Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Timothy M. Willis, Leviticus Reviewed by Christophe Nihan

Michael G. Wechsler, ed., The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther: Edition, Translation,...

Matthew Sleeman, Geography and the Ascension Narrative in Acts Reviewed by Steve Walton

Henning Graf Reventlow, History of Biblical Interpretation, Vol. 3: Renaissance, Reformation, Humanism; and Vol. 4: From the Englightenmen...

Henning Graf Reventlow, History of Biblical Interpretation, Vol. 3: Renaissance, Reformation, Humanism Reviewed by A. K. M. Adam

Yoon-Man Park, Mark’s Memory Resources and the Controversy Stories (Mark 2:1–3:6): An Application of the Frame Theory of Cognitive Science...

B. J. Oropeza, C. K. Robertson, and Douglas C. Mohrmann, eds., Jesus and Paul: Global Perspectives in Honor of James D. G. Dunn for His Se...

K. L. Noll and Brooks Schramm, eds., Raising Up a Faithful Exegete: Essays in Honor of Richard D. Nelson Reviewed by Kent Harold Richards

Andreas Hahn, Canon Hebraeorum—Canon Ecclesiae: Zur deuterokanonischen Frage im Rahmen der Begründung alttestamentlicher Schriftkanonizitä...

Scott A. Ellington, Risking Truth: Reshaping the World through Prayers of Lament Reviewed by Philip E. Satterthwaite

Andreas Wagner, Gottes Körper: Zur alttestamentlichen Vorstellung der Menschengestaltigkeit Gottes Reviewed by Mark W. Hamilton

Maynard Paul Maidman, Nuzi Texts and Their Uses as Historical Evidence Reviewed by Christopher Metcalf

Tremper Longman III, How to Read Exodus Reviewed by Wolfgang Oswald

Ross Shepard Kraemer, Unreliable Witnesses: Religion, Gender, and History in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean Reviewed by Gail Streete

Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Recovering the Unity of the Bible: One Continuous Story, Plan, and Purpose Reviewed by Joel Stephen Williams

Dirk J. Human and Gert J. Steyn, eds., Psalms and Hebrews: Studies in Reception Reviewed by Steve Moyise

Ronald Hendel, Reading Genesis: Ten Methods Reviewed by Matthias Millard

Jo Ann Hackett, A Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Reviewed by George Athas

Pierre Gibert, L’invention critique de la Bible, XVe–XVIIIe Siècle: L'invention moderne de la critique du texte bibliqu e Reviewed b...

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

Robert L. Webb and Duane F. Watson, eds., Reading Second Peter with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of Second Peter ...

Christopher Rollston, Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel: Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age Reviewed by Johanne...

David S. Powers, Muhammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men: The Making of the Last Prophet Reviewed by Joel Stephen Williams

Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, Keys to Second Corinthians: Revisiting the Major Issues Reviewed by Victor Paul Furnish Reviewed by vanThan...

Marianne Bjelland Kartzow, Gossip and Gender: Othering of Speech in the Pastoral Epistles Reviewed by Korinna Zamfir

Steven J. Friesen, Daniel N. Schowalter, and James C. Walters, eds., Corinth in Context: Comparative Studies on Religion and Society Revi...

Michael W. Duggan, The Consuming Fire: A Christian Guide to the Old Testament Reviewed by Wilhelm J. Wessels

Alicia J. Batten, Friendship and Benefaction in James Reviewed by Oda Wischmeyer

Einar Thomassen, ed., Canon and Canonicity: The Formation and Use of Scripture Reviewed by Donatella Scaiola

Richard G. Smith, The Fate of Justice and Righteousness during David’s Reign: Narrative Ethics and Rereading the Court History according t...

Sandra L. Richter, The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament Reviewed by Russell Meek Reviewed by Stephen Moyi...

John J. Ranieri, Disturbing Revelation: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, and the Bible Reviewed by George Heyman

Matthew W. Mitchell, Abortion and the Apostolate: A Study in Pauline Conversion, Rhetoric, and Scholarship Reviewed by William S. Camp...

David G. Horrell, Cherryl Hunt, Christopher Southgate, and Francesca Stavrakopoulou, eds., Ecological Hermeneutics: Biblical, Historical a...

Rowan A. Greer, Theodore of Mopsuestia: Commentary on the Minor Pauline Epistles Reviewed by Frederick G. McLeod

Willis Barnstone, The Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels Thomas, Mary, and Judas Re...

Amar Annus and Alan Lenzi, Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi: The Standard Babylonian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer Reviewed by Christopher A. Rollston

Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, Judaism Defined: Mattathias and the Destiny of His People Reviewed by Daniel R. Schwartz

John W. Rogerson, A Theology of the Old Testament: Cultural Memory, Communication, and Being Human Reviewed by Robert L. Hubbard Jr. ...

