Oct 30, 2026

Ritmeyer on the Ark of the Covenant

Leen Ritmeyer has a nice post here on the Ark of the Covenant, in particular the family of Elizaphan.

Oct 28, 2026

Eyewitnesses in Mark

Bruce Henning has an interesting discussion here.

Oct 27, 2026

Journal of Biblical Literature 145:3

Volume 145:3 of the Journal of Biblical Literature is now out. Here is a list of the articles.

Buried Identities: The (Hidden) Polemic against Passing a Child through Fire
Kristine Henriksen Garroway

Mosaic Prophecy versus Divination: Deuteronomy 18:9–22 and Selected Prophetic Texts
Gregory Ekene Ezeokeke, CMF

Lady Folly and the Trouble with Wisdom: Reframing Proverbs 1–9
Ruthanne Brooks

“The Poor” in Isaiah: A Diachronic Reassessment of the Armenredaktion Theory
Christopher B. Hays

Cherubim and Cyborgs in the Divine World of Ezekiel
Heather Macumber

Cosmic Gods Serve Jesus: Sun, Moon, Stars, and Earth in Matthew
Christine R. Trotter

The Death and Resurrection of Jesus as the Fall and Resurrection of Israel
Andrew Remington Rillera

Oct 26, 2026

The Latest Issue of the Review of Biblical Literature

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews can be accessed by clicking the links below but unfortunately you must be a SBL member to read them.

Barbara Beyer, Determined by Christ: The Pauline Metaphor “Being in Christ” (Brill)
Grant Macaskill

Heidi J. Hornik, Ian Boxall, and Bobbi Dykema, eds., The Art of Biblical Interpretation: Visual Portrayals of Scriptural Narratives (SBL Press)
S. D. Giere

Linda Joelsson, Paul and Diversity: A New Perspective on Σάρξ and Resilience in Galatians (Routledge)
Dennis R. Edwards

Jacobus Kok, Jermo van Nes, and Jeremy D. Otten, eds., Let God Be True: Perspectives on Romans 3 (Gorgias)
Andrés D. Vera

Gavin McDowell, The Rewritten Bible in Late Antiquity: “Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer,” “Jubilees,” and the “Cave of Treasures” (De Gruyter)
Gal Sela

James D. Nogalski, The Book of Micah (Eerdmans)
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer

Eugene J. Pentiuc, Hearing the Scriptures: Liturgical Exegesis of the Old Testament in Byzantine Orthodox Hymnography (Oxford University Press)
Jeffrey L. Morrow

Jolyon G. R. Pruszinski, An Ecology of Scriptures: Experiences of Dwelling behind Early Jewish and Christian Texts (T&T Clark)
Alexander Kocar

David T. Sugimoto, ed., Tel ‘En Gev: Report of the Keio Archaeological Mission, 2009–2011: Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times V (Mohr Siebeck)
Assaf Kleiman

James R. Unwin, Paul and Seneca among the Condemned: The Use of Spectacle in the Early Empire (Fortress Academic)
Alex W. Muir

Oct 23, 2026

Psalm 150

I am working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 139 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section. Otherwise, we have reached the end of this long series of posts. Thanks for hanging in there.

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps150.pdf

John MacArthur Sermon: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/80-161/a-hymn-of-praise

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_150.pdf

Danny Akin (outline, manuscript): https://www.danielakin.com/let-everything-that-has-breath-praise-the-lord-psalm-150

Stan Mast commentary: https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2016-03-28/psalm-150 

Ligon Duncan sermon: https://rts.edu/resources/everything-that-lives-and-breathes

Oct 20, 2026

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 69:3

The latest issue of the Journal of the Evangelical theological Society is now available online for members of ETS. You can learn more about subscribing here. In any case, here are the articles in 69:3.

ETS and the Doctrine of Scripture
Griffin Gulledge

Married with Children: Adoption in Hosea’s Initial Sign Act
Andrew M. King

Andrew, the “Bringer” Disciple: Mediation and Discipleship in John’s Gospel
Melvin L. Otey

John Frame: Pioneer of Trinitarian Perspectivalism
Vern S. Poythress

John Owen in Scotland: A Historical Case Study in the Contextual Interpretation of Puritan Sermons
Lee Gatiss

Oct 11, 2026

The Latest Issue of the Review of Biblical Literature

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews can be accessed by clicking the links below but unfortunately you must be a SBL member to read them.

Juan Alberto Casas Ramírez, Magdalena Díaz Araujo, César Carbullanca Nuñez, and Gabriele Boccaccini, eds., Estudios Iberoamericanos en torno al Judaísmo del Segundo Templo (SBL Press)
José Lucas Brum Teixeira

Henryk Drawnel, ed., The Aramaic Books of Enoch and Related Literature from Qumran: Proceedings of the International Online Conference Organized by the Center for the Study of Second Temple Judaism of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, in Cooperation with Enoch Seminar, 20–22 October 2020 (Brill)
Katie Maguire

Matthijs den Dulk, Ethnic Stereotypes and the Letters of Paul: History and Reception (Cambridge University Press)
Paula Fredriksen

Alfons Fürst, Wege zur Freiheit: Menschliche Selbstbestimmung von Homer bis Origenes (Mohr Siebeck)
Phillip Mitsis

Benjamin L. Gladd, Handbook on the Gospels (Baker Academic)
Jonathan H. Hong

Doosuk Kim, The Intertextuality of Paul’s Apocalyptic Discourse: An Examination of Its Cultural Relation and Heteroglossia (Brill)
H. H. Drake Williams III

Alexander W. Marcus and Jason S. Mokhtarian, eds., Aramaic Incantation Bowls in Their Late Antique Jewish Contexts (Brown Judaic Studies)
Yael Nu’emah-Kremer

Evelyne Martin, Flügel und Hörner: Gottes Tiergestaltigkeit im Alten Testament (Kohlhammer)
Thomas Staubli

Daniel C. Snell, A New Workbook of Cuneiform Signs (Eisenbrauns)
Catherine Mittermayer

Hannah M. Strømmen, The Bibles of the Far Right (Oxford University Press)
Francis Landy