Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Ben Witherington III, New Testament Rhetoric: An Introductory Guide to the Art of Persuasion in and of the New Testament Reviewed...

Baruch J. Schwartz, David P. Wright, Jeffrey Stackert, and Naphtali S. Meshel, eds., Perspectives on Purity and Purification in t...

Dorothy M. Peters, Noah Traditions in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Conversations and Controversies of Antiquity Reviewed by Claudia D. Berg...

Gail R. O’Day and David L. Petersen, eds., Theological Bible Commentary Reviewed by Harold W. Attridge

George W. E. Nickelsburg and Michael E. Stone, eds., Early Judaism: Text and Documents on Faith and Piety Reviewed by Gerbern Oegema

Nancy C. Lee and Carleen Mandolfo, eds., Lamentations in Ancient and Contemporary Cultural Contexts Reviewed by Elizabeth Boase

Jochen Flebbe, Solus Deus: Untersuchungen zur Rede von Gott im Brief des Paulus an die Römer Reviewed by Wayne Coppins

George Kwame Agyei Bonnah, The Holy Spirit: A Narrative Factor in the Acts of the Apostles Reviewed by Joshua Mann

John Bodel and Saul M. Olyan, eds., Household and Family Religion in Antiquity Reviewed by Jason Lamoreaux

Paul N. Anderson, Felix Just, S.J., and Tom Thatcher, eds., John, Jesus, and History, Volume 2: Aspects of Historicity in the Fourth Gosp...

Herbert Schmid, Die Eucharistie ist Jesus: Anfänge einer Theorie des Sakraments im koptischen Philippusevangelium (NHC 113) Revie...

Giulio Maspero, Trinity and Man: Gregory of Nyssa’s Ad Ablabium Reviewed by Ilaria Ramelli

Hannah Harrington, The Purity Texts Reviewed by Eric F. Mason

Lowell K. Handy, ed., Psalm 29 through Time and Tradition Reviewed by Gert Prinsloo

James H. Charlesworth and Petr Pokorný, eds., Jesus Research: An International Perspective Reviewed by Peder Borgen

R. Scott Chalmers, The Struggle of Yahweh and El for Hosea’s Israel http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6679 Reviewed ...

Carol M. Bechtel, ed., Touching the Altar: The Old Testament for Christian Worship Reviewed by Tony Costa

Hans M. Barstad, History and the Hebrew Bible: Studies in Ancient Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Reviewed by Jeremy H...

David L. Baker, Tight Fists or Open Hands? Wealth and Poverty in Old Testament Law Reviewed by Timothy Sandoval

Frank Eibisch, Dein Glaube hat dir geholfen: Heilungsgeschichten des Markusevangeliums als paradigmatische Erzählungen und ihre Bedeutung ...

Otto Zwierlein, Petrus in Rom: Die literarischen Zeugnisse Reviewed by James D. G. Dunn

Walter T. Wilson, Pauline Parallels: A Comprehensive Guide Reviewed by Martinus C. de Boer

Harald Martin Wahl, Das Buch Esther: Übersetzung und Kommentar Reviewed by Donatella Scaiola

Stefan Wälchli, Glaubenswelten der Bibel: Eine kleine Geschichte des biblischen Glaubens und der Entstehung der Bibel Revi...

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

Gregory E. Sterling, Coptic Paradigms: A Summary of Sahidic Coptic Morphology Reviewed by William Arnal

Gerald O’Collins, Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus Reviewed by James F. McGrath

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

James R. Linville, Amos and the Cosmic Imagination Reviewed by M. Daniel Carroll R.

A. Philip Brown, Hope amidst Ruin: A Literary and Theological Analysis of Ezra Reviewed by Bob Becking

Susan Emanuel and Jonathan G. Campbell, The Exegetical Texts Reviewed by Eric F. Mason

Hector Avalos, Sarah Melcher, and Jeremy Schipper, eds., This Abled Body: Rethinking Disabilities in Biblical Studies Reviewed by Yael Avra...

Akira Satake, Die Offenbarung des Johannes: Redaktionell bearbeitet von Thomas Witulski Reviewed by Russell Morton

James Reitman, Unlocking Wisdom: Forming Agents of God in the House of Mourning Reviewed by Craig G. Bartholomew

T. Muraoka, A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint Reviewed by Frederick Danker

W. Edward Glenny, Finding Meaning in the Text: Translation Technique and Theology in the Septuagint of Amos Reviewed by Francis Dalr...

Robert Daly, ed., Apocalyptic Thought in Early Christianity Reviewed by Martin Karrer

R. Crumb, The Book of Genesis Illustrated Reviewed by David Petersen

Walter Brueggemann, Divine Presence amid Violence: Contextualizing the Book of Joshua Reviewed by Gerrie Snyman

Mark J. Boda, A Severe Mercy: Sin and Its Remedy in the Old Testament Reviewed by Erhard S. Gerstenberger

Michael F. Bird, Are You the One Who Is to Come? The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question Reviewed by Christopher W. Skinner

Michael Bachmann, Anti-Judaism in Galatians? Exegetical Studies on a Polemical Letter and on Paul’s Theology Reviewed by Kevin McCruden

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