Paul on J. David Stark

The Unique Ways τὲ καί Clarifies Paul's Audience in Romans

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:59:17 +0000

By itself, τὲ καί can’t indicate who Paul was writing to in Romans. But the phrase puts on the table important pieces to the puzzle.

Confused or Intrigued with Second Temple Hermeneutics?

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000

“Sacred Texts and Paradigmatic Revolutions” illustrates how modern readers can work to recover Second Temple interpretive contexts.

Audience and Predestination in the Letter to the Romans

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000

In a special podcast, Chris Jones and I discuss the challenging issues of Romans’s audience and the letter’s perspective on predestination.

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: Paul (16 December 2019)

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:00:56 +0000

Larry Hurtado reviews Archibald Hunter’s “Paul and His Predecessors.” The full text of the revised 1961 edition was available on Internet Archive.

Daily Gleanings: Romans (14 November 2019)

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings about Word & World’s issue on Romans and especially Arland Hultgren’s essay on “Paul, Romans, and the Christians at Rome.”

Daily Gleanings: Works of the Law (29 October 2019)

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings from Matthew Thomas about the second-century reception of Paul’s comments on “works of the law.”

Daily Gleanings: Pistis (6 September 2019)

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:23:34 +0000

Daily Gleanings about David Downs and Benjamin Lappenga’s “Faithfulness of the Risen Christ,” which links “pistis Christou” and Jesus’s resurrection.

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: Paul in RBL (2 July 2019)

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:00:16 +0000

Daily Gleanings from RBL about Channing Crisler’s “Reading Romans as Lament” and David Capes’s “Divine Christ.”

Daily Gleanings: RBL (17 June 2019)

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings from the Review of Biblical Literature on gift exchange in Paul’s letters and rewritten and received Bible.

Daily Gleanings (14 June 2019)

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings from Joseph Dongell, Ben Witherington, and Craig Keener on the New Perspective on Paul.

Daily Gleanings (4 June 2019)

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:00:06 +0000

Daily Gleanings about Paul, the Law, and PDF versions of the “SBL Handbook of Style.”

Daily Gleanings (29 May 2019)

Wed, 29 May 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings from Freedom about the new Pause extension for Chrome and from Michael Kruger about contemporary cultural influences on the New Perspective.

Daily Gleanings (27 May 2019)

Mon, 27 May 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Daily Gleanings on “Paul, a New Covenant Jew” and from J. T. Ellison on productivity as a writer.

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.”

Bates, Abraham, and allegiance in the gospel

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:00:38 +0000

At the Logos Academic Blog, Tavis Bohlinger has part 4 in his interview series with Matthew Bates about Bates’s recently released Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King (Baker, 2017). Bates comments, in part,

Keener on Isaac and Ishmael

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:00:37 +0000

Craig Keener has an interesting post on the interaction between Isaac and Ishmael in Gen 21:10. The post mainly outlines the major options for what the text might be suggesting and promises two followups that will discuss “Isaac’s line being Abraham’s heir [as well as] the propriety of Abraham sending Hagar and Ishmael away.”

Gaventa, "Romans 13"

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:00:14 +0000

The newest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature contains Beverly Gaventa’s essay, “Reading Romans 13 with Simone Weil: Toward a More Generous Hermeneutic.” According to the abstract,

Simone Weil’s interpretation of the Iliad as a “poem of force” has resonances with Rom 1–8, reinforcing the question of how Rom 13:1–7 belongs in the larger argument of Romans. Seeking a generous reading of 13:1–7 along the lines of the generosity Weil extends to the Iliad, I first take Pharaoh as an example of Paul’s understanding of the relationship between God and human rulers and then propose that Paul’s treatment of human rulers coheres with his refusal in this letter to reify lines between “insider” and “outsider.” I conclude with a reflection on the need for generosity in scholarly research and pedagogy.

