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Aaron Koller, “Unbinding Isaac: The Significance of the Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought” (Jewish Publication Society, 2020)
Aaron Koller
Unbinding Isaac
The Significance of the Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought
Jewish Publication Society, 2020

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network September 18, 2020 David Gottlieb

In Unbinding Isaac: The Significance of the Akedah for Modern Jewish Thought (Jewish Publication Society, 2020), Aaron Koller, professor of Near Eastern and Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University, provides a compelling contemporary perspective on one of the Bible’s most famous and difficult texts, the Akedah, the Binding of Isaac. By plumbing the... Read More
Matthew Thiessen, “Jesus and the Forces of Death” (Baker Academic, 2020)
Matthew Thiessen
Jesus and the Forces of Death
The Gospels' Portrayal of Ritual Impurity within First-Century Judaism
Baker Academic, 2020

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Religion & Faith September 18, 2020 Jonathan Wright

Although most people acknowledge that Jesus was a first-century Jew, interpreters of the Gospels often present him as opposed to Jewish law and customs—especially when considering his numerous encounters with the ritually impure. In Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospels’ Portrayal of Ritual Impurity within First-Century Judaism (Baker... Read More
Ken M. Penner, “The Lexham English Septuagint” (Lexham Press, 2020)
Ken M. Penner
The Lexham English Septuagint

Lexham Press, 2020

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network September 11, 2020 Crawford Gribben

On this episode of New Books in Christian Studies, we welcome Ken M. Penner, Professor of Religious Studies at St Francis Xavier University. After a career that has combined biblical studies and digital humanities, Ken has edited the second edition of The Lexham English Septuagint (Lexham Press, 2020), a fresh and... Read More
John Barton, “A History of the Bible: The Story of the World’s Most Influential Book” (Viking, 2019)
John Barton
A History of the Bible
The Story of the World's Most Influential Book
Viking, 2019

NBN Book of the DayNBN Special SeriesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network August 31, 2020 Joshua Tham

John Barton is no stranger to Holy Scripture. Having spent much of his academic career as a chaplain and professor of theology at the University of Oxford, his latest book is an attempt to shed light on one of the world’s most influential texts – the Bible. In A History... Read More
Andrew S. Ballitch, “The Gloss and the Text: William Perkins on Interpreting Scripture with Scripture” (Lexham Press, 2020)
Andrew S. Ballitch
The gloss and the text
William Perkins on interpreting Scripture with Scripture
Lexham Press, 2020

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network August 27, 2020 Crawford Gribben

Throughout the seventeenth century, and on both sides of the Atlantic, William Perkins exercised enormous influence on the ways in which protestants approached the reading of the Bible and thought about the practice of preaching. For all that Perkins had a strong interest in theology, he was no mere dogmatician,... Read More
Patrick Schreiner, “The Ascension of Christ: Recovering a Neglected Doctrine” (Lexham Press, 2020)
Patrick Schreiner
The Ascension of Christ
Recovering a Neglected Doctrine
Lexham Press, 2020

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Religion & Faith August 21, 2020 Jonathan Wright

The good news of Jesus includes his life, death, resurrection, and future return—but what about his ascension? Though often neglected or misunderstood, the ascension is integral to the gospel. In The Ascension of Christ: Recovering a Neglected Doctrine (Lexham Press), Patrick Schreiner argues that Jesus’ work would be incomplete without... Read More
Nyasha Junior, “Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and Bible” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Nyasha Junior
Reimagining Hagar
Blackness and Bible
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & Faith August 5, 2020 Kristian Petersen

Popular culture helps shape how audiences imagine Biblical personalities in our contemporary moment. For many, Warner Sallman’s portrait of Jesus fixes him as white, others envision Moses as Charlton Heston because of Cecil B. DeMille’s film, The Ten Commandments, and the Jezebel stereotype is more well known than the Biblical... Read More
Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel, “Holiness and Transgression: Mothers of the Messiah in the Jewish Myth” (ASP, 2017)
Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel
Holiness and Transgression
Mothers of the Messiah in the Jewish Myth
Academic Studies Press, 2017

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & Technology July 15, 2020 Rachel Adelman

In this interview, Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel discusses her first book, Holiness and Transgression Mothers of the Messiah in the Jewish Myth, with Rachel Adelman.  Translated by Eugene Matansky and published by Academic Studies Press in 2017, it was originally written in Hebrew as Kedeshot ukedoshot: Imahot hamashiah bamythos hayehudi (2014). ... Read More
Andrea L. Robinson, “Temple of Presence” (Wipf and Stock, 2019)
Andrea L. Robinson
Temple of Presence
The Christological Fulfillment of Ezekiel 40-48 in Revelation 21:1-22:5
Wipf & Stock, 2019

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network July 14, 2020 Jonathan Wright

In Revelation 21–22, John offered a resplendent portrayal of a new Jerusalem without a temple, in which he seemed to reference the final chapters of Ezekiel. The puzzling issue for interpreters is why John chose to utilize Ezekiel’s temple vision if he wanted to dispense with the temple. In Temple... Read More
A Very Square Peg: A Podcast Series about Polymath Robert Eisler. Episode 5: The Slavonic Josephus
Dr. Brian Collins
A Very Square Peg
A Podcast Series about Polymath Robert Eisler. Episode 5: The Slavonic Josephus
New Books Network, 2020

A Podcast Series about Polymath Robert EislerNew Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in BiographyNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & Faith July 7, 2020 Brian Collins

In this episode, we focus on one of Eisler’s most controversial works, a reconstruction of the 1st-century Roman Jewish historian Josephus’ account of the events surrounding the death of Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist, including a new physical description of Jesus that apparently prompted the Christ to... Read More

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