Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Christopher B. Zeichmann, ed.,  Essential Essays for the Study of the Military in First-Century Palestine: Soldiers and the New Testament Co...

Konrad F. Zawadzki,  Der Kommentar Cyrills von Alexandrien zum 2. Korintherbrief: Einleitung, kritischer Text, Übersetzung, Einzelanalyse Re...

Gerald L. Stevens,  Acts: A New Vision of the People of God Reviewed by Ross D. Harmon

Thomas B. Slater,  Revelation as Civil Disobedience: Witnesses Not Warriors in John’s Apocalypse Reviewed by Gregory L. Linton

Susanne Rudnig-Zelt,  Glaube im Alten Testament: Eine begriffsgeschichtliche Untersuchung unter besonderer Berücksichtung von Jes 7,17; Dtn ...

Jeremy D. Lyon,  The Genesis Creation Account in the Dead Sea Scrolls Reviewed by Eric R. Montgomery

Craig R. Koester,  Revelation and the End of All Things Reviewed by Michael Naylor

Jonathan Klawans,  Heresy, Forgery, Novelty: Condemning, Denying, and Asserting Innovation in Ancient Judaism Reviewed by Brandon R. Grafius

Helen C. John,  Biblical Interpretation and African Traditional Religion: Cross-Cultural and Community Readings in Owamboland, Namibia Revie...

Michael Flexsenhar III,  Christians in Caesar’s Household: The Emperors’ Slaves in the Makings of Christianity Reviewed by Catherine Hezser

Georg Fischer,  Jeremiah Studies: From Text and Contexts to Theology Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Nicola Crusemann, Margarete van Ess, Markus Hilgert, Beate Salje, and Timothy Potts, eds.,  Uruk: First City of the Ancient World Reviewed b...

Mark G. Brett,  Locations of God: Political Theology in the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Joseph McDonald

Johannes U. Beck,  Verstehen als Aneignung: Hermeneutik im Markusevangelium Reviewed by Kari Syreeni

Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos,  The Land and Its Kings: 1–2 Kings Reviewed by Bob Becking

Ian G. Wallis,  The Galilean Wonderworker: Reassessing Jesus’ Reputation for Healing and Exorcism Reviewed by David A. Fiensy

John Van Seters,  My Life and Career as a Biblical Scholar Reviewed by Jennifer M. Matheny

Mark Sameth,  The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God Reviewed by Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos

Brian Rainey,  Religion, Ethnicity and Xenophobia in the Bible: A Theoretical, Exegetical and Theological Survey Reviewed by Arthur Jan Keef...

James Chukwuma Okoye,  Genesis 12–50: A Narrative-Theological Commentary Reviewed by R. W. L. Moberly

Paul McKechnie,  Christianizing Asia Minor: Conversion, Communities, and Social Change in the Pre-Constantinian Era Reviewed by Richard Last

Matthew J. Lynch,  Portraying Violence in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary and Cultural Study Reviewed by Joel Kaminsky

Brandon R. Grafius,  Reading the Bible with Horror Reviewed by Carl S. Ehrlich

David N. Gottlieb,  Second Slayings: The Binding of Isaac and the Formation of Jewish Memory Reviewed by Charles Hughes Huff

Mordechai Z. Cohen,  The Rule of Peshat: Jewish Constructions of the Plain Sense of Scripture and Their Christian and Muslim Contexts, 900–1...

Delbert Burkett,  An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity Reviewed by Susan E. Myers

Bruce K. Waltke and James M. Houston,  The Psalms as Christian Praise: A Historical Commentary Reviewed by David G. Firth

Jacqueline Vayntrub,  Beyond Orality: Biblical Poetry on Its Own Terms Reviewed by Steven Bishop

Miles V. Van Pelt,  Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide Reviewed by Robert D. Holmstedt

Peter Schäfer,  Two Gods in Heaven: Jewish Concepts of God in Antiquity Reviewed by Shaye J. D. Cohen

Ilan Peled,  Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible Reviewed by Vien V. Nguyen, SCJ

Steven J. Patterson,  The Forgotten Creed: Christianity’s Original Struggle against Bigotry, Sexism, and Racism Reviewed by Vincent L. Wimbu...

Jeanette Matthews,  Prophets as Performers: Biblical Performance Criticism and Israel’s Prophets Reviewed by Rosanne Liebermann

John H. Hilber,  Old Testament Cosmology and Divine Accommodation: A Relevance Theory Approach Reviewed by John Oswalt

Deryn Guest,  YHWH and Israel in the Book of Judges: An Object-Relations Analysis Reviewed by Klaas Spronk

Zeba A. Crook, ed.,  The Ancient Mediterranean Social World: A Sourcebook Reviewed by David B. Gowler

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

G. K. Beale,  Colossians and Philemon Reviewed by Ernest P. Clark

Dillon T. Thornton,  Hostility in the House of God: An Investigation of the Opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy Reviewed by Andrew M. King V

Melvin L. Sensenig,  Jehoiachin and His Oracle: A Jeremianic Scribal Framework for the End of the Deuteronomistic History Reviewed by Marvin...

Sarah Parkhouse,  Eschatology and the Saviour: The “Gospel of Mary” among Early Christian Dialogue Gospels Reviewed by Deirdre Good

Jermo van Nes,  Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles: A Study of Linguistic Variation in the Corpus Paulinum Reviewed by Benjamin Whit...

John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie,  Sleuthing the Bible: Clues That Unlock the Mysteries of the Text Reviewed by James F. McGrath

Jan Christian Gertz, Corinna Körting, and Markus Witte, eds.,  Das Buch Ezechiel: Komposition, Redaktion und Rezeption Reviewed by Rosanne L...

Josette Elayi,  Sargon II, King of Assyria Reviewed by Samuel L. Boyd

Febbie C. Dickerson,  Luke, Widows, Judges, and Stereotypes Reviewed by Vien V. Nguyen, SCJ

Matthew R. Crawford,  The Eusebian Canon Tables: Ordering Textual Knowledge in Late Antiquity Reviewed by Jean-François Racine

Samuel L. Adams and Matthew Goff, eds.,  The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature Reviewed by David Penchansky

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...