Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Günter Stemberger, Juden und Christen im spätantiken Palästina Reviewed by Peter J. Tomson

Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann’s Lexicon Syriacum ...

William A. Simmons, Peoples of the New Testament World: An Illustrated Guide Reviewed by James Riley Strange

Jacques van Ruiten and J. Cornelis de Vos, eds., The Land of Israel in Bible, History, and Theology: Studies in Honour of Ed Noort Re...

William D. Mounce, Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar Reviewed by Laurence M. Vance

Ulrike Mittmann-Richert, Der Sühnetod des Gottesknechts: Jesaja 53 im Lukasevangelium Reviewed by Christoph Stenschke

Alan S. Kaye, ed., Morphologies of Asia and Africa (2 vols.) Reviewed by Robert Holmstedt

E. A. Judge, The First Christians in the Roman World: Augustan and New Testament Essays Reviewed by Everett Ferguson

Charles B. Cousar, Philippians and Philemon: A Commentary Reviewed by Eduard Verhoef

Mara H. Benjamin, Rosenzweig’s Bible: Reinventing Scripture for Jewish Modernity Reviewed by Mark Elliott

Magnus Zetterholm, ed., The Messiah in Early Judaism and Christianity Reviewed by Adam Winn

Terry R. Wright, The Genesis of Fiction: Modern Novelists as Biblical Interpreters Reviewed by James A. Metzger

David P. Wright, Inventing God’s Law: How the Covenant Code of the Bible Used and Revised the Laws of Hammurabi Reviewed by Frank...

Russell Pregeant, Encounter with the New Testament: An Interdisciplinary Approach Reviewed by Abson Joseph

Rivka Nir, ed., Early Christianity: The First Three Centuries [Hebrew] Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Richard R. Losch, All the People in the Bible: An A–Z Guide to the Saints, Scoundrels, and Other Characters in Scripture Reviewed by...

Amy-Jill Levine, Dale Allison, and John Dominic Crossan, eds., The Historical Jesus in Context Reviewed by Shelly Matthews

Anne-Marie Korte and Maaike de Haardt, eds., The Boundaries of Monotheism: Interdisciplinary Explorations into the Foundations of Western ...

Sara Japhet, The Ideology of the Book of Chronicles and Its Place in Biblical Thought Reviewed by Louis C. Jonker

Richard A. Freund and Rami Arav, eds., Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee Reviewed by Wolfgang Zwickel

Carl S. Ehrlich, ed., From an Antique Land: An Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Literature Reviewed by Aren Maeir

Dan W. Clanton Jr., Daring, Disreputable and Devout: Interpreting the Hebrew Bible’s Women in the Arts and Music Reviewed by Dorothea Erbe...

David Wardle, Cicero: On Divination Book 1 Reviewed by Stephen Bedard

John H. Walton, ed., Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Old Testament (5 vols.) Reviewed by Trent C. Butler

Samuel A. Meier, Themes and Transformations in Old Testament Prophecy Reviewed by David G. Firth

Henri de Lubac, Medieval Exegesis, Volume 3: The Four Senses of Scripture Reviewed by John F. A. Sawyer

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

Thomas J. King, The Realignment of the Priestly Literature: The Priestly Narrative in Genesis and Its Relation to Priestly Legislation and...

Mark K. George, Israel’s Tabernacle as Social Space Reviewed by Frank H. Polak

Florentino García Martínez, ed., Echoes from the Caves: Qumran and the New Testament Reviewed by Anders Klostergaard Petersen

David Flusser, Judaism of the Second Temple Period: Volume 2: The Jewish Sages and Their Literature Reviewed by Peter J. Tomson

Bogdan Gabriel Bucur, Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses Reviewed by James F. McGrath

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