RBL 1.6.2015

Moshe Bar-Asher; Aaron Koller, ed., Studies in Classical Hebrew
Reviewed by Jerome A. Lund

Sungho Choi, The Messianic Kingship of Jesus: A Study of Christology and Redemptive History in Matthew’s Gospel with Special Reference to the “Royal Enthronment” Psalms
Reviewed by Robert L. Foster

S. Min Chun, Ethics and Biblical Narrative: A Literary and Discourse-Analytical Approach to the Story of Josiah
Reviewed by Benjamin J. M. Johnson

Lutz Doering, Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian Epistolography
Reviewed by B. J. Oropeza

Joel B. Green, Lee Martin McDonald, eds., The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts
Reviewed by Kathleen E. Mills

Minna Heimola, Christian Identity in the Gospel of Philip
Reviewed by Tavis A. Bohlinger

Jan Willem van Henten, Judean Antiquities 15: Translation and Commentary
Reviewed by Arie W. Zwiep

Ulrich Huttner, Early Christianity in the Lycus Valley
Reviewed by John C. Poirier

Amy Kalmanofsky, Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible
Reviewed by Glenn Pemberton

Craig S. Keener, Jeremy S. Crenshaw, and Jordan Daniel May, eds., But These Are Written…: Essays on Johannine Literature in Honor of Professor Benny C. Aker
Reviewed by Phillip J. Long

Kai Lämmerhirt, Die sumerische Königshymne Šulgi F
Reviewed by Niek Veldhuis

Josef Lössl and John W. Watt, eds., Interpreting the Bible and Aristotle in Late Antiquity: The Alexandrian Commentary Tradition between Rome and Baghdad
Reviewed by Siam Bhayro

Bieke Mahieu, Between Rome and Jerusalem: Herod the Great and His Sons in Their Struggle for Recognition
Reviewed by Frank E. Dicken

Emanuel Pfoh and Keith W. Whitelam, eds., The Politics of Israel’s Past: The Bible, Archaeology and Nation-Building
Reviewed by Pekka Pitkanen

Stanley E. Porter, How We Got the New Testament: Text, Transmission, Translation
Reviewed by Pheme Perkins
Reviewed by Sylvie Raquel

John R. Spencer, Robert A. Mullins, and Aaron J. Brody, eds., Material Culture Matters: Essays on the Archaeology of the Southern Levant in Honor of Seymour Gitin
Reviewed by Raz Kletter

David Stacey and Gregory Doudna, Qumran Revisted: A Reassessment of the Archaeology of the Site and Its Texts
Reviewed by Ian Werrett
Reviewed by James H. Charlesworth

Markus Zehnder and Hallvard Hagelia, eds., Encountering Violence in the Bible
Reviewed by Paul Middleton

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του ETL / In the current issue of ETL

Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 91:1 (2015)

• Harry T. Fleddermann, "The Resurrection of Jesus in the Plot of Q," 1-32 (abstract)
• Francis J. Moloney, "The Literary Unity of John 13,1-38," 33-53 (abstract) 
• Thomas Witulski, "Bischof contra Prophet. Das kleinasiatische Christentum des 2. Jahrhunderts zwischen lokaler Verfaßtheit und universaler Freiheit," 55-86 (abstract)
• John Nolland, "Does the Cultic אשׁם Make Reparation to God?," 87-110 (abstract)
• Thomas J. Kraus, "Kritische Ausgaben des Neuen Testaments und Textkritik Anmerkungen anhand von Lk 14,5 als Testfall?," 111-130 (abstract)
• Peter Juhás / Róbert Lapko, "Aspis und Draqōnē und die mythologischen Wesen der Syrischen Baruch-Apokalypse," 131-144 (abstract)

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του BABELAO / In the current issue of BABELAO

BABELAO 4 (2015)

• C. OBSOMER, "À propos de deux passages du Grand Hymne à Aton (colonnes 2-3 et 6-7)," 1-24
• A. FOURNET, "Le thème de la révolte de l'objet contre son créateur dans la Bible et ses précurseurs dans les fables de la tablette KBo 32.14 écrite en langue hourrite," 25-59
• E. FOGUENNE, "L’individu et le péché par inadvertance : une comparaison de rites expiatoires en Mésopotamie et en Israël ancien," 61-100
• L. LOCATELLI, "Le cheval dans l’onomastique du Sud-Ouest de l’Anatolie," 101-110
• F. BOUZID-ADLER, "La « Barbarisation » d’Éphèse vue à travers le prisme de l’anthroponymie," 111-133
• C.-B. AMPHOUX, "La division du temps dans l’Église primitive : une structure septennale dans l’évangile selon Marc," 135-148
• E. GÜVEN, "Les inscriptions funéraires antiques d’Antioche sur l’Oronte," 149-199
• N. AFIF, "Les premiers psaumes en berbère tachelhit. Une collection de prières chrétiennes dans l’espace nord-africain au XXe siècle," 245-257

