Recently added articles from Biblical Theology Bulletin:
The book of Job and the origins of Judaism.(Critical essay)
May 01, 2009; ... Abstract Recently developed tools of intertextual analysis show that the dialogues in the Book of Job were in effect echoes of major debates in the early to middle Persian Period about the worth and responsibility of the individual in the new Judaism scattering throughout the ...
Marcan love, sotto voce.
May 01, 2009; ... Abstract Mark's community was heir to preaching about Jewish Scriptures concerning love. Homilists, catechists and the final Evangelist used these as well as Paul's hymn to love as interpretative lenses through which to present the Jesus tradition. They suggested in a subtle ...
Tabitha: the gazelle of Joppa (Acts 9:36-41).(Critical essay)
May 01, 2009; ... Abstract The article argues that the name Tabitha (Acts 9:36), which means "gazelle," when read as a metaphor for a proselyte in the Acts narrative, highlights the issue of boundaries in some early Christian communities. It also suggests that Joppa, the town in which Tabitha ...
A rhetorical gem in a rhetorical treasure: the origin and significance of 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.(Critical essay)
May 01, 2009; ... Abstract This essay argues that 1 Cor 13:4-7 is a rhetorical set piece developed in the wisdom school Paul assembled in Ephesus in the years immediately following his departure from Corinth. Paul might have composed it himself, but its vocabulary and structure suggest that a ...
Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament. By Jaime Clark-Soles. New York, NY: T & T Clark, 2006. Pp. x + 261. Paper, $29.95. Jaime Clark-Soles's treatment of death and the afterlife in the New Testament attempts to "revel in snapshots of the individuals and [is] less ...
Solving the Romans Debate.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Solving the Romans Debate. By A. Andrew Das. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2007. Pp. xii + 324. Paper, $24.00. The Romans debate that Das has in mind is the constituency of the Roman church, although many other issues are touched upon in this well-argued book. The majority ...
Jewish Christianity Reconsidered: Rethinking Ancient Groups and Texts.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Jewish Christianity Reconsidered: Rethinking Ancient Groups and Texts. Edited by Matt Jackson-McCabe. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007. Pp. x + 389. Paper, $35.00. The volume edited by Matt Jackson-McCabe focuses on a problem that is becoming more and more significant in the ...
The Text of the New Testament: From Manuscript to Modern Edition.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Text of the New Testament: From Manuscript to Modern Edition. By J. Harold Greenlee. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2008. Pp. xii + 130. Paper, $12.95. This little book fits into three emerging trends, two positive and one that I would argue is negative. The positive ...
The Life of a Galilean Shaman: Jesus of Nazareth in Anthropological-Historical Perspective.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Life of a Galilean Shaman: Jesus of Nazareth in Anthropological-Historical Perspective. By Pieter F. Craffert. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2008. Pp. xvii + 451. Paper, $52.00. In this book Pieter Craffert develops and presents a case for "cultural bundubashing," an approach ...
Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith. By Terrence E. Fretheim. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2007. Pp. xv + 262. Cloth, $44.95. Fretheim's book is part of a series called "Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament," edited by James Crenshaw. In this ...
Charts on the Book of Revelation: Literary, Historical, and Theological Perspectives.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Charts on the Book of Revelation: Literary, Historical, and Theological Perspectives. By Mark Wilson. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2007. Pp. 134. Paper, $21.99. In introducing this helpful aid, the author foresees that skepticism may attend the publication of another book of ...
Jesus and the Miracle Tradition.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Jesus and the Miracle Tradition. By Paul J. Achtemeier. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books: 2008. Pp. xvii + 255. Paper, $30.00. The question of Jesus' mighty deeds remains a pertinent issue of study, both in the academy as well as in the broader culture. In this book, Achtemeier draws ...
101 Questions and Answers on the Prophets of Israel.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... 101 Questions and Answers on the Prophets of Israel. By Victor H. Matthews. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2007. Pp. xv + 160. Paper, $14.95. Victor H. Matthews conceives of his book as a "companion" to biblical prophetic literature. In this book, he "explores commonly asked ...
Kinship Relations in the Gospel of John.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Kinship Relations in the Gospel of John. By Joan Cecilia Campbell. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association, 2007. Pp. xiv + 246. Paper, $12.00. A substantial revision of the author's dissertation from The University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, this work focuses on ...
What We Have Heard from the Beginning: The Past, Present, and Future of Johannine Studies.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... What We Have Heard from the Beginning: The Past, Present, and Future of Johannine Studies. Edited by Tom Thatcher. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007. Pp. xix + 423. Paper, $34.95. In the period following Rudolf Bultmann's influential commentary and John A. T. Robinson's ...
I Was a Stranger: A Christian Theology of Hospitality.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... I Was a Stranger: A Christian Theology of Hospitality. By Arthur Sutherland. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2006. xviii + 100. Paper, $12.00. There is a crisis in the church and society, especially in the American church and society: we are encountering more strangers but practicing ...
Conflict, Community, and Honor: 1 Peter in Social-Scientific Perspective.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Conflict, Community, and Honor: 1 Peter in Social-Scientific Perspective. By John H. Elliott. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2007. Pp. xii + 94. Paper, $14.00. Many readers who are familiar with Elliot's work on 1 Peter will find much here that is already known to them. This book ...
Jesus of Hollywood.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... Jesus of Hollywood. By Adele Reinhartz. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv + 313. Cloth, $29.95. In 2004, when Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ was released, it stirred tremendous controversy over its extreme violence and anti-Semitic depiction of Jews ....
The Copper Scroll and the Search for the Temple Treasure.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... The Copper Scroll and the Search for the Temple Treasure. By Hershel Shanks. Washington, DC: Biblical Archeology Society, 2007. Pp. xiii + 112. Cloth, $24.95. The Copper Scroll, discovered in 1952 in Qumran Cave 3, is certainly the most mysterious of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The ...
1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... 1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. By Ben Witherington III. Grand Rapids: MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2006. Pp. xxxi + 286. Paper, $30.00. Witherington's commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians is his fourth in a series of socio-rhetorical commentaries on the ...