Suzanne Richard, Jesse C. Long Jr., Paul S. Holdorf, and Glen Peterman, eds., Khirbat Iskandar: Final Report on the Early Bronze IV A...

James L. Papandrea, The Wedding of the Lamb: A Historical Approach to the Book of Revelation Reviewed by Russell Morton

David G. Horrell, The Bible and the Environment: Towards a Critical Ecological Biblical Theology Reviewed by Norman Habel

Nicole Wilkinson Duran, Teresa Okure, and Daniel Patte, eds., Mark Reviewed by David J. Neville Reviewed by Steve Smith

John M. Dillon and Wolfgang Polleichtner, Iamblichus of Chalcis: The Letters Reviewed by Blossom Stefaniw

Jerome F. D. Creach, The Destiny of the Righteous in the Psalms Reviewed by Johan H. Coetzee

Philip L. Tite, Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse: Determining the Social Function of Moral Exhortation in Valentinian ...

Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Stories of the Babylonian Talmud Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Martin Karrer and Wolfgang Kraus, eds., Die Septuaginta—Texte, Kontexte, Lebenswelten: Internationale Fachtagung veranstaltet von Septuagi...

Robert H. Gundry, Commentary on the New Testament: Verse-by-Verse Explanations with a Literal Translation Reviewed by Peter J. Judge

Sandra Gambetti, The Alexandrian Riots of 38 C.E. and the Persecution of the Jews: A Historical Reconstruction Reviewed by Magnus Zet...

Christopher L. Carter, The Great Sermon Tradition as a Fiscal Framework in 1 Corinthians: Towards a Pauline Theology of Material Possessio...

Assnat Bartor, Reading Law as Narrative: A Study in the Casuistic Laws of the Pentateuch Reviewed by Thomas B. Dozeman

Roger S. Bagnall, Early Christian Books in Egypt Reviewed by Stephan Witetschek

Jan Assmann, Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism Reviewed by James K. Hoffmeier

Reinhard Achenbach and Martin Arneth, eds., »Gerechtigkeit und Recht zu üben« (Gen 18,19): Studien zur altorientalischen und biblischen Re...

Begonya Palau, Les aparicions de Jesús Ressuscitat a les dones (Mt 28, 8–10) i also Onze (Mt 28, 16–20) com a textos complementaris ...

G. Sujin Pak, Judaizing Calvin: Sixteenth-Century Debates over the Messianic Psalms Reviewed by Susan Gillingham

J. Ramsey Michaels, The Gospel of John Reviewed by D. A. Carson

Mark Leuchter and Klaus-Peter Adam, eds., Soundings in Kings: Perspectives and Methods in Contemporary Scholarship Reviewed by Frank ...

Jae Hyun Lee, Paul’s Gospel in Romans: A Discourse Analysis of Rom 1:16–8:39 Reviewed by Eve-Marie Becker

Paul Hoffman, Jesus von Nazaret und Die Kirche: Spurensicherung im Neuen Testament Reviewed by Stephan Witetschek

Toshikazu S. Foley, Biblical Translation in Chinese and Greek: Verbal Aspect in Theory and Practice Reviewed by Ken Chan

Andreas Dettwiler and Uta Poplutz, eds., Studien zu Matthäus und Johannes/Études sur Matthieu et Jean: Festschrift für Jean Zumstein zu se...

Faith Cimok, The Hittites and Hattusa Reviewed by Michael S. Moore

Henry Hanoch Abramovitch, The First Father Abraham: The Psychology and Culture of a Spiritual Revolutionary Reviewed by D. Andrew Kille

Dvora E. Weisberg, Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism Reviewed by Obiorah Mary Jerome

Oral A. W. Thomas, Biblical Resistance Hermeneutics within a Caribbean Context Reviewed by Gerald West

William A. Simmons, Peoples of the New Testament World: An Illustrated Guide Reviewed by Moschos Goutzioudis

Carl G. Rasmussen, Zondervan Atlas of the Bible Reviewed by Wolfgang Zwickel

Tuomas Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence Reviewed by Gesine...

Ilaria Ramelli; David Konstan, trans., Hierocles the Stoic: Elements of Ethics, Fragments, and Excerpts Reviewed by Troels Engberg-Pede...

Eric M. Meyers and Paul V. M. Flesher, eds., Aramaic in Postbiblical Judaism and Early Christianity: Papers from the 2004 National Endowme...

Randall Heskett and Brian Irwin, The Bible as a Human Witness to Divine Revelation: Hearing the Word of God Through Historically Dissimila...

Philip W. Comfort, New Testament Text and Translation Commentary: Commentary on the Variant Readings of the Ancient New Testament Manuscri...

Alejandro F. Botta, The Aramaic and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine: An Egyptological Approach Reviewed by Aaron Koller