Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Martin Worthington,  Ea’s Duplicity in the Gilgamesh Flood Story Reviewed by Louise M. Pryke  

Oda Wischmeyer, ed.,  Handbuch der Bibelhermeneutiken: Von Origenes bis zur Gegenwart Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Morrow

William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste,  Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric? Wrestling with Troubling War Texts Reviewed by Eric A. Seibert

Josef Schmid,  Studies in the History of the Greek Text of the Apocalypse: The Ancient Stems Reviewed by Ian Boxall

Ross Shepard Kraemer,  The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity: What Christianity Cost the Jews Reviewed by Steven Fine

B. J. Koet and A. L. H. M. van Wieringen, eds.,  Multiple Teachers in Biblical Texts Reviewed by Steven Edward Harris

Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger,  Interfigural Readings of the Gospel of John Reviewed by Sherri Brown

Luke Timothy Johnson,  Constructing Paul: The Canonical Paul, Volume 1 Reviewed by M. Eugene Boring

Charles W. Hedrick,  Unmasking Biblical Faiths: The Marginal Relevance of the Bible for Contemporary Religious Faith Reviewed by Hector Aval...

Remo Gramigna,  Augustine’s Theory of Signs, Signification, and Lying Reviewed by Alexander H. Pierce

Jaco Gericke,  A Philosophical Theology of the Old Testament: A Historical, Experimental, Comparative and Analytic Perspective Reviewed by P...

J. Christopher Edwards,  The Gospel according to the Epistle of Barnabas Reviewed by James N. Rhodes

Gregory L. Cuéllar,  Empire, the British Museum, and the Making of the Biblical Scholar in the Nineteenth Century: Archival Criticism Review...

Don C. Collett,  Figural Reading and the Old Testament: Theology and Practice Reviewed by J. Michael Thigpen

Keith Bodner and Benjamin J. M. Johnson, eds.,  Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings Reviewed by Suzie Park

Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos,  The Road to Kingship: 1–2 Samuel Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney 

Brandon Walker,  Memory, Mission, and Identity: Orality and the Apostolic Miracle Tradition Reviewed by Rafael Rodríguez

Emanuel Tov,  Textual Developments: Collected Essays, Volume 4 Reviewed by Johann Cook

Jeffrey M. Tripp,  Direct Internal Quotation in the Gospel of John Reviewed by Deolito V. Vistar Jr.

Abraham Tal, ed.,  Tibåt Mårqe: The Ark of Marqe; Edition, Translation, Commentary Reviewed by Steven Fine

Jerry L. Sumney,  Steward of God’s Mysteries: Paul and Early Church Tradition Reviewed by H. H. Drake Williams III

Franz Prosinger,  Das eingepflanzte Wort der Wahrheit: Struktur und Grundgedanke des Jakobusbriefes Reviewed by Oda Wischmeyer

Maren R. Niehoff,  Philo of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography Reviewed by William Horst

Suzanna R. Millar,  Genre and Openness in Proverbs 10:1–22:16 Reviewed by Alice Ogden Bellis

Atar Livneh,  Studies on Jewish and Christian Historical Summaries from the Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods Reviewed by Aubrey Buster

Gideon R. Kotzé, Wolfgang Kraus, and Michaël N. van der Meer, eds.,  XVI Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cogna...

Ally Kateusz,  Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership Reviewed by Christy Cobb

Jörg Frey, Matthijs den Dulk, and Jan G. van der Watt, eds.,  2 Peter and the Apocalypse of Peter: Towards a New Perspective Reviewed by Tra...

Amanda W. Benckhuysen,  The Gospel according to Eve: A History of Women’s Interpretation Reviewed by Linda S. Schearing

Israel Bartal,  Tangled Roots: The Emergence of Israeli Culture Reviewed by Shai Ginsburg

Laura M.  Zucconi,  Ancient Medicine: From Mesopotamia to Rome Reviewed by Marian Broida

Man Hee Yoon,  The Fate of the Man of God from Judah: A Literary and Theological Reading of 1 Kings 13 Reviewed by Paul Jones

David Vopřada,  Quodvultdeus: A Bishop Forming Christians in Vandal Africa Reviewed by Raúl González Salinero

Roland Oetjen, ed.,  New Perspectives in Seleucid History, Archaeology and Numismatics: Studies in Honor of Getzel M. Cohen Reviewed by Eric...

Philip A. Noss and Charles S. Houser, eds.,  A Guide to Bible Translation: People, Languages, and Topics Reviewed by Leonard J. Greenspoon

Candida R. Moss,  Divine Bodies: Resurrecting Perfection in the New Testament and Early Christianity Reviewed by H. H. Drake Williams III

Shem Miller,  Dead Sea Media: Orality, Textuality, and Memory in the Scrolls from the Judean Desert Reviewed by Molly M. Zahn

Daniel W. McManigal,  A Baptism of Judgment in the Fire of the Holy Spirit: John’s Eschatological Proclamation in Matthew 3 Reviewed by Nath...

