Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Stephan Witetschek, Ephesische Enthüllungen 1: Frühe Christen in einer antiken Großstadt. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Frage nach den Kontexten ...

Tom Thatcher and Stephen D. Moore, eds., Anatomies of Narrative Criticism: The Past, Present, and Futures of the Fourth Gospel as Literature...

Guy G. Stroumsa, The End of Sacrifice: Religious Transformations in Late Antiquity Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Hagith Sivan, Palestine in Late Antiquity Reviewed by Steven Fine

Uwe-Karsten Plisch, The Gospel of Thomas: Original Text with Commentary Reviewed by Christopher Tuckett

Marius Reiser, Bibelkritik und Auslegung der Heiligen Schrift: Beiträge zur Geschichte der biblischen Exegese und Hermeneutik Revi...

Vashti Murphy McKenzie, Swapping Housewives: Rachel and Jacob and Leah Reviewed by Randall L. McKinion

Michael Kaler, Flora Tells a Story: The Apocalypse of Paul and Its Context Reviewed by Tobias Nicklas

Linda B. Hall, Mary, Mother and Warrior: The Virgin in Spain and the Americas Reviewed by Violeta Rocha

Richard James Fischer, Historical Genesis: From Adam to Abraham Reviewed by Paul L. Chen

Carol Hupping, ed., The Jewish Bible: A JPS Guide Reviewed by Gilbert Lozano

Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The One Who Is to Come Reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton

Göran Eidevall, Prophecy and Propaganda: Images of Enemies in the Book of Isaiah Reviewed by Maire Byrne

T. E. Clontz and J. Clontz, eds., The Comprehensive New Testament Reviewed by Alastair Haines

Roland Boer, Last Stop before Antarctica: The Bible and Postcolonialism in Australia Reviewed by F. Rachel Magdalene

Alan Thompson, One Lord, One People: The Unity of the Church in Acts in Its Literary Setting Reviewed by Bobby Kelly

Robert Stein, Mark Reviewed by Joel F. Williams

Andrew Sloane, At Home in a Strange Land: Using the Old Testament in Christian Ethics Reviewed by Andrew Davies

Herman J. Selderhuis, Calvin’s Theology of the Psalms Reviewed by Randall McKinion

Werner Schmidt, Das Buch Jeremia: Kapitel 1–20 Reviewed by Wilhelm J. Wessels

Huub van de Sandt and Jürgen Zangenberg, eds., Matthew, James, and Didache: Three Related Documents in Their Jewish and Christian Settings ...

Charles Puskas, The Conclusion of Luke-Acts: The Significance of Acts 28:16–31 Reviewed by Deborah Thompson Prince

Martin Mosse, The Three Gospels: New Testament History Introduced by the Synoptic Problem Reviewed by Pheme Perkins

Pekka Lindqvist, Sin at Sinai: Early Judaism Encounters Exodus 32 Reviewed by James N. Rhodes

Nicola Laneri, ed., Performing Death: Social Analyses of Funerary Traditions in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean Reviewed by Are...

Jörg Lanckau, Der Herr der Träume: Eine Studie zur Funktion des Traumes in der Josefsgeschichte der Hebräischen Bibel Reviewed by Bart J...

Desta Heliso, Pistis and the Righteous One: A Study of Romans 1:17 against the Background of Scripture and Second Temple Jewish Literature ...

Billie Jean Collins, The Hittites and Their World Reviewed by Dirk Paul Mielke

Brevard Childs, The Church’s Guide for Reading Paul: The Canonical Shaping of the Pauline Corpus Reviewed by Paul E. Trainor

Rein Bos, We Have Heard That God Is with You: Preaching the Old Testament Reviewed by Jordan M. Scheetz

Frank Yamada, Configurations of Rape in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary Analysis of Three Rape Narratives Reviewed by Susanne Scho...

Lawrence M. Wills, Not God’s People: Insiders and Outsiders in the Biblical World Reviewed by Lara van der Zee-Hanssen

David Wilhite, Tertullian the African: An Anthropological Reading of Tertullian’s Context and Identities Reviewed by Ilaria L. E....

David Sim and Boris Repschinski, eds., Matthew and His Christian Contemporaries Reviewed by Glenna Jackson

Jens Schröter, Von Jesus zum Neuen Testament: Studien zur urchristlichen Theologiegeschichte und zur Entstehung des neutestamentlichen Kanon...

Gershom M. H. Ratheiser, Mitzvoth Ethics and the Jewish Bible: The End of Old Testament Theology Reviewed by Ben Ollenburger

Enno Edzard Popkes, Die Theologie der Liebe Gottes in den johanneischen Schriften: Zur Semantik der Liebe und zum Motivkreis des Dualismus ...

