lokaler Kult: Studien zur Kult- und Religionsgeschichte Israels und Judas im 9. und 8. Jahrhundert v. Chr., reviewed by John Engle
Vadim Jigoulov, The Social History of Achaemenid Phoenicia: Being a Phoenician, Negotiating Empires, reviewed by S. Rebecca Martin
Joel S. Kaminsky and Joel N. Lohr, The Torah: A Beginner’s Guide, reviewed by Rachel S. Mikva
William Loader, The Pseudepigrapha on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Apocalypses, Testaments, Legends, Wisdom, and Related Literature, reviewed by Françoise Mirguet

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Journal of Biblical Literature 131, no. 3

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:07:17 +0000

The latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature includes:

Serge Frolov, “Judah Comes to Shiloh: Genesis 49:10bα, One More Time”
Philip Y. Yoo, “The Four Moses Death Accounts”
Brian P. Irwin, “Not Just Any King: Abimelech, the Northern Monarchy, and the Final Form of Judges”
Benjamin J. M. Johnson, “The Heart of YHWH’s Chosen One in 1 Samuel”
Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor, “Secrets and Lies: Secrecy Notices (Esther 2:10, 20) and Diasporic Identity in the Book of Esther”
Ryan M. Armstrong, “Psalms Dwelling Together in Unity: The Placement of Psalms 133 and 134 in Two Different Psalms Collections”
Ryan P. Bonfiglio, “Archer Imagery in Zechariah 9:11-17 in Light of Achaemenid Iconography”
Robert K. McIver, “Eyewitnesses as Guarantors of the Accuracy of the Gospel Traditions in the Light of Psychological Research”
Joshua W. Jipp, “Paul’s Areopagus Speech of Acts 17:16-34 as Both Critique and Propaganda”
John K. Goodrich, “Voluntary Debt Remission and the Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:1-13)”
Curtis Hutt, “‘Be Ye Approved Money Changers!’: Reexamining the Social Contexts of the Saying and Its Interpretation”

New Testament Studies 58, no. 4

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:26:52 +0000

New Testament Studies

The latest issue of New Testament Studies includes:

Markus Lau, “Geweißte Grabmäler. Motivkritische Anmerkungen zu Mt 23.27–28”
Matthias Adrian, “Der Blick durch die enge Tür: Lk 13.22–30 im architekturgeschichtlichen Kontext der städtischen domus”
Jonathan Bourgel, “Les récits synoptiques de la Passion préservent-ils une couche narrative composée à la veille de la Grande Révolte Juive?”
George H. van Kooten, “’Εκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ: The ‘Church of God’ and the Civic Assemblies (ἐκκλησίαι) of the Greek Cities in the Roman Empire: A Response to Paul Trebilco and Richard A. Horsley”
Alexander N. Kirk, “Building with the Corinthians: Human Persons as the Building Materials of 1 Corinthians 3.12 and the ‘Work’ of 3.13–15”
Michael Bachmann, “Identität bei Paulus: Beobachtungen am Galaterbrief”

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (August 9, 2012)

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:36:40 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include the following:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Stéphanie Anthonioz, « À qui me comparerez-vous ? » (Is 40,25): La polémique contre l’idolâtrie dans le Deutéro-Isaïe, reviewed by Sven Petry
Jason Bembry, Yahweh’s Coming of Age, reviewed by Johannes de Moor
Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Land of Our Fathers: The Roles of Ancestor Veneration in Biblical Land Claims, reviewed by Bob Becking
Michael P. Streck, Altbabylonisches Lehrbuch, reviewed by Gerhard Karner

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 55, no. 2

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:54:48 +0000

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

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

David Chapman and Andreas Köstenberger, “Jewish Intertestamental and Early Rabbinic Literature: An Annotated Bibliographic Resource Updated (Part 1)”
Armin Baum, “A Theological Justification for the Canonical Status of Literary Forgeries: Jacob’s Deceit (Genesis 27) and Petr Pokorný’s Sola Gratia Argument”
Walter Kaiser Jr., “Is It the Case that Christ is the Same Object of Faith in the Old Testament? (Genesis 15:1–6)”
Josh Chatraw, “Balancing Out (W)Right: Jesus’ Theology of Individual and Corporate Repentance and Forgiveness in the Gospel of Luke”
Stanley Porter and Bryan Dyer, “Oral Texts?: A Reassessment of the Oral and Rhetorical Nature of Paul’s Letters in Light of Recent Studies”
Adam Hensley, “Σιγάω, λαλέω, and ὑποτάσσω in 1 Corinthians 14:34 in Their Literary and Rhetorical Context”
Victor Rhee, “The Author of Hebrews as a Leader of the Faith Community”
Russell Moore, “The Kingdom of God in the Social Ethics of Carl F. H. Henry: A Twenty-first Century Evangelical Reappraisal”

