Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Adam Z. Wright,  Of Conflict and Concealment: The Gospel of Mark as Tragedy Eric Stewart

James W. Thompson,  Apostle of Persuasion: Theology and Rhetoric in the Pauline Letters Jerry L. Sumney

Arie C. Leder,  Waiting for the Rest That Still Remains: A Biblical Theology of the Former Prophets David G. Firth

Anthony Giambrone, ed.,  Rethinking the Jewish War: Archeology, Society, Traditions Michaël Girardin

Masashi Fukaya,  The Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year: Their Socio-religious Functions Uta Siffert

Richard Flower and Morwenna Ludlow, eds.,   Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity Greg Carey

William G. Dever,  Has Archaeology Buried the Bible? Zev I. Farber

Kristin De Troyer, Barbara Schmitz, Joshua Alfaro, and Maximilian Häberlein, eds.,  The Early Reception of the Torah Markus Witte

Jerome F. D. Creach,  Discovering Psalms: Content, Interpretation, Reception Áron Németh

Angela Costley,  Creation and Christ: An Exploration of the Topic of Creation in the Epistle to the Hebrews Bryan R. Dyer

Eric Ziolkowski,  Religion and Literature: History and Method Peter J. Sabo

Benjamin Ziemer,  Kritik des Wachstumsmodells: Die Grenzen alttestamentlicher Redaktionsgeschichte im Lichte empirischer Evidenz Franziska E...

Assaf Yasur-Landau, Eric H. Cline, and Yorke Rowan, eds.,  The Social Archaeology of the Levant: From Prehistory to the Present Oded Borowsk...

Francis Watson and Sarah Parkhouse, eds.,  Telling the Christian Story Differently: Counter-Narratives from Nag Hammadi and Beyond Tony Burk...

Rick Strelan,  Studies in the Acts of the Apostles: Collected Essays Michael Kochenash

Matt O’Reilly,  Paul and the Resurrected Body: Social Identity and Ethical Practice Adam White

Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot, Benjamin Arubas, and Manfred Oeming,  What Are the Stones Whispering? Ramat Rahel: 3000 Years of Forgotten Hist...

Nathalie LaCoste,  Waters of the Exodus: Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt Julianne Burnett

Jorg Frey and Michael R. Jost, eds.,  Gottesdienst und Engel im antiken Judentum und frühen Christentum Max Botner

Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford,  Psalms: Books 4–5 Gert T. M. Prinsloo

Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos,  The Land and Its Kings: 1–2 Kings Walter A. Maier III

Danilo Verde,  Conquered Conquerors: Love and War in the Song of Songs Brandon R. Grafius

V. George Shillington,  A Complicated Love Story: Focus on the Fourth Gospel Cory M. Marsh

Jeffrey L. Morrow,  Alfred Loisy and Modern Biblical Studies Raleigh Heth

Douglas J. Moo,  The Letter to the Romans J. Andrew Cowan

Robert K. McIver,  Verbatim and Gist Parallels Between the Gospels: Coded Greek Synopsis and Selected Statistic Jeffrey M. Tripp

Johanna Körner,  Sexualität und Geschlecht bei Paulus: Die Spannung zwischen “Inklusivität” und “Exklusivität” des paulinischen Ethos am Bei...

John Paul Heil,  Romans: Worship in Hope of the Glory of God William Horst

Brian R. Doak,  Ancient Israel’s Neighbors Yigal Levin

James P. Allen,  Ancient Egyptian Phonology Gaëlle Chantrain

Klyne R. Snodgrass,  Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus Peter Claver Ajer

Jonathan Loopstra,  The Patristic “Masora”: A Study of Patristic Collections in Syriac Handbooks from the Near East Jacob A. Lollar

Jonathan A. Kruschwitz,  Interludes and Irony in the Ancestral Narrative Rachel Adelman

Martha Himmelfarb,  Jewish Messiahs in a Christian Empire: A History of the Book of Zerubbabel J. Thomas Hewitt

Evan Hershman,  Jesus as Teacher in the Gospel of Mark: The Function of a Motif Vernon K. Robbins

Gudrun Guttenberger,  Das Evangelium nach Markus Olegs Andrejevs

Haim Goren,  “The Loss of a Minute Is Just So Much Loss of Life”: Edward Robinson and Eli Smith in the Holy Land Thomas Davis

Noel Forlini Burt,  Encounters in the Dark: Identity Formation in the Jacob Story Julianne Burnett

Tony Burke, ed.,  New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, Volume 2 J. K. Elliott

Tanios Bou Mansour,   Le ministère sacerdotal dans la tradition syriaque primitive: Aphraate, Ephrem, Jacques de Saroug et Narsaï Sebastian ...

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