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Review of God, Grace, and Righteousness in Wisdom of Solomon and Paul’s Letter to the Romans by Jonathan Linebaugh
Read more: Review of God, Grace, and Righteousness in Wisdom of Solomon and Paul’s Letter to the Romans by Jonathan LinebaughLinebaugh, Jonathan Andrew. God, Grace, and Righteousness in Wisdom of Solomon and Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Texts in Conversation. Supplements to Novum Testamentum 152. Leiden: Brill. 2013. 282 pages. $141.00 (Hardback). ISBN 978-9004252943. In this volume, his revised 2011 doctoral thesis from Durham University under John M. G. Barclay, Jonathan Linebaugh seeks to place Romans…
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Review of The Many Faces of Herod the Great by Adam Kolman Marshak
Read more: Review of The Many Faces of Herod the Great by Adam Kolman MarshakAdam Kolman Marshak. The Many Faces of Herod the Great. Eerdmans, 2015. 400 pgs. $35 (Paperback). ISBN 978-0-8028-6605-9. In The Many Faces of Herod the Great, Adam Kolman Marshak offers a fresh and compelling historiographical account of one of the more misunderstood figures in antiquity. While he agrees that Herod does, at times, play the…
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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 Jesus Monotheism by Crispin Fletcher-Louis
Read more: Review of Jesus Monotheism by Crispin Fletcher-LouisCrispin Fletcher-Louis. Jesus Monotheism, Volume 1, Christological Origins: The Emerging Consensus and Beyond. Cascade Books, 2015. 367 pgs. $43 (Paperback). ISBN 978-1-62032-889-7. Crispin Fletcher-Louis’s Jesus Monotheism sets out in four volumes a new paradigm for the shape and origins of early christological monotheism. The present volume under review lays the foundation for the remainder of…
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Review of Paul & the Gift by John Barclay
Read more: Review of Paul & the Gift by John BarclayBarclay, John. Paul & the Gift. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015. 582 pages + 74 pages of bibliography and indices. Hardcover. Retail: $70.00. As in Barclay’s previous monographs, though here to greater extent, he has offered the Pauline community an absolute tour de force. This massive tome attempts, through the sophisticated analytic of distinguishing between the…
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Review of Hidden Criticism? by Christoph Heilig
Read more: Review of Hidden Criticism? by Christoph HeiligHeilig, Christoph. Hidden Criticism?: The Methodology and Plausibility of the Search for a Counter-Imperial Subtext in Paul. Wissenchaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testamentum II.392. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015. 160 pages + 39 pages bibliography & indices. Softcover. Retail: €69.00. Questions concerning the New Testament’s relationship to aspects of the Roman Empire—and in particular the political claims…
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Review of The Birth of the Trinity by Matthew W. Bates
Read more: Review of The Birth of the Trinity by Matthew W. BatesMatthew W. Bates. The Birth of the Trinity: Jesus, God, and Spirit in New Testament & Early Christian Interpretation of the Old Testament. Oxford University Press, 2015. 234 pgs. ₤55 (Hardback). ISBN 978-0-19-872956-3. In his recent monograph, The Birth of the Trinity: Jesus, God, and Spirit in New Testament & Early Christian Interpretation of the…
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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 The Practice of the Body of Christ by Colin D. Miller
Read more: Review of The Practice of the Body of Christ by Colin D. MillerMiller, Colin D. The Practice of the Body of Christ: Human Agency in Pauline Theology after MacIntyre. Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2014. 218 pages. Softcover. Retail: $26.00. Colin D. Miller’s The Practice of the Body of Christ offers a revisionist reading of Romans 5–8 and 12–15, approaching the chapters from the…
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Review of Early Christianity in Contexts edited by William Tabbernee
Read more: Review of Early Christianity in Contexts edited by William TabberneeTabbernee, William, ed. Early Christianity in Contexts: An Exploration Across Cultures and Continents Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2014. 475 pages + 127 pages bibliography and indices. Hardcover. Retail: $42.99. In Early Christianity in Contexts, editor William Tabbernee provides an overview of early Christian history that focuses on the various locations and cultural contexts within…