Tag: Book Reviews and Summaries
Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (May 7, 2015)
The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:
- Markus Bockmuehl and Guy G. Stroumsa, eds., Paradise in Antiquity: Jewish and Christian Views, reviewed by Pieter G. R. de Villiers
- Tony Burke, ed., Ancient Gospel or Modern Forgery?: The Secret Gospel of Mark in Debate: Proceedings from the 2011 York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium, reviewed by James F. McGrath
- Andrew R. Davis, Tel Dan in Its Northern Cultic Context, reviewed by Bob Becking and by Aren M. Maeir
- Stephen Finlan, The Family Metaphor in Jesus’ Teaching: Gospel Imagery and Application, reviewed by Joanna Dewey
- Kai Kaniuth, Anne Löhnert, Jared L. Miller, Adelheid Otto, Michael Roaf, and Walther Sallaberger, eds., Tempel im Alten Orient, reviewed by Jeffrey L. Morrow
- Emma Loosley, The Architecture and Liturgy of the Bema in Fourth- to-Sixth-Century Syrian Churches, reviewed by Robert Morehouse
- Elvira Martín Contreras and Guadalupe Seijas de los Ríos-Zarzosa, Masora: La transmisión de la tradición de la Biblia Hebrea, reviewed by Amparo Alba Cecilia
- Halvor Moxnes, Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism: A New Quest for the Nineteenth Century Historical Jesus, reviewed by Craig A. Evans
- Pheme Perkins, First Corinthians, reviewed by H. H. Drake Williams III
Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (May 1, 2015)
The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:
- Francis Borchardt, The Torah in 1 Maccabees: A Literary Critical Approach to the Text, reviewed by Thomas Hieke
- Cilliers Breytenbach and Jörg Frey, eds., Reflections on the Early Christian History of Religion—Erwägungen zur frühchristlichen Religionsgeschichte, reviewed by Thomas J. Kraus
- Walter Dietrich, Die Samuelbücher im deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerk: Studien zu den Geschichtsüberlieferungen des Alten Testaments II, reviewed by Mark W. Hamilton
- James D. G. Dunn, The Oral Gospel Tradition, reviewed by David B. Sloan
- Paul S. Evans and Tyler F. Williams, eds., Chronicling the Chronicler: The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple Historiography, reviewed by Michael D. Matlock
- Katharina Galor and Hanswulf Bloedhorn, The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins to the Ottomans, reviewed by Aren M. Maeir
- Moshe Garsiel, From Earth to Heaven: A Literary Study of the Eliijah Stories in the Book of Kings, reviewed by Keith Bodner and by David A. Glatt-Gilad
- Alison Ruth Gray, Psalm 18 in Words and Pictures: A Reading through Metaphor, reviewed by Leslie C. Allen
- Mignon R. Jacobs and Raymond F. Person Jr., eds., Israelite Prophecy and the Deuteronomistic History: Portrait, Reality, and the Formation of a History, reviewed by James M. Bos and by Thomas Wagner
- Ronald Jolliffe, Gertraud Harb, Christoph Heil, Anneliese Felber, and Angelika Magnes, Q11: 39a, 42, 39b, 41, 43-44: Woes against the Pharisees, reviewed by Peter J. Judge
- W. G. Lambert, Babylonian Creation Myths, reviewed by Michael S. Moore
- Daniel C. Matt, trans., The Zohar: Pritzker Edition (vol. 6), reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins
- Abera M. Mengestu, God as Father in Paul: Kingship Language and Identity Formation in Early Christianity, reviewed by Inhee C. Berg
- Anthony M. Moore, Signs of Salvation: The Theme of Creation in John’s Gospel, reviewed by Brian J. Tabb
- Valérie Nicolet-Anderson, Constructing the Self: Thinking with Paul and Michel Foucault, reviewed by Chris L. de Wet
- Vernon K. Robbins, Who Do People Say I Am? Rewriting Gospel in Emerging Christianity, reviewed by Michael J. Kok
