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Review of As it Was in the Beginning by Mark D. Owen
Read more: Review of As it Was in the Beginning by Mark D. OwenOwens, Mark D. As It Was in the Beginning: An Intertextual Analysis of New Creation in Galatians, 2 Corinthians, and Ephesians. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2015. Paperback. 241 pages. Retail: $29.00. ISBN: 9781498202404 In As It Was in the Beginning, Mark D. Owens compares “new creation” concepts in Galatians, 2 Corinthians, and Ephesians through an intertextual…
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Review of The Book of Psalms by Nancy deClaissé-Walford, Rolf A. Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel Tanner
Read more: Review of The Book of Psalms by Nancy deClaissé-Walford, Rolf A. Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel TannerdeClaissé-Walford, Nancy, Rolf A. Jacobson, and Beth LaNeel Tanner. The Book of Psalms. Edited by Robert L. Hubbard. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014. 1051 pages. Hardcover. Retail: $60.00 The Book of Psalms is a single volume commentary published in Eerdmans New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT) series. It…
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Review of Obadiah by Daniel I. Block
Read more: Review of Obadiah by Daniel I. BlockBlock, Daniel I. Obadiah: The Kingship Belongs to YHWH. Hearing the Message of Scripture: A Commentary on the Old Testament, 27. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013. 116 pages + 12 pages of indices. Hardcover. Retail: $19.99. With the publication of Obadiah: The Kingship Belongs to YHWH, Daniel Block (Wheaton College, IL) launches a new commentary…
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Reading Other Peoples’ Mail
Read more: Reading Other Peoples’ MailReturning from the mailbox, you flip through the stack that is your recent prize. You begin the important task of separating the pertinent letters from the ones that will be quickly discarded without even being read. Postcards and invitations in one stack, ads in another; bills, the things you wish you could throw away, on…
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“A Reconciled Community…of those Justly Condemned”
Read more: “A Reconciled Community…of those Justly Condemned”In his commentary on Amos, Hans Walter Wolff writes, …Amos with his message of judgement thrusts Israel back among the nations, there appears here a negative print of Pentecost. The wall between God’s people and the nations of the world is already being broken down. The Church will suffer damage if it does not allow…
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Review of Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks by Walter Brueggemann
Read more: Review of Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks by Walter BrueggemannBrueggemann, Walter. Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2014. 165 pages. Softcover. Retail: $15.00. In Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks, Walter Brueggemann suggests that the ancient Israelite ideological crisis caused by the destruction of Jerusalem can act as an analogy for the modern American ideological crisis caused by…
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A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism—by Mark S. Gignilliat (A Review)
Read more: A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism—by Mark S. Gignilliat (A Review)On my trip to India over spring break—which you can read a little bit about here—I brought along a delightful little introduction to Old Testament Criticism by Mark S. Gignilliat, called, A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism: From Benedict Spinoza to Brevard Childs (check it out on Amazon). Gignilliat, who is Associate Professor of…
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Deuteronomy and the Judaean Diaspora by Ernest Nicholson
Read more: Deuteronomy and the Judaean Diaspora by Ernest NicholsonReview of Ernest Nicholson’s latest: Deuteronomy and the Judaean Diaspora
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My Book, Esther and Her Elusive God, is Out!
Read more: My Book, Esther and Her Elusive God, is Out!I am pleased to say that my book, Esther and Her Elusive God: How A Secular Story Functions As Scripture, is finally available for purchase. The book was endorsed by N. T. Wright (St Andrews) and Chris Miller (Cedarville), and Dr. Ronald W. Pierce (Biola) wrote the Foreword. The book can be purchased from the publisher’s website,…
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Ancient Readers & Their Scriptures: Early Bird Registration Ends Soon!
Read more: Ancient Readers & Their Scriptures: Early Bird Registration Ends Soon!My colleague Garrick Allen and I are organizing a symposium at the University of St Andrews on 2–3 June, 2014. We’re currently still accepting abstracts until 1 February, which is also the last day for our early bird registration (more details below), so do sign up and come join us! The title for our symposium…