Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Lisa Michele Wolfe,  Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) Reviewed by Thomas M. Bolin

Scott C. Ryan,  Divine Conflict and the Divine Warrior: Listening to Romans and Other Jewish Voices Reviewed by William Horst

Annette Yoshiko Reed,  Demons, Angels, and Writing in Ancient Judaism Reviewed by Matthew L. Walsh

Ian Christopher Levy,  Introducing Medieval Biblical Interpretation: The Senses of Scripture in Premodern Exegesis Reviewed by Craig S. Farm...

James R. Harrison and L. L. Welborn, eds.,  The First Urban Churches 3: Ephesus Reviewed by Robert Brian Lewis

Kathy Ehrensperger and Shayna Sheinfeld, eds.,  Gender and Second-Temple Judaism Reviewed by Cynthia M. Baker

Seth M. Ehorn,  2 Maccabees 1–7: A Handbook on the Greek Text Reviewed by Jan Willem Van Henten

Sébastien Doane,  Analyse de la réponse du lecteur aux origenes de Jésus en Matthieu 1–2 Reviewed by Nathan C. Johnson

Channing L. Crisler,  Echoes of Lament and the Christology of Luke Reviewed by Heather M. Gorman

Bob Becking,  Identity in Persian Egypt: The Fate of the Yehudite Community of Elephantine Reviewed by Gard Granerød

Mitzi J. Smith and Jin Young Choi, eds.,  Minoritized Women Reading Race and Ethnicity: Intersectional Approaches to Constructed Identity an...

Karl Shuve, ed.,  Books and Readers in the Premodern World: Essays in Honor of Harry Gamble Reviewed by Clark R. Bates

David E. Nyström,  The Apology of Justin Martyr: Literary Strategies and the Defence of Christianity Reviewed by H. H. Drake Williams III

Josef Lösel and Nicholas J. Baker-Brian, eds.,  A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity Reviewed by Avram Shannon

Antti Laato,  The Origin of Israelite Zion Theology Reviewed by Ryan P. Bonfiglio

Johannes Hahn and Volker Menze, eds.,  The Wandering Holy Man: The Life of Barsauma, Christian Asceticism, and Religious Conflict in Late An...

David J. Downs and Benjamin J. Lappenga,  The Faithfulness of the Risen Christ: Pistis and the Exalted Lord in the Pauline Letters Reviewed ...

Marlene Crüsemann,  The Pseudepigraphical Letters to the Thessalonians Reviewed by Matthew Jensen

Alma Brodersen, Friederike Neumann, and David Willgren, eds.,  Intertextualität und die Entstehung des Psalters: Methodische Reflexionen—The...

Benjamin Ogechi Agbara,  Universal Mission: The Climax of Matthew’s Post-resurrection Account: An Exegetical Analysis of Matthew 28 Reviewed...

Andrew Kimseng Tan,  The Rhetoric of Abraham’s Faith in Romans 4 Reviewed by Timothy J. Christian

Kenneth Seeskin,  Thinking about the Prophets: A Philosopher Reads the Bible Reviewed by Nathan Mastnjak

Edmondo F. Lupieri, ed.,  Mary Magdalene from the New Testament to the New Age and Beyond Reviewed by Siobhán Jolley

Arthur Jan Keefer,  Proverbs 1–9 as an Introduction to the Book of Proverbs Reviewed by Alice Ogden Bellis

David deSilva,  The Letter to the Galatians Reviewed by Frank W. Hughes

Vasile Condrea,  Syntactic Studies in Targum Aramaic: A Text-Linguistic Reading of 1 Samuel Reviewed by Andrew Daniel

Kevin Burrell,  Cushites in the Hebrew Bible: Negotiating Ethnic Identity in the Past and Present Reviewed by Joel B. Kemp

David R. Bauer,  The Gospel of the Son of God: An Introduction to Matthew Reviewed by Charles L. Quarles

Dominique Angers,  L’ « Aujourd’hui » en Luc-Actes, chez Paul et en Hébreux: Itinéraires et associations d’un motif Deutéronomique Reviewed ...

Garrick V. Allen,  Manuscripts of the Book of Revelation: New Philology, Paratexts, Reception Reviewed by Alexander E. Stewart

Markus Tiwald, ed.,  The Q Hypothesis Unveiled: Theological, Sociological, and Hermeneutical Issues behind the Sayings Source Reviewed by Jo...

Howard Thurman; David B. Gowler and Kipton E. Jensen, eds.,  Sermons on the Parables Reviewed by S. D. Giere

Michael J. Thate,  The Godman and the Sea: The Empty Tomb, the Trauma of the Jews, and the Gospel of Mark Reviewed by Albert L. A. Hogeterp

Joshua Joel Spoelstra,  Life Preservation in Genesis and Exodus: An Exegetical Study of the Tebâ of Noah and Moses Reviewed by David M. Carr

Shai Secunda,  The Talmud’s Red Fence: Menstrual Impurity and Difference in Babylonian Judaism and Its Sasanian Context Reviewed by Marjorie...

Mar Pérez i Díaz,  Mark, a Pauline Theologian: A Re-reading of the Traditions of Jesus in the Light of Paul’s Theology Reviewed by Michael F...

