Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society back issues from September 2003:
The Bible Knowledge Key Word Study: The Gospels
Sep 01, 2003; ... The Bible Knowledge Key Word Study: The Gospels. Edited by Darrell L. Bock. Bible Knowledge Series. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 2002, 430 pp., $44.99. The Bible Knowledge Key Word Study: The Gospels (KWS-G) is the inaugural volume in a series apparently intended as ...
Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History, from Ezekiel to Daniel
Sep 01, 2003; ... Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History, from Ezekiel to Daniel. By Gabriele Boccaccini. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002, xvii + 230 pp., $24.00 paper. The author is professor of New Testament and second Temple Judaism at the University of Michigan. He has argued in previous ...
A New Meeting of the Religions: Interreligious Relationships and Theological Questioning
Sep 01, 2003; ... A New Meeting of the Religions: Interreligious Relationships and Theological Questioning. By E. Luther Copeland. Waco: Baylor University Press, 1999, ix + 179 pp., $19.99. This new and useful addition to the growing literature on religious pluralism and Christian mission is written in ...
Textlinguistics and prophecy in the book of the Twelve
Sep 01, 2003; ... I. INTRODUCTION For several years I have been studying the biblical prophets with the aid of a textlinguistic model developed by Robert Longacre. I have argued in several articles for the usefulness of such a model and have suggested ways in which it may be applied.1 Here after a brief ...
Three Recent Bible Translations: A Literary and Stylistic Perspective
Sep 01, 2003; ... When I ask advice about travel, a car, or any other costly purchase, I hate it when the salesperson says, "So, what are you looking for?" If I knew the answer, I would not have asked in the first place. I want the authority figure to guide me to the best product around, that is all. The ...
Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism
Sep 01, 2003; ... Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism. Edited by David Alan Black. Grand Rapids; Baker, 2002, 157 pp., $16.99 paper. Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism explores biblical textual criticism and introduces current issues in the field of textual studies. This work was based on a ...
Three Recent Bible Translations: An Old Testament Perspective
Sep 01, 2003; ... THREE RECENT BIBLE TRANSLATIONS: AN OLD TESTAMENT PERSPECTIVE I. INTRODUCTION A glance at a book distributor's catalog or a publisher's website is enough to confirm that the proliferation of English translations and study editions has reached Brobdingnagian proportions. On the ...
Windows software for Bible study
Sep 01, 2003; ... 1. INTRODUCTION Bible software has come a long, long way. The procedure for doing computerized biblical studies in the late 1970s began something like the joke about the recipe for elephant soup: "First, catch an elephant." There were no publicly available texts of the Bible, so one had ...
Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew
Sep 01, 2003; ... Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew. By Stephanie L. Black. JSNTSup 216. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002, 420 pp., $99.00. The groundbreaking research of Stanley Porter (1989), and shortly thereafter, Buist Fanning (1990) articulated and convincingly demonstrated the ...
Matthew 1-13
Sep 01, 2003; ... Matthew 1-13. Edited by Manlio Simonetti. ACCS. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2001, lii + 326 pp., $40.00. Matthew 14-28. Edited by Manlio Simonetti. ACCS. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2002, xv + 344 pp., $40.00. These volumes are part of a series, Ancient Christian Commentary on ...
Three Views on the Origins of the Synoptic Gospels
Sep 01, 2003; ... Three Views on the Origins of the Synoptic Gospels. Edited by Robert L. Thomas. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2002, 400 pp., $22.99 paper. Kregel has here adapted Zondervan's and IVP's very helpful "multiple views" format to present divergent evangelical perspectives on the Synoptic problem ....
Jude, 2 Peter
Sep 01, 2003; ... Jude, 2 Peter. By Steven J. Kraftchick. ANTC. Nashville: Abingdon, 2002, 190 pp., $20.00 paper. In this commentary Kraftchick approaches the epistles of Jude and 2 Peter from a critical perspective. In his introduction to Jude, Kraftchick argues, "it is unlikely that Jude, the brother of ...
Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way
Sep 01, 2003; ... Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way. By Philip Jenkins. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, 260 pp., $14.95 paper. Recently some critics have expended a great deal of effort rewriting the story of Jesus and Christian origins based on the Nag Hammadi texts, NT ...
Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context
Sep 01, 2003; ... Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context. By Brian K. Blount. Nashville: Abingdon, 2001, 232 pp., $21.00 paper. This provocative volume of just over 180 reading pages is a theological exposition based on various sections of the NT, chosen because ...
The Letters to the Thessalonians
Sep 01, 2003; ... The Letters to the Thessalonians. By Gene L. Green. PNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002, xl + 400 pp., $42.00. Gene Green, Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, has produced a firstclass, scholarly commentary on 1-2 Thessalonians that is consistent with a high view of Scripture ...
Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists
Sep 01, 2003; ... Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists. By Benjamin Wiker. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2002, 321 pp., $20.00 paper. At its core the modern scientific endeavor is a philosophical and theological venture. It is for this reason that "every distinct view of the universe, every theory about ...
"So what are you doing here?" The role of the minister of the gospel in hospital visitation, or a theological cure for the crisis in evangelical pastoral care
Sep 01, 2003; ... I. A MODERN PARABLE OF PASTORAL VISITATION OF THE SICK Here is a true story-a parable, if you will-about a freshly minted minister's experiencing his first charge.1 I will not use the real name here, but the new minister was serving as a chaplain at a large metropolitan hospital. On one ...
Three Recent Bible Translations: A New Testament Perspective
Sep 01, 2003; ... I. INTRODUCTION As certainly noted in the other reviews in this series, the three translations under consideration in this review, The Message, the NET Bible or New English Translation (The NET), and the English Standard Version (ESV) differ radically in purpose and therefore tone. The ...
Matthew 23:2-4: Does Jesus recognize the authority of the Pharisees and does he endorse their halakhah?
Sep 01, 2003; ... Despite more than two centuries of scholarship, Matt 23:2-4 continues to vex many NT scholars. How can Jesus command his disciples to practice all that the scribes and Pharisees teach, while at the same time accusing the Pharisees of hypocrisy and of invalidating the word of God for the sake of ...
In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity
Sep 01, 2003; ... In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity. By Oskar Skarsaune. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2002, 455 pp., $30.00. Skarsaune's In the Shadow of the Temple is a valuable contribution toward understanding the Jewish background to early Christianity. Skarsaune's ...
Purity and nationalism in Second Temple Literature: 1-2 Maccabees and Jubilees
Sep 01, 2003; ... In 167 BC, at the instigation of an influential faction of Jewish elites, the Syrian king, Antiochus IV, began a program of forced Hellenization which prohibited behaviors and altered institutions that were particularly defining for Jewish identity: . . . the king sent letters by ...
I & II Timothy and Titus: A Commentary
Sep 01, 2003; ... I & II Timothy and Titus: A Commentary. By Raymond F. Collins. New Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002, 408 pp., $34.95. Raymond Collins's commentary on the Pastoral Epistles (hereafter, PE) is the lead volume in the New Testament Library series. Since it is ...
The Story of Romans: A Narrative Defense of God's Righteousness
Sep 01, 2003; ... The Story of Romans: A Narrative Defense of God's Righteousness. By A. Katherine Grieb. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002, 167 pp., $19.99 paper. As the title states, Grieb's work traces the OT narratives that underlie Paul's letter to the Romans. Written for the laity, this work ...
Graven Ideologies: Nietzsche, Derrida and Marion on Modern Idolatry
Sep 01, 2003; ... Graven Ideologies: Nietzsche, Derrida and Marion on Modern Idolatry. By Bruce Ellis Benson. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2002, 243 pp., $19.00 paper. In this engaging study, Bruce Benson focuses on "conceptual idolatry," which he defines as "the creation or the adoption of a concept or ...
Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue
Sep 01, 2003; ... Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue. Engaging Culture series. By William A. Dyrness. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001, 188 pp., $21.99 paper. We live in a visual age, so it is crucial that Christians find effective ways to communicate their faith through visual media. William ...