AnneMarie Luijendijk and William E. Klingshirn, eds.,  My Lots Are in Thy Hands: Sortilege and Its Practitioners in Late Antiquity Reviewed ...

Lily Fetalsana-Apura,  A Filipino Resistance Reading of Joshua 1:1–9 Reviewed by Jennifer M. Matheny

John J. Collins, Pieter G. R. de Villiers, and Adela Yarbro Collins, eds.,  Apocalypticism and Mysticism in Ancient Judaism and Early Christ...

John J. Collins and Ananda Geyser-Fouché, eds.,  Scribal Practice, Text, and Canon in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Memory of Peter W. Fli...

James H. Charlesworth,  Jesus as Mirrored in John: The Genius in the New Testament Reviewed by Daniel Frayer-Griggs

Jan N. Bremmer,  The World of Greek Religion and Mythology: Collected Essays II Reviewed by Mary R. Lefkowitz

Michal Bar-Asher Siegal,  Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud Reviewed by...

Max  Whitaker,  Is Jesus Athene or Odysseus? Investigating the Unrecognisability and Metamorphosis of Jesus in His Post-resurrection Appeara...

Carlos Raúl Sosa Siliezar,  Savior of the World: A Theology of the Universal Gospel Reviewed by Adesola Joan Akala

Seth L. Sanders,  From Adapa to Enoch: Scribal Culture and Religious Vision in Judea and Babylon Reviewed by Lindsey A. Askin

Alex J. Ramos,  Torah, Temple, and Transaction: Jewish Religious Institutions and Economic Behavior in Early Roman Galilee Reviewed by Benja...

Elliott Rabin,  The Biblical Hero: Portraits in Nobility and Fallibility Reviewed by SuJung Shin

Ilan Peled,  Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Bruce Wells

Virginia Miller,  A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire Reviewed by Benjamin J. M. Johnson

Oliver B. Langworthy,  Gregory of Nazianzus’ Soteriological Pneumatology Reviewed by Lee Blackburn

André LaCocque,  Work and Creativity: A Philosophical Study from Creation to Postmodernity Reviewed by Francis Landy

Daniel Justel,  Infancia y legalidad en el Próximo Oriente Antiguo durante el Bronce Reciente (ca. 1500–1100 A.C.) Reviewed by Julie Faith P...

Friedhelm Hartenstein and Thomas Willi, eds.,  Psalmen und Chronik Reviewed by Friederike Schücking-Jungblut

Havilah Dharamraj,  Ruth: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary Reviewed by Jennifer L. Koosed

John J. Collins,  What Are Biblical Values? What the Bible Says on Key Ethical Issues Reviewed by Mark K. George

Andrew J. Byers,  Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John Reviewed by Judith M. Lieu

Arman Akopian,  Classical Syriac Reviewed by Craig Morrison

Jenni Williams,  The Kingdom of Our God: A Theological Commentary on Isaiah Reviewed by Andrew T. Abernethy

Miles V. Van Pelt and Gary D. Pratico,  The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Reviewed by George Athas

Stephanie Day Powell,  Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth Reviewed by Marjo C. A. Korpel

Matthew H. Patton and Frederic Clarke Putnam; Miles V. Van Pelt, ed.,  Basics of Hebrew Discourse: A Guide to Working with Hebrew Prose and ...

Saul M. Olyan and Jacob L. Wright, eds.,  Supplementation and the Study of the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Roy E. Garton

Ralph P. Martin and Carl N. Toney,  New Testament Foundations: An Introduction for Students Reviewed by Nijay K. Gupta

Christoph Markschies,  God’s Body: Jewish, Christian, and Pagan Images of God Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

Brice C. Jones,  New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity Reviewed by Juan Hernández

John D. Harvey,  Romans Reviewed by Cristian Cardozo Mindiola

James R. Harrison and L. L. Welborn, eds.,  The First Urban Churches 3: Ephesus Reviewed by Eric C. Moore

Cristiano D’Angelo,  Davide e Mical: Studio sulla redazione e la teologia di 1–2 Samuele Reviewed by Andrea Ravasco

Patricia Cox Miller,  In the Eye of the Animal: Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity Reviewed by Jennifer L. Koosed

Filip Čapek and Oded Lipschits, eds.,  The Last Century in the History of Judah Reviewed by Lester L. Grabbe

Kenneth Bergland,  Reading as a Disclosure of the Thoughts of the Heart: Proto-halakhic Reuse and Appropriation between Torah and the Prophe...

Anthony Augoustakis, Emma Buckley, and Claire Stocks, eds.,  Fides in Flavian Literature Reviewed by Teresa Morgan