The November issue of Expository Times is up. Usually, the articles do not tend to be that engaging for NT studies, though you might be fortunate once in a while. This issue, there appear to be lots of goodies. I copied and pasted from the SAGE website – I can’t vouch for the links and buttons to work – I was just being lazy.
- Charles H. Talbert
- Matthew and Character Formation
The Expository Times 2009 121: 53-59. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Lisa Isherwood
- Book Review: The Master’s Tools Have Not Dismantled the Master’s House: Alistair Kee, The Rise & Demise of Black Theology (London: SCM, 2008. £19.99. pp. xxii + 234. ISBN 978—0—3340—4164—1)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 59. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Surekha Nelavala
- ‘Babylon the Great Mother of Whores’ (Rev 17:5): A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective
The Expository Times 2009 121: 60-65. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Nigel Zimmermann
- Book Review: Reasons to Keep Reading: in Defence of Belief: Scott Hahn, Reasons to Believe (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2007. £8.95. pp. 227. ISBN 978—0— 232—52713—1)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 65. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Professor J.D.M. Derrett
- Homer in the New Testament
The Expository Times 2009 121: 66-69. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Douglas R.A. Hare
- When Did ‘Messiah’ Become a Proper Name
The Expository Times 2009 121: 70-73. [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Dan O’Connor
- Book Review: A History of Christianity in India: Robert Eric Frykenberg, Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the Present (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. £75.00. pp. xxi + 564 + 8 maps. ISBN 978—0—19—826377—7)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 74-75. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Alison Phipps
- 6th December: 2nd Advent: Fire and Soap (Malachi 3:1—20)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 76-78. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Jolyon Mitchell
- Book Review: Robert Breeson — Film Director: Joseph Cunneen, Robert Bresson: A Spiritual Style in Film (New York and London: Continuum, 2003. £15.99. pp. 200. ISBN 0—8264—1605—5)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 78. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Viv Randles
- 13th December: 3rd Advent: Narrative Sermon: Zephaniah 3:14—20; Isaiah 12:2—6; Philippians 4:4—7; Luke 3:7—18
The Expository Times 2009 121: 79-80. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- John Bollan
- 20th December: 4th Advent: Navel Gazing (Micah 5:2—5; Luke 1:46—55; Hebrews 10:5—10; Luke 1:39—45)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 81-82. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Allen Permar Smith
- 27th December: 1st Sunday after Christmas: Luke 2:41—52; Colossians 3:12—17
The Expository Times 2009 121: 83-84. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Paul Foster
- Book Review: Collected Essays of Gilles Quispel: Johannes van Oort (ed.), Gnostica, Judaica, Catholica. Collected Essays of Gilles Quispel (NHMS 55; Leiden: Brill, 2008.
195.00/$289.00. pp. xxv + 869. ISBN 978—90—04—13945—9)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 84. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Ruth H. Bell
- Children’s Ministry in December
The Expository Times 2009 121: 85-87. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Chris Keith
- Book Review: Bauckham On the Gospel of John: Richard Bauckham, The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2007. $29.99. pp. 313. ISBN 978—0—8010— 3485—5)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 87. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Kate Tuckett
- Prayers for December
The Expository Times 2009 121: 88-91. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Tomas Bokedal
- Book Review: Divine and Human Agency Discussed Afresh: John M. G. Barclay and Simon Gathercole (eds), Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment (London: T&T Clark — A Continuum imprint, 2008. £25.00. pp. 208. ISBN 978—0—567— 08443—9)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 92-93. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- H.G.M. Williamson
- Book Review: Sense About History: Hans M. Barstad, History and the Hebrew Bible: Studies in Ancient Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 61; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008.
64.00. pp. xiv + 223. ISBN 978—3—161498—09—1)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 92. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- David Firth
- Book Review: The Old Testament and Social Justice: Walter J. Houston, Contending for Justice (London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2008. £30.00. pp. 304. ISBN 0—5670—3354—3)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 93. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Petri Luomanen
- Book Review: Jewish Legal Debates Reflected in the New Testament: Bernard S. Jackson, Essays on Halakhah in the New Testament (Leiden: Brill, 2008.
