Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Claudia Suhr,  Die Ägyptische “Ich-Erzahlung”: Eine Narratologische Untersuchung Reviewed by Joseph Cross

Dirk van Miert, Henk Nellen, Piet Steenbakkers, and Jetze Touber, eds.,  Scriptural Authority and Biblical Criticism in the Dutch Golden Age...

Matthew McAffee,  Life and Mortality in Ugaritic: A Lexical and Literary Study Reviewed by Jonathan Yogev

Jill E. Marshall,  Women Praying and Prophesying in Corinth: Gender and Inspired Speech in First Corinthians Reviewed by Jorunn Økland

Craig S. Keener,  Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: John Reviewed by Amy-Jill Levine

Gudrun Holtz,  Jungfrauengeburt und Greisinnengeburt: Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte von Gen 21,1f im antiken Judentum und im frühen Christentum ...

Christian Frevel,  Geschichte Israels Reviewed by Daniel Buller

Zorodzai Dube, Loreen Maseno-Ouma, and Elia Shabani Mligo, eds.,  The Bible and Sociological Contours: Some African Perspectives: Festschrif...

Ovidiu Creangă, ed.,  Hebrew Masculinities Anew Reviewed by William Briggs

John Granger Cook,  Empty Tomb, Resurrection, Apotheosis Reviewed by Bruce Chilton

L. L. Welborn,  The Young against the Old: Generational Conflict in First Clement Reviewed by David J. Downs

Omer Sergi, Manfred Oeming, and Izaak J. de Hulster, eds.,  In Search for Aram and Israel: Politics, Culture, and Identity Reviewed by Bran...

Carlos A. Segovia,  The Quranic Jesus: A New Interpretation Reviewed by Abdulla Galadari

John A. L. Lee,  Basics of Greek Accents: Eight Lessons with Exercises Reviewed by Thomas W. Hudgins

Jin Hwan Lee,  The Lord’s Supper in Corinth in the Context of Greco-Roman Private Associations Reviewed by Vien V. Nguyen, SCJ

Thomas A. Judge,  Other Gods and Idols: The Relationship between the Worship of Other Gods and the Worship of Idols within the Old Testament...

J. Andrew Dearman,  Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives Reviewed by Mary E. Mills

Callie Callon,  Reading Bodies: Physiognomy as a Strategy of Persuasion in Early Christian Discourse Reviewed by Chad Hartsock

David A. Bosworth,  House of Weeping: The Motif of Tears in Akkadian and Hebrew Prayers Reviewed by Ekaterina Kozlova

Christoph Berner, Manuel Schäfer, Martin Schott, Sarah Schulz, and Martina Weingärtner, eds.,  Clothing and Nudity in the Hebrew Bible Revi...

Marie-Theres Wacker,  Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah Reviewed by Chontel Syfox

Sookgoo Shin,  Ethics in the Gospel of John: Discipleship as Moral Progress Reviewed by Toan Do

Alexander Rofé,  The Religion of Israel and the Text of the Hebrew Bible: Corrections in the Biblical Texts in the Light of the History of t...

John A. L. Lee,  The Greek of the Pentateuch: Grinfield Lectures on the Septuagint 2011–2012 Reviewed by Leonard Greenspoon

Sabine Kubisch and Ute Rummel, eds.,  The Ramesside Period in Egypt: Studies into Cultural and Historical Processes of the 19th and 20th Dyn...

Paula Fredriksen,  When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation Reviewed by Peter J. Tomson

Martin M. Culy,  The Book of Revelation: The Rest of the Story Reviewed by Gregory L. Linton

Dany Christopher,  The Appropriation of Passover in Luke-Acts Reviewed by Amy-Jill Levine

Dirk Büchner, ed.,  The SBL Commentary on the Septuagint: An Introduction Reviewed by Anna Angelini

Yigal Bloch,  Alphabet Scribes in the Land of Cuneiform: Sēpiru Professionals in Mesopotamia in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods R...

Shawn Zelig Aster and Avraham Faust, eds.,  The Southern Levant under Assyrian Domination Reviewed by C. Mark McCormick

Ellen White,  Layer by Layer: A Primer on Biblical Archaeology Reviewed by John T. Strong

Meredith J. Stone,  Empire and Gender in LXX Esther Reviewed by Vien V. Nguyen, SCJ

Katharine E. Southwood,  Marriage by Capture in the Book of Judges: An Anthropological Approach Reviewed by T. M. Lemos

Joy A. Schroeder,  The Book of Genesis Reviewed by Nathan MacDonald

Terri Moore,  The Mysteries, Resurrection, and 1 Corinthians 15 Reviewed by Donghyun Jeong

Martin Meiser, Michaela Geiger, Siegfried Kreuzer, and Marcus Sigismund, eds.,  Die Septuaginta – Geschichte, Wirkung, Relevanz: 6. Internat...

