Review of Biblical Literature Blog

John M. Steele, ed., Calendars and Years: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient Near East Reviewed by Mladen Popovic

Stanley E. Porter and Mark J. Boda, eds., Translating the New Testament: Text, Translation, Theology Reviewed by Douglas Moo

R. W. L. Moberly, The Theology of the Book of Genesis Reviewed by Brian D. Russell

Gary N. Knoppers and Kenneth A. Ristau, eds., Community Identity in Judean Historiography: Biblical and Comparative Perspectives Revie...

Sarah Coakley and Charles M. Stang, eds., Re-thinking Dionysius the Areopagite Reviewed by Ilaria L. E. Ramelli

Duane L. Christensen, Nahum: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary Reviewed by Klaas Spronk

Brendan Byrne, A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark’s Gospel Reviewed by Sean Kealy

Manfred T. Brauch, Abusing Scripture: The Consequences of Misreading the Bible Reviewed by Michael D. Matlock

Craig G. Bartholomew, Ecclesiastes Reviewed by Richard Schultz

Kenneth E. Bailey, The Cross and the Prodigal: Luke 15 through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants Reviewed by Robert O’Toole

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

Lesleigh Cushing Stahlberg, Sustaining Fictions: Intertextuality, Midrash, Translation, and the Literary Afterlife of the Bible R...

Tessa Rajak, Translation and Survival: The Greek Bible and the Ancient Jewish Diaspora Reviewed by Christopher Beetham

John Oswalt, The Bible among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? Reviewed by Claude Mariottini

Scot McKnight and Joseph B. Modica, eds., Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am? An Investigation of the Accusations against Jesus Revie...

Bruce J. Malina, Timothy: Paul’s Closest Associate Reviewed by Mark Batluck

Peter J. Leithart, Deep Exegesis: The Mystery of Reading Scripture Reviewed by Matthew Gordley

Joel B. Green, Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible Reviewed by Robin Gallaher Branch

Mark K. George, Israel’s Tabernacle as Social Space Reviewed by Gert Prinsloo

Jo Carruthers, Esther through the Centuries Reviewed by Linda Day Reviewed by Timothy Laniak

Elizabeth Boase, The Fulfilment of Doom? The Dialogic Interaction between the Book of Lamentations and the Pre-exilic/Early Exilic Prophet...

Magnus Zetterholm, Approaches to Paul: A Student’s Guide to Recent Scholarship Reviewed by Nijay Gupta

Jan de Waard, ed., Biblia Hebraica Quinta: Proverbs Reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Hamilton

Rivka Ulmer, ed., Pesiqta Rabbati: A Synoptic Edition of Pesiqta Rabbati Based upon All Extant Manuscripts and the Editio Princeps ...

Turid Karlsen Seim and Jorunn Økland, eds., Metamorphoses: Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity ...

Micah Ross, ed., From the Banks of the Euphrates: Studies in Honor of Alice Louise Slotsky Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Stanley E. Porter, ed., Paul: Jew, Greek, and Roman Reviewed by Christoph Stenschke

Michael Philip Penn, Kissing Christians: Ritual and Community in the Late Ancient Church Reviewed by Candida Moss

Yonatan Kolatch, Masters of the Word: Traditional Jewish Bible Commentary from the Eleventh through the Thirteenth Centuries (vol. 2) ...

Terence L. Donaldson, Judaism and the Gentiles: Jewish Patterns of Universalism (to 135 CE) Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

David A. deSilva, Seeing Things John’s Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation Reviewed by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

April D. DeConick, The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation: With a Commentary and New English Translation of the Complete Gospel Re...

Kate Cooper and Julia Hillner, eds., Religion, Dynasty, and Patronage in Early Christian Rome, 300–900 Reviewed by Ilaria Ramelli

Peter Brown, The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity; Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a New Int...

Alexander Tsutserov, Glory, Grace, and Truth: Ratification of the Sinaitic Covenant according to the Gospel of John Reviewed ...

Karel van der Toorn, Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Richard Weis

C. Kavin Rowe, World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age Reviewed by V. Henry Nguyen

Eckart Otto, Die Tora: Studien zum Pentateuch: Gesammelte Schriften Reviewed by Trent C. Butler

Mogens Müller, The Expression ‘Son of Man’ and the Development of Christology: A History of Interpretation Reviewed by Rollin Kea...

Paul Middleton, Angus Paddison, and Karen Wenell, eds., Paul, Grace and Freedom: Essays in Honour of John K. Riches Reviewed by Mic...

Lee Martin McDonald, Forgotten Scriptures: The Selection and Rejection of Early Religious Writings Reviewed by Francis Dalrymple-Ham...

Bernard M. Levinson, Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel Reviewed by Bruce Wells

Dirk Hartwig, Walter Homolka, Michael J. Marx, and Angelika Neuwirth, eds., “Im vollen Licht der Geschichte”: Die Wissenschaft des Ju...

Pamela Eisenbaum, Paul Was Not a Christian: The Original Message of a Misunderstood Apostle Reviewed by Yung Suk Kim

Shawna Dolansky, ed., Sacred History, Sacred Literature: Essays on Ancient Israel, the Bible, and Religion in Honor of R. E. Friedman on H...

Jean-Marie van Cangh, Les sources Judaïques du nouveau testament: Recueil d’essais Reviewed by Peter Tomson

Robin Gallaher Branch, Jeroboam’s Wife: The Enduring Contributions of the Old Testament’s Lesser-Known Women Reviewed by Wil Gafney

François Bovon, L’Evangile selon saint Luc 19,28–24,53 Reviewed by Richard I. Pervo

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...