Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Loren T. Stuckenbruck,  The Myth of Rebellious Angels: Studies in Second Temple Judaism and New Testament Texts Reviewed by Ryan E. Stokes

Brent Strawn, ed.,  The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law Reviewed by Bernard S. Jackson

Shanell T. Smith,  The Woman Babylon and the Marks of Empire: Reading Revelation with a Postcolonial Womanist Hermeneutics of Ambiveilence ...

Norman C. Habel,  Finding Wisdom in Nature: An Eco-Wisdom Reading of the Book of Job Reviewed by Michael S. Moore

Matthias Ederer,  Aufbrüche zur Exodustheologie Reviewed by Kristin Weingart

Steve Delamarter, Marilyn Heldman, Jeremy R. Brown, and Sara Vulgan,  Ethiopian Scribal Practice 7: Plates for the Catalogue of the Ethiopic...

C. L. Crouch and Jonathan Stökl, eds.,  In the Name of God: The Bible in the Colonial Discourse of Empire Reviewed by Daniel L. Smith-Chris...

Abraham Jacob Berkovitz, Stuart W. Halpern, and Alec Goldstein, eds.,  Lexical Studies in the Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Inscriptions: T...

Cornelis Bennema,  Encountering Jesus: Character Studies in the Gospel of John Reviewed by Jo-Ann A. Brant

Hector Avalos,  Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Ethics of Biblical Scholarship Reviewed by Herbert R. Marbury

Alan Appelbaum,  The Dynasty of the Jewish Patriarchs Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

József Zsengellér, ed.,  Rewritten Bible after Fifty Years: Texts, Terms, or Techniques? A Last Dialogue with Geza Vermes Reviewed by John ...

Markus Tiwald, ed.,  Kein Jota wird vergehen: Das Gesetzesverständnis der Logienquelle vor dem Hintergrund frühjüdischer Theologie Reviewed...

James M. Robinson,  The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi Reviewed by Dylan M. Burns

Michael Patella,  Word and Image: The Hermeneutics of The Saint John’s Bible Reviewed by S. D. Giere

Julie Faith Parker,  Valuable and Vulnerable: Children in the Hebrew Bible, Especially the Elisha Cycle Reviewed by Jason Riley Reviewed b...

Gerbern S. Oegema,  Early Judaism and Modern Culture: Literature and Theology Reviewed by Greg Carey

Giovanni Garbini,  Il Poema di Baal di Ilumilku Reviewed by Paul Sanders

Milton Eng,  The Days of Our Years: A Lexical Semantic Study of the Life Cycle in Biblical Israel Reviewed by Julie Faith Parker

David A. Baer and Robert P. Gordon, eds.,  Leshon Limmudim: Essays on the Language and Literature of the Hebrew Bible in Honour of A. A. Mac...

Anthony Rees,  [Re]Reading Again: A Mosaic Reading of Numbers 25 Reviewed by L. Michael Morales

Ari Mermelstein and Shalom E. Holtz, eds.,  The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective Reviewed by Bruce Chilton

Gary A. Long,  Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew Reviewed by Hubert James Keener

George H. Guthrie,  2 Corinthians Reviewed by Craig Keener

Brian R. Doak,  Consider Leviathan: Narratives of Nature and the Self in Job Reviewed by Katharine Dell

Ignacio Carbajosa,  Faith, the Fount of Exegesis: The Interpretation of Scripture in the Light of the History of Research on the Old Testame...

Phillip G. Camp,  The Deuteronomistic Theology of Prophecy as Indicated by the Consistency Between Prophecies and Fulfillments: An Exegetica...

Athalya Brenner and Gale A. Yee, eds.,  Joshua and Judges Reviewed by Kenneth C. Way

Richard S. Ascough,  1 and 2 Thessalonians Reviewed by Jeffrey A. D. Weima

Rainer Albertz, Beth Alpert Nakhai, Saul M. Olyan, and Rudiger Schmitt, eds.,  Family and Household Religion: Toward a Synthesis of Old Test...

R. Alan Streett,  Subversive Meals: An Analysis of the Lord’s Supper under Roman Domination during the First Century Reviewed by Rollin A. ...

Helen Leneman,  Moses: The Man and the Myth in Music Reviewed by Siobhan Dowling Long

Aaron Johnson and Jeremy Schott, eds.,  Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovations Reviewed by Emanuel Fiano

Rachel Hachlili,  Ancient Synagogues – Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research Reviewed by Carrie Elaine Duncan

Katharina Galor and Gideon Avni, eds.,  Unearthing Jerusalem: 150 Years of Archaeological Research in the Holy City Reviewed by Ralph K. Ha...

Christopher G. Frechette, Christopher R. Matthews, and Thomas D. Stegman, eds.,  Biblical Essays in Honor of Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, and R...

Robert L. Cavin,  New Existence and Righteous Living: Colossians and 1 Peter in Conversation with 4QInstruction and the Hodayot Reviewed by...

Randall Buth and R. Steven Notley, eds.,  The Language Environment of First Century Judaea: Jerusalem Studies in the Synoptic Gospels, Volum...

