Recently added articles from Biblical Theology Bulletin:
Speak truth to power.(Presenting the Issue)
Nov 01, 2009; Bossman, David M. ... Where authority exists, the exercise of power seems natural and even divinely sanctioned. In the name of legitimate authority, power can be and often is abused. Anecdotes abound about how those in authority faced challenges to their actions and decisions, often with dire consequence for ...
"Take this child and suckle it for me": wet nurses and resistance in ancient Israel".(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; Yee, Gale A. ... Abstract Using Exodus 2 and other references to wet nurses in the Hebrew Bible as a springboard, this article examines the socio-historical conditions of free and enslaved wet nurses in antiquity through a cross-cultural investigation of Graeco-Roman and rabbinic legal and ...
The assault upon kings and tyrants in the Moses tradition.(Critical essay)
Nov 01, 2009; Gnuse, Robert K. ... Abstract The biblical traditions concerning Moses in the book of Exodus and Numbers contain an obvious critique of tyrannical kings and their oppressive deeds, as dramatically metaphored by pharaoh and his actions. Movies and cartoons over the years have captured the power of ...
Credo in unum deum: a challenge.(Essay)
Nov 01, 2009; Sanders, James A. ... Abstract A canon is both fixed and dynamic. The interpretive dynamics of the biblical canon did not cease when the several faith communities closed their canon. Each community claims that its canon is normative for its communal life. Yet, the canonical process has in fact ...
Music in 2nd (Slavonic) Enoch.(Critical essay)
Nov 01, 2009; Pilch, John J. ... Abstract During his sky journeys as reported in 2nd (Slavonic) Enoch, he hears the "indescribable singing of the army of cherubim." This article seeks to investigate the nature of the singing the author might have heard. Insights from psychological anthropology and ...
Justin Martyr and His Worlds.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Bates, Matthew W. ... Justin Martyr and His Worlds. Edited by Sara Parvis & Paul Foster. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2007. Pp. xviii + 246. Cloth, $35.00. Justin Martyr and His Worlds represents the fruit of a July 2006 conference of the same title sponsored by the University of Edinburgh. The ...
Jesus in Twentieth Century Literature, Art, and Movies.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Ramey, Margaret E. ... Jesus in Twentieth Century Literature, Art, and Movies. Edited by Paul C. Burns. New York, NY: Continuum, 2007. Pp. ix + 241. Paper, $29.95. As its title suggests, Jesus in Twentieth Century Literature, Art, and Movies is a collection of essays focusing mainly on novels, some ...
Mapping the New Testament: Early Christian Writings as a Witness for Jewish Biblical Exegesis.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Runesson, Anders ... Mapping the New Testament: Early Christian Writings as a Witness for Jewish Biblical Exegesis. By Serge Ruzer. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2007. Pp. xiii + 254. Cloth $155.00. New Testament texts have long been used by Christians to define their relationship to--and distance ...
What Must I Do to Be Saved? Paul Parts Company with His Jewish Heritage.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Yinger, Kent L. ... What Must I Do to Be Saved? Paul Parts Company with His Jewish Heritage. By Barry D. Smith. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2007. Pp. xiv + 285. Cloth, $90.00. Against the tide of newer Paul interpretations Barry Smith delivers "a restatement of the traditional ...
The Psalms of Lament in Mark's Passion: Jesus' Davidic Suffering.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Broadhead, Edwin K. ... The Psalms of Lament in Mark's Passion: Jesus' Davidic Suffering. By Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv + 239. Cloth, $95.00. Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll argues that Mark 14:1-16:8 evokes four psalms of lament (Pss 21, 40, 41-42, 68) ...
The New Testament in Antiquity: A Survey of the New Testament within Its Cultural Context.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Crook, Zeba A. ... The New Testament in Antiquity: A Survey of the New Testament within Its Cultural Context. By Gary M. Burge, Lynn H. Cohick, & Gene L. Green. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009. Pp. 479. Cloth, $49.99. It used to be that seemingly every second book in Christian Origins was a ...
Psalms, vol 3: Psalms 90-150.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Eddinger, Terry W. ... Psalms, vol 3: Psalms 90-150. By John Goldingay. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008. Pp. 812. Cloth, $44.99. When I was offered the chance to review Goldingay's third and final commentary on the Psalms, I jumped at the offer based on the quality I found in the other volumes ....
God's Twilight Zone: Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Goering, Greg Schmidt ... God's Twilight Zone: Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible. By T. A. Perry. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2008 xxi + 208. Paper, $19.95. From the book's subtitle, potential readers might expect a conventional survey of Israelite wisdom literature. While Perry treats several traditional wisdom ...
Literate Culture and Tenth-Century Canaan: The Tel Zayit Abecedary in Context.(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Hutton, Jeremy M. ... Literate Culture and Tenth-Century Canaan: The Tel Zayit Abecedary in Context. Edited by Ron E. Tappy & P. Kyle McCarter Jr. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008. Pp. xii + 140. Cloth, $37.50. The discovery of a tenth-century abecedary (a text containing an ordered alphabet) at ...
Jews or Christians?(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Jackson-McCabe, Matt ... Jews or Christians? By Giorgio Jossa. Tubingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Pp. viii + 175. Cloth, $109.40. Prior to the Second World War, scholars generally understood Christianity as a religion distinct from Judaism, already implicit with Jesus and then fully realized by ...
Books received.(Bibliography)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Bartholomew, Craig G. Ecclesiastes. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic Press, 2009. Pp. 448. Cloth, $39.99. Branch, Robin Gallaher. Jeroboam's Wife: The Enduring Contribution of the Old Testament's Least-Known Women. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2009. Pp. xxiv + 270 ....
