Review of Biblical Literature Blog

J. Brian Tucker,  “Remain in Your Calling”: Paul and the Continuation of Social Identities in 1 Corinthians Reviewed by H. H. Drake Willia...

Marvin A. Sweeney,  Tanak: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible Reviewed by Jason M. Silverman

Vincent Sénéchal,  Rétribution et intercession dans le Deutéronome Reviewed by Paul Sanders

Hans-Peter Mathys,  Das Astarte-Quadrat Reviewed by Sven Petry

Alan T. Levenson,  The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible: How Scholars in Germany, Israel, and America Transformed an Ancient Text Reviewe...

Mavis M. Leung,  The Kingship-Cross Interplay in the Gospel of John: Jesus’ Death as Corroboration of His Royal Messiahship Reviewed by Mi...

Gordon D. Fee,  Revelation Reviewed by Alexander Stewart

Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Margarete van Ess, and Joachim Marzahn, eds.,  Babylon: Wissenskultur in Orient und Okzident Reviewed by Michael S....

Michael F. Bird and Joel Willitts, eds.,  Paul and the Gospels: Christologies, Conflicts and Convergences Reviewed by Thomas P. Nelligan

A. Graeme Auld,  First and Second Samuel: A Commentary Reviewed by Phillip G. Camp

Stephen O. Stout,  The “Man Christ Jesus”: The Humanity of Jesus in the Teaching of the Apostle Paul Reviewed by Tony Costa

Rob Starner,  Kingdom of Power, Power of Kingdom: The Opposing World Views of Mark and Chariton Reviewed by Tom Nelligan

Lauren A. S. Monroe,  Josiah’s Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text Review...

Frank J. Matera,  Romans Reviewed by Pablo T. Gadenz

Erle Leichty,  The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680–669 BC) Reviewed by Paul Sanders

Dale Launderville,  Celibacy in the Ancient World: Its Ideal and Practice in Pre-Hellenistic Israel, Mesopotami, and Greece Reviewed by Pa...

Benno Jacob; ed. Ernest Jacob and Walter Jacob,  The First Book of the Bible: Genesis (Augmented Edition) Reviewed by Joel S. Baden

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

Giovanni Garbini,  Letteratura e politica nell’Israele antico Reviewed by Dempsey Rosales Acosta

Jan N. Bremmer,  The Rise of Christianity through the Eyes of Gibbon, Harnack, and Rodney Stark Reviewed by Brent Nongbri

L. L. Welborn,  An End to Enmity: Paul and the “Wrongdoer” of Second Corinthians Reviewed by B. J. Oropeza

J. W. Rogerson,  An Introduction to the Bible: Third Edition Reviewed by Bob Becking

Roger Pearse, ed.,  Eusebius of Caesarea: Gospel Problems and Solutions Reviewed by Michael F. Bird

Annick Payne,  Hieroglyphic Luwian: An Introduction with Original Texts Reviewed by Robert Holmstedt

Dale B. Martin,  New Testament History and Literature: The Open Yale Courses Series Reviewed by Cornelis Bennema

Oded Lipschits and David S. Vanderhooft,  The Yehud Stamp Impressions: A Corpus of Inscribed Impressions from the Persian and Hellenistic P...

James A. Kelhoffer,  Persecution, Persuasion and Power: Readiness to Withstand Hardship as a Corroboration of Legitimacy in the New Testame...

Benedikt Eckhardt, ed.,  Jewish Identity and Politics between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba: Groups, Normativity, and Rituals Reviewed by J...

Marlene Crüsemann,  Die pseudepigraphen Briefe an die Gemeinde in Thessaloniki: Studien zu ihrer Abfassung und zur jüdisch-christlichen Soz...

Phillip R. Callaway,  The Dead Sea Scrolls for a New Millennium Reviewed by Stephen Reed

Chantal Reynier,  Tempêtes: Quatre récits bibliques: L’homme, la nature, la mort Reviewed by Jean-François Racine

Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler, eds.,  The Jewish Annotated New Testament Reviewed by Zev Garber

Sara M. Koenig,  Isn’t This Bathsheba? A Study in Characterization Reviewed by Rachelle Gilmour

Teresa J. Hornsby and Ken Stone, eds.,  Bible Trouble: Queer Reading at the Boundaries of Biblical Scholarship Reviewed by Melanie Howard ...

