Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Eckart Schmidt,   “… das Wort Gottes immer mehr zu lieben”: Joseph Ratzingers Bibelhermeneutik im Kontext der Exegesegeschichte der römisch-...

Clare K. Rothschild and Trevor W. Thompson, eds.,  Galen’s De indolentia Reviewed by David Wheeler-Reed

Vernon K. Robbins, Walter S. Melion, and Roy R. Jeal, eds.,  The Art of Visual Exegesis: Rhetoric, Texts, Images Reviewed by Davina C. Lope...

Brian Janeway,  Sea Peoples of the Northern Levant? Aegean Style Ceramic Evidence for the Sea Peoples from Tell Tayinat Reviewed by Aren M....

Moshe Halbertal and Stephen Holmes,  The Beginnings of Politics: Power in the Biblical Book of Samuel Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Lester L. Grabbe, ed.,  The Land of Canaan in the Late Bronze Age Reviewed by Craig W. Tyson

Craig A. Evans,  Jesus and the Remains of His Day: Studies in Jesus and the Evidence of Material Culture Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Elisa Estévez López,  Las mujeres en los orígenes del cristianismo Reviewed by Efraín Agosto

Robert Brody,  Mishna and Tosefta Studies Reviewed by Dr. Michael Tilly

Pancratius C. Beentjes,  “With All Your Soul Fear The Lord” (Sir. 7:27): Collected Essays on the Book of Ben Sira II Reviewed by Oda Wischm...

Steven Tuell,  Reading Nahum–Malachi: A Literary and Theological Commentary Reviewed by Jason LeCureux

Dirk Rohmann,  Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity: Studies in Text Transmission Reviewed by Evgenia Moiseeva

Stanley E. Porter,  Linguistic Analysis of the Greek New Testament: Studies in Tools, Methods, and Practice Reviewed by Hector Obed Martin ...

Saul M. Olyan,  Friendship in the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Jan Dietrich

Craig S. Keener,  The Mind of the Spirit: Paul’s Approach to Transformed Thinking Reviewed by Devin L. White

Steven C. Hallam,  Basics of Classical Syriac: Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon Reviewed by Daniel King

Jörg Frey and Benjamin Schliesser, eds.,  Der Philipperbrief des Paulus in der hellenistisch-römischen Welt Reviewed by Julien M. Ogereau

Michelle Fletcher,  Reading Revelation as Pastiche Reviewed by Alison Jack

Robert Chazan,  From Anti-Judaism to Anti-Semitism: Ancient and Medieval Christian Constructions of Jewish History Reviewed by Paula Fredri...

Brendon C. Benz,  The Land before the Kingdom of Israel: A History of the Southern Levant and the People Who Populated It Reviewed by Emanu...

Sigve K. Tonstad,  The Letter to the Romans: Paul among the Ecologists Reviewed by John Painter

Nicole L. Tilford,  Sensing World, Sensing Wisdom: The Cognitive Foundation of Biblical Metaphors Reviewed by Robert H. von Thaden Jr.

Osvaldo Padilla,  The Acts of the Apostles: Interpretation, History, and Theology Reviewed by Kenneth D. Litwak

J. Gordon McConville,  Joshua: Crossing Divides Reviewed by Carolyn Pressler

Nyasha Junior,  An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation Reviewed by Shelly Matthews

Steffen Jöris,  The Use and Function of genea in the Gospel of Mark: New Light on Mk 13:30 Reviewed by Alexander E. Stewart

Sarah Harris,  The Davidic Shepherd King in the Lukan Narrative Reviewed by Wayne Baxter

W. Randall Garr and Steven E. Fassberg, eds.,  A Handbook of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1: Periods, Corpora, and Reading Traditions; Volume 2: ...

Ernest van Eck,  The Parables of Jesus the Galilean: Stories of a Social Prophet Reviewed by Samuel Lamerson

J. P. Davies,  Paul among the Apocalypses? An Evaluation of the ‘Apocalyptic Paul’ in the Context of Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Litera...

Peter-Ben Smit,  From Canonical Criticism to Ecumenical Exegesis? A Study in Biblical Hermeneutics Reviewed by Joel B. Green

Marcel Sigrist and Kevin Stephens, eds.,  In Memoriam John Strugnell: Four Studies Reviewed by Andrea Ravasco

Kenneth A. Ristau,  Reconstructing Jerusalem: Persian-Period Prophetic Perspective Reviewed by Sean Burt

James J. O’Donnell,  Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity Reviewed by Michael F. Bird

Sara J. Milstein,  Tracking the Master Scribe: Revision through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature Reviewed by JiSeong Kw...

