The English language is blessed to have a variety of good translations of the Bible, and I think it’s good that in these translations we have something of a spectrum that moves from readability on one end to literalness on the other. As I think about it, the most literal translation is still the New …
Category Archives: Books
Imagination Captured!
I noted recently that my sons and I enjoyed the first two books of Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga. We’re praying that God will bless him as he writes book 3, and that he’ll hurry up and finish so we can read it! Anyway, the other day my 6 year old brought me this sketch of …
Mullin Reviews MacLeod’s Biography of Woods
From the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals: Book Review: A. Donald MacLeod. C. Stacey Woods and the Evangelical Rediscovery of the University. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2007. pp. 283. $25.00 by Miles Mullin Donald MacLeod, Research Professor of Church History at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, has produced a much-needed biography of the indefatigable C. Stacy …
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Watch the Crossway Blog for the Book of the Month
Crossway recently gave away Greg Gilbert’s What Is the Gospel for Kindle through Amazon, and I’ve just heard they’ll be giving away another in September. Looks like it will be an every other month program. I recommend you subscribe to their blog, that way you’ll get the notice when the word comes out. Even if …
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Important New Commentaries by Andrew Steinmann
Andrew E. Steinmann has recently published three commentaries that perhaps are not receiving the attention they deserve. Before I came across the volume on Daniel, I may have been dimly aware of the Concordia Commentary series, but Steinmann’s fine work deserves a much wider readership than the Lutheran circles that appear to be the series’ …
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Stephen P. Lawhead’s Byzantium
I bought Byzantium, a novel by Stephen R. Lawhead, when Justin Taylor blogged on it. I love to read fiction, but when I do, good plots tend to dominate my free time and steal some hours when I should be sleeping. Being robbed of shut-eye, however, pays me back with more vacuum capacity for sucking the …
Thinking about Chiasms?
Rod Decker has posted a review of what looks like a helpful dissertation. Craig A. Smith, “Criteria for identifying Chiasm of Design in New Testament Literature: Objective means of distinguishing chiasm of design from accidental and false chiasm,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Bristol, 2009. The review summarizes the argument and contribution of the dissertation, which …
Köstenberger Joins B&H Academic Editorial Team
Big news from B&H: CONTACT: Jim Baird, B&H Publishing Group (615) 251-2533, jim.baird@bhpublishinggroup.com Andreas Köstenberger Joins B&H Academic Editorial Team Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professor adds director of acquisitions title NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 2010) — B&H Publishing Group is pleased to announce the hiring of Andreas J. Köstenberger as director of acquisitions for its academic program. …
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Motivation to Persevere in the Biblical Languages
Rod Decker has posted some excellent resources: Martin Luther, The Importance of the Biblical Languages John Piper, “Brothers, Bitzer Was a Banker!” The Standard, June 1983, 18-19. The full text of this excellent article is used by permission. A. T. Robertson, The Minister and His Greek New Testament (1923; text below taken from a 1977 reprint by Baker; no …
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Review of Dodson, The ‘Powers’ of Personification
Joseph R. Dodson. The ‘Powers’ of Personification: Rhetorical Purpose in the Book of Wisdom and the Letter to the Romans. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2008. 263pp. 9783110209761. $155.00 (cloth). Published in Bulletin for Biblical Research 20.2 (2010), 288-89. This book is …
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Andrew Peterson’s On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
Do you want to read a thrilling novel about the conflict for the fate of the world between the Fangs of Dang (snake-men, seed of the serpent) and the seed of the woman (little children who have lost their father and have a strong, noble mother)? Let me commend to you Andrew Peterson’s On the …
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Review of Alexander’s From Eden to the New Jerusalem
T. Desmond Alexander. From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2009 (Nottingham, England: InterVarsity, 2008). 208pp. 978-0825420153. $19.99 Paperback. Published in The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 14.2 (2010), 94-95. T. Desmond Alexander is well known to those interested in biblical theology. Among his publications are key books …
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John Sailhamer’s Meaning of the Pentateuch: A Review Essay
Here are the opening paragraphs of my review of Sailhamer’s The Meaning of the Pentateuch: Revelation, Composition and Interpretation: This book received significant electronic attention. Mark Driscoll and John Piper went back and forth over it on Twitter, then Piper blogged on it, followed by a Collin Hansen Christianity Today interview, all linked on Justin …
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Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls by Craig Evans
You’ll want to avail yourself of this valuable, attractive new Holman QuickSource Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls by recognized expert, Craig A. Evans. Have you ever thought to yourself: I know there is a pile of scholarly information on the Dead Sea Scrolls that I could wade through, but I’d love to be able …
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Review of Joel Kennedy’s The Recapitulation of Israel
Joel Kennedy. The Recapitulation of Israel: Use of Israel’s History in Matthew 1:1–4:11. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2.257. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008. 264pp. 9783161498251. $105.00 (paper). Published in Bulletin for Biblical Research 20.2 (2010): 268-69. This book is a revision of a dissertation supervised by Francis Watson at Aberdeen. The subject of the book …
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New SBJT on Theological Interpretation of Scripture
I just received my copy of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 14.2 (2010), and the theme of the issue is Theological Interpretation of Scripture. Here’s the Table of Contents: Editorial: Stephen J. Wellum, “Reflecting upon the ‘Theological Interpretation of Scripture’,” 2-3. Daniel J. Treier and Uche Anizor, “Theological Interpretation of Scripture and Evangelical Systematic …
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Do You Love God’s Glory?
If you love God’s glory, you’ll be thrilled to see this new book: Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, ed., The Glory of God (Wheaton: Crossway, 2010). Here’s the Table of Contents from Crossway’s site: Contributors 17 Introduction 19 1. The Glory of God Present and Past Stephen J. Nichols 23 2. The Glory of God in …
Carson’s Collected Writings on Scripture
Congratulations to D. A. Carson on the appearance of his Collected Writings on Scripture. The publisher’s description: God’s Word has always had enemies, but in recent years the inspiration and authority of Scripture have been attacked with renewed vigor. Respected scholar D. A. Carson has written widely on the nature of Scripture over the past …
40-50% Off Hendrickson Titles for the Next 10 Days
Great deal here from Eisenbrauns. The text of the notice that just landed in my inbox is below. Note that at the bottom there’s an opportunity to subscribe, which I recommend you take. If you don’t own the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha by Charlesworth, this is your chance to get it at half price: BookNews from …
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Dever’s Preface to It Is Well
If you haven’t already done so, you really should check out the Preface to Mark Dever and Michael Lawrence’s book, It Is Well. Here’s a snippet that puts worship into words and describes how the cross is central, even if there isn’t a physical cross on the wall: “This is never truer than when we …