Jewish Believers in Jesus: Book Notice

This is coming a bit late, as the book as been out since 2007, but I am currently reviewing Hendrickson’s Jewish Believers in Jesus: The Early Centuries and it is a fascinating study.  It is edited by Oskar Skarsaune and Reidar Hvalvik.  Contributors, at least from the NT end, include Richard Bauckham and Donald Hagner.
Bauckham [...]

Book Notice:Christ as Agent of Creation in NT

Oxford University Press will be publishing the book Christ as Creator: Origins of a New Testament Doctrine, by Sean McDonough.  Sean teaches at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and he was one of my favorite profs (I had seven courses with him!).  His area of speciality is Revelation and also NT protology and eschatology.  Thus, he is [...]

Soon-coming books from WJK

I saw that Westminster John Knox has posted their new 2009 catalogue.  It is not just academic books, but it includes many of them.  Here are some highlights.
The Interpretation series is starting a new collection of books called ‘Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church’, edited by Patrick D. Miller, Richard Hays, Ellen [...]

Festschrift for EP Sanders

I just came across the new FS for EP Sanders (See HERE).
Contributors include: Fabian E. Udoh, D. Moody Smith, E. P. Sanders, Jouette M. Bassler, Shaye J.D. Cohen, Albert I. Baumgarten, Cynthia M. Baker, Israel J. Yuval, Martin Goodman, Eric M. Meyers, Jürgen Zangenberg, Seán Freyne, Peter Richardson, Adele Reinhartz, Paula Fredriksen, Stephen Hultgren, John [...]

James Dunn and New Testament Theology

Ok.  It is purely coincidence that I have mentioned Dunn in most of my recent posts, but he is deserving of yet another one.  I just saw an announcement of a new New Testament Theology by Dunn (Abingdon, 2009).  It appears that it should be available in June or July.  See description below:
In this third [...]

Book Notice: THE PSEUDEPIGRAPHA AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS

T & T Clark’s The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins is a publication that arises from papers given in the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas from 2000-2006 (book eds. G.S. Oegema and J.H. Charlesworth; 2008).  The essays are divided into 5 groups: the Pseudepigrapha (P.) and Christian Origins [introductory issues], P. and the synoptic Gospels, P. and [...]

Book Notice: Peoples of the NT World (Simmons)

This really interesting ‘illustrated guide’ to Peoples of the New Testament World (Hendrickson, 2008) would have passed right by me unnoticed had a friend not brought it to my attention.
I will try and spend more time blogging on the particular contents later, but I will just give you a taste for now.
From what I can [...]

New Printing of Furnish’s THEOLOGY AND ETHICS with intro by Hays

One book that has influenced me significantly, certainly in my top 10, is VP Furnish’s Theology and Ethics in Paul. Originally written in 1968, WJK is releasing a new printing for the New Testament Library Series.  As far as I can tell, it is the same book in terms of internal content.  As a special [...]

Reading Romans in Pompeii (Peter Oakes)

I just came across a forthcoming book (Sept 2009) by Peter Oakes called Reading Romans in Pompeii: Paul’s Letter at Ground Level (Fortress).

Here is the description:
Peter Oakes relies on demographic information and data from excavations in nearby Pompeii to paint a compelling portrait of daily life in a typical insula, or apartment complex, like the [...]

James D.G. Dunn….thricely honored?

It is, of course, a great privilege to have a Feschrift written for you.  It is exceptional to have two written for you.  But three?  Truly James Dunn is greatly admired!
The first, The Holy Spirit and Christian Origins (Eerdmans, 2004; eds. Stanton et al.), was written by expert scholars on topics mostly in the area [...]