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Book Reviews

Old Testament

Ellen F. Davis
Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the BibleReviewed by Tim Barker

Ellen van Wolde
Reframing Biblical Studies: When Language and Text Meet CultureReviewed by Tarcizio F. Carvalho

David L. Baker
Tight Fists or Open Hands? Wealth and Poverty in the Old TestamentReviewed by Daniel Santos Jr.

New Testament

Gordon D. Fee
The First and Second Letters to the ThessaloniansReviewed by Anthony C. Brammall

Stefan Nordgaard Svendsen
Allegory Transformed: The Appropriation of Philonic Hermeneutics in the Letter to the HebrewsReviewed by Jared M. Compton

Peter T. O’Brien.
The Letter to the Hebrews. Pillar New Testament CommentaryReviewed by Jared M. Compton

Andreas J. Köstenberger and Terry L. Wilder, eds.
Entrusted with the Gospel: Paul’s Theology in the Pastoral EpistlesReviewed by Malcolm J. Gill

Craig A. Evans
Holman QuickSource Guide to the Dead Sea ScrollsReviewed by Daniel M. Gurtner

Seyoon Kim
Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and LukeReviewed by Justin K. Hardin

Te-Li Lau
The Politics of Peace: Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four BooksReviewed by Joshua W. Jipp

Matthew Sleeman
Geography and the Ascension Narrative in ActsReviewed by Joshua W. Jipp

James W. Thompson
HebrewsReviewed by Barry C. Joslin

Andreas J. Köstenberger
A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters: The Word, the Christ, the Son of GodReviewed by Colin G. Kruse

Osvaldo Padilla
The Speeches of Outsiders in Acts: Poetics, Theology and HistoriographyReviewed by Kenneth D. Litwak

Christopher A. Beetham
Echoes of Scripture in the Letter of Paul to the ColossiansReviewed by Jason C. Meyer

Mark D. Given, ed.
Paul Unbound: Other Perspectives on the ApostleReviewed by Jason C. Meyer

Anthony C. Thiselton
The Living Paul: An Introduction to the Apostle’s Life and ThoughtReviewed by Jason C. Meyer

Jonathan T. Pennington
Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of MatthewReviewed by Scott Newman

Joel B. Green, ed.
Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. 2nd ed.Reviewed by Dane Ortlund

R. C. Sproul
JohnReviewed by Eric C. Redmond

David L. Baker
Two Testaments, One Bible: The Theological Relationship between the Old and New Testaments. 3rd ed.Reviewed by Peter Sanlon

Matthew C. Hoskinson
Assurance of Salvation: Implications of a New Testament Theology of HopeReviewed by Thomas R. Schreiner

Douglas Atchison Campbell
The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading ofReviewed by Mark A. Seifrid

Michael F. Bird and Preston M. Sprinkle, eds.
The Faith of Jesus Christ: Exegetical, Biblical, and Theological Studies: The Pistis Christou DebateReviewed by Moisés Silva

Eckhard J. Schnabel
Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and MethodsReviewed by Brian J. Tabb

Michael J. Gorman
Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers. Rev. and expanded ed.Reviewed by Alistair I. Wilson

Lynn H. Cohick
Women in the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating AncientReviewed by Robert W. Yarbrough

History and Historical Theology

Gerald R. McDermott
The Great Theologians: A Brief GuideReviewed by Peter Beck

Owen Strachan and Douglas A. Sweeney
The Essential Edwards Collection. 5 volsReviewed by Peter Beck

Randall Balmer
The Making of Evangelicalism: From Revivalism to Politics and BeyondReviewed by Nathan A. Finn

Eugene TeSelle
AugustineReviewed by Lee Gatiss

Douglas A. Sweeney
Jonathan Edwards and the Ministry of the WordReviewed by Matthew S. Harmon

Soong-Chan Rah
The Next Evangelicalism: Releasing the Church from Western Cultural CaptivityReviewed by J. Ryan West

Systematic Theology and Bioethics

Michael Sudduth
The Reformed Objection to Natural TheologyReviewed by James N. Anderson

Ligon Duncan, ed.
The Westminster Confession into the 21st Century: Essays in Remembrance of the 350th Anniversary of the Westminster Assembly. 3 vols.Reviewed by Matthew Barrett

Timothy Ward
Words of Life: Scripture as the Living and Active Word of GodReviewed by Andrew Curry

Peter J. Thuesen
Predestination: The American Career of a Contentious DoctrineReviewed by Paul Kjoss Helseth

Michael Northcott and R. J. Berry, eds.
Theology after DarwinReviewed by Douglas F. Kelly

Robert Wuthnow
After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American ReligionReviewed by Henry H. Kim

Maarten Wise, Marcel Sarot, and Willemien Otten
Scholasticism Reformed: Essays in Honor of Willem J. van AsseltReviewed by Martin I.

Klauber Miroslav Volf, Ghazi bin Muhammad, and Melissa Yarrington, eds
A Common Word: Muslims and Christians on Loving God and NeighborReviewed by Chawkat Moucarry

William M. Struthers
Wired for Intimacy. How Pornography Hijacks the Male BrainReviewed by Franklin E. Payne

Thomas J. Marinello and H. H. Drake Williams III, eds.
My Brother’s Keeper: Essays in Honor of Ellis R. BrotzmanReviewed by Nicholas G. Piotrowski

Oliver O’Donovan
The Word in Small Boats: Sermons from OxfordReviewed by Greg R. Scharf

Stephen Fowl
Theological Interpretation of ScriptureReviewed by Ched Spellman

Michael Ruse
Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of ScienceReviewed by Charles Taliaferro

Mark E. Powell
Papal Infallibility: A Protestant Evaluation of an Ecumenical IssueReviewed by Jeffrey C. Waddington

Ron Highfield
Great Is the Lord: Theology for the Praise of GodReviewed by David H. Wenkel

Ethics and Pastoralia

Chris Castaldo
Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former CatholicReviewed by Tim Augustyn

Edward T. Welch
Running Scared: Fear, Worry and the God of Rest and When I Am Afraid: A Step-By-Step Guide Away from Fear and AnxietyReviewed by Tim Chester

John Howard Yoder
Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and RevolutionReviewed by Guido de Graaff

Tim Chester
Captured by a Better Vision: Living Porn-Free [American title: Closing the Window: Steps to Living Porn Free]Reviewed by Mark Meynell

Zondervan Bible Reference Bundle. 87 vols.Reviewed by Andrew David Naselli

Jonathan Leeman
The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Reintroducing the Doctrines of Church Membership and DisciplineReviewed by Thomas R. Schreiner

Don Kistler, ed.
Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for PreachingReviewed by K. Erik Thoennes

Dave Kraft
Leaders Who LastReviewed by Stephen Witmer

Missions and Culture

Timothy C. Tennent
Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the Twenty-First CenturyReviewed by J. Scott Horrell

Paul G. Hiebert
The Gospel in Human Contexts: Anthropological Explorations forReviewed by Kevin Paul Oberlin

David K. Naugle
Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of HappinessReviewed by Ted Newell