Thomas-Schreiner on J. David Stark

Other discussion of Bates, "Salvation by allegiance"

Wed, 17 May 2017 13:00:48 +0000

In commenting about theLAB’s interview with Matthew Bates, I overlooked having saved a couple other recent interactions with his Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King(Baker, 2017):

Nijay Gupta provides a friendly, largely affirmative, and probing set of thoughts.
Thomas Schreiner expresses his appreciation for some of the volume’s core impulses but suggests that the proposals gains fail to outweigh the corresponding deficiencies that it creates.

For additional, related discussion, see Bates interview at theLAB and Bates, “Salvation by allegiance alone” and some theological forebears.

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 58, no. 1

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:28:22 +0000

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 58, no. 1 contents.

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:

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (April 15, 2013)

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:16:40 +0000

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

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: