Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Danilo Verde,  Conquered Conquerors: Love and War in the Song of Songs Ellena Lyell

Jeffrey Siker,  Sin in the New Testament William Horst

Geert Roskam and Joseph Verheyden, eds.,  Light on Creation: Ancient Commentators in Dialogue and Debate on the Origin of the World Brandon ...

B. J. Oropeza,  Craig Evans, and Paul T. Sloan, eds.,  New Studies in Textual Interplay David M. Allen

Peter Oakes,  Empire, Economics, and the New Testament Jürgen K. Zangenberg 

Lidija Novakovic,  Philippians: A Handbook on the Greek Text Michael Sweeney

Karalina Matskevich,  Construction of Gender and Identity in Genesis: The Subject and the Other Barbara Deutschmann

Bruce Louden,  Greek Myth and the Bible Michel Pauw

Dean Furlong,  The Identity of John the Evangelist: Revision and Reinterpretation in Early Christian Sources Derek Tovey

Kees de Blois, Louis Dorn, Gerrit J. van Steenbergen, and John A. Thompson,  A Handbook on Hosea and Joel Steven Tuell

Blossom Stefaniw,  Christian Reading: Language, Ethics, and the Order of Things Reviewed by H. Gregory Snyder

Daniel DeForest London,   Theodicy and Spirituality in the Fourth Gospel: A Girardian Perspective Reviewed by Russell Morton

Hilary Lipka and Bruce Wells, eds.,  Sexuality and Law in the Torah Reviewed by Ilan Peled

Judith Herrin,  Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe Reviewed by Lee M. Jefferson

Robert P. Gordon, trans.; George A. Kiraz and Joseph Bali, eds.,  The Syriac Peshitta Bible with English Translation: Chronicles Reviewed by...

Philip Michael Forness,  Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh Reviewed by Anuj M. Amin

M. Daniel Carroll R.,  The Book of Amos Reviewed by Jason Radine

Martin Brons,  Augustins Trinitätslehre praktisch: Katechese, Liturgie, Predigt: Ritual und Unterweisungauf dem Weg der Taufe Reviewed by Al...

Jennifer Barry,  Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity Reviewed by Ritva H. Williams

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

Buyoung Son,  The Subversive Chronicler: Narrative Film Theory and Canon Criticism Refocus His Intention Reviewed by D. Allen Hutchison

Daniel S. Robinson,  Fate, Freedom, and Happiness: Clement and Alexander on the Dignity of Human Responsibility Reviewed by Frédérique Danto...

Barbara A. Richter,  The Theology of Hathor of Dendera: Aural and Visual Scribal Techniques in the Per-Wer Sanctuary Reviewed by J. G. Manni...

Sarianna Metso,  The Community Rule: A Critical Edition with Translation Reviewed by Rob Kugler

Jon C. Laansma and Randall X. Gauthier,  The Handy Guide to Difficult and Irregular Greek Verbs: Aids for Readers of the Greek New Testament...

Magnar Kartveit and Gary N. Knoppers, eds.,  The Bible, Qumran, and the Samaritans Reviewed by Christian Stadel

Innocent Himbaza, ed.,  The Text of Leviticus: Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium of the Dominique Barthélemy Institute, Held...

Eva Günther,  Wisdom as a Model for Jesus’ Ministry: A Study on the “Lament over Jerusalem” in Matt 23:37–39 Par. Luke 13:34–35 Reviewed by ...

Leonard Greenspoon,  Jewish Bible Translations: Personalities, Passions, Politics, Progress Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Zhodi Angami,  Tribals, Empire and God: A Tribal Reading of the Birth of Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel Reviewed by Derek S. Dodson

Sigve K. Tonstad,  Revelation Reviewed by Odek Rabach

Gabriel Rabo,  Dionysius Jacob Bar Ṣalibi Syrischer Kommentar zum Römerbrief: Einleitung, Edition und Übersetzung Reviewed by Brett LaPrad

William C. Pohl IV,  Ethical God-Talk in the Book of Job: Speaking to the Almighty Reviewed by Katherine E. Southwood

Hughson T.  Ong,  The Multilingual Jesus and the Sociolinguistic World of the New Testament Reviewed by Michaël Girardin

Francisco Lozada Jr.,  John: History, Community, and Ideology Reviewed by Mark A. Matson

Lynn R. Huber and Rhiannon Graybill, eds.,  The Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Critical Readings Reviewed by Shelley L. Birdsong

David Ben-Shlomo,  The Iron Age Pottery of Jerusalem: A Typographical and Technological Study Reviewed by David Ilan

Eyal Ben-Eliyahu,  Identity and Territory: Jewish Perceptions of Space in Antiquity Reviewed by Eyal Regev

Alice Ogden Bellis, ed.,  Jerusalem’s Survival, Sennacherib’s Departure, and the Kushite Role in 701 BCE: An Examination of Henry Aubin’s Re...

Rosie Andrious,  Saint Thecla: Body Politics and Masculine Rhetoric Reviewed by Jacob A. Lollar

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...