Okay, it seems everyone is posting their “Top 10 Books of 2018” list this week (I’ve seen a bunch on Twitter) so I’ll get into the act. I listen to audio books while driving around, which allows me to get through a lot of material. What follows...
Book Recommendations
A Key Resource for the Intersection of Ancient Judaism and Christianity
I’m speaking here of the 3-volume Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash (3 vols.), by Hermann L. Strack and Paul Billerbeck. It is frequently referenced by scholarly New Testament commentaries (especially those on the four gospels). To this...
Frank Viola’s New Book, Insurgence
Some of you may know the name Frank Viola. Frank has published several best-selling books in the wider Christian world. He spent a lot of time reading through and blogging about (very favorably) my own book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of...
Kenneth Kitchen’s Ancient Orient and Old Testament Available as Free PDF
This book is an important, though slightly dated, contribution to understanding the OT in its ancient Near Eastern context. It is also quite useful for addressing a range of attacks on the integrity of the OT. Prof. Kitchen was for many years an Egyptologist in the...
GE: The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek
Larry Hurtado recently posted some thoughts on this “new” Greek-English lexicon. It’s actually an English translation of a lexicon formerly only available in Italian. Hurtado explains: This is the English translation from the 3rd edition (2013) of...
Rick Brannan’s Lexical Commentary on 1 Timothy Now Available in Logos
Listeners to the Naked Bible Podcast will recall the appearance of Rick Brannan, a friend and colleague of mine at Logos Bible Software. Rick is an expert on New Testament textual data and has had a sustained interest (as long as I’ve known him) in the pastoral...
Works of George Wesley Buchanan Available on Logos Platform
Logos is publishing a compilation of George W. Buchanan’s works. Why do I mention this item out of the 3-4,000 items Logos publishes each year? Because I helped put this on the radar. Buchanan is one of the few serious NT scholars who is open to an alternative...
Short Introduction to the Apostles’ Creed
Listeners to the Naked Bible Podcast will recall that I had Rick Brannan on as a guest. Rick has produced a short (82 pp), 12-week introduction to the Apostles’ Creed that is available on Amazon and Kindle. While I’m not a fan of creeds, the...
New Book on Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds to the Hebrew Bible
Just a heads up, as I am often asked about such resources. This link leads to two reviews of this new book: My “go to” recommendations for this sort of information, though, are Walton’s two volumes: Ancient Israelite Literature in its Cultural...
Early Christian Martyrdom Resources
I’m cranky today after reading Huff Post article about the reconstruction of the Roman machine that lifted wild animals into the Colosseum. It’s all about how the animals should be pitied. I get that, but what the piece is really about is pushing the...
Works and Letters of C. S. Lewis (30 vols) To Be Available in Logos
Well, the day has finally come. This collection is the result of a long negotiation process. The C. S. Lewis Trust naturally (and rightly) is serious about protecting his legacy. We’re blessed to be able to license his material in our format. Check out the link...
Reviews of Scholarly Books in Biblical Studies, Archaeology, and Theology
I don’t recall ever having blogged about the RBL site and blog (Review of Biblical Literature). Both the website and blog provide free access to book reviews on scholarly books for biblical studies, archaeology, and theology. The most recent issue showed up in...
A New Kind of Commentary: The High Definition New Testament (HDNT) Commentary Series
Readers here at Naked Bible recall that I’ve blogged before about the different types of commentaries. I only recommend commentaries that engage the text. Unfortunately, many commentaries that engage the text are filled with ancient language words and phrase and...
New Resource Help for Reading the Greek New Testament
Well-known Greek grammarian and NT professor Dan Wallace recently posted his endorsement of A New Reader’s Lexicon of the Greek New Testament on his blog. For those who don’t have Bible software (like Logos) where you can make your own vocab lists by...
Just in Time for Christmas: David C. Brown’s Catalogue for Books in Egyptology and Other Ancient Near Eastern Studies
David C. Brown / Oxbow Books is perhaps the “go to” site and catalog for finding books related to ancient Egypt, Mesopotamian, Israel, and other civilizations of the ancient Near East. They have hundreds of titles in each area — lots of stuff you...