Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Shira Weiss,  Ethical Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible: Philosophical Analysis of Scriptural Narrative Reviewed by Jaco Gericke

Aaron Tugendhaft,  Baal and the Politics of Poetry Reviewed by Christine Neal Thomas

David T. Runia and Gregory E. Sterling, eds.,  Studia Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism, Volume XXVIII (2016) Reviewed by Ty...

Kevin Mattison,  Rewriting and Revision as Amendment in the Laws of Deuteronomy Reviewed by Bradford A. Anderson

Jill E. Marshall,  Women Praying and Prophesying in Corinth: Gender and Inspired Speech in First Corinthians Reviewed by H. H. Drake Willia...

Richard Hidary,  Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric: Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash Reviewed by Thomas H. Olbricht

William G. Fowler and Michael Strickland,  The Influence of Ezekiel in the Fourth Gospel: Intertextuality and Interpretation Reviewed by Ch...

Kathleen Gallagher Elkins,  Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became Self-Sacrifice in Early Christianity Reviewed by Alicia D. Myers

John A. Davies,  Lift Up Your Heads: Nonverbal Communication and Related Imagery in the Bible Reviewed by Paul Korchin

Ziony Zevit,  Subtle Citation, Allusion, and Translation in the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Jacques van Ruiten

K. K. Yeo,  What Has Jerusalem to Do with Beijing? Biblical Interpretation from a Chinese Perspective Reviewed by Yi-Sang Patrick Chan

Steven Weitzman,  The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age Reviewed by Lester L. Grabbe

Lukas Stolz,  Der Höhepunkt des Hebräerbriefs: Hebräer 12,18–29 und seine Bedeutung für die Struktur und die Theologie des Hebräerbriefs ...

Joseph Schubert,  Dating Deuteronomy: The Wellhausen Fallacy Reviewed by Philippe Guillaume

Caryn A. Reeder,  Gendering War and Peace in the Gospel of Luke Reviewed by Shawn Kelley

Charles L. Quarles,  Matthew Reviewed by Tobias Ålöw

Frederik Poulsen,  Representing Zion: Judgement and Salvation in the Old Testament Reviewed by Barry A. Jones

David R. Nienhuis,  A Concise Guide to Reading the New Testament: A Canonical Introduction Reviewed by Caryn A. Reeder

R. Alan Culpepper and Jörg Frey, eds.,  The Opening of John’s Narrative (John 1:19–2:22): Historical, Literary, and Theological Readings fr...

Edwin K. Broadhead,  The Gospel of Matthew on the Landscape of Antiquity Reviewed by J. Andrew Doole

Jan Assmann,  Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt Reviewed by Nili Shupak

T. Desmond Alexander,  Exodus Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

R. S. Sugirtharajah,  Jesus in Asia Reviewed by D. N. Premnath

Johannes Unsok Ro,  Poverty, Law, and Divine Justice in Persian and Hellenistic Judah Reviewed by Phillip Michael Lasater

Takamitsu Muraoka,  Jacob of Serugh’s Hexaemeron Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen

F. Dorie Mansen,  The Unremembered Dead: The Non-burial Motif in the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Byron R. McCane

Matthias Konradt,  Das Evangelium nach Matthäus Reviewed by Susanne Luther

Nijay K. Gupta,  The Lord’s Prayer Reviewed by Torrey Seland

Michael J. Gorman,  Abide and Go: Missional Theosis in the Gospel of John Reviewed by Dorothy A. Lee

Peter Gemeinhardt, Olga Lorgeoux, and Maria Munkholt Christensen, eds.,  Teachers in Late Antique Christianity Reviewed by Benjamin A. Edsa...

Bogdan Burtea,  “Die Geheimnisse der Vorväter”: Edition, Übersetzung und Kommentierung einer esoterischen mandäischen Handschrift aus der Bo...

Alma Brodersen,  The End of the Psalter: Psalms 146–150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Septuagint Reviewed by John Sc...

Jeremy W. Barrier, Jan N. Bremmer, Tobias Nicklas, and Armand Puig I Tàrrech, eds.,  Thecla: Paul’s Disciple and Saint in the East and West ...

Joseph Verheyden, Reimund Bieringer, Jens Schröter, and Ines Jäger, eds.,  Docetism in the Early Church: The Quest for an Elusive Phenomenon...

