Recently added articles from Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society:
OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY SINCE WALTER C. KAISER, JR.
Dec 01, 2007; Martens, Elmer ... Colleagues in OT studies have characterized Walter Kaiser's Toward an Old Testament Theology (1978) as "bold," even "pivotal," but also more negatively, as not going anywhere "owing to his one-sided, unhistoric method and framework."1 Some thirty years later, comments like these can be ...
A HISTORICAL READING OF GENESIS 11:1-9: THE SUMERIAN DEMISE AND DISPERSION UNDER THE UR III DYNASTY
Dec 01, 2007; Penley, Paul T ... (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) I. AVAILABLE OPTIONS FOR READING GENESIS 11:1-9 Three options are available for approaching the question of historicity in Gen 11:1-9: ahistorical primeval event; agnostic historical event; and known historical event. A brief survey of ...
WOMEN'S EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SPEECH IN ANTIQUITY
Dec 01, 2007; Keener, Craig ... Were women on average less educated in antiquity than men? Did they enjoy less opportunity, under normal circumstances, for public speech than men did? After noting the relevance of this question for one line of egalitarian interpretation of Paul, I will examine some exceptions to this general ...
CAN A WOMAN BE A PASTOR-TEACHER?
Dec 01, 2007; Hoehner, Harold W ... (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) The role of a woman as pastor-teacher has been an ongoing topic of discussion. While in the past many have frowned on this concept, there has been a gradual change of mind in more recent times. What has caused this change? Is this change in line ...
RELEVANCE THEORY AND THE TRANSLATION OF SCRIPTURE
Dec 01, 2007; Jobes, Karen H ... (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) In recent years the religion of Islam has assumed much greater prominence in western society than ever before.1 One of the striking differences between Islam and Christianity is in the doctrine of Scripture. Muslims revere their foundational ...
LEXICAL PRAGMATICS AND BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
Dec 01, 2007; Green, Gene L ... (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) I. LEXICAL STUDIES IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION The literature on lexical studies in biblical interpretation suggests that words have a range of meaning and the interpreter's task is one of selecting the appropriate sense of the word from ...
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible
Dec 01, 2007; Halton, Charles ... Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible. By Karel van der Toorn. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007, x + 401 pp., $35.00. In September 2006 Karel van der Toorn became the president of the Universiteit van Amsterdam and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Thorough ...
The Majesty of God in the Old Testament: A Guide for Preaching and Teaching
Dec 01, 2007; Sheldon, Martin E ... The Majesty of God in the Old Testament: A Guide for Preaching and Teaching. By Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007, 174 pp., $16.99. While writing this review, I felt like the proverbial dwarf on the shoulders of a giant in OT studies. Kaiser is no stranger to OT studies, ...
Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics
Dec 01, 2007; Hicks, Lester J ... Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics. By Jeannine Brown. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007, vii + 315 pp., $21.99 paper. With Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics, Jeannine Brown joins the ranks of introductory hermeneutic textbooks. Defining ...
While I Was Praying: Finding Insights about God in Old Testament Prayers
Dec 01, 2007; Roberts, Lucas J ... While I Was Praying: Finding Insights about God in Old Testament Prayers. By Ralph K. Hawkins. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2006, x + 196 pp., $17.00 paper. In While I Was Praying, Ralph Hawkins has provided us not with a how-to book on prayer but a theologically and archaeologically ...
Bridging the Gap: Ritual and Ritual Texts in the Bible
Dec 01, 2007; Sprinkle, Joe M ... (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) Bridging the Gap: Ritual and Ritual Texts in the Bible. By Gerald A. Klingbeil. BBRSup 1. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2007, xiv + 304 pp., $39.50. This monograph-the first to appear in the Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplements edited ...
Interpreting the Historical Books: An Exegetical Handbook
Dec 01, 2007; Schaefer, Glenn E ... Interpreting the Historical Books: An Exegetical Handbook. By Robert B. Chisholm Jr. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2006, 231 pp., $19.99 paper. Interpreting the Historical Books is the first volume published in the projected Handbooks for Old Testament Exegesis (HOTE) series edited by David M ....
1 & 2 Kings
Dec 01, 2007; Warhurst, Amber ... 1 & 2 Kings. By Peter J. Leithart. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2006, 304 pp., $29.99. Commentaries written by theologians, though plentiful in the history of Christianity, are at present rare, making Peter Leithart's recent work on 1-2 Kings distinctively refreshing. This second volume in ...
Job
Dec 01, 2007; Naselli, Andrew David ... Job. By Gerald Henry Wilson. New International Biblical Commentary 10. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2007, xiv + 494 pp., $16.95 paper. Gerald Wilson (1945-2005) earned degrees from Baylor University (BA.), Fuller Theological Seminary (M.Div., M.A.), where he studied under William S. LaSor, ...
Women's Evangelical Commentary: New Testament
Dec 01, 2007; Deming, Melissa ... Women's Evangelical Commentary: New Testament. Edited by Dorothy Kelley Patterson and Rhonda Harrington Kelly. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006, xxxvii + 993 pp., $34.99. Written "by women for women," the Women's Evangelical Commentary is a one-volume guide through the NT purposed ...
Women's Evangelical Commentary: New Testament
Dec 01, 2007; Castleman, Robbie Fox ... (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) Women's Evangelical Commentary: New Testament. Edited by Dorothy Kelley Patterson and Rhonda Harrington Kelley. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2006, xxxvii + 993 pp., $34.99. This one-volume commentary is written by women and clearly ...
Prayers of Jewish Women
Dec 01, 2007; Spencer, Aída Besançon ... Prayers of Jewish Women. By Markus McDowell. WUNT 2/211. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006, xiv + 277 pp., euro50.00 paper. Markus McDowell, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, has expanded and edited his Fuller Theological Seminary Ph.D ....
The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins
Dec 01, 2007; Fee, Gordon D ... The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins. By Larry W. Hurtado. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006, xiv + 248 pp., $20.00 paper. This interesting-indeed, intriguing-study by a well-known NT textual critic and biblical theologian offers an analysis of the scores of ...
Herod Antipas in Galilee: The Literary and Archaeological Sources on the Reign of Herod Antipas and Its Socio-Economic Impact on Galilee
Dec 01, 2007; Hoehner, Harold W ... Herod Antipas in Galilee: The Literary and Archaeological Sources on the Reign of Herod Antipas and Its Socio-Economic Impact on Galilee. By Morten Hørning Jensen. WUNT 2/215. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006, xvi + 316 pp., euro59.00 paper. This work is of great interest to me since it ...
Jesus and Archaeology
Dec 01, 2007; Hawkins, Ralph K ... Jesus and Archaeology. Edited by James H. Charlesworth. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006, xxv + 740 pp., $50.00 paper. The volume begins with a preface by James H. Charlesworth entitled "The Historical Jesus and Biblical Archaeology: Questions" (pp. xxii-xxv), followed by an introduction by ...