Christopher Skinner Archives

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (July 3, 2013)

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The latest reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature include:

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Daniel I. Block, Deuteronomy, reviewed by Garrett Galvin
Terry W. Eddinger, Malachi: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text, reviewed by Buzz Brookman
Jaco Gericke, The Hebrew Bible and Philosophy of Religion, reviewed by Christian Danz
Yoram Hazony, The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, reviewed by Craig G. Bartholomew
J. Edward Owens, Leviticus, reviewed by David Talley
Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos, Reading Samuel: A Literary and Theological Commentary, reviewed by Benjamin J. M. Johnson

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The latest issue of Currents in Biblical Research includes:

Kristin De Troyer, “The Seventy-two and their Many Grandchildren: A Review of Septuagint Studies from 1997 Onward”
Nicholas Perrin and Christopher W. Skinner, “Recent Trends in Gospel of Thomas Research (1989–2011): Part II: Genre, Theology and Relationship to the Gospel of John”
Timo S. Paananen, “From Stalemate to Deadlock: Clement’s Letter to Theodore in Recent Scholarship”
Jonathan S. Milgram, “Then and Now: A Summary of Developments in the Field of Talmudic Literature through Contributions to the First and Second Editions of the Encyclopaedia Judaica“

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The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include the following:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

New Testament and Cognate Studies

François Bovon; Glenn E. Snyder, ed., New Testament and Christian Apocrypha, reviewed by Christopher Tuckett
Stanislas Breton, A Radical Philosophy of Saint Paul, reviewed by Halvor Moxnes and Ole Jakob Lřland
Mark Forman, The Politics of Inheritance in Romans, reviewed by David J. Downs
Martin Hengel, Saint Peter: The Underestimated Apostle, reviewed by Timothy P. Henderson
Kelly R. Iverson and Christopher W. Skinner, eds., Mark as Story: Retrospect and Prospect, reviewed by Cornelis Bennema
James A. Kelhoffer, Persecution, Persuasion and Power: Readiness to Withstand Hardship as a Corroboration of Legitimacy in the New Testament, reviewed by Brian J. Tabb
Allan J. McNicol, The Conversion of the Nations in Revelation, reviewed by Peter S. Perry

Miscellaneous

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The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include the following:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Hermeneutics

Carol J. Dempsey and Elayne J. Shapiro, Reading the Bible, Transforming Conflict, reviewed by Jacobus Kok
Stanley E. Porter and Jason C. Robinson, Hermeneutics: An Introduction to Interpretive Theory, reviewed by Oda Wischmeyer

Translation

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The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include:

Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies

Robert B. Coote and Keith W. Whitelam, The Emergence of Early Israel in Historical Perspective, reviewed by Aren M. Maeir
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Ruth, reviewed by Peter H. W. Lau
John Kampen, Wisdom Literature, reviewed by Devorah Dimant
Cotton Mather; ed. Reiner Smolinski, Genesis (Biblia Americana 1), reviewed by Mark Elliott

New Testament and Cognate Studies

Zev Garber, ed., The Jewish Jesus: Revelation, Reflection, Reclamation, reviewed by Walter Brueggemann
Jason B. Hood, The Messiah, His Brothers, and the Nations (Matthew 1.1–17), reviewed by M. Eugene Boring
Kelly R. Iverson and Christopher W. Skinner, eds., Mark as Story: Retrospect and Prospect, reviewed by Adam Winn
Brent Landau, Revelation of the Magi: The Lost Tale of the Wise Men’s Journey to Bethlehem, reviewed by Craig A. Evans
Roland Meynet, A New Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels, reviewed by Tobias Hägerland
Stanley E. Porter and Cynthia Long Westfall, eds., Empire in the New Testament, reviewed by Torrey Seland