Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Constantino Ziccardi, The Relationship of Jesus and the Kingdom of God according to Luke-Acts Reviewed by Joel B. Green

Joel Willitts, Matthew’s Messianic Shepherd-King: In Search of “the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel” Reviewed by Donald Sen...

Reuben J. Swanson, Reflections on Biblical Themes by an Octogenarian Reviewed by Peter Penner

James M. Robinson, Jesus according to the Earliest Witnesses Reviewed by Petri Luomanen

John Reumann, Philippians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary Reviewed by James D. G. Dunn

Stanley E. Porter and Christopher D. Stanley, eds., As It Is Written: Studying Paul’s Use of Scripture Reviewed by H. H. Drake Wi...

D. C. Parker, An Introduction to the New Testament Manuscripts and Their Texts Reviewed by Matteo Grosso

Ehud Netzer, The Architecture of Herod, the Great Builder Reviewed by David Chapman

I. Howard Marshall, A Concise New Testament Theology Reviewed by Mark R. Fairchild

Matthew J. Marohl, Joseph’s Dilemma: “Honor Killing” in the Birth Narrative of Matthew Reviewed by Caryn Reeder

Craig R. Koester, The Word of Life: A Theology of John’s Gospel Reviewed by Cornelis Bennema

Steven R. Johnson, Seeking the Imperishable Treasure: Wealth, Wisdom, and a Jesus Saying Reviewed by Ken Olson

David Hamidović, Les traditions du jubilé à Qumrân Reviewed by Jan Dusek

Hemchand Gossai, Barrenness and Blessing: Abraham, Sarah, and the Journey of Faith Reviewed by Dorothea Erbele-Kuester

John Carroll, The Existential Jesus Reviewed by Stephan Joubert

Margaret Barker, Temple Themes in Christian Worship Reviewed by Albert Hogeterp

J. G. McConville, God and Earthly Power: An Old Testament Political Theology Reviewed by Paul Kissling

Karoline M. Lewis, Rereading the “Shepherd Discourse”: Restoring the Integrity of John 9:39–10:21 Reviewed by Beate Kowalski

Michael Labahn and Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, eds., A Kind of Magic: Understanding Magic in the New Testament and Its Religious Environmen...

Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, and Jonathan A. Draper, eds., The Bible in the Public Square: Reading the Signs of the Time...

Barry C. Joslin, Hebrews, Christ and the Law: The Theology of the Mosaic Law in Hebrews 7:1–10:18 Reviewed by David Allen

Steven Leonard Jacobs, ed., Maven in Blue Jeans: A Festschrift in Honor of Zev Garber Reviewed by William H. Krieger

Mark A. House, ed., Compact Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Reviewed by Pierre Johan Jordaan

Thomas R. Hatina, ed., Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels: Volume 2: The Gospel of Matthew Reviewed by Daniel Gurtner

Andrew Harker, Loyalty and Dissidence in Roman Egypt: The Case of the Acta Alexandrinorum Reviewed by Birger A. Pearson

R. Alan Culpepper, Mark Reviewed by John Painter

Mordechai Cogan, The Raging Torrent: Historical Inscriptions from Assyria and Babylonia Relating to Ancient Israel Reviewed by Aren Maei...

J. Bradley Chance, Acts Reviewed by Kenneth D. Litwak

Katharina Bracht and David S. du Toit, eds., Die Geschichte der Daniel-Auslegung in Judentum, Christentum und Islam: Studien zur Kommentieru...

Richard H. Bell, Deliver Us from Evil: Interpreting the Redemption from the Power of Satan in New Testament Theology Reviewed by Francis Da...

Richard Bauckham, Daniel Driver, Trevor Hart, and Nathan MacDonald, eds., A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in Its Ancient Conte...

Eckhard J. Schnabel, Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods Reviewed by Torrey Seland

Per Rönnegård, Threads and Images: The Use of Scripture in Apophthegmata Patrum Reviewed by Mark DelCogliano

Kuo-Wei Peng, Hate the Evil, Hold Fast to the Good: Structuring Romans 12.1–15.1 Reviewed by Derek R. Brown

Jacobine G. Oudshoorn, The Relationship between Roman and Local Law in the Babatha and Salome Komaise Archives: General Analysis and Three C...

Martti Nissinen and Risto Uro, eds., Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity Reviewed ...

