Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Joseph Yahalom,  Sources of the Sacred Song: Crossroads in Jewish Liturgical Poetry  [Hebrew] Reviewed by Michael D. Swartz

Claudia Setzer and David A. Shefferman, eds.,  The Bible in the American Experience Reviewed by Stu Halpern

Nickolas P. Roubekas, ed.,  Theorizing “Religion” in Antiquity Reviewed by Andrew Durdin

Ken M. Penner, ed.,  The Lexham English Septuagint: A New Translation Reviewed by Marieke Dhont

Grant Macaskill,  Living in Union with Christ: Paul’s Gospel and Christian Moral Identity Reviewed by Robert L. Foster

Darian R. Lockett,  Letters from the Pillar Apostles: The Formation of the Catholic Epistles as a Canonical Collection Reviewed by Martin C....

Jack Levison,  A Boundless God: The Spirit according to the Old Testament Reviewed by Christopher J. H. Wright

Christian Frevel,  Desert Transformations: Studies in the Book of Numbers Reviewed by Josef Forsling

Scott D. Charlesworth,  Early Christian Gospels: Their Production and Transmission Reviewed by Danny Yencich

James P. Allen, Mark A. Collier, and Andreas Stauder, eds.,  Coping with Obscurity: The Brown Workshop on Earlier Egyptian Grammar Reviewed ...

Joachim Schaper,  Media and Monotheism: Presence, Representation, and Abstraction in Ancient Judea Reviewed by Matthew Lynch

Jordan D. Rosenblum,  Rabbinic Drinking: What Beverages Teach Us about Rabbinic Literature Reviewed by Claudia D. Bergmann

Donald W. Parry,  Exploring the Isaiah Scrolls and Their Textual Variants Reviewed by Jacob Stromberg

Jeffrey J. Niehaus,  When Did Eve Sin? The Fall and Biblical Historiography Reviewed by Mark A. O’Brien

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

Edward L. Greenstein,  Job: A New Translation Reviewed by James L. Crenshaw

Brandon D. Crowe,  The Hope of Israel: The Resurrection of Christ in the Acts of the Apostles Reviewed by David M. Allen

Sarah H. Casson,  Textual Signposts in the Argument of Romans: A Relevance-Theory Approach Reviewed by David J. Neville

John Binns,  The T&T Clark History of Monasticism: The Eastern Tradition Reviewed by Robert A. Kitchen

David Allen and Steve Smith, eds.,  Methodology in the Use of the Old Testament in the New: Context and Criteria Reviewed by Maria Brutti

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...