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Jesus, the Prophet Like Moses?: A Look at Deut. 18:15-19 and the Matthean Jesus
An excerpt from a forthcoming study. The overarching theme in Matthew of Jesus as a type of “new Moses” has long been recognized by scholar and layperson alike, and its grip was tightened with the release of Dale C. Allison’s landmark volume The New Moses: A Matthean Typology.[1] Allison’s rather consolidating yet independently and equally…
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‘Matthew 1:1-16:20’ and ‘Matthew 16:21-28:20’ (2 vols.) by Warren Carter
Illuminations Commentary Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2025. The Gospel of Matthew, commonly and fittingly referred to as “The First Gospel”, has enjoyed a long and extensive history of scholarship, and subsequently a significant amount of monologues and commentaries have been committed to its interpretation, understanding, origins, transmission and the part it played in the…
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‘Born Again to a Living Hope: A Messianic Commentary on 1 Peter’ by David Wilber
Messianic Jewish Application Commentary Series (1 Peter). Clover, SC: Pronomian Publishing, 2025. Introducing what will certainly be a promising and exciting new commentary series, David Wilber’s recent publication Born Again to a Living Hope: A Messianic Jewish Commentary on 1 Peter (Pronomian Publishing, 2025) beautifully sets into motion a trajectory that I am deeply looking…
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‘The Open Sanctuary: Access to God and the Heavenly Temple in the New Testament’ by Nicholas J. Moore
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2024 One of the most glaringly neglected topics in NT research is that of the temple, and specifically with how the temple relates to Christology, soteriology, and ecclesiology (the study of Christ, salvation, and God’s people, respectively). That isn’t to say that there hasn’t been a significant amount of research…
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Why You’re Not Really “Doing Research”
In the wonderful, mystical world of the interwebs and social media you often hear claims to the effect of something like “Do your research” or “I did my research,” the imperatives and indicatives of claiming one has adequately studied whatever it is they are currently saying and, therefore, ought to be afforded a certain level…
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‘Did Jesus Really Say He Was God?: Making Sense of His Historical Claims’ by Mikel Del Rosario
Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2025. The historicity of Jesus and reliability of the Scriptures are problems which most Christians face and often find themselves ill- or underprepared to mount a defense for. While in the academic world such topics are entreated at length, and amongst themselves scholars dialogue over these and related topics, the…
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‘Understanding Biblical Law: Skills for Thinking With and Through Torah,’ by Dru Johnson
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2025. There have been some exciting new publications this year (and next year) on the Law of Moses, both in its original reception (in the OT) and in its first-century reception (in the NT). Additionally, the past decade has witnessed this in many ways, with research and publications ever increasing…
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‘Why a ‘New Testament’?: Covenant as an Impetus for New Scripture in Early Christianity’ by Levi S. Baker
Texts and Editions for New Testament Study (TENT) 19. Leiden: Brill, 2025. The topics of canon, covenant, and scripture have enjoyed significant scholarly works in the many centuries since their “creation”, and the academic world finds another wonderful and unique contribution in Levi S. Baker’s new title Why a ‘New Testament’? published through Brill (2025)….