Maurizio Marcheselli,  Studi sul vangelo di Giovanni: Testi, temi e contesto storico Reviewed by José Antonio Caballero-García

Judith Lieu and Martinus de Boer, eds.,  The Oxford Handbook of Johannine Studies Reviewed by R. Alan Culpepper

Jill Hicks-Keeton,  Arguing with Aseneth: Gentile Access to Israel’s Living God in Jewish Antiquity Reviewed by Christy Cobb

Mary Healy,  Hebrews Reviewed by Benjamin Rojas Yauri

Paula Fredriksen,  Paul: The Pagans’ Apostle Reviewed by James D. G. Dunn

Mark Edwards,  Aristotle and Early Christian Thought Reviewed by Adam Ployd

Dirk Büchner, ed.,  The SBL Commentary on the Septuagint: An Introduction Reviewed by T. V. Evans

Caroline Blyth and Alison Jack, eds.  The Bible in Crime Fiction and Drama: Murderous Texts Reviewed by Peter J. Sabo

Robert Alter,  The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary Reviewed by Edward L. Greenstein

Patricia Vesely,  Friendship and Virtue Ethics in the Book of Job Reviewed by Lance Hawley

Carolyn J. Sharp,  The Prophetic Literature Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Brian J. Robinson,  Being Subordinate Men: Paul’s Rhetoric of Gender and Power in 1 Corinthians Reviewed by Brittany E. Wilson

Stephanie Day Powell,  Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth Reviewed by Jennifer M. Matheny

Craig R. Koester,  Revelation and the End of All Things Reviewed by Alexander Thompson

S. A. Cummins and Jens Zimmermann, eds.,  Acts of Interpretation: Scripture, Theology, and Culture Reviewed by Kenneth D. Litwak

Sharon Betsworth and Julie Faith Parker, eds.,  T&T Clark Handbook of Children in the Bible and the Biblical World Reviewed by Jonathan...

Clinton Bailey,  Bedouin Culture in the Bible Reviewed by Norman K. Gottwald

Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman,  Justifying Christian Aramaism: Editions and Latin Translations of the Targums from the Complutensian to the ...

Jack Shechter,  The Idea of Monotheism: The Evolution of a Foundational Concept Reviewed by Michael Simone, S.J.

Jack R. Lundbom, Craig A. Evans, and Bradford A. Anderson, eds.,  The Book of Jeremiah: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation Reviewed...

Gregorio del Olmo Lete,  The Private Archives of Ugarit: A Functional Analysis Reviewed by Zachary Thomas

Jennifer T. Kaalund,  Reading Hebrews and 1 Peter with the African Great Migration: Diaspora, Place, and Identity Reviewed by David G. Horr...

Richard A. Horsley,  Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing Reviewed by Ian Werrett

James R. Harrison and L. L. Welborn, eds.,  The First Urban Churches 4: Roman Philippi Reviewed by D. Clint Burnett

James S. Diamond; Robert Goldenberg and Gary A. Rendsburg, eds.,  Scribal Secrets: Extraordinary Texts in the Torah and Their Implications ...

Janice Pearl Ewurama De-Whyte,  Wom(b)an: A Cultural-Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives Reviewed by Amanda Mbuvi

Douglas Boin,  A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity Reviewed by Edmon L. Gallagher

Timothy Beal,  The Book of Revelation: A Biography Reviewed by Robyn J. Whitaker

Thomas Johann Bauer and Peter von Möllendorff, eds.,  Die Briefe des Ignatios von Antiochia: Motive, Strategien, Kontexte Reviewed by Jonat...

Caryn Tamber-Rosenau,  Women in Drag: Gender and Performance in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature Reviewed by Madadh Richey

Elizabeth E. Shively and Geert Van Oyen, eds.,  Communication, Pedagogy, and the Gospel of Mark Reviewed by Nicholas A. Elder

Karl Olav Sandnes,  Paul Perceived: An Interactionist Perspective on Paul and the Law Reviewed by Brian Rosner

Katharina Pyschny and Sarah Schulz, eds.,  Debating Authority: Concepts of Leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets Reviewed by...

Mark D. Nanos,  Reading Paul within Judaism: Collected Essays of Mark D. Nanos, Vol. 1 Reviewed by Brian J. Robinson

Andrew Mein, Nathan MacDonald, and Matthew A. Collins, eds.,  The First World War and the Mobilization of Biblical Scholarship Reviewed by ...

Paul Michael Kurtz,  Kaiser, Christ, and Canaan: The Religion of Israel in Protestant Germany 1871–1918 Reviewed by Collin Cornell

Hallvard Hagelia and Markus Zehnder, eds.,  Interreligious Relations: Biblical Perspectives Reviewed by Stefan Felber

Matthew S. Goldstone,  The Dangerous Duty of Rebuke: Leviticus 19:17 in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation Reviewed by G. Geoffrey H...