Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review: Language for God in Patristic Tradition

Posted on February 15, 2016 by jacobcerone

Language for God in Patristic Tradition: Wrestling with Biblical Anthropomorphism. By Mark Sheridan. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015, 254 pp., $26.00 paper. Biblical characterizations of God are often theologically unworthy of him and are, at times, downright immoral. Not only … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Galatians and Christian Theology

Posted on December 9, 2014 by jacobcerone

Mark W. Elliott, Scott J. Hafemann, N.T. Wright, and John Frederick, eds. Galatians and Christian Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014, 400 pp.; Kindle edition $22.99. Amazon Kindle Version Here. Galatians and Christian Theology is the published volume of the plenary … Continue reading →

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Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek

Posted on January 6, 2014 by jacobcerone

Since there is a deluge of reviews of Constantine Campbell’s Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek in the biblioblogger world, just take a look at this list compiled by Koinonia, I will not post a full review of the book. Instead, I want … Continue reading →

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Unrealistic Resolution #1

Posted on December 26, 2013 by jacobcerone

My goal is to have all these books read and reviewed (or discussed on the blog) before the beginning of the new semester. Be on alert for a blaze of productivity . . . .

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Puzzling Portraits: A Review

Posted on December 15, 2013 by jacobcerone

While I was in Baltimore for this past year’s SBL/AAR conference, I met A.J. Culp at the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar dinner. A.J. is currently serving as the Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at a startup seminary, Yellowstone … Continue reading →

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Greenlee’s The Text of the New Testament: A Brief Review

Posted on November 5, 2013 by jacobcerone

So you want to learn about the field of New Testament textual criticism, but the task seems daunting. The vast number of manuscripts, the task of reconstructing the Word of God, and the subjective decisions that must be made on … Continue reading →

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Brad House’s Community: A Review

Posted on October 27, 2013 by jacobcerone

Below is a review of Brad House’s book Community that I wrote a few months back. I have also included a detailed outline of the book’s contents in case you are looking for more substance than my summary provides. Community: Taking Your … Continue reading →

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Biblical Greek Exegesis: A Graded Approach to Learning Intermediate and Advanced Greek: A Review

Posted on October 24, 2013 by jacobcerone

George H. Guthrie and J. Scott Duvall, Biblical Greek Exegesis, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998); 173p, $24.99. Sensing an inherent flaw in the traditional pedagogical approach to second year biblical Greek studies, Guthrie and Duvall seek to provide professors and students with … Continue reading →

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Neal Windham’s New Testament Greek for Preachers and Teachers: A Review

Posted on October 23, 2013 by jacobcerone

You have learned some basics about New Testament Greek either out of desire or compulsion (a degree requirement). Now what? How does the Greek student apply that knowledge to his lesson/sermon? Neal Windham’s New Testament Greek for Preachers and Teachers … Continue reading →

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Mounce’s A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek: A Review

Posted on October 17, 2013 by jacobcerone

Yesterday I reviewed Erickson’s A Beginners Guide to New Testament Exegesis. Ultimately, it should be our desire as able exegetes to analyze a text with all the tools of the exegetical method as highlight by Erickson. Some professors, however, might take … Continue reading →

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