109.00. pp. 264. ISBN 978—9004—16273—0)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 93-94. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Paul Ellingworth
- Book Review: The Law in Hebrews: Barry C. Joslin, Hebrews, Christ and the Law: The Theology of the Mosaic Law in Hebrews 7:1—10:18 (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2008. £29.99. pp. xix + 334. ISBN 1842275305)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 94. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Matthew Arbo
- Book Review: Introduction to Simone Weil: Stephen Plant, The SPCK Introduction to Simone Weil (2nd edn; London: SPCK, 2007. £12.99. pp. 128. ISBN 978—0—2810—5938—6)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 94-95. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Jason Wardley
- Book Review: Protocols Against Idolatry: Nicholas Lash, Theology for Pilgrims (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2008. £14.95. pp. xiv + 302. ISBN 978—0—232—52732—2)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 95. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Paul Foster
- Book Review: Western Christianity in the High Middle Ages: Miri Rubin and Walter Simons (eds), Christianity in Western Europe c. 1100-c. 1500; The Cambridge History of Christianity, vol. 4 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. £100.00. pp. xv + 4 maps + 577. ISBN 978—0—521—81106—4)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 95-96. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Mark D. Chapman
- Book Review: Charting the Trinity: Tarmo Toom, Classical Trinitarian Theology: A Textbook (New York and London: T&T Clark, 2007. £22.99. pp. 208. ISBN 978—0—5670—2699 —6)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 96. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Paul Foster
- Book Review: Acts in the Paideia Series: Mickeal C. Parsons, Acts (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008. $27.99. pp. xxv + 438. ISBN 978—0—8010—3188—5)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 96-97. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Joshua A. Kaiser
- Book Review: A Strange and Peculiar People: Ben Pink Dandelion, The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. £6.99. pp. 142. ISBN 978—0—19—920679—7)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 97. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Paul Foster
- Book Review: Commentary on Acts: Darrell L. Bock, Acts (BECNT; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007. $54.99. pp. xxi + 848. ISBN 978—0—8010—2668—3)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 97-98. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Brandon D. Crowe
- Book Review: A Distinctive Introduction: Charles B. Puskas and David Crump, An Introduction to the Gospels and Acts (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008. £11.00/$19.00. pp. xvii + 209. ISBN 978—0—8028—4557—3)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 98-99. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Timothy H. Lim
- Book Review: Penitential Prayer After the Second Temple Period: Mark J. Boda, Daniel K. Falk and Rodney A. Werline (eds), Seeking the Favor of God. Volume 3, The Impact of Penitential Prayer beyond Second Temple Judaism (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008. £22.99. pp. 306. ISBN 978—1—58983—389-0)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 99. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Michael D. Royster
- Book Review: Media Literate Homiletics: Audrey Borschel, Preaching Prophetically When the News Disturbs: Interpreting the Media (St Louis, MO; Chalice Press, 2009. pp. 181. $15.99. ISBN 978—0—8272—3009—5)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 99-100. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- David J. Bryan
- Book Review: A ‘Makeover’ For Albert Eichhorn?: Albert Eichhorn, The Lord’s Supper in the New Testament. With an Introductory Essay by Hugo Gressmann, ‘Albert Eichhorn and the History of Religion School’ (Eng. trans. J. F. Cayzer; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007. $14.95. pp 104, ISBN 978—1—58983—274—9)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 100. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Timothy H. Lim
- Book Review: Second Temple Judaism: David Flusser, Judaism of the Second Temple Period. Volume 1. Qumran and Apocalypticism (Eng. trans. Azzan Yadin. Foreword by David Bivin; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007. £19.99. pp. 356. ISBN 978—0—8028—2469—1)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 100-101. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Ashley Cocksworth
- Book Review: Transformation Theology: Paul D. Janz, The Command of Grace: A New Theological Apologetics (London: Continuum, 2009. £22.99. pp. 200. ISBN 978—0—567—03359—8)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 101. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Paul Foster
- Book Review: A Major Commentary On First Corinthians: Joseph A. Fitzmyer, First Corinthians (AB 32; Yale: Yale University Press, 2008. £30.00. pp. xxv + 660. ISBN 978—0—300—14044—6)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 101-102. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Ralph W. Klein
- Book Reviews: 1 Chronicles: John Jarick, 1 Chronicles, 2nd edn (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2007. £15.00. pp. viii + 182. ISBN 978—1—905048—89—2)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 102. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Ralph W. Klein
- Book Review: 2 Chronicles: John Jarick, 2 Chronicles, 2nd edn (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2007. £15.00. pp. viii + 208. ISBN 978—1—905048—97—7)
The Expository Times 2009 121: 102-103. [PDF] [Request Permission]
- Margaret Forrester
- And Finally… A Lifetime of Remembering
The Expository Times 2009 121: 104. [PDF] [Request Permission]