In the (e)mail: Nanos and Zetterholm, "Paul within Judaism"

Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:00:39 +0000

In addition to the Boccacci and Segovia and Rodríguez and Thiessen volumes, Fortress Press has kindly, if accidentally, passed along a review copy of Mark Nanos and Magnus Zetterholm’s edited volume Paul within Judaism: Restoring the First-century Context to the Apostle(2015). According to the book’s blurb:

In the (e)mail: Rodríguez and Thiessen, "The So-called Jew"

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:00:47 +0000

In addition to Boccaccini and Segovia’s Paul the Jew, inbox recently saw the arrival from Fortress Press of a review copy of Rafael Rodríguez and Matthew Thiessen’s edited volume The So-Called Jew in Paul’s Letter to the Romans(2016). According to the book’s blurb:

In the (e)mail: Boccaccini and Segovia, "Paul the Jew"

Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:00:47 +0000

In my email recently, I found Fortress Press had kindly provided a review copy of Gabriele Boccaccini and Carlos Segovia’s edited volume Paul the Jew: Rereading the Apostle as a Figure of Second Temple Judaism(2016). According to the book’s blurb:

Bates, "Salvation by allegiance alone" and some theological forebears

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:00:02 +0000

One of the new titles in the recent Baker catalog (due for release this month) is Matthew Bates’s Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King. According to Michael Bird’s blurb,

Matthew Bates argues that faith or believing is not mere assent, not easy believism, but covenantal loyalty to the God who saves his people through the Lord Jesus Christ. Bates forces us to rethink the meaning of faith, the gospel, and works with a view to demonstrating their significance for true Christian discipleship. This will be a controversial book, but perhaps it is the controversy we need!

Free books for March from Faithlife

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:00:14 +0000

March’s free and reduced-price companion volumes from Faithlife include:

Logos: Paula Gooder, This Risen Existence: The Spirit of Easter, and for $1.99, Dennis Ngien, Fruit for the Soul: Luther on the Lament Psalms Verbum: Bonaventure, The Life of Saint Francis, and for $0.99, Bonaventure, Mystical Opuscula

Gupta introduces 1–2 Thessalonians

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:00:36 +0000

Nijay Gupta introduces 1–2 Thessalonians via video, with some comments about what new readers can anticipate in his NCCS volume on the letters.

Myers on Morgan, "Roman faith and Christian faith"

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:23:08 +0000

The Review of Biblical Literature contains Jason Myers’s helpful and appreciative review of Teresa Morgan’s Roman Faith and Christian Faith: Pistis and Fides in the Early Roman Empire and Early Churches (OUP, 2015).

Hurtado on (Not) Yahweh's Return to Zion

Wed, 06 Jul 2016 08:00:00 +0000

Larry Hurtado has kindly made available the pre-publication version of his essay “YHWH’s Return to Zion: A New Catalyst for Earliest High Christology?” in the recent God and the Faithfulness of Paul: A Critical Examination of the Pauline Theology of N. T. Wright, edited by Christoph Heilig, Thomas Hewitt, and Michael Bird (WUNT 2/413; Mohr Siebeck, 2016).

Sacred Texts and Paradigmatic Revolutions in Paperback, Part 2

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:49:49 +0000

A while ago, I mentioned Sacred Texts and Paradigmatic Revolutions would be coming to paperback. That format is now available at about a fourth or less of the MSRP for the hardback.

Wright, The Lord and His Prayer

Wed, 06 May 2015 16:57:16 +0000

For May, Logos Bible Software’s free volume is N. T. Wright’s The Lord and His Prayer(SPCK, 1996). The paired discount volume is Wright’s Paul: Fresh Perspectives (SPCK, 2005).

Sacred Texts and Paradigmatic Revolutions in Paperback

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:52:46 +0000

The kind folks at Bloomsbury (the parent company of the T&T Clark imprint) have recently mentioned that a paperback release is forthcoming for my Sacred Texts and Paradigmatic Revolutions: The Hermeneutical Worlds of the Qumran Sectarian Manuscripts and the Letter to the Romans. Slated for this June, the paperback, at a $29.95 list price, will be a fiscally welcome complement to the current hardback ($120.00) and PDF ($27.99) formats. The paperback is already available for pre-order on Amazon, currently at just under the list price.

