Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Lawrence M. Wills,  Judith Reviewed by Anthony Swindell 

Jan G. van der Watt,  The Grammar of the Ethics of John: Reading John from an Ethical Perspective, Volume I Reviewed by Sherri Brown

Matthew Thiessen,  Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospels’ Portrayal of Ritual Impurity within First-Century Judaism Reviewed by Paula F...

Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni,  Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea: Volume 4 Reviewed by Michaël Girardin

Holly Morse,  Encountering Eve’s Afterlives: A New Reception Critical Approach to Genesis 2–4 Reviewed by David Parris

Sean V. Leatherbury,  Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity: Between Reading and Seeing Reviewed by Samuel Torvend

Peter A. Heasley,  Prophetic Polyphony: Allusion Criticism of Isa 41,8–16.17–20; 43,1–7; 44,1–5 in a Dialogical Approach Reviewed by Brandon...

Erasmus Gass,  Die Landverteilung im Josuabuch: Eine literarhistorische Analyse von Josua 13–19 Reviewed by Friedrich-Emanuel Focken

Greg Carey,  Using Our Outside Voice: Public Biblical Interpretation Reviewed by Michael J. Chan

Christy Cobb,  Slavery, Gender, Truth, and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Narratives Reviewed by Greg Carey

Nicola Agnoli,  “I miei servi, I profeti”: Un paradigma profetico nello sviluppo letterario di Geremia Reviewed by Attila Bodor

Nathan Wasserman,  Akkadian Love Literature of the Third and Second Millennium BCE Reviewed by Barbara Cifola

Frank Ueberschaer, Thomas Wagner, and Jonathan Miles Robker, eds.,  Theologie und Textgeschichte: Septuaginta und Masoretischer Text als Äuß...

Ryan E. Stokes,  The Satan: How God’s Executioner Became the Enemy Reviewed by Tom de Bruin

Johanna Stiebert,  Rape Myths, the Bible, and #MeToo Reviewed by Sandie Gravett

Bernd U. Schipper,  Proverbs 1–15 Reviewed by Suzanna R. Millar

Peter M. Phillips,  The Bible, Social Media and Digital Culture Reviewed by Dan Clanton

Mikael C. Parsons, Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, and Paul N. Anderson, eds.,  Anatomies of the Gospels and Beyond: Essays in Honor of R. Alan ...

Tristan Major,  Undoing Babel: The Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon Literature Reviewed by Anthony Swindell

Jessica M. Keady, Todd E. Klutz, and C. A. Strine, eds.,  Scripture as Social Discourse: Social-Scientific Perspectives on Early Jewish and ...

Maijastina Kahlos,  Religious Dissent in Late Antiquity, 350–450 Reviewed by Paula Fredriksen

Christopher R. Hutson,  First and Second Timothy and Titus Reviewed by Nijay Gupta

David M. Grossberg,  Heresy and the Formation of the Rabbinic Community Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

David J. Fuller,  A Discourse Analysis of Habakkuk Reviewed by Barry A. Jones

Eric Clouston,  How Ancient Narratives Persuade: Acts in Its Literary Context Reviewed by Bart B. Bruehler

John Behr,  John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology Reviewed by William M. Wright IV

Dominik Wolff,  Paulus beispiels-weise: Selbstdarstellung und autobiographisches Schreiben im Ersten Korintherbrief Reviewed by Gudrun Nassa...

Susanna Towers,  Constructions of Gender in Late Antique Manichaean Cosmological Narrative Reviewed by Jonathan Cahana-Blum

James W. Thompson,  Strangers on the Earth: Philosophy and Rhetoric in Hebrews Reviewed by Amy Peeler

Jan A. Sigvartsen,  Afterlife and Resurrection Beliefs in the Apocrypha and Apocalyptic Literature Reviewed by Alexander P. Thompson

David Satran,  In the Image of Origen: Eros, Virtue, and Constraint in the Early Christian Academy Reviewed by M. J. Edwards

Pawel Paszko,  Mundus inversus nei cantici femminili dell’Antico Testamento Reviewed by Francis M. Macatangay

Maren R. Niehoff and Joshua Levinson, eds.,  Self, Self-Fashioning and Individuality in Late Antiquity: New Perspectives Reviewed by Jonatha...

Eric F. Mason and Edmondo F. Lupieri, eds.,  Golden Calf Traditions in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Reviewed by James N. Rhodes

Timothy H. Lim,  The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction Reviewed by Daniele Minisini

Max J. Lee,  Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Co...

Sara M. Koenig,  Bathsheba Survives Reviewed by Caryn Tamber-Rosenau

Ranon Katzoff,  On Jews in the Roman World: Collected Studies Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz

John A. Cook and Robert D. Homstedt,  Intermediate Biblical Hebrew: An Illustrated Grammar Reviewed by Charles David Isbell

Sarah H. Casson,  Textual Signposts in the Argument of Romans: A Relevance-Theory Approach Reviewed by Isaiah L. Allen

M. Eugene Boring,  Hearing John’s Voice: Insights for Teaching and Preaching Reviewed by R. Alan Culpepper

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...