Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Magnus Zetterholm, Approaches to Paul: A Student’s Guide to Recent Scholarship Reviewed by David G. Horrell

Marguerite Yon, The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra Reviewed by Dirk Paul Mielke

Norman Whybray, Job Reviewed by F. Rachel Magdalene

Chris A. Vlachos, The Law and the Knowledge of Good and Evil: The Edenic Background of the Catalytic Operation of the Law in Paul Re...

Timo Veijola; Walter Dietrich, ed., Leben nach der Weisung: Exegetisch-historische Studien zum Alten Testament Reviewed by Thomas Röm...

John Van Seters, The Biblical Saga of King David Reviewed by Walter Dietrich

John Fleter Tipei, The Laying on of Hands in the New Testament: Its Significance, Techniques, and Effects Reviewed by Everett Ferguson

Philip McCosker, ed., What Is It That the Scripture Says? Essays in Biblical Interpretation, Translation and Reception in Honour of Henry Wa...

Michael Fox, Proverbs 10–31: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary Reviewed by Bruce K. Waltke

Luke Gärtner-Brereton, The Ontology of Space in Biblical Hebrew Narrative: The Determinate Function of Narrative ‘Space’ within the Biblical...

Ellen F. Davis, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible Reviewed by Robin Gallaher Branch

Izak Cornelius and Louis Jonker, eds., “From Ebla to Stellenbosch”: Syro-Palestinian Religions and the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Friedrich T....

Edna Ullmann-Margalit, Out of the Cave: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Dead Sea Scrolls Research Reviewed by Samuel Thomas

David Toshio Tsumura, The First Book of Samuel Reviewed by Phillip Camp

Benjamin D. Sommer, The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel Reviewed by Gilbert Lozano

Gerhard Sellin, Der Brief an die Epheser Reviewed by Angela Standhartinger

Kenneth L. Schenck, Cosmology and Eschatology in Hebrews: The Settings of the Sacrifice Reviewed by Thomas Kraus

J. R. Daniel Kirk, Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God Reviewed by Jens Herzer

Carole R. Fontaine, With Eyes of Flesh: The Bible, Gender and Human Rights Reviewed by Robin Gallaher Branch

Andrie Du Toit; edited by Cilliers Breytenbach and David S. Du Toit, Focusing on Paul: Persuasion and Theological Design in Romans and Galat...

Greg Carey, Sinners: Jesus and His Earliest Followers Reviewed by Burgert De Wet

Delbert Burkett, Rethinking the Gospel Sources, Volume 2: The Unity and Plurality of Q Reviewed by Tobias Hagerland

Craig A. Blaising, Carmen S. Hardin, and Quentin F. Wesselschmidt, eds., Psalms (2 volumes) Reviewed by Gert T. M. Prinsloo

Michael F. Bird, Introducing Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message Reviewed by Tony Costa

Jerry L. Sumney, Colossians: A Commentary Reviewed by Angela Standhartinger

Loren Stuckenbruck, 1 Enoch 91–108 Reviewed by Archie T. Wright

Magne Sæbø, ed., Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation, II: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment Revie...

Paul L. Redditt, Introduction to the Prophets Reviewed by Timothy Sandoval

Stanley E. Porter and Wendy J. Porter, eds., New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments: New Editions: Texts and Plates Reviewed by Th...

John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 4: Law and Love Reviewed by Susan Graham

Ramsay MacMullen, The Second Church: Popular Christianity A.D. 200–400 Reviewed by Charles Bobertz

Kasper Bro Larsen, Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John Reviewed by Dorothy Lee

Jonathan Knight, Christian Origins Reviewed by Markus Oehler

John Goldingay, Psalms: Volume 3: Psalms 90–150 Reviewed by Leonard Mare

Charles L. Echols, “Tell Me, O Muse”: The Song of Deborah (Judges 5) in the Light of Heroic Poetry Reviewed by Klaas Spronk

Linda M. Day, Esther Reviewed by Jean-Daniel Macchi

N. T. Wright, Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision Reviewed by V. George Shillington

Tor Vegge, Paulus und das antike Schulwesen: Schule und Bildung des Paulus Reviewed by Jens Herzer

Fabian Udoh, ed., Redefining First-Century Jewish and Christian Identities: Essays in Honor of Ed Parish Sanders ...

