Author: J. David Stark

  • Historical Jesus Audio

    Thanks to Anthony Le Donne for noting the availability of LibriVox recordings for D. F. Strauss’s Life of Jesus and Albert Schweitzer’s Quest of the Historical Jesus. LibriVox also has apps available for Android, iOS, and Kindle users, and the iOS version (at least) allows downloading and storage for offline listening.

  • Select Kistemaker Works

    Now garnering interest in Logos Bible Software’s prepublication program are 6 volumes of select works from Simon Kistemaker. The collection mostly contains items related to the Gospels but also includes an edited volume of hermeneutics essays and a survey of Calvinist history and thought.

  • Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (February 13, 2014)

    The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include: Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies Rainer Albertz and Jakob Wöhrle, eds., Between Cooperation and Hostility: Multiple Identities in Ancient Judaism and the Interaction with Foreign Powers, reviewed by Michael L. Satlow C. A. Strine, Sworn Enemies: The Divine Oath, the Book of Ezekiel, and the Polemics of Exile,…

  • Sacred Texts and Paradigmatic Revolutions

    The latest Bloomsbury Highlights notes the newly available volume 16 in the T&T Clark Jewish and Christian Texts Series. The volume is a revision of my 2011 dissertation at Southeastern Seminary and primarily explores paradigmatic, or presuppositional, aspects of the hermeneutics at play in Romans and some of the Qumran sectarian texts. Bloomsbury presently has the…

  • Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 56, no. 3

    The latest issue of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society includes: Gregory Goswell, “Two Testaments in Parallel: The Influence of the Old Testament on the Structuring of the New Testament Canon” Michael A. Grisanti, “Recent Archaeological Discoveries that Lend Credence to the Historicity of the Scriptures” Vern S. Poythress, “Presuppositions and Harmonization: Luke 23:47 as a…

  • Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (October 4, 2013)

    The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include: Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies Ulrich F. Berges, Isaiah: The Prophet and his Book, reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney Daniel E. Fleming, The Legacy of Israel in Judah’s Bible: History, Politics, and the Reinscribing of Tradition, reviewed by Matthew Suriano Theresa V. Lafferty, The Prophetic Critique of the Priority…