The Greek of the Pentateuch

2020.03.06 | John A. L. Lee. The Greek of the Pentateuch: Grinfield Lectures on the Septuagint 2011–2012. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Reviewed by Adam W. Jones, London School of Theology. John A. L. Lee’s The Greek of the Pentateuch represents the compiled and edited form of the Grinfield lectures given by Lee at Oxford […]

Jesus the Priest

2020.02.05 | Nicholas Perrin. Jesus the Priest. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018. Review by Charles Nathan Ridlehoover, Columbia International Seminary. Nicholas Perrin is the president of Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL. Previously, he was the Franklin S. Dyrness Professor of Biblical Studies and associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL. […]

Hebrew Wordplay and LXX Translation

2020.02.04 | Elizabeth H. P. Backfish. Hebrew Wordplay and Septuagint Translation Technique in the Fourth Book of the Psalter. LHBOTS 682. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2019. Reviewed by Adam W. Jones, London School of Theology. In Hebrew Wordplay and Septuagint Translation Technique in the Fourth Book of the Psalter, Elizabeth H. P. Backfish analyzes the […]

Matthew, Disciple and Scribe

2020.01.03 | Patrick Schreiner. Matthew, Disciple and Scribe: The First Gospel and Its Portrait of Jesus. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2019. ISBN: 9780801099489. Review by Ben Hussung, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Patrick Schreiner serves as Assistant Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Western Seminary, and he has produced several compelling works early in […]

The State of New Testament Studies

2020.01.02 | Scot McKnight and Nijay K. Gupta, eds. The State of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2019. ISBN: 9780801098796. Review by Charles Nathan Ridlehoover, Columbia International Seminary. The State of New Testament Studies begins with the story of an aspiring academic (Gupta) entering seminary with the goal of […]

Toward Decentering the New Testament

2020.01.01 | Mitzi J. Smith and Yung Suk Kim. Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-5326-0465-2. Review by Jonathan Rowlands, University of Nottingham. Toward Decentering the New Testament is an introduction to the New Testament authored by Mitzi J. Smith—an African-American woman biblical scholar—and Yung Suk Kim—an Asian-American […]

The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity

2019.12.17 | Eva Mroczek. The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. pp xi+269. ISBN: 9780190886080. Review by Shelby Bennett, Trinity Western University. Eva Mroczek makes a powerful contribution to re-thinking a central concept in Judaism and Christianity: “canon.” She explores and challenges the role and purpose of those who composed […]

The Lord’s Prayer

2019.11.16 | C. Clifton Black. The Lord’s Prayer. Interpretation. Louisville: WJK, 2018. ISBN: 978-0664234898. Review by Charles Nathan Ridlehoover, Columbia International Seminary. C. Clifton Black has been the Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary since 1999. Black’s previous appointments include Southern Methodist University, the University of Rochester, and Duke University. […]

Simply Come Copying

2019.11.15 | Alan Taylor Farnes. Simply Come Copying: Direct Copies as Test Cases in the Quest for Scribal Habits. WUNT II 481. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019. XV + 253 pp. ISBN 978-3-16-156981-4. Review by Matthew Burks, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Alan Taylor Farnes currently teaches adjunctly at Brigham Young University. He completed his doctoral degree […]

Die Briefe des Ignatios von Antiochia

2019.10.14 | Thomas Johann Bauer and Peter von Möllendorff, eds. Die Briefe des Ignatios von Antiochia: Motive, Strategien, Kontexte. Millennium-Studien 72. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018. pp. viii + 288. ISBN: 9783110604467. Review by Jonathon Lookadoo, Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, Seoul, Republic of Korea. This volume edited by Bauer and von Möllendorff finds its origins […]