Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (9 March 2015)
The 9 March 2015 newsletter for the Review of Biblical Literature noted reviews of several noteworthy volumes.
Walter-Brueggemann
Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (June 13, 2014)
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
...Brueggeman, Spirituality of the Psalms
Walter Brueggemann,
The June free book of the month seems already to be live on the Logos Bible Software website. The included text is Walter Brueggemann’s Spirituality of the Psalms (Fortress, 2001). The optional, $0.99 add on is Brueggemmann’s David’s Truth: In Israel’s Imagination and Memory (Fortress, 2002).
...Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (October 4, 2013)
The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:
Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies
- Ulrich F. Berges, Isaiah: The Prophet and his Book, reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney
- Daniel E. Fleming, The Legacy of Israel in Judah’s Bible: History, Politics, and the Reinscribing of Tradition, reviewed by Matthew Suriano
- Theresa V. Lafferty, The Prophetic Critique of the Priority of the Cult: A Study of Amos 5:21–24 and Isaiah 1:10–17, reviewed by Alphonso Groenewald
- Matthew Neujahr, Predicting the Past in the Ancient Near East: Mantic Historiography in Ancient Mesopotamia, Judah, and the Mediterranean World, reviewed by Gerhard Karner
- Georg A. Walser, Jeremiah: A Commentary based on Ieremias in Codex Vaticanus, reviewed by Michael Graves
- Walter Brueggemann, Truth Speaks to Power: The Countercultural Nature of Scripture, reviewed by Gerrie Snyman
New Testament and Cognate Studies
...Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (April 15, 2013)
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
...Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (March 25, 2013)
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
...Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (November 9, 2012)
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
...On the Web (July 22, 2012)
On the web:
- Tokens makes available the final part of their interview with Walter Brueggemann.
- Theological Studies has back issues from 5 years ago and beyond freely available online (HT: Charles Jones).
- Michael Halcomb reflects on some of Albert Schweitzer’s comments on Christian scholars.
- Tommy Keene highlights BibleArc.
- Archive.org has Gordon Fee’s PhD thesis available online (HT: Larry Hurtado).
- Bavarian authorities are commissioning annotated editions of Mein Kampf in hopes of further defusing the work’s value for extremists’ use as it comes into the public domain.
- Joel Willitts reflects on some of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s comments on “self forgiveness.”
On the Web (June 23, 2012)
On the web:
- Randy Kennedy discusses how the current economic crisis in Greece is imperiling local antiquities.
- Matthew Kalman discusses documentary sensationalism and its impact on the status of biblical archaeology.
- Charles Jones highlights resources for Macedonian coinage, the Acta Sanctorum, Augustan Rome’s geography, and the Byzantine scholia on Homer’s Iliad.
- Jim Davila notes Google’s efforts to read unopenable Dead Sea Scrolls.
- Joel Willitts comments on selections from Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together.
- Robert Woods discusses wisdom from a Thomistic perspective.
- Tokens provides part 3 of a series of YouTube clips series from their October 24, 2011 interview with Walter Brueggemann. See here for parts 1 and 2.