Review of Biblical Literature Blog

Burkard M. Zapff,  Micha Kristin Weingart

James W. Watts, ed.,  Sensing Sacred Texts John W. Fadden

Joseph Too Shao and Rosa Ching Shao,  Ezra and Nehemiah: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary Elaine Wei-Fun Goh

Éric Rebillard,  The Early Martyr Narratives: Neither Authentic Accounts Nor Forgeries Jan Willem van Henten 

Brant Pitre, Michael P. Barber, and John A. Kincaid,  Paul, a New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology D. Clint Burnett

Rosemary Margaret Luff,  The Impact of Jesus in First-Century Palestine: Textual and Archaeological Evidence for Long-Standing Discontent Jo...

Jutta Krispenz, ed.,  Scribes as Sages and Prophets: Scribal Traditions in Biblical Wisdom Literature and in the Book of the Twelve Lena-Sof...

Matthias Köckert,  Von Jakob zu Abraham: Studien zum Buch Genesis Stephen Germany

Katrien De Graef and Anne Goddeeris, eds.,  Law and (Dis)Order in the Ancient Near East: Proceedings of the 59th Rencontre Assyriologique In...

Andrea M. Berlin and Paul J. Kosmin, eds.,  The Middle Maccabees: Archaeology, History, and the Rise of the Hasmonean Kingdom Bruce Chilton

Dieudonné Tamfu,  2 Peter and Jude Pheme Perkins

Aaron Sherwood,  Romans: A Structural, Thematic, and Exegetical Commentary William Horst

T. C. Schmidt,  Hippolytus of Rome: Commentary on Daniel and ‘Chronicon’ Ivan I. Iliev

Achim Peter,  Akoluthiewahrung und Jesusüberlieferung im Jakobusbrief Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr

Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow,  The Origins of the Canon of the Hebrew Bible: An Analysis of Josephus and 4 Ezra David DeJong

Dieter Mitternacht and Anders Runesson, eds.,  Jesus, the New Testament, and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings Maria Brutti

Tim Meadowcroft,  Like the Stars Forever: Narrative and Theology in the Book of Daniel Jason Bembry

Rhiannon Graybill,  Texts after Terror: Rape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible Sandra Gravett

Irmtraud Fischer,  Liebe, Laster, Lust und Leiden: Sexualität im Alten Testament Susanne Scholz

Benjamin A. Edsall,  The Reception of Paul and Early Christian Initiation: History and Hermeneutics Christopher Tuckett

Elisabeth Wagner-Durand and Julia Linke, eds.,  Tales of Royalty: Notions of Kingship in Visual and Textual Narration in the Ancient Near Ea...

Lauri Thurén, ed.,  Rhetoric and Scripture: Collected Essays of Thomas H. Olbricht Gary S. Selby

Layang Seng Ja,  The Pharisees in Matthew 23 Reconsidered Bruce Chilton

Ernst Axel Knauf and Hermann Michael Niemann,  Geschichte Israels und Judas im Altertum Kristin Weingart

Daewook Kim,  Prophetic Conflicts in the Deuteronomistic History Samuel A. Meier

Paul S. Jeon,  2 Timothy: Fight the Good Fight, Finish the Race, Keep the Faith Charles J. Bumgardner

Mark A. Jennings,  The Price of Partnership in the Letter of Paul to the Philippians: “Make My Joy Complete” Isaac D. Blois

Rainer Hirsch-Luipold and Robert Matthew Calhoun, eds.,  The Origins of New Testament Theology: A Dialogue with Hans Dieter Betz Joshua W. J...

H. H. Hardy II,  Exegetical Gems from Biblical Hebrew: A Refreshing Guide to Grammar and Interpretation Sarah Lynn Baker

Isaac M. Alderman, The Animal at Unease with Itself: Death Anxiety and the Animal-Human Boundary in Genesis 2–3 Arthur Walker-Jones

Herman C. Waetjen,  Matthew’s Theology of Fulfillment, Its Universality and Its Ethnicity: God’s New Israel as the Pioneer of God’s New Huma...