Jonathan T. Pennington and Sean M. McDonough, Cosmology and New Testament Theology Reviewed by Michael J. Lakey

M. Sydney Park, Submission within the Godhead and the Church in the Epistle to the Philippians: An Exegetical and Theological Examination of...

Rachel Mairs and Alice Stevenson, eds., Current Research in Egyptology 2005: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Symposium, University of Cambri...

Dietrich-Alex Koch, Hellenistisches Christentum: Schriftverständnis–Ekklesiologie–Geschichte Reviewed by Friedrich Reiterer

Sandra Gravett, Karla Bohmbach, F. V. Greifenhagen, and Donald Polaski, An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: A Thematic Approach Reviewed ...

Philip S. Alexander, The Targum of Lamentations: Translated, with a Critical Introduction, Apparatus, and Notes Reviewed by Archie Wright

Lars Aejmelaeus and Antti Mustakallio, eds., The Nordic Paul: Finnish Approaches to Pauline Theology Reviewed by Erik Heen

Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed., Theological Interpretation of the New Testament: A Book-by-Book Survey Reviewed by Erik Heen

Ilaria Ramelli and David Konstan, Terms for Eternity: Aiônios and Aïdios in Classical and Christian Texts Reviewed by Jan G. va...

Mikeal C. Parsons, Acts Reviewed by I. Howard Marshall

Julia M. O’Brien, Challenging Prophetic Metaphor: Theology and Ideology in the Prophets Reviewed by Bo H. Lim

Etienne Nodet, The Historical Jesus? Necessity and Limits of an Inquiry Reviewed by James West

Alexander I. Negrov, Biblical Interpretation in the Russian Orthodox Church: A Historical and Hermeneutical Perspective Reviewed by...

Matthew J. Marohl, Faithfulness and the Purpose of Hebrews: A Social Identity Approach Reviewed by Renate Viveen Hood

Julie Kelso, O Mother, Where Art Thou? An Irigarayan Reading of the Book of Chronicles Reviewed by Susanne Scholz

William H. Jennings, Storms over Genesis: Biblical Battleground in America’s Wars of Religion Reviewed by Michael D. Matlock

Joseph A. Fitzmyer, A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature Reviewed by Shayna Sheinfeld

Lori Anne Ferrell, The Bible and the People Reviewed by Seán P. Kealy

F. Gerald Downing, God with Everything: The Divine in the Discourse of the First Christian Century Reviewed by Michael Lakey

Ellen F. Davis, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible Reviewed by Philip F. Esler

J. Edward Crowley and Paul L. Danove, The Rhetoric of Characterization of God, Jesus, and Jesus’ Disciples in the Gospel of Mark Reviewed b...

L. Stephanie Cobb, Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts Reviewed by Jan Willem van Henten

Dan R. Stiver, Life Together in the Way of Jesus Christ: An Introduction to Christian Theology Reviewed by Yolanda Dreyer

James M. Robinson, Jesus: According to the Earliest Witness Reviewed by Petri Luomanen

Anita Norich and Yaron Z. Eliav, eds., Jewish Literatures and Cultures: Context and Intercontext Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Marvin Meyer, Judas: The Definitive Collection of Gospels and Legends about the Infamous Apostle of Jesus Reviewed by Philip Tit...

Mark McEntire, Struggling with God: An Introduction to the Pentateuch Reviewed by Lissa Wray Beal

Andrew T. Lincoln and Angus Paddison, eds., Christology and Scripture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Reviewed by Douglas Campbell

Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons, Illuminating Luke, Volume 3: The Passion and Resurrection Narratives in Italian Renaissance and Baroq...

Axel Graupner and Michael Wolter, eds., Moses in Biblical and Extra-biblical Traditions Reviewed by Hallvard Hagelia

Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Richard B. Hays, eds., Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage Reviewed by Mark Elliott

Daniel Durken, ed., The New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament Reviewed by Peter Judge

Lawrence DiPaolo Jr., Hymn Fragments Embedded in the New Testament: Hellenistic Jewish and Greco-Roman Parallels Reviewed by Daniel Dar...

Gregory Lee Cuéllar, Voices of Marginality: Exile and Return in Second Isaiah 40–55 and the Mexican Immigrant Experience Reviewed by Tim...

Augustine Casiday and Frederick W. Norris, The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 2: Constantine to c. 600 Reviewed by Paul Dilley

Richard Bauckham, The Jewish World around the New Testament: Collected Essays 1 Reviewed by Christoph Stenschke

Randall C. Bailey, Tat-siong Benny Liew, and Fernando F. Segovia, eds., They Were All Together in One Place? Toward Minority Biblical Critic...

Octavian D. Baban, On the Road Encounters in Luke-Acts: Hellenistic Mimesis and Luke’s Theology of the Way Reviewed by Ron Clark