Matthias Henze, ed.,  A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism Reviewed by Lester Grabbe

Victor P. Hamilton,  Exodus: An Exegetical Commentary Reviewed by Brian D. Russell

Christopher de Hamel,  Bibles: An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print Reviewed by Claudia Setzer

Nancy Evans,  Civic Rites: Democracy and Religion in Ancient Athens Reviewed by Allen Kerkeslager

Walter Brueggemann; ed. Carolyn J. Sharp,  Disruptive Grace: Reflections on God, Scripture, and the Church Reviewed by J. Dwayne Howell

Maren Bohlen,  Sanctorum Communio: Die Christen als ‚Heilige‘ bei Paulus Reviewed by Jeffrey Cayzer

Christopher D. Stanley, ed.,  The Colonized Apostle: Paul in Postcolonial Eyes Reviewed by Steed Davidson

Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger,  The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition, Volume 4: Acts 18...

Charles W. Hedrick,  Unlocking the Secrets of the Gospel according to Thomas: A Radical Faith for a New Age  http://www.bookreviews.org/boo...

Gard Granerød,  Abraham and Melchizedek: Scribal Activity of Second Temple Times in Genesis 14 and Psalm 110 Reviewed by Albert Hogeterp

Heinz-Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen, eds.,  Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten Reviewed by Johann Cook

Craig A. Evans,  Jesus and His World: The Archaeological Evidence Reviewed by Panayotis Coutsoumpos

Gerald J. Donker,  The Text of the Apostolos in Athanasius of Alexandria Reviewed by Justin A. Mihoc

Jaime Clark-Soles,  Engaging the Word: The New Testament and the Christian Believer Reviewed by Ronald Witherup

Bart B. Bruehler,  A Public and Political Christ: The Social-Spatial Characteristics of Luke 18:35–19:43 and the Gospel as a Whole in Its A...

Jo-Ann A. Brant,  John Reviewed by Matthew Gordley

Anne-Laure Zwilling,  Frères et sœurs dans la Bible: Les relations fraternelles mises en récit dans l’Ancien et le Nouveau Testament Revie...

Gordon J. Wenham,  Psalms as Torah: Reading Biblical Song Ethically Reviewed by Joseph R. Kelly

Armand Puig I Tàrrech,  Jesus: A Biography Reviewed by V. George Shillington

Seth D. Postell,  Adam as Israel: Genesis 1–3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh Reviewed by L. Michael Morales

Bezalel Porten,  The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and Change Reviewed by Jeremy Hutton Rev...

Raj Nadella,  Dialogue Not Dogma: Many Voices in the Gospel of Luke Reviewed by Jean-François Racine

T. Muraoka,  A Grammar of Qumran Aramaic Reviewed by Adam McCollum

Matthew Morgenstern,  Studies in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Based Upon Early Eastern Manuscripts Reviewed by Aaron Koller

Reinhard G. Kratz and Hermann Spieckermann, eds.,  One God—One Cult—One Nation: Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives Reviewed by Aren ...

Daniel F. Stramara Jr.,  God’s Timetable: The Book of Revelation and the Feast of Seven Weeks Reviewed by Daniel Streett

Barry Smith,  Jesus’ Twofold Teaching about the Kingdom of God Reviewed by Daniel A. Smith

William Loader,  The Pseudepigrapha on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Apocalypses, Testaments, Legends, Wisdom, and Related Lite...

Joel S. Kaminsky and Joel N. Lohr,  The Torah: A Beginner’s Guide Reviewed by Rachel S. Mikva

Karen H. Jobes,  Letters to the Church: A Survey of Hebrews and the General Epistles Reviewed by Peter H. Davids

Vadim Jigoulov,  The Social History of Achaemenid Phoenicia: Being a Phoenician, Negotiating Empires Reviewed by S. Rebecca Martin

Detlef Jericke,  Regionaler Kult und lokaler Kult: Studien zur Kult- und Religionsgeschichte Israels und Judas im 9. und 8. Jahrhundert v. ...

Lisbeth S. Fried, ed.,  Was 1 Esdras First? An Investigation into the Priority and Nature of 1 Esdras Reviewed by Andrew Steinmann

Steven Fassberg,  The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Challa Reviewed by Aaron Koller

Peter H. Davids,  2 Peter and Jude: A Handbook on the Greek Text Reviewed by Terrance D. Callan

Adrian Schenker,  Anfänge der Textgeschichte des Alten Testaments: Studien zu Entstehung und Verhältnis der frühesten Textformen Reviewed ...

Allan J. McNicol,  The Conversion of the Nations in Revelation Reviewed by Peter S. Perry

Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan and Tina Pippin, eds.,  Mother Goose, Mother Jones, Mommie Dearest: Biblical Mothers and Their Children Reviewed by ...

James A. Kelhoffer,  Persecution, Persuasion and Power: Readiness to Withstand Hardship as a Corroboration of Legitimacy in the New Testame...

Kelly R. Iverson and Christopher W. Skinner, eds.,  Mark as Story: Retrospect and Prospect Reviewed by Cornelis Bennema

Martin Hengel,  Saint Peter: The Underestimated Apostle Reviewed by Timothy P. Henderson