Jackson W.,  Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes: Honor and Shame in Paul’s Message and Mission Troy M. Troftgruben

Mark Smith,  Between Temple and Tomb: The Demotic Ritual Texts of Bodl. MS. Egypt. a. 3(P) Lingxin Zhang

Dalit Rom-Shiloni,  Voices from the Ruins: Theodicy and the Fall of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible Lisbeth S. Fried

Emilie M. van Opstall, ed.,  Sacred Thresholds: The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity Kevin L. Tolley

Will Kynes, ed.,  The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible Brandon R. Grafius

Koowon Kim,  1 Samuel: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary David G. Firth

Martin Goodman,  Josephus’s The Jewish War: A Biography Thomas E. Goud

Michael Flexsenhar III,  Christians in Caesar’s Household: The Emperors’ Slaves in the Makings of Christianity Isaac Blois

Bradley L. Crowell,  Edom at the Edge of Empire: A Social and Political History Piotr Bienkowski

Brian P. Bennett,  Sacred Languages of the World: An Introduction James W. Watts

Julia  Rhyder,  Centralizing the Cult: The Holiness Legislation in Leviticus 17–26 Stephen A. Long

Neil Martin,  Regression in Galatians: Paul and the Gentile Response to Jewish Law Tyler A. Stewart

Joseph A. Marchal, ed.,  After the Corinthian Women Prophets: Reimagining Rhetoric and Power Greg Carey

Milena Kirova,  Performing Masculinity in the Hebrew Bible Stephen M. Wilson

Jonathan  Homrighausen,  Illuminating Justice: The Ethical Imagination of the Saint John’s Bible Paul Korchin

John Goldingay,  Genesis Adam L. Bean

Noel Forlini Burt,  Encounters in the Dark: Identity Formation in the Jacob Story Joanna Kline

Bart D. Ehrman, Craig A. Evans, and Robert B. Stewart,  Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus? Tobias Ålöw

Rachel L.  Coleman,  The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions: A Perspective Shaped by the Themes of Reversal and Right Response Kenneth D. ...

David Alan Black and Benjamin L. Merkle, eds.,  Linguistics and New Testament Greek: Key Issues in the Current Debate David H. Warren

Jerry L. Sumney,  The Bible: An Introduction Adam L. Porter

Agnethe Siquans, ed.,  Biblical Women in Patristic Reception / Biblische Frauen in patristischer Rezeption Maria E. Doerfler

Priya Paul,  Beyond the Breach: An Exegetical Study of John 4:1–42 as a Text of Jewish–Samaritan Reconciliation Sergio Zapata Grajales

Saul M. Olyan and Jordan D. Rosenblum, eds.,  Animals and the Law in Antiquity Joshua Schwartz

Andreas Höfele, Christoph Levin, and Richard Müller, eds.,  Chaos from the Ancient World to Early Modernity: Formations of the Formless Jord...

Brandon W. Hawk,  The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and the Nativity of Mary Ally Kateusz

Erich S. Gruen,  Ethnicity in the Ancient World: Did It Matter? Shaye J. D. Cohen

Amy Erickson,  Jonah: Introduction and Commentary L. Juliana Claassens

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

Anders Runesson and Daniel M. Gurtner, eds,.  Matthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel David Z. Blackwell

Hauna T. Ondrey,  The Minor Prophets as Christian Scripture in the Commentaries of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Cyril of Alexandria Kevin M. C...

Johannes C. de Moor,  Micah Christopher R. Seitz

Roman A. Montero,  Jesus’s Manifesto: The Sermon on the Plain Mary J. Marshall

John Merrill and Hershel Shanks, eds.,  Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple Yigal Levin

Ingrid Faro,  Evil in Genesis: A Contextual Analysis of Hebrew Lexemes for Evil in the Book of Genesis Ziony Zevit

Seth M. Ehorn,  2 Maccabees 1–7: A Handbook on the Greek Text Jean Maurais

Martin Ebner,  Der Brief an Philemon Roy R. Jeal

Kylie Crabbe,  Luke/Acts and the End of History Jason F. Moraff

John Behr,  John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology James D. Romano

Thomas Renz,  The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah Klaas Spronk

Dalit Regev,  Painting the Mediterranean Phoenician: On Canaanite-Phoenician Trade-Nets Aaron Greener

Nathanael R. Polinski, O.S.B.,  That the Scriptures Might Be Fulfilled through Perfect Worship: An Investigation of John 19:36–37 Chris Blum...

Helen Paynter and Michael Spalione, eds.,  The Bible on Violence: A Thick Description Markus Zehnder

Ralph J. Korner,  Reading Revelation after Supersessionism: An Apocalyptic Journey of Socially Identifying John’s Multi-ethnic Ekklēsiai wit...