Stefan Schorch, ed.,  The Samaritan Pentateuch: Leviticus Reviewed by James W. Watts

Jean-Louis Roura Monserrat,  La conception paulinienne de la foi en Romains 4 Reviewed by Kirby Applegate

Harry O. Maier,  New Testament Christianity in the Roman World Reviewed by G. Anthony Keddie

Luke Macnamara,  My Chosen Instrument: The Characterisation of Paul in Acts 7:58–15:41 Reviewed by Joshua W. Jipp

Christoph Levin,  Das Alte Testament Reviewed by Wilson de Angelo Cunha

Jongkyung Lee,  A Redactional Study of the Book of Isaiah 13–23 Reviewed by Jacob Stromberg

Matthew D. C. Larsen,  Gospels before the Book Reviewed by Nicholas A. Elder

Yitz Landes,  Studies in the Development of Birkat Ha-Avodah  [Hebrew] Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman,  To Cast the First Stone: The Transmission of a Gospel Story Reviewed by Stephen Carlson

Adam D. Hensley,  Covenant Relationships and the Editing of the Hebrew Psalter Reviewed by David Cohen

Jione Havea, ed.,  Sea of Readings: The Bible in the South Pacific Reviewed by Rhiannon Graybill

Thomas A. Vollmer,  “The Spirit Helps Our Weakness”: Rom 8.26a in Light of Paul’s Missiological Purpose for Writing the Letter to the Romans...

Myrick C. Shinall Jr.,  Miracles and the Kingdom of God: Christology and Social Identity in Mark and Q Reviewed by Sarah E. Rollens

Herman J. Selderhuis, ed.,  Psalms 73–150 Reviewed by Sue Gillingham

Robert Rollinger and Erik van Dongen, eds.,  Mesopotamia in the Ancient World: Impact, Continuities, Parallels: Proceedings of the Seventh S...

Jesús Peláez and Juan Mateos,  New Testament Lexicography: Introduction – Theory – Method Reviewed by William A. Ross

Michael P. Naylor,  Complexity and Creativity: John’s Presentation of Jesus in the Book of Revelation Reviewed by Alexander E. Stewart

Ilse Müllner and Barbara Schmitz, eds.,  Perspektiven: Biblische Texte und Narratologie Reviewed by Jean Louis Ska

Sehyun Kim,  The Kingship of Jesus in the Gospel of John Reviewed by Deolito V. Vistar Jr.

Frederick E. Greenspahn and Gary A. Rendsburg, eds.,  Le-ma‘an Ziony: Essays in Honor of Ziony Zevit Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Mark R. Glanville,  Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy Reviewed by Carmen Palmer

Amnon Altman,  Political Treaties of the Ancient Near East  [Hebrew] Reviewed by Shalom E. Holtz

Jean-Noël Aletti,  The Birth of the Gospels as Biographies: With Analyses of Two Challenging Pericopae Reviewed by Alexander Thompson

Ruben Zimmermann,  Puzzling the Parables of Jesus: Methods and Interpretation Reviewed by Thomas E. Goud

Emma Wasserman,  Apocalypse as Holy War: Divine Politics and Polemics in the Letters of Paul Reviewed by Valérie Nicolet

Armand Puig i Tàrrech, John M. G. Barclay, and Jörg Frey,  The Last Years of Paul: Essays from the Tarragona Conference, June 2013 Reviewed...

Wendel Sun,  A New People in Christ: Adam, Israel, and Union with Christ in Romans Reviewed by Alexander E. Stewart

Anna Rebecca Solevåg,  Negotiating the Disabled Body: Representations of Disability in Early Christian Texts Reviewed by Vien V. Nguyen

Étienne Nodet,  The Hebrew Bible of Josephus: Main Features Reviewed by Maria Brutti

Stephen Simon Kimondo,  The Gospel of Mark and the Roman-Jewish War of 66–70 CE: Jesus’ Story as a Contrast to the Events of the War Review...

Holger Gzella, ed.,  Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament 16: Aramaic Dictionary Reviewed by Craig E. Morrison

Heinz-Josef Fabry, ed.,  The Books of the Twelve Prophets: Minor Prophets—Major Theologies Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Heath D. Dewrell,  Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel Reviewed by Jason R. Tatlock

Dave Bland,  Proverbs and the Formation of Character Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Siam Bhayro, James Nathan Ford, Dan Levene, and Ortal-Paz Saar,  Aramaic Magic Bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin: Descriptive ...

Josef Sykora,  The Unfavored: Judah and Saul in the Narratives of Genesis and 1 Samuel Reviewed by Tony W. Cartledge

Jan Rüggemeier,  Poetik der markinischen Christologie: Eine kognitiv-narratologische Exegese Reviewed by Wayne Coppins

John David Penniman,  Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity Reviewed by Meredith J. C. Warren

Vered Noam,  Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans: Second Temple Legends and Their Reception in Josephus and Rabbinic Literature Reviewed by D...

Jocelyne Michel,  La poésie à l’oeuvre: Une lecture du Psaume 91 Reviewed by Frédérique Dantonel

Tat-siong Benny Liew and Fernando F. Segovia, eds.,  Colonialism and the Bible: Contemporary Reflections from the Global South Reviewed by ...