- David S. Vanderhooft and Abraham Winitzer, eds., Literature as Politics, Politics as Literature: Essays on the Ancient Near East in Honor of Peter Machinist, reviewed by Shawn W. Flynn
- Ryan Donald Wettlaufer, No Longer Written: The Use of Conjectural Emendation in the Restoration of the Text of the New Testament, the Epistle of James as a Case Study, reviewed by Jeff Cate
Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (April 24, 2015)
The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:
- James Aston and John Walliss, eds., Small Screen Revelations: Apocalypse in Contemporary Television, reviewed by Sylvie Raquel
- Joseph A. Bessler, A Scandalous Jesus: How Three Historic Quests Changed Theology for the Better, reviewed by Mary K. Schmitt
- Daniel Bodi, ed., Abigail, Wife of David, and Other Ancient Oriental Women, reviewed by Benjamin J. M. Johnson
- Jared C. Calaway, The Sabbath and the Sanctuary: Access to God in the Letter to the Hebrews and Its Priestly Context, reviewed by Carl Mosser
- Ohad Cohen, The Verbal Tense System in Late Biblical Hebrew Prose, reviewed by Bálint Károly Zabán
- John Granger Cook, Crucifixion in the Mediterranean World, reviewed by Charles L. Quarles
- Jerome F. D. Creach, Violence in Scripture, reviewed by Pieter G. R. de Villiers
- Arthur J. Dewey and Robert J. Miller, eds., The Complete Gospel Parallels, reviewed by Thomas J. Kraus
- Matthew Drever, Image, Identity, and the Forming of the Augustinian Soul, reviewed by Cheuk Yin Yam and Anthony Dupont
- Diana V. Edelman, ed., Deuteronomy-Kings as Emerging Authoritative Books: A Conversation, reviewed by Trent C. Butler
- Shawn W. Flynn, YHWH is King: Development of Divine Kingship in Ancient Israel, reviewed by Michael B. Hundley
- Steven J. Friesen, Sarah A. James, and Daniel N. Schowalter, eds., Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality, reviewed by Thomas R. Blanton IV
- Matti Friedman, The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World’s Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books, reviewed by Paul Sanders
- Cornelis den Hertog, The Other Face of God: ‘I Am That I Am’ Reconsidered, reviewed by Richard S. Briggs
- Christl M. Maier and Carolyn J. Sharp, eds., Prophecy and Power: Jeremiah in Feminist and Postcolonial Perspective, reviewed by Andrew Shead
- Heinz-Günther Nesselrath and Florian Wilk, eds., Gut und Böse in Mensch und Welt: Philosophische und religiöse Konzeptionen vom Alten Orient bis zum frühen Islam, reviewed by Michael S. Moore
- Jonathan Miles Robker, The Jehu Revolution: A Royal Tradition of the Northern Kingdom and Its Ramifications, reviewed by Aren M. Maeir
- David C. Sim and James S. McLaren, eds., Attitudes to Gentiles in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, reviewed by Avram Shannon
- Mirjam van der Vorm-Croughs, The Old Greek of Isaiah: An Analysis of Its Pluses and Minuses, reviewed by Randall X. Gauthier
- Stephen Westerholm, Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme, reviewed by David J. Neville
Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (April 17, 2015)
The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:
- Bill T. Arnold, Introduction to the Old Testament, reviewed by David W. Baker and by Anselm C. Hagedorn
- Mark A. Chancey, Carol Meyers, and Eric M. Meyers, eds., The Bible in the Public Square: Its Enduring Influence in American Life, reviewed by Randall Balmer
- Raymond F. Collins, Accompanied by a Believing Wife: Ministry and Celibacy in the Earliest Christian Communities, reviewed by William R. G. Loader
- Andrew Crislip, Thorns in the Flesh: Illness and Sanctity in Late Ancient Christianity, reviewed by John J. Pilch
- B. C. Hodge, Revisiting the Days of Genesis: A Study of the Use of Time in Genesis 1–11 in Light of Its Ancient Near Eastern and Literary Context, reviewed by Jeffery M. Leonard