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (July 26, 2012)

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:37:15 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

John Choi, Traditions at Odds: The Reception of the Pentateuch in Biblical and Second Temple Period Literature, reviewed by John Engle
Scott C. Jones, Rumors of Wisdom: Job 28 as Poetry, reviewed by Edward L. Greenstein
Michael E. W. Thompson, Where Is the God of Justice?: The Old Testament and Suffering, reviewed by Pekka Pitkanen
Julie Woods, Jeremiah 48 as Christian Scripture, reviewed by Frederik Poulsen

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (July 19, 2012)

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:01:36 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Leslie C. Allen, A Liturgy of Grief: A Pastoral Commentary on Lamentations, reviewed by Elizabeth Boase
Edwin M. Good, Genesis 1–11: Tales of the Earliest World, reviewed by George Savran
R. B. Salters, Lamentations: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary, reviewed by Eleuterio Ruiz

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (July 11, 2012)

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:19:15 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Stephen J. Bennett, Ecclesiastes/Lamentations: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition, reviewed by Russell L. Meek
Alicia Suskin Ostriker, For the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book, reviewed by Barbara Green

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Biblical Theology Bulletin 42, no. 2

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:53:06 +0000

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The latest issue of the Biblical Theology Bulletin includes: Article

Callia Rulmu, “Stumbling Words for a Determined Young Lady: Notes on Ruth 2:7b”
David H. Wenkel, “When the Apostles Became Kings: Ruling and Judging the Twelve Tribes of Israel in the Book of Acts”
Coleman A. Baker, “Social Identity Theory and Biblical Interpretation”
Eric C. Stewart, “New Testament Space/Spatiality”

Bock, Theology of Luke and Acts

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:07:35 +0000

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In the second volume to be released in Zondervan’s Biblical Theology of the New Testament series, Darrell Bock takes up Luke and Acts. On the text’s product page, the Westminster Bookstore has assembled a 5-part playlist of YouTube interviews from Zondervan about the volume.

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (June 15, 2012)

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:47:15 +0000

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Brian Britt, Biblical Curses and the Displacement of Tradition, reviewed by Brian Doak
David M. Carr, The Formation of the Hebrew Bible: A New Reconstruction, reviewed by Christoph Berner
Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor, The Silent God, reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Janet Smith, Dust or Dew: Immortality in the Ancient Near East and in Psalm 49, reviewed by Philippus J. Botha

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Donnerstag Digest (December 2, 2010)

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:04:46 +0000

This week in the biblioblogosphere:

Bob Cargill notes that, on December 11, the National Geographic Channel will re-air its special on “Writing the Dead Sea Scrolls.”
Brian LePort hypertextually ponders Derridean non-extra-textuality and deconstruction, and he notes twenty-nine doctoral theses that the University of Durham has recently made available.
Michael Bird shows how to benefit most from the new SBL Greek New Testament and notes that the new Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters now has its own blog.
Google Editions are poised to hit the e-book market later this month and allow fee-based full access to copyrighted titles. For some additional details and thoughts, see Blog Kindle and Google Books Help.

The SBL Greek New Testament on Logos 3

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:50:43 +0000

Along with Logos 4 users, Libronix users may now download and install the SBL Greek New Testament and its apparatus.

HT: Logos.

Library Addition (August 13, 2010)

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:26:19 +0000

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Thanks to the kind folks at Zondervan, I just received the second edition of D. A. Carson and Douglas Moo’s Introduction to the New Testament for use this fall. I had used the first edition (co-authored also with Leon Morris) when I took my initial New Testament Introduction course, so I will be interested (finally—this second edition has been available since 2005) to see firsthand what revisions have been made.

Judaism in Paul and Palestinian Judaism

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:32:06 +0000

The New Perspective on Paul has its beginnings in what N. T. Wright has called “the Sanders revolution.”

The Interpretation of the New Testament, 1861–1986: Summary

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:41:52 +0000

Stephen Neill and N. T. Wright

N. T. Wright’s revision of Stephen Neill’s, Interpretation of the New Testament, 1861–1986, attempts a concise, but significantly narratival, survey of various issues in New Testament scholarship during the period in question. To this end, Neill and Wright discuss: (i) the challenge to orthodoxy ( 1–34); (ii) the New Testament and its relationship to history ( 35–64); (iii) what the New Testament says and means ( 65–111); (iv) Jesus and His relationship to the Gospel ( 112–46); (v) Greeks and their relationship to Christians ( 147–204); (vi) “Re-enter[ing] Theology” ( 205–51); (vii) the theory of a gospel behind the Gospels ( 252–312); (viii) the Jewish background of the Gospel ( 313–59); and (ix) the relationship between history and theology ( 360–449).