Francis J. Moloney, Life of Jesus in Icons: From the “Bible of Tbilisi” Reviewed by V. Henry T. Nguyen

Steve Mason, Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary: Vol. 1b: Judean War 2 Reviewed by Marcus Sigismund

Daniel Marguerat, ed., Introduction au Nouveau Testament: Son histoire, son écriture, sa théologie Reviewed by V. Henry T. Nguyen

Darian Lockett, Purity and Worldview in the Epistle of James Reviewed by John C. Poirier

Bernard M. Levinson, “The Right Chorale”: Studies in Biblical Law and Interpretation Reviewed by J. Glen Taylor

Hans-Josef Klauck, The Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction Reviewed by Paul Dilley

Søren Holst, Verbs and War Scroll: Studies in the Hebrew Verbal System and the Qumran War Scrolls Reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton

Adam Green, King Saul: The True History of the First Messiah Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Margaret Barker, The Hidden Tradition of the Kingdom of God Reviewed by Benedict Thomas Viviano, O.P.

Bill T. Arnold, Genesis Reviewed by Jan-Wim Wesselius

Leslie S. Wilson, The Book of Job: Judaism in the Second Century BCE: An Intertextual Reading Reviewed by F. Rachel Magdalene

Felipe Blanco Wißmann, “Er tat das Rechte”: Beurteilungskriterien und Deuteronomismus in 1Kön 12–2Kön 25 Reviewed by Ernst Axel Knau...

C. Adrian Thomas, A Case For Mixed-Audience with Reference to the Warning Passages in the Book of Hebrews Reviewed by Gert J. Steyn

Tom Thatcher, ed., Jesus, the Voice, and the Text: Beyond The Oral and the Written Gospel Reviewed by Stephan Witetschek

Andreas J. Kostenberger and Scott R. Swain, eds., Father, Son and Spirit: The Trinity and John’s Gospel Reviewed by Martijn Steegen

Joseph F. Kelly, The Birth of Jesus according to the Gospels Reviewed by J. Samuel Subramanian

Gudrun Holtz, Damit Gott sei alles in allem: Studien zum paulinischen und frühjüdischen Universalismus Reviewed by Lars Kierspel

Timothy Clack and Marcus Brittain, eds., Archaeology and the Media Reviewed by Yuval Gadot

Cilliers Breytenbach and Jörg Frey, eds., Aufgabe und Durchführung einer Theologie des Neuen Testaments Reviewed by Willard M. Swartley

Roland Boer, Last Stop Before Antarctica: The Bible and Postcolonialism in Australia Reviewed by Steed Vernyl Davidson

Mieke Bal, Loving Yusuf: Conceptual Travels from Present to Past Reviewed by Rebecca Raphael

Jason A. Whitlark, Enabling Fidelity to God: Perseverance in Hebrews in Light of Reciprocity Systems in the Ancient Mediterranean World ...

James W. Thompson, Hebrews Reviewed by Alan C. Mitchell

Moses Taiwo, Paul’s Rhetoric in 1 Corinthians 10:29b–30 Reviewed by Mark A. Jennings

Evan Powell, The Myth of the Lost Gospel Reviewed by Sarah E. Rollens

Tat-siong Benny Liew, What Is Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics? Reading the New Testament Reviewed by Jae Won Lee

Seyoon Kim, Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and Luke Reviewed by Warren Carter

Brad E. Kelle and Frank Ritchel Ames, eds., Writing and Reading War: Rhetoric, Gender, and Ethics in Biblical and Modern Contexts Rev...

Friedhelm Hartenstein, Das Angesicht JHWHs: Studien zu seinem höfischen und kultischen Bedeutungshintergrund in den Psalmen und in Exodus 32...

Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Andrea L. Weiss, eds., The Torah: A Women’s Commentary Reviewed by Yael Shemesh

Michael B. Dick, Reading the Old Testament: An Inductive Introduction Reviewed by George C. Heider

Stacy Davis, This Strange Story: Jewish and Christian Interpretation of the Curse of Canaan from Antiquity to 1865 Reviewed by David M. W...

Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins, King and Messiah as Son of God: Divine, Human, and Angelic Messianic Figures in Biblical and Relat...

J. Bretschneider, J. Driessen, and K. van Lerberghe, eds., Power and Architecture: Monumental Public Architecture in the Bronze Age Near Eas...

Keith Bodner, 1 Samuel: A Narrative Commentary Reviewed by Tim Bulkeley

Oda Wischmeyer and Stefan Scholz, eds., Die Bibel als Text: Beiträge zu einer textbezogenen Bibel-Hermeneutik Reviewed by Mark W. Ell...

James T. Sparks, The Chronicler’s Genealogies: Towards an Understanding of 1 Chronicles 1–9 Reviewed by Gershon Galil

Vanessa R. Sasson, The Birth of Moses and the Buddha: A Paradigm for the Comparative Study of Religions Reviewed by Marco Frenschkowski

Bruce J. Malina and John J. Pilch, Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Acts Reviewed by Kenneth D. Litwak