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JBQ / The current issue of JBQ

Jewish Bible Quarterly 43:2 (2015)

• Ted Chertok, "He is Like a Tree Planted Beside Streams of Water: Reflections of Trees and Men in the Bible"
• Gabriel Sivan, "The Siege of Jerusalem: Part 1: Assyria the World Power"
• Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein, "The Iniquities of Ammon and Moab"
• Shimon Bakon, "Jonadab, "Friend" of Amnon" 
• Stephen Newman, "Understanding the Mystery of the Red Heifer Ritual"
• Gabriel Moskovitz, "The Genesis of the Etrog (Citron) as Part of the Four Species" 
• Joshua Backon, "Note on the Term Pakad: Implications Regarding Sarah's Infertility" 
• Zvi Ron, "The First Confrontation with the Samaritans (Ezra 4)" 
• Gilad J. Gevaryahu, "Why was Mount Gerizim Chosen for the Blessing Ceremony?" 
• Shubert Spero, "A People That Shall Dwell Alone: Curse or Blessing?" 

Ένα νέο άρθρο στο τρέχον τεύχος του JHS / A new article in the current issue of JHS

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 15 (2015)

Paul Korchin, "Suspense and Authority amid Biblical Hebrew Front Dislocation"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του BBR / The current issue of BBR

Bulletin of Biblical Research 25:2 (2015)

• Nathan Chambers, "Confirming Joshua as the Interpreter of Israel’s Tôrāh:The Narrative Role of Joshua 8:30–35," 141-154 
• Christopher Jero, "Mother-Child Narratives and the Kingdom of God:Authorial Use of Typology as an Interpretive Device in Samuel–Kings," 155-171 
• Nissim Amzallag, "Psalm 67 and the Cosmopolite Musical Worship of Yhwh," 171-188
• Nicholas G. Piotrowski, "'After the Deportation': Observations in Matthew’s Apocalyptic Genealogy," 189-204
• Mark S. Gignilliat, "Isaiah’s Offspring: Paul’s Isaiah 54:1 Quotation in Galatians 4:27," 205-224

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JSJ / The current issue of JSJ

Journal for the Study of Judaism 46:2 (2015)

• Francis Borchardt, "Sabbath Observance, Sabbath Innovation: The Hasmoneans and Their Legacy as Interpreters of the Law," 159-181 (abstract)
• Lincoln H. Blumell, "A Jewish Epitaph from the Fayum," 182-197 (abstract)
• Nathanael Andrade, "The Jewish Tetragrammaton: Secrecy, Community, and Prestige among Greek-Writing Jews of the Early Roman Empire," 198-223 (abstract)
• Catherine Hezser, "Crossing Enemy Lines: Network Connections Between Palestinian and Babylonian Sages in Late Antiquity," 224-250 (abstract)
• Yishai Kiel, "In the Margins of the Rabbinic Curriculum: Mastering ʿUqṣin in the Light of Zoroastrian Intellectual Culture," 251-281 (abstract)

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του VigChr / In the current issue of VigChr

Vigiliae Christianae 69:3 (2015)

• Andreas Victor Walser, "„Mein Gott, mein Gott, zu dir erhebe ich mich in der Früh‟ – Zwei Psalmpassagen in Inschriften aus Tyros und in der patristischen Tradition," 229-255 (abstract)
• Charles H. Cosgrove, "Singing Thomas: Anatomy of a Sympotic Scene in Acts of Thomas," 256-275 (abstract)

Η κατηχητική σχολή της Αλεξάνδρειας / The catechetical school of Alexandria

Verbum et ecclesia 36:1 (2015)

• Willem H. Oliver, "The Catechetical School in Alexandria"

Δύο άρθρα βιβλικού ενδιαφέροντος στο τρέχον In die Skriflig / Two articles of biblical interest in the current issue of In die Skriflig

In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi 49:1 (2015)

• Dale C. Allison, ''The history of the interpretation of Matthew: Lessons learned"

In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi 49:2 (2015)

• Pieter M. Venter, "The confluence of ‘wisdom’ and ‘apocalyptic’ in 4QInstruction"