Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter (August 20, 2013)

The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include: Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies Johann Cook and Arie van der Kooij, Law, Prophets, and Wisdom: On the Provenance of Translators and Their Books in the Septuagint Version, reviewed by Sean A. Adams C. L. Crouch, War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East: Military Violence in Light of Cosmology and History, reviewed by Tyler Mayfield Richard Hidary, Dispute for the Sake of Heaven: Legal Pluralism in the Talmud, reviewed by Kris Lindbeck Othmar Keel, Corpus der Stempelsiegel-Amulette aus Palästina/Israel: Von den Anfängen bis zur Perserzeit: Katalog Band IV: Von Tel Gamma bis Chirbet Husche, reviewed by Brent A. Strawn Sigmund Mowinckel, Religion and Cult: The Old Testament and the Phenomenology of Religion, reviewed by Nicole Ruane Jonathan Stökl, Prophecy in the Ancient Near East: A Philological and Sociological Comparison, reviewed by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer New Testament and Cognate Studies ...

August 21, 2013 · 2 min · J. David Stark

Journal of Biblical Literature 132, no. 1

The latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature includes: John Dominic Crossan, “A Vision of Divine Justice: The Resurrection of Jesus in Eastern Christian Iconography” Jill Hicks-Keeton, “Already/Not Yet: Eschatological Tension in the Book of Tobit” Shane Berg, “Ben Sira, the Genesis Creation Accounts, and the Knowledge of God’s Will” Seth Bledsoe, “Can Ahiqar Tell Us Anything about Personified Wisdom?” Richard Steiner, “Four Inner-Biblical Interpretations of Genesis 49:10: On the Lexical and Syntactic Ambiguities of עַד as Reflected in the Prophecies of Nathan, Ahijah, Ezekiel, and Zechariah” Richard Hicks, “Markan Discipleship according to Malachi: The Significance of μὴ ἀποστερήσῃς in the Story of the Rich Man (Mark 10:17-22)” David Moffitt and Jacob Butera, “P. Duk. inv. 727r: New Evidence for the Meaning and Provenance of the Word Προσήλυτος” Ronald Troxel, “The Problem of Time in Joel” Jonathan Stökl, “The מתנבאות in Ezekiel 13 Reconsidered”

March 20, 2013 · 1 min · J. David Stark