Review: An Intertextual Commentary to the Psalter: Juxtaposition and Allusion...
David Emanuel’s An Intertextual Commentary to the Psalter: Juxtaposition and Allusion in Book I is a reliable and thorough guide to instances of interconnectedness (juxtaposition) and reuse of...
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Review: The Messianic Vision of the Pentateuch by Kevin Chen
Did Moses really write about Jesus (John 5:46)? While few evangelicals want to disagree with Jesus, our interpretation of the Torah often betrays us. Some see no Messiah in the Torah—or even in the...
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Review: Reading Romans After Supersessionism by Brian Tucker
The New Testament After Supersessionism series continues with its third volume, Reading Romans After Supersessionism by Brian J. Tucker. Tucker has written on 1 Corinthians, social identity, and...
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Review of Psalms 101-150 (Brazos Theological Commentary) by Jason Byassee
Contrary to critical scholarship, the church has long held that the Psalms are the book of Christ. In the introduction to his commentary on Psalms 101-150 in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the...
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Review of New Testament Christological Hymns by Matthew Gordley
There’s a trend in the evangelical church today of reclaiming that which is old. Hymns and liturgy have been making a comeback. In terms of the church’s worship, what could be more ancient than...
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Review: Covenant Relationships and the Editing of the Hebrew Psalter by Adam...
In the past few decades Psalms scholarship has begun to consider the Psalter as an intentionally arranged collection even with a overarching message or structure. Doing so has highlighted that the...
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Review: The Divine Christ by David Capes
One of the most significant factors in understanding Paul’s view of Jesus is the fact that he so easily applies “YHWH” texts—OT texts where the God of Israel is the referent—to Jesus. In 1992, David...
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Review: From Jesus to the Church by Craig Evans
If we were to travel back in time to the first century, would we recognize “Christianity?” How much of our imagination of the early church is inspired by our modern Western culture, whether it be our...
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Review of Micah (Two Horizons) by Stephen Dempster
I must admit I’ve delayed writing this review. It’s not that I didn’t like Stephen Dempster’s Micah commentary; in fact, it was the opposite. I liked it so much that I was intimidated to review it...
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Review: Labor of God by Thomas Andrew Bennett
“Christians have become utterly inured to the cross” (p1). With this opening volley, Thomas Andrew Bennett in Labor of God provocatively challenges the church to revisit its thinking and speaking of...
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Review: Letters from the Pillar Apostles by Darian Lockett
The general, or Catholic, letters of James, Peter, John and Jude are the “final frontier” of NT studies (xiii). If it’s true that these letters are neglected individually individually, they are even...
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Review: Paul: The Pagans’ Apostle by Paula Frederiksen
This review first appeared in Kesher Journal, with small modifications. Paul persists as a polarizing and puzzling figure within and without the church and academy. Judging by the book of Acts, this...
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Review: Reading Philippians After Supersessionism by Christopher Zoccali
Upon turning to Christ, Paul considered his past in Judaism and any other legalistic systems of salvation as “crap” (Phil 3:8). At least, that’s how we have heard this passage taught. But did Paul...
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The Geography of Hell in the Teaching of Jesus by Kim Papaioannou
It is a common (mis)understanding that “the Old Testament God” is one of wrath, while “the New Testament God” is one of grace and love. The usual response is that in fact Jesus spoke more about hell...
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Review: Jewish Messiahs in a Christian Empire
It’s tempting to begin this review by repeating my introduction to David Mitchell’s Messiah Ben Joseph review. The details of Middle Ages Jewish messianic hope are surprising and fascinating. One...
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Maia of the Forest – My Wife’s Third Book!
My wife (Tasha) has just completed her third book: Maia of the Forest. This time it’s an adult coloring book that was inspired by her season of depression and anxiety. It’s a retelling of Thumbelina as...
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Review: Text and Canon edited by Robert Cole and Paul Kissling
John Sailhamer did not produce many books, but I’m gradually recognizing the impact that he has made. I’m regularly bumping up against ideas and emphases that were entrenched in his vocabulary; ideas...
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Review: 1, 2 & 3 John by Constantine Campbell (Story of God)
As the latest entries for the Story of God series, the 1, 2 & John volumes face an ironic problem. Constantine Campbell recognizes that the Johannines “seem more detached from the biblical...
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Review: Salvation by Allegiance Alone by Matthew Bates
Western Christians exist in a sub-culture of “prepackaged…definitions of belief, faith, works, salvation, heaven, and the gospel that in various ways truncate and distort the full message of the good...
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Review: 1, 2, & 3 John by Karen Jobes (ZECNT)
Karen Jobes, having written on the General Epistles already, is a fine choice for this commentary on the Johannine Epistles. Two distinctives set her 1, 2, & 3 John commentary apart from others....
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