- Ian Paul asks how Luke 16.19-31 impacts our view of heaven and hell.
- Tim Gombis continues his series on Paul, Judaism, and legalism: Pt. 3.
- Andrew Wilson has more to say about how we read the Bible.
- Roger Olson asks if hell is part of the Gospel.
- Tony Jones finishes his series on the difference between sacramental and civil marriage.
- Ben Myers reviews Rob Bell’s Love Wins and he asks if hell will be empty.
- Trevin Wax posts the second part of his review of Scot McKnight’s King Jesus Gospel. Ben Witherington continues his conversation with McKnight.
- Western Seminary is giving away a copy of Bibleworks 9.
The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):
David A. Bernat
Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the Priestly Tradition
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7283
Reviewed by Ulrich Zimmermann
Lewis R. Donelson
I and II Peter and Jude: A Commentary
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7965
Reviewed by Peter H. Davids
Neil Elliott and Mark Reasoner, eds.
Documents and Images for the Study of Paul
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7823
Reviewed by Carolyn Osiek
Reviewed by James P. Sweeney
Miguel Pérez Fernández
Textos fuente y contextuales de la narrativa evangélica: Metodología aplicada a una selección del evangelio de Marcos
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6615
Reviewed by David E. C. Ford
John Paul Heil
Colossians: Encouragement to Walk in All Wisdom as Holy Ones in Christ
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7734
Reviewed by Christopher A. Beetham
Job Y. Jindo
Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: A Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1-24
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7850
Reviewed by Colin Toffelmire
Yelena Kolyada
A Compendium of Musical Instruments and Instrumental Terminology in the Bible
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8023
Reviewed by Helen Leneman
T. M. Lemos
Marriage Gifts and Social Change in Ancient Palestine: 1200 BCE to 200 CE
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7652
Reviewed by Marianne Blickenstaff
Anwar Tjen
On Conditionals in the Greek Pentateuch: A Study of Translation Syntax
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7747
Reviewed by Randall Gauthier