Useful Books on Writing

William Strunk Jr. The Elements of Style
William Zinsser. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Joseph M. Williams. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace
Anthony Weston. A Rulebook for Arguments
Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research

Source: Andy Naselli

RBL REVIEWS

The Review of Biblical Literature is a publication of the Society of Biblical Literature (http://www.sbl-site.org).
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The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):
NOTE: The 31 August 2009 RBL newsletter contained an error, for which we apologize. The review of James M. Robinson, Jesus: According [...]

RBL Reviews

The Review of Biblical Literature is a publication of the Society of Biblical Literature (http://www.sbl-site.org).
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The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):
Margaret Barker
Temple Themes in Christian Worship
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6478
Reviewed by Albert Hogeterp
John Carroll
The Existential Jesus
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7052
Reviewed by Stephan Joubert
Hemchand Gossai
Barrenness and Blessing: Abraham, Sarah, and the [...]

RBL Reviews

The Review of Biblical Literature is a publication of the Society of Biblical Literature (http://www.sbl-site.org).
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The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):
Richard Bauckham, Daniel Driver, Trevor Hart, and Nathan MacDonald, eds.
A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in Its Ancient Contexts
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7111
Reviewed by [...]

Promising Titles From IVP

Yesterday I received the InterVarsity Press winter catalog, announcing its new titles for the year 2010. The first thing that captured my attention is the cover. It is beautifully designed. Second, is the forthcoming books which most will come out in November this year.The following books will be ready for the  ETS and SBL November conferences [...]

Crucial Books in Johannine Studies by Gary Burge

 

Over at Koinonia Blog, NT scholar and Johannine specialist, Gary Burge lists some important works on the fourth Gospel. It is worth consulting. Anybody who reads this blog regularly knows John is my favorite Gospel (Resources on the Gospel of John), next is the Gospel of Matthew. I own some  50 scholarly works on John including [...]

Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter

The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):
Richard Bauckham
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5650
Reviewed by Stephen J. Patterson
Michaela Bauks and Christophe Nihan, eds.
Manuel d’exégèse de l’Ancien Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7037
Reviewed by Uwe Becker
Per Jarle Bekken
The Word Is Near You: A Study of Deuteronomy [...]

Dove Booksellers’ Recent Markdowns In New Testament

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Recent Markdowns in New Testament

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Fatherless in Galilee: Jesus as Child of God
(Trinity Press International, 2001)
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Two-source Hypothesis: A Critical Appraisal
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Review of Biblical Literature Newsletter

The Review of Biblical Literature is a publication of the Society of Biblical Literature (http://www.sbl-site.org).
The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):
Stephen C. Barton, ed.
Idolatry: False Worship in the Bible, Early Judaism and Christianity
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6399
Reviewed by Markus Bockmuehl
Andrew Bernhard
Other Early Christian Gospels: A Critical [...]

On Reading and Writing , Readers and Taste

“Since writing is justly denominated an art, reading may surely claim the same distinction. To adorn ideas with elegance is an act of the mind superior to that of receiving them, and is the province of geniuis; but to receive them with a happy discrimination is a task not less useful, and can only be [...]