Archive for the ‘New publications’ Category

Georg Eldon Ladd biography, by John A. D’Elia

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

D’Elia, John A. A Place At the Table: George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 304 pp. George Eldon Ladd, an evangelical critic of dispensationalism and the author of a well-know commentar, is the subject of a brand new ...

David deSilva, Socio-Rhetorical Criticism

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

A very prolific scholar is professor David (Arthur) deSilva. Lately, I mentioned one of his recent articles here. However, there is more, much more. I will return to deSilva's contributions later. Here I will call attention to the article that deSilva published recently: deSilva, David Arthur. “What Has Athens To Do ...

DeSilva, Strategic Arousal - currently freely available

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

David A. DeSilva. "The Strategic Arousal of Emotions in the Apocalypse of John: A Rhetorical-Critical Investigation of the Oracles to the Seven Churches." New Testament Studies 54 (2008): 90-114. Currently freely available online here in a pdf version. Here is the abstract: Heuristic use of classical rhetorical theorists' discussion of appeals to ...

Konrad Huber, Einer gleich einem Menschensohn

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Huber, Konrad. Einer gleich einem Menschensohn: Die Christusvisionen in Offb 1,9-20 und Offb 14,14-20 und die Christologie der Johannesoffenbarung. Neutestamentliche Abhandlungen, N.S., 51. Münster: Aschendorff, 2007. viii + 361 pp.Dr. Konrad Huber (b. 1965), extraordinary professor of NT, University of Innsbruck, argues that the explicit visions of Christ functions as ...

McKim (ed.), Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters

Monday, January 7th, 2008

McKim, Donald K. Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2007. xxviii + 1106 pp.DMBI is a revised edition of Historical handbook of major biblical interpreters (1998), already an established reference. This revised and expanded volume is a welcome resource for any Biblical scholar and student. Hopefully, ...

Wilson, The Victor Sayings

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Wilson, Mark Wayne. The Victor Sayings in the Book of Revelation. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2007. 294 pp. PaperbackThis volume is based on the author's Ph.D.-thesis (see abstract here). Wilson analyses this very important motif that also is also of great importance for the overall interpretation of Revelation's ...

Farrer, Rebirth of Images

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Farrer, Austin. A Rebirth of Images: The Making of St. John’s Apocalypse. Westminster [London]: Dacre Press, 1949. Reprint. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1986. 348 pp. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2007. 350 pp.This classic volume, a very influential work, is now in print again!"In ...