Personal Speech-Ethics
This book is a PhD dissertation submitted to the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and published in the series Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament (WUNT). Baker demonstrates that “speech-ethics is a major concern in the ...
Genesis 37-50
This book is in a series from Baylor University Press— Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible. Their aim: “Rather than devote space to the type of theological and exegetical comments found in most commentaries, this ...
Reading Isaiah
One has to admire the transparency with which Quinn-Miscall begins his book. He openly admits that his book is not an in-depth commentary (4). Instead, his focus is to provide a “new way of ...
Paul and Union with Christ
In Paul and Union with Christ Campbell writes for scholarly believers in Christ who can read Greek and are acquainted with theological debates among Protestants. He supplies a study of every passage in Paul’s ...
The Letter of James
Scot McKnight begins his commentary with these words: “In teaching the letter of James, one should walk to the front of the room and write these words in big letters on the chalkboard: Read ...
Matthew as Story
In the three-year cycle of the ILCW lectionary, Year A is the year of Matthew. Since Year A has now ended and we are well into Year B, this review is perhaps a year too ...
Review: The Commentators’ Bible: Leviticus
ANOTHER COMMENTARY?!?! That is perhaps a person’s reaction to this review. However this book is unique when it comes to commentaries, at least most English commentaries. This is not just one commentator’s thoughts on Leviticus, ...
Review: The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
Bart Ehrman presents a challenge to Christians. His challenge is in the area of textual criticism. His main point is this: We do not have the original pieces of paper on which Mark wrote his ...
Review: Justification Reconsidered
When I was in college I remember being told, “The first five times you read the psalms, you’ll realize how little you really know. The next five times you read the psalms you’ll start to ...