Author Archives: jacobcerone

After I dislocated my ankle skateboarding last year, I had a little extra time on my hands and started composing biblical studies editing tips in the form of Facebook posts. Many commented on these posts and asked me to collect … Continue reading →

I’m excited that my newest publication The Letter of the Roman Church to the Corinthian Church from the Era of Domitian: 1 Clement has now been released. It is a translation of Harnack’s famous little booklet on 1 Clement, as … Continue reading →

Over the past year, I have been working on a volume for Eerdmans with my good friend Matt Fisher. And I am excited to announce that it has been completed, submitted, and officially given a title: Daily Scriptures: 365 Readings … Continue reading →

Over the past two years, I have been working on translating about half of Prof. Jörg Frey’s essays on Qumran, Judaism, and New Testament Interpretation. I’m excited to say that that work has now culminated in the publication of Prof. … Continue reading →

I’m excited to be able to say that Shawn Wilhite and my Apostolic Fathers Greek Reader: Complete Edition is now available for pre-order. It’s available in paperback and hardback formats, and contains all five volumes in one. If you have the previous 4 volumes … Continue reading →

I’m excited to announce that volume 3 of the Apostolic Fathers Greek Reader series has been released. This volume includes Polycarp, Papias, and Diognetus. Here’s a description of the book by the publisher: The Apostolic Fathers Greek Readers series assists … Continue reading →

Are there significant differences between the first edition of the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology edited by Colin Brown and the revision by Moisés Silva? In doing some preliminary study of δεσπότης, I’ve pulled up various theological dictionaries and … Continue reading →

I found Deissmann’s comments in Light from the Ancient East concerning the differences between and epistle and a letter to be very insightful. This quote is taken within the context of a discussion of the non-literary papyri that contains a host … Continue reading →

Lately, I have been translating a lot of German. I have a number of tools that I use when trying to understand tricky passages or unfamiliar vocabulary. You might think that discovering the meaning of a German word used within … Continue reading →