New Books in Biblical Studies
Robert D. Miller II, “The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations: An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives” (Eisenbrauns, 2018)
Robert D. Miller II
The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations
An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives
Eisenbrauns, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in FolkloreNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network June 21, 2018 Michael Morales

People have long been captivated by stories of dragons. Myths related to dragon slaying can be found across many civilizations around the world, even among the most ancient cultures including ancient Israel. In his book The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations, Robert Miller chronicles the trajectories and transformations of... Read More
Mira Balberg, “Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature” (U California Press, 2017)
Mira Balberg
Blood for Thought
The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature
University of California Press, 2017

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network April 5, 2018 Phillip Sherman

Mira Balberg‘s Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature (University of California Press, 2017) delves into a relatively unexplored area of rabbinic literature: the vast corpus of laws, regulations, and instructions pertaining to sacrificial rituals. Balberg traces and analyzes the ways in which the early rabbis... Read More
Jared Compton, “Psalm 110 and the Logic of Hebrews” (T and T Clark, 2018)
Jared Compton
Psalm 110 and the Logic of Hebrews

T and T Clark, 2018

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network April 2, 2018 Michael Morales

The use and function of the Old Testament in the book of Hebrews has been a neglected area of study. Jared Compton’s new book Psalm 110 and the Logic of Hebrews (T and T Clark, 2018) addresses this scholarly gap, and concludes that the theological argument of Hebrews turns in... Read More
Nicholas G. Piotrowski, “Matthew’s New David at the End of Exile: A Social-Rhetorical Study of Scriptural Quotations” (Brill, 2016)
Nicholas G. Piotrowski
Matthew's New David at the End of Exile
A Social-Rhetorical Study of Scriptural Quotations
Brill, 2016

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network February 26, 2018 Michael Morales

Matthew’s gospel employs more than half of its Old Testament citations within the gospel’s prologue (Matt. 1-4). Although these texts lead Matthew’s story, many scholars have long assumed that the scriptural citations have nothing to do with their original OT context. Was Matthew a bumbling hermeneutist? Not so, says Nicholas... Read More
Bryan R. Dyer, “Suffering in the Face of Death: The Epistle to the Hebrews and Its Context of Situation” (Bloomsbury, 2017)
Bryan R. Dyer
Suffering in the Face of Death
The Epistle to the Hebrews and Its Context of Situation
Bloomsbury, 2017

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network February 20, 2018 Michael Morales

Suffering and death are two topics that are frequently referred to in the Epistle to the Hebrews, but have rarely been examined within scholarship on this New Testament book. Join us as we talk with Bryan Dyer about his own study of these themes, and then discover how he connects... Read More

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