Sacred Texts and Paradigmatic Revolutions

Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:30:30 +0000

The latest Bloomsbury Highlights notes the newly available volume 16 in the T&T Clark Jewish and Christian Texts Series. The volume is a revision of my 2011 dissertation at Southeastern Seminary and primarily explores paradigmatic, or presuppositional, aspects of the hermeneutics at play in Romans and some of the Qumran sectarian texts.

Biblical Theology Bulletin 43, no. 3

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:55:57 +0000

Biblical Theology Bulletin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The next issue of the Biblical Theology Bulletin is set to include:

Carey Walsh, “Where Did God Go?: Theophanic Shift in Exodus”
Mark T. Finney, “Servile Supplicium: Shame and the Deuteronomic Curse—Crucifixion in Its Cultural Context”
Dennis C. Duling, “Paul’s Aegean Network: The Strength of Strong Ties”
Lee A. Johnson, “Social Stratification”

Currents in Biblical Research 11, no. 3

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:59:32 +0000

The latest issue of Currents in Biblical Research includes the following:

Serge Frolov, “Sleeping with the Enemy: Recent Scholarship on Sexuality in the Book of Judges”
Jason Hood and Matthew Emerson, “Summaries of Israel’s Story: Reviewing a Compositional Category”
Coleman Baker, “Peter and Paul in Acts and the Construction of Early Christian Identity: A Review of Historical and Literary Approaches”
Bruce Worthington, “Alternative Perspectives beyond the Perspectives: A Summary of Pauline Studies that has Nothing to Do with Piper or Wright”
F. S. Naiden, “Recent Study of Greek Religion in the Archaic through Hellenistic Periods”

On the Web (January 23, 2013)

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:34:15 +0000

On the web:

Nijay Gupta provides the table of contents for the latest issue of the Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters.
Robert Woods reflects on significance and dissonance in Great Books.
Abram K-J discusses the Göttingen Septuagint ( 1, 2, HT: Tommy Wasserman).

Wright, Paul and the Faithfulness of God

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:15:01 +0000

As Anthony Le Donne and Michael Bird have already noted, N. T. Wright’s much-anticipated fourth volume in the Christian Origins and the Question of God Series, Paul and the Faithfulness of God, has now become three installments. Besides the series’ first three volumes, all three installments of the new fourth part are now available for pre-order via Logos Bible Software. The three individual installments’ contents are outlined there as follows:

Green Collection Romans Fragment

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:20:49 +0000

Dan Wallace digests the SBL meeting discussion of the recently announced Romans fragment in the Green collection.

Bird, ed., Four Views on the Apostle Paul

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:28:24 +0000

Michael Bird, ed.

The folks at Zondervan sponsored this year’s Institute for Biblical Research meeting reception. In addition to the deserts there, they very kindly provided attending members with a copy of the recent (2012) Counterpoints volume on Paul, edited by Michael Bird. According to the publisher’s description:

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:22:25 +0000

Ben Dunson and I were at Westminster together for a bit before his Durham days, and it’s wonderful to see that this volume is now available. For those who want to take a look at the original thesis, Durham has it archived here.

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”

Baur's Paul(us) on Google Books

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:52:31 +0000

Ferdinand Christian Baur.

Google Books has available two full PDF copies ( 1, 2) of the original German of F. C. Baur’s Paulus, der Apostel Jesu Christi (1845). Also available are the first and second volumes of second edition of the English translation produced by Eduard Zeller ( Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, 2 vols., 1873–1875). In addition, the book’s second, posthumously produced German edition (2 vols., 1866–1867) from which Zeller translated the English version is available in a single, combined PDF that contains both of its volumes.

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.”