Tom Thatcher, Greater Than Caesar: Christology and Empire in the Fourth Gospel Reviewed by Benjamin Reynolds

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, The Power of the Word: Scripture and the Rhetoric of Empire Reviewed by Keith Burton

Chantal Reynier, Saint Paul sur les routes du monde romain: Infrastructures, logistique, itinéraires Reviewed by Mi...

Osvaldo Padilla, The Speeches of Outsiders in Acts: Poetics, Theology and Historiography Reviewed by Deborah Thompso...

Douglas J. Moo, The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon Reviewed by Christopher Beetham

Lorena Miralles, Marzeah y thíasos: Una institución convival en el Oriente Próximo Antiguo y el Mediterráneo Reviewed ...

Samuel A. Meier, Themes and Transformations in Old Testament Prophecy Reviewed by Tyler Mayfield

Victor H. Matthews, More Than Meets the Ear: Discovering the Hidden Contexts of Old Testament Conversations Reviewed by ...

Stuart L. Love, Jesus and Marginal Women: The Gospel of Matthew in Social-Scientific Perspective Reviewed by Esther A. de...

Eduard Lohse, Das Urchristentum: Ein Rückblick auf die Anfänge Reviewed by Markus Oehler

Hermann von Lips, Timotheus und Titus: Unterwegs für Paulus Reviewed by Korinna Zamfir

Robert Kugler and Patrick Hartin, An Introduction to the Bible Reviewed by Pieter Venter

Adam Kamesar, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Philo Reviewed by Torrey Seland

Konrad Huber and Boris Repschinski, eds., Im Geist und in der Wahrheit: Studien zum Johannesevangelium und zur Offenbarung des Johannes sowi...

James Allen Hewett, New Testament Greek: A Beginning and Intermediate Grammar Reviewed by Laurence Vance

Larry R. Helyer, The Witness of Jesus, Paul and John: An Exploration in Biblical Theology Reviewed by Petrus Grabe

Sue Hamilton, Ruth D. Whitehouse, and Katherine I. Wright, eds., Archaeology and Women: Ancient and Modern Issues Reviewed by Fri...

Deborah A. Green and Laura S. Lieber, eds., Scriptural Exegesis: The Shapes of Culture and the Religious Imagination: Essays in Honour of Mi...

Michael J. Gorman, Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul’s Narrative Soteriology http://www.boo...

Robert Goldenberg, The Origins of Judaism: From Canaan to the Rise of Islam Reviewed by Lester L. Grabbe

Erasmus Gass, Die Moabiter: Geschichte und Kultur eines ostjordanischen Volkes im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Reviewed by Ernst Axel Knauf

David G. Firth and Jamie A. Grant, eds., Words and the Word: Explorations in Biblical Interpretation and Literary Theory Reviewed by E...

Johann Cook, ed., Septuagint and Reception Reviewed by Reinhart Ceulemans

James H. Charlesworth, The Earliest Christian Hymnbook: The Odes of Solomon Reviewed by Michael Lattke

David Bosworth, The Story within a Story in Biblical Hebrew Narrative Reviewed by Hallvard Hagelia

Bryan D. Bibb, Ritual Words and Narrative Worlds in the Book of Leviticus Reviewed by Dorothea Erbele-Küster

Adam H. Becker and Annette Yoshiko Reed, eds., The Ways That Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages ...

Roger S. Bagnall, Early Christian Books in Egypt Reviewed by Larry Hurtado

Patricia Walters, The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts: A Reassessment of the Evidence Reviewed by Joel B. Green ...

Carolyn J. Sharp, Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by InHee Cho

Lawrence Schiffman and Joel B. Wolowelsky, eds., War and Peace in the Jewish Tradition Reviewed by Daniel L. Smith-Christophe...

Dietmar Neufeld, ed., The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation Reviewed by Fika van Rensburg

R. W. L. Moberly, The Theology of the Book of Genesis Reviewed by Markus Witte

Adam Kamesar, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Philo Reviewed by Gregory Sterling

Edgar Kellenberger, Die Verstockung Pharaos: Exegetische und auslegungsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zu Exodus 1–15 Reviewed by D...

Richard S. Hess, Israelite Religions: An Archaeological and Biblical Survey Reviewed by Lester L. Grabbe