Daniel I. Block,  Beyond the River Chebar: Studies in Kingship and Eschatology in the Book of Ezekiel Reviewed by H. F. Van Rooy

Pauline Allen and Bronwen Neil, eds.,  Crisis Management in Late Antiquity (410–590 CE): A Survey of the Evidence from Episcopal Letters Re...

Ernst Würthwein and Alexander Achilles Fischer,  The Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica Reviewed by Richard ...

Jeffrey A. D. Weima,  1–2 Thessalonians Reviewed by Rob van Houwelingen Reviewed by Janelle Peters

Andre LaCocque,  Jesus the Central Jew: His Times and His People Reviewed by Leonard Greenspoon

Richard A. Horsley,  Jesus and Magic: Freeing the Gospel Stories from Modern Misconceptions Reviewed by Lee M. Jefferson

Robert Hanhart, ed.,  Septuaginta: Paralipomenon liber II Reviewed by Theo van der Louw

Zev Garber, ed.,  Teaching the Historical Jesus: Issues and Exegesis Reviewed by Jennifer Knust Reviewed by Nicolae Roddy

Wilson de Angelo Cunha,  LXX Isaiah 24:1–26:6 as Interpretation and Translation: A Methodological Discussion Reviewed by Johann Cook Revie...

Benjamin L. White,  Remembering Paul: Ancient and Modern Contests over the Image of the Apostle Reviewed by Jay Twomey

Mirjam van der Vorm-Croughs,  The Old Greek of Isaiah: An Analysis of Its Pluses and Minuses Reviewed by Johann Cook

Sarah Pearce, ed.,  The Image and Its Prohibition in Jewish Antiquity Reviewed by Steven Fine

Craig S. Keener,  Acts: An Exegetical Commentary Reviewed by Richard Pervo

Diana V. Edelman and Ehud Ben Zvi, eds.,  Memory and the City in Ancient Israel Reviewed by Ronald Hendel

Hélène Dallaire,  The Syntax of Volitives in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite Prose Reviewed by John A. Cook

John Ashton,  Revealed Wisdom: Studies in Apocalyptic in Honour of Christopher Rowland Reviewed by J. P. Davies

Andrew E. Arterbury, W. H. Bellinger Jr., and Derek S. Dodson,  Engaging the Christian Scriptures: An Introduction to the Bible Reviewed by...

Leslie C. Allen,  A Theological Approach to the Old Testament: Major Themes and New Testament Connections Reviewed by Benjamin D. Giffone

James K. Aitken,  No Stone Unturned: Greek Inscriptions and Septuagint Vocabulary Reviewed by Thomas J. Kraus

Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page Jr., and Matthew J. M. Coomber, eds.,  Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha Reviewed...

Bruce K. Waltke, James M. Houston, and Erika Moore,  The Psalms as Christian Lament: A Historical Commentary Reviewed by James M. Leonard

Marcus Vincent,  Marcion and the Dating of the Synoptic Gospels Reviewed by Clare K. Rothschild

Max Stern,  Bible and Music: Influences of the Old Testament on Western Music Reviewed by Tyler R. Yoder

Mark Roncace and Joseph Weaver, eds.,  Global Perspectives on the Bible Reviewed by M. Daniel Carroll R.

Gesine Schenke Robinson, Gesa Schenke, and Uwe-Karsten Plisch, eds.,  Der Same Seths: Hans-Martin Schenkes Kleine Schriften zu Gnosis, Kopto...

Sophie Ramond,  Les leçons et les énigmes du passé: Une exégèse intra-biblique des psaumes historiques Reviewed by Michael S. Moore

David J. Neville, ed.,  The Bible, Justice and Public Theology Reviewed by Robert L. Foster

Andrew T. Lincoln,  Born of a Virgin? Reconceiving Jesus in the Bible, Tradition, and Theology Reviewed by Michael Kochenash

Kyung Sook Lee and Kyung Mi Park, eds.,  Korean Feminists in Conversation with the Bible, Church and Society Reviewed by Suzie Park

Laurel W. Koepf-Taylor, Give Me Children or I Shall Die: Children and Communal Survival in Biblical Literature Reviewed by Sonya S. Cronin

James K. Hoffmeier, ed.,  Tell el-Borg I: Excavations in North Sinai Reviewed by Laura Wright

Paul Hartog,  Polycarp’s Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp: Introduction, Text, and Commentary Reviewed by Nancy Par...

Eve Levavi Feinstein,  Sexual Pollution in the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Thomas Kazen

J. Elayi and A. G. Elayi,  A Monetary and Political History of the Phoenician City of Byblos in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E. Revie...

Devorah Dimant and Donald W. Parry, eds.,  Dead Sea Scrolls Handbook Reviewed by Blake A. Jurgens

Walter Dietrich,  Nahum Habakuk Zefanja Reviewed by Klaas Spronk

Nancy DeClaissé-Walford, Rolf A. Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel Tanner,  The Book of Psalms Reviewed by Richard S. Briggs Reviewed by J. Clinto...