ChoongJae Lee,  Metánoia (Repentance): A Major Theme of the Gospel of Matthew Reviewed by Robert H. Gundry

Nyasha Junior,  Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and Bible Reviewed by Jennifer M. Matheny

Roy A. Harrisville III,  The Faith of St. Paul: Transformative Gift of Divine Power Reviewed by Nélida Naveros Córdova, CDP

Steven Fine, ed.,  Jewish Religious Architecture: From Biblical Israel to Modern Judaism Reviewed by Shalom Sabar

Sebastian P. Brock,  Singer of the Word of God: Ephrem the Syrian and His Significance in Late Antiquity Reviewed by Lucas Van Rompay

Paul M. Blowers,  Visions and Faces of the Tragic: The Mimesis of Tragedy and the Folly of Salvation in Early Christian Literature Reviewed ...

Daniel I. Block, David C. Deuel, C. John Collins, and Paul J. N. Lawrence, eds.,  Write That They May Read: Studies in Literacy and Textuali...

Craig G. Bartholomew,  The God Who Acts in History: The Significance of Sinai Reviewed by Andrew Abernethy

Niv Allon,  Writing, Violence, and the Military: Images of Literacy in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (1550–1295 BCE) Reviewed by Rune Olsen

Michael R. Whitenton,  Hearing Kyriotic Sonship: A Cognitive and Rhetorical Approach to the Characterization of Mark’s Jesus Reviewed by Abs...

Ian J.  Vaillancourt,  The Multifaceted Saviour of Psalms 110 and 118: A Canonical Exegesis Reviewed by Jordan M. Scheetz

Geoffrey S. Smith,  Valentinian Christianity: Texts and Translations Reviewed by Antti Marjanen

Jeanette Hagen Pifer,  Faith as Participation: An Exegetical Study of Some Key Pauline Texts Reviewed by S. D. Giere

Cécile Michel,  Women of Assur and Kanesh: Texts from the Archives of Assyrian Merchants Reviewed by Greta Van Buylaere

Eric Lawee,  Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah: Canonization and Resistance in the Reception of a Jewish Classic Reviewed by Aaron Koller

Nahorai Kotkin,  Hebrew Root Dictionary Reviewed by Samuel Arnet

Richard B. Hays,  Reading with the Grain of Scripture Reviewed by James W. Thompson

Rhiannon Graybill and Peter J. Sabo, eds.,  “Who Knows What We’d Make of It, If We Ever Got Our Hands on It?”: The Bible and Margaret Atwood...

Jennifer Eyl,  Signs, Wonders, and Gifts: Divination in the Letters of Paul Reviewed by Matthew V. Novenson

J. Cheryl Exum,  Samson and Delilah: Selected Essays Reviewed by Gregory Mobley

Benjamin H. Dunning, ed.,  The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender, and Sexuality Reviewed by Amy Peeler

Francesco Cocco,  Women in the Wilderness: The “Female Legislation” of the Book of Numbers (Num 5,11–31; 27,1–11; 30,2–17) Reviewed by Debor...

Dongbin Choi,  The Use and Function of Scripture in 1 Maccabees Reviewed by Peter Altmann

Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll,  Aseneth of Egypt: The Composition of a Jewish Narrative Reviewed by Tyler Smith

Fabian Pfitzmann,  Un YHWH venant du Sud? De la réception vétérotestamentaire des traditions méridionales et du lien entre Madian, le Néguev...

Timothy J. Murray,  Restricted Generosity in the New Testament Reviewed by Thomas R. Blanton IV

Yifat Monnickendam,  Jewish Law and Early Christian Identity: Betrothal, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Writings of Ephrem the Syrian Revie...

Roberto Martínez Rivera,  El amigo del novio: Juan el Bautista; Historia y teología Reviewed by Marcelo Wall

Chin Ming Stephen Lim,  Contextual Biblical Hermeneutics as Multicentric Dialogue: Towards a Singaporean Reading of Daniel Reviewed by Ekapu...

JongHyun Kwon,  The Historical Jesus’ Death as “Forgiveness of Sins”: A Comparative Study of Paul and Matthew Reviewed by William Horst

Joel B. Kemp,  Ezekiel, Law, and Judahite Identity: A Case for Identity in Ezekiel 1–33 Reviewed by Corrine Carvalho

Innocent Himbaza and Clemens Locher, eds.,  La Bible en face: Études textuelles et littéraires offertes en hommage à Adrian Schenker, à l...

Jione Havea,  Jonah: An Earth Bible Commentary Reviewed by Yitzhak Berger

Eve-Marie Becker,  Paul on Humility Reviewed by Tyler A. Stewart

Johann Tischler,  Hethitische Texte in Transkription KUB 49 Reviewed by Livio Warbinek

Dana Robinson,  Food, Virtue, and the Shaping of Early Christianity Reviewed by Meredith J. C. Warren

Manolis Papoutsakis,  Vicarious Kingship: A Theme in Syriac Political Theology in Late Antiquity Reviewed by Jacob A. Lollar

Joachim J. Krause,  Die Bedingungen des Bundes: Studien zur konditionalen Struktur alttestamentlicher Bundeskonzeptionen Reviewed by William...

Andreas J. Köstenberger,  Handbook on Hebrews through Revelation Reviewed by Timothy B. Cargal