M. David Litwa,  Refutation of All Heresies Reviewed by Augusto Cosentino

Elaine T. James,  Landscapes of the Song of Songs: Poetry and Place Reviewed by Stephen C. Russell

Mordechai Cogan,  The Raging Torrent Reviewed by Krzysztof J. Baranowski

John T. Carroll,  Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction Reviewed by David J. Neville

Mira Balberg,  Purity, Body, and Self in Early Rabbinic Literature Reviewed by Lennart Lehmhaus

David Willgren,  The Formation of the ‘Book’ of Psalms: Reconsidering the Transmission and Canonization of Psalmody in Light of Material Cul...

Lauri Thurén,  Parables Unplugged: Reading the Lukan Parables in Their Rhetorical Context Reviewed by Susana de Sola Funsten

Brian S. Rosner, Andrew S. Malone, and Trevor J. Burke, eds.,  Paul as Pastor Reviewed by Scot McKnight

Benjamin W. Porter,  Complex Communities: The Archaeology of Early Iron Age West-Central Jordan Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Michael J. Kruger,  The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate Reviewed by Chris S. Stevens

Alan Kirk,  Q in Matthew: Ancient Media, Memory, and Early Scribal Transmission of the Jesus Tradition Reviewed by Akiva Cohen

April D. DeConick,  The Gnostic New Age: How a Countercultural Spirituality Revolutionized Religion From Antiquity to Today Reviewed by Jam...

Eugene Cruz-Uribe,  The Demotic Graffiti from the Temple of Isis on Philae Island Reviewed by John Gee

Pablo Andiñach,  El Dios que está: Teología del Antiguo Testamento Reviewed by Osvaldo D. Vena

Bradford A. Anderson,  An Introduction to the Study of the Pentateuch Reviewed by Reinhard Achenbach

Archie T. Wright,  The Origin of Evil Spirits: The Reception of Genesis 6:1–4 in Early Jewish Literature Reviewed by Michael B. Hundley

Henry Wansbrough,  Introducing the New Testament Reviewed by Ken Olson

Todd D. Still and David E. Wilhite, eds.,  The Apostolic Fathers and Paul Reviewed by Christopher T. Holmes Reviewed by H. H. Drake Willia...

Siobhán Dowling Long and John F. A. Sawyer,  The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More Reviewed by James F. McGrath

Tat-siong Benny Liew and Erin Runions, eds., P sychoanalytic Meditations between Marxist and Postcolonial Readings of the Bible Reviewed by...

Warren Carter,  Telling Tales about Jesus: An Introduction to the New Testament Gospels Reviewed by Marius J. Nel Reviewed by Steven R. Sh...

Athalya Brenner-Idan and Archie Lee, eds.,  Samuel, Kings and Chronicles I Reviewed by John W. Herbst

Mark J. Boda, Michael H. Floyd, and Colin M. Toffelmire, eds.,  The Book of the Twelve and the New Form Criticism Reviewed by James M. Bos

Charles M. Stang,  Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the Areopagite: “No Longer I” Reviewed by Hennie Stander

Benjamin Porter and Alexis Boutin, eds.,  Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East: Recent Contributions from Bioarchaeology and Mortua...

Vincent K. H. Ooi,  Scripture and Its Readers: Readings of Israel’s Story in Nehemiah 9, Ezekiel 20, and Acts 7 Reviewed by Steve Smith

Jens-Christian Maschmeier,  Rechtfertigung bei Paulus: Eine Kritik alter und neuer Paulusperspektiven Reviewed by James D. G. Dunn

Eric C. Lapp,  Sepphoris II: The Clay Lamps from Ancient Sepphoris; Light Use and Regional Interactions Reviewed by James Riley Strange

Mischa Hooker, trans.,  Origen of Alexandria: Exegetical Works on Ezekiel Reviewed by Peter W. Martens

Paul A. Himes,  Foreknowledge and Social Identity in 1 Peter Reviewed by Ruth Anne Reese

John Paul Heil,  The Letter of James: Worship to Live By Reviewed by Patrick J. Hartin

Deena E. Grant,  Divine Anger in the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Bruce E. Baloian

Luc Dequeker,  Studia Hierosolymitana Reviewed by Jacques T. A. G. M. van Ruiten

Suzanne Boorer,  The Vision of the Priestly Narrative: Its Genre and Hermeneutics of Time Reviewed by Roy E. Garton Reviewed by Brandon Gr...

Daniel I. Block,  For the Glory of God: Recovering a Biblical Theology of Worship Reviewed by J. Michael Thigpen

Marie-Claire Beaulieu,  The Sea in the Greek Imagination Reviewed by Edmund P. Cueva

Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen,  The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story Reviewed by Carl Long

Eric D. Barreto, Matthew L. Skinner, and Steve Walton, eds.,  Reading Acts in the Discourses of Masculinity and Politics Reviewed by Christ...

Sarah Whittle,  Covenant Renewal and the Consecration of the Gentiles in Romans Reviewed by Ryan Heinsch Reviewed by Janelle Peters

James W. Voelz,  Mark 1:1–8:26 Reviewed by Hallur Mortensen