The Deep Humanity of Jewish Law
Zalman Rothschild on Moshe Halbertal Jewish law considers the topic of doubt worthy of occupying an entire category of law unto itself, and
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Scriptural Texts
People of The Books: Qur’an and The Bible
Stephen Burge on Gabriel Reynolds Gabriel Reynolds’ The Qur’an and the Bible: Text and Commentary, is a handsomely produced volume, and an intriguing
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Systematic Theology and Biblical Criticism
Brad East on Ephraim Radner’s Time and the Word Should the Bible be read like any other book? Such a question was not asked
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A New Synoptic Gospel? – by Sarah E. Rollens
Sarah E. Rollens on James Barker’s John’s Use of Matthew For someone outside the field, New Testament scholarship can occasionally appear to be
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Feeling Sorry the Wrong Way – by Anthony Bash
Anthony Bash on David Lambert’s How Repentance Became Biblical In some ways, regret, repentance, and remorse are popular emotions in the modern world.
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Grace and Transformation – By Susan Eastman
Susan Eastman on John Barclay’s Paul and the Gift In a remarkable movie called “The Fisher King” (1991), Robin Williams plays a homeless
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Theorizing the Qurʾanic Miracle – By Bruce Fudge
Bruce Fudge on al-Khaṭṭābī, al-Rummānī, and ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī, Three Treatises on the Iʿjāz of the Qurʾān The first time I attempted to
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Making the Qurʾan Turkish: Translation and Power in the Ottoman Empire – By Micah Hughes
Micah Hughes on M. Brett Wilson’s Translating the Qurʾan in an Age of Nationalism What could be more unassuming and unexceptional than translation?
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New Light from an Old Source: Cyril and Scripture – By Michael Cameron
Michael Cameron on Matthew Crawford’s Cyril of Alexandria’s Trinitarian Theology of Scripture It might be hard for outside observers to tell, but for
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The Devil – Writ Large and in the Details – By Adam Kotsko
Adam Kotsko on Almond’s The Devil and Korpel and de Moor’s Adam, Eve, and the Devil At first glance, these two studies of
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