Review of Biblical Literature Blog: July 2017

Charles M. Stang, Our Divine Double
Reviewed by James F. McGrath

E. P. Sanders, Paul: The Apostle’s Life, Letters and Thought
Reviewed by Matthew V. Novenson

Lenart J. de Regt and Ernst R. Wendland, A Handbook on Numbers
Reviewed by Christian Frevel

Mark A. Leuchter and David T. Lamb, The Historical Writings: Introducing Israel’s Historical Literature
Reviewed by Benjamin J. M. Johnson

Douglas Estes and Ruth Sheridan, eds., How John Works: Storytelling in the Fourth Gospel
Reviewed by Andrew Byers
Reviewed by R. Alan Culpepper

Diana Edelman, Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley, and Philippe Guillaume, eds., Religion in the Achaemenid Persian Empire: Emerging Judaisms and Trends
Reviewed by Jenny Rose

Kenneth Atkinson, A History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond
Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Peter Oakes, Galatians
Reviewed by Bart J. Koet and Jaap F. van der Meij

David Luckensmeyer and Pauline Allen, eds., Studies of Religion and Politics in the Early Christian Centuries
Reviewed by Aaron Ricker

Alexandra Gruca-Macaulay, Lydia as a Rhetorical Construct in Acts
Reviewed by Marianne Blickenstaff

Ellis R. Brotzman and Eric J. Tully, Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction
Reviewed by Terry Giles

Michael F. Bird, The Gospel of the Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus
Reviewed by Albert Lukaszewski
Reviewed by Youngju Kwon

Christopher R. Seitz, Colossians
Reviewed by Devin L. White

B. J. Oropeza, Exploring Second Corinthians: Death and Life, Hardship and Rivalry
Reviewed by Elliott C. Maloney, OSB
Reviewed by Adam White

Jack R. Lundbom, Jeremiah: Prophet Like Moses
Reviewed by Samuel Hildebrandt

Martin Leuenberger, ed., Segen
Reviewed by Bob Becking

Herbert W. Basser with Marsha B. Cohen, The Gospel of Matthew and Judaic Traditions: A Relevance-based Commentary
Reviewed by Akiva Cohen

Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce Metzger, eds., The Greek New Testament with Dictionary
Reviewed by Timothy A. Brookins

Sami Yli-Karjanmaa, Reincarnation in Philo of Alexandria
Reviewed by Gregory E. Sterling

Michael Wolter, Paul: An Outline of His Theology
Reviewed by Matthew V. Novenson

Patricia K. Tull and Jacqueline E. Lapsley, eds., After Exegesis: Feminist Biblical Theology
Reviewed by Lisa W. Davison

Alistair C. Stewart, The Original Bishops: Office and Order in the First Christian Communities
Reviewed by David J. DeVore

Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò, Goliath’s Legacy: Philistines and Hebrews in Biblical Times
Reviewed by Carl S. Ehrlich

Gordon H. Matties, Joshua
Reviewed by Ryan P. Bonfiglio

Helen Leneman and Barry Dov Walfish, eds., The Bible Retold by Jewish Artists, Writers, Composers and Filmmakers
Reviewed by James F. McGrath

Michael J. Kok, The Gospel on the Margins: The Reception of Mark in the Second Century
Reviewed by Elizabeth Struthers Malbon

David Gowler, James through the Centuries
Reviewed by R. Alan Culpepper

Simon Gathercole, Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul
Reviewed by Jarvis J. Williams

Thomas Esposito, Jesus’ Meals with Pharisees and Their Liturgical Roots
Reviewed by Dennis E. Smith

Panayotis Coutsoumpos, Paul, Corinth, and the Roman Empire
Reviewed by H. H. Drake Williams III