[First posted in AWOL 1 November 2009. Updated 29 September 2018]
Bulletin for Biblical Research (BBR)
ISSN: 1065-223X
ISSN: 1065-223X
For over 30 years, the Institute for Biblical Research has offered to evangelical biblical scholars and Ph.D. students a venue for creative, reflective and serious biblical scholarship. One might not have suspected such an auspicious outcome back in 1970, when a few biblical scholars gathered for lunch during the SBL meeting in New York. The meeting was called by E. Earle Ellis, the founding visionary behind IBR. He dreamed of a North American based residential reference library (non-lending) similar to that of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical Research, Tyndale House Library, Cambridge, England. For the following three years, a small group calling themselves the Tyndale Committee discussed the viability of creating a residential library. In the end, they were persuaded that the library vision required a societal matrix to realize its goal, and thus in 1973 was birthed the Institute for Biblical Research......Publications were a primary concern for IBR. In 1989 it launched the Bulletin for Biblical Research (BBR) under the editorship of Bruce Chilton, published by Eisenbrauns. The first journal was published in 1991. In 1994, Craig Evans continued as editor and advanced BBR to a bi-annual journal. In 2005, Richard S. Hess took over editorial responsibilities, significantly enlarging the journal. The BBR Supplement Series began in 2007 with the appearance of its first monograph.
Despite there being no landing page, the following volumes are accessible:
BBR Volume 24 (2014)
BBR 24:1
- The Abishag Episode: Reexamining The Role Of Virility In 1 Kings 1:1-4 In Light Of The Kirta Epic And The Sumerian Tale “The Old Man And The Young Woman”
Russell L. Meek- “The Law And The Prophets” In MT Daniel 9:3-19
Ron Haydon- God By Any Other Name: Polyonymy In Greco-Roman Antiquity And Early Christianity
N. Clayton Croy- Perspectives On Paul The Sinner
Patrick Gray- An Exegetical And Biblical Theological Evaluation Of N. T. Wright’s “ How God Became King”
Robert H. GundryBBR 24:2
- Theological Patterning In Jeremiah: A Vital Word Through An Ancient Book
Andrew T. Abernethy- Does The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) Have Canonical Authority? An Interconfessional Approach
Armin D. Baum- Eutychus In Acts And In The Church: The Narrative Significance Of Acts 20:6-12
Julie A. Glavic- The Expectation Of Grace: Paul On Benefaction And The Corinthians’ Ingratitude (2 Corinthians 6:1)
B. J. Oropeza- Echoes Of Sodom And Gomorrah On The Day Of The Lord: Intertextuality And Tradition In 2 Peter 3:7-13
Ryan P. JuzaBBR 24:3
- Environmental Law: Wisdom From The Ancients
Sandra Richter- Why The Danielic “Son Of Man” Is A Divine Being
Markus Zehnder- Nahum’s Representation Of And Response To Neo-Assyria: Imperialism As A Multifaceted Point Of Contact In Nahum
Daniel C. Timmer- “So Was This People”: Translating Haggai 2:14 In The Past Tense
Gregory Goswell- Magical Expectations And The Two-Stage Healing Of Mark 8
Karelynne Gerber AyayoBBR 24:4
- An Ontological Definition Of “Canon”?
John C. Poirier- The Heart Of YHWH And His Chosen One In 1 Samuel 13:14
Jason S. Derouchie- Like A Fish And Shrimp Out Of Water: Identifying The Dāg And Remeś Animals Of Habakkuk 1:14
Richard Whitekettle- Salvation By Faith Or By Faithfulness In The Book Of Habakkuk?