- Jey J. Kanagaraj, John, reviewed by Jo-Ann Brant
- Laurel W. Koepf-Taylor, Give Me Children or I Shall Die: Children and Communal Survival in Biblical Literature, reviewed by Jason A. Riley
- Katherine Low, The Bible, Gender, and Reception History: The Case of Job’s Wife, reviewed by Jordan M. Scheetz
- Burton MacDonald, Larry G. Herr, D. Scott Quaintance, Geoffrey A. Clark, and Michael C. A. MacDonald, The Ayl to Ras an-Naqab Archaeological Survey, Southern Jordan 2005–2007, reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins
- J. Gordon McConville, Joshua: Crossing Divides, reviewed by Trent C. Butler
- Douglas J. Moo, Galatians, reviewed by Richard Manly Adams Jr. and by Roy E. Ciampa
- James M. Morgan, Encountering Images of Spiritual Transformation: The Thoroughfare Motif within the Plot of Luke-Acts, reviewed by Jean-François Racine
- Reinhard Muller, Juha Pakkala, and Bas ter Haar Romeny, Evidence of Editing: Growth and Change of Texts in the Hebrew Bible, reviewed by John F. Quant
- Miguel Pérez Fernández and Olga Ruiz Morell, El Beso de Dios: Midrás de la Muerte de Moisés. Edición bilingüe hebreo-español y comentario, reviewed by Francisco García-Treto
- Allen P. Ross, A Commentary on the Psalms: 42–89, reviewed by Christine Jones
- Robert A. Spivey, D. Moody Smith, and C. Clifton Black, Anatomy of the New Testament: A Guide to Its Structure and Meaning, reviewed by Brian C. Small
- Jamie Viands, I Will Surely Multiply Your Offspring: An Old Testament Theology of the Blessing of Progeny with Special Attention to the Latter Prophets, reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney
- Julius Wellhausen, Briefe, edited by Rudolf Smend, reviewed by James Alfred Loader
Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (April 10, 2015)
The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:
- Angelika Berlejung, Jan Dietrich, and Joachim Friedrich Quack, eds., Menschenbilder und Körperkonzepte im Alten Israel, in Ägypten und im Alten Orient, reviewed by Mark W. Hamilton
- William P. Brown, Wisdom’s Wonder: Character, Creation, and Crisis in the Bible’s Wisdom Literature, reviewed by James Alfred Loader
- Martin J. Buss, Toward Understanding the Hebrew Canon: A Form-Critical Approach, reviewed by Colin Toffelmire
- Nuria Calduch-Benages, ed., Wisdom for Life: Essays Offered to Honor Prof. Maurice Gilbert, SJ, on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday, reviewed by Katharine Dell
- Volkmar Fritz, The Emergence of Israel in the Twelfth and Eleventh Centuries B.C.E., reviewed by Lester L. Grabbe
- Hadi Ghantous, The Elijah-Hazael Paradigm and the Kingdom of Israel: The Politics of God in Ancient Syria-Palestine, reviewed by Aren M. Maeir
- Addison Hodges Hart, Taking Jesus at His Word: What Jesus Really Said in the Sermon on the Mount, reviewed by Joshua Chatraw
- Steven L. McKenzie and John Kaltner, eds., New Meanings for Ancient Texts: Recent Approaches to Biblical Criticism and Their Applications, reviewed by Emmanuel Nathan
- R. W. L. Moberly, Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture, reviewed by Trent C. Butler and by Wilhelm J. Wessels
- Roger Mohrlang, Paul and His Life-Transforming Theology: A Concise Introduction, reviewed by Bas van Os
- Francis J. Moloney, The Resurrection of the Messiah: A Narrative Commentary on the Resurrection Accounts in the Four Gospels, reviewed by Richard I. Pervo
- Joy A. Schroeder, Deborah’s Daughters: Gender Politics and Biblical Interpretation, reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
- Dennis E. Smith and Joseph B. Tyson, eds., Acts and Christian Beginnings: The Acts Seminar Report, reviewed by Susana Funsten
- William J. Subash, The Dreams of Matthew 1:18–2:23: Tradition, Form, and Theological Investigation, reviewed by Bart J. Koet