E. Ray Clendenen- Romans 1 And Homosexuality: A Critical Review Of James Brownson’s “Bible, Gender, Sexuality”
Preston M. SprinkleBBR Volume 23 (2013)
BBR 23:1
- Exodus 34:29-35 And Moses’ Shining Face
Joshua M. Philpot- The Metaphoric Use Of Slave Terms In The Hebrew Bible
Edward J. Bridge- Joshua And Kingship
Gregory Goswell- A Farewell To Arms: Goliath’s Death As Rhetoric Against Faith In Arms
Gregory T. K. Wong- The Human Ideal, The Problem Of Evil, And Moral Responsibility In 4 Maccabees
David A. deSilvaBBR 23:2
- The Ethics Of Inclusion: The גר And The אזרח In The Passover To YHWH
Joseph Ryan Kelly- Rest For The Animals? Nonhuman Sabbath Repose In Pentateuchal Law
A. Rahel Schafer- Desiring God: The Blood Of The Covenant In Exodus 24
Amy L. B. Peeler- A Passionate Prophet: Reading Emotions In The Book Of Malachi
E. Ray Clendenen- Reconsidering The Authorship Of Colossians
Maria A. PascuzziBBR 23:3
- The Semantics Of יצא In Exodus 21:22: Reassessing The Variables That Determine Meaning
John Makujina- Reassessing The Origins Of Deuteronomic Prophecy: Early Moses Traditions In Deuteronomy 18:15-22
J. D. Atkins- The Abused Present
David L. Mathewson- Chrysostom And Epiphanius: Long Hair Prohibited As Covering In 1 Corinthians 11:4, 7
A. Philip Brown II- Persecution And The Purpose Of Revelation With Reference To Roman Jurisprudence
Alan S. BandyBBR 23:4
- Current Trends In Old Testament Textual Criticism
Paul D. Wegner- The “Missio Dei” As An Integrative Motif In The Book Of Jeremiah
Jerry Hwang- From Slaves Of Sin To Slaves Of God: Reconsidering The Origin Of Paul’s Slavery Metaphor In Romans 6
John K. Goodrich- Meals In Pagan Temples And Apostolic Finances How Effective Is Paul’s Argument In 1 Corinthians 9:1-23 In The Context Of 1 Corinthians 8-10?
Joel R. White- Authority And Motivation In The Apocalypse Of John
Alexander E. Stewart
BBR Volume 22 (2012)
BBR 22:1BBR 22:2
- The Septuagint and Apostolic Hermeneutics: Amos 9 in Acts 15
W. Edward Glenny- Matthew and Psalms of Solomon’s Messianism: A Comparative Study in First-Century Messianology
Joel Willitts- Disagreement in the Greco-Roman Literary Tradition and the Implications for Gospel Research
Preston T. Massey- What “Mercies of God”? Oiktirmos in Romans 12:1 against Its Septuagintal Background
N. K. Gupta- Paul’s Imprisonment as the Glory of the Ethnē: A Discourse Analysis of Ephesians 3:1–13
Aaron SherwoodBBR 22:3
- Toward a Theory of the Poetry of the Hebrew Bible: The Poetry of the Psalms as a Test Case
Beat Weber- The Bible as Specimen, Talisman, and Dragoman in Africa: A Look at Some African Uses of the Psalms and 1 Corinthians 12–14
Grant LeMarquand- Paul and Sedition: Pauline Apologetic in Acts
Craig S. Keener- Rewriting Prophets in the Corinthian Correspondence: A Window on Paul’s Hermeneutic
J. David Stark- The Spiritual Powers of Ephesians 6:10–18 in the Light of African Pentecostal Spirituality
J. Ayodeji AdewuyaBBR 22:4
- Lexical Pragmatics and the Lexicon
Gene L. Green- “God So Near:” An Examination of the Ancient Near Eastern Setting for Deuteronomy 4:7 and קרבים
Daniel P. Bricker- The First Glimpse of Saul and His Subsequent Transformation
Ralph K. Hawkins- Scripture as a Spiritual Phenomenon: The Evidence of the 11Q Psalms Scroll Colophon
William Yarchin- The Great Commission as the Climax of Matthew’s Mountain Scenes
Trent Rogers- Did Jesus Connect Son of Man to Daniel 7? A Short Reflection on the Position of Larry Hurtado
Darrell L. Bock
- Sin and Atonement: Lessons from the Pentateuch
Jay Sklar- On the Meaning of זעקת מושל in Qohelet 9:17b
Aron Pinker- Ethical Rhetoric and Divine Power: Reflections on Matthew 10:17–20 (and Parallels)
Kenneth R. Chase- Interpreting Apocalyptic Symbolism in the Gospel of Matthew
Daniel M. Gurtner- Demonstrating Transgression by Building Up the Faith: Argumentation in Galatians 2:17–18
John W. Taylor
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