The Logos Bible Software “Free book of the Month” is really a Journal. For the month of January, you can add the first issue of the Bulletin for Biblical Research, published by the Institute for Biblical Research in 1991. According to the then editor of the journal Bruce Chilton, “the Institute for Biblical Research has launched the Bulletin for Biblical Research as an instrument for understanding the religious senses of scripture. The aim is to publish articles which are both fully critical and generally accessible to the scholarly community.”
The articles include in this issue are:
- Robert L. Hubbard, “The Go’el in Ancient Israel: Theological Reflections on an Israelite Institution”
- Richard S. Hess, “Lamech in the Genealogies of Genesis”
- Ellen F. Davis, “Self-Consciousness and Conversation: Reading Genesis 22”
- H. G. M. Williamson, “Ezra and Nehemiah in the Light of the Texts from Persepolis”
- Jacob Neusner, “Uncleanness: A Moral or an Ontological Category in the Early Centuries A.D.?”
- Marianne Meye Thompson, “Signs and Faith in the Fourth Gospel”
- Darrell L. Bock, “The Son of Man in Luke 5:24”
- E. Earle Ellis, “‘The End of the Earth’ (Acts 1:8)”
The are all substantial articles from recognized scholars. Be sure to add this volume to your Logos library. In fact, if you are interested in serious biblical research, you should consider adding all twenty-four BBR volumes!
For only $1.99, you can purchase Colin J. Hemer, The Book of Acts in the Setting of Hellenistic History. This book was originally published in 1989 in the WUNT series, this electronic version is the third printing from Eisenbrauns (2008). The book retails for $40 and is well worth that price, let alone the mere $2 for the Logos version in January.
The contents include:
- Chapter 1: Acts and Historicity
- Chapter 2, Preliminary Questions including the Unity and Genre of Luke-Acts, The Meaning of Historicity
- Chapter 3: Ancient Historiography, inclduing a section on Luke and Josephus
- Chapter 4: Types of Knowledge Displayed in Acts
- Chapter 5: Evidence from Historical Details in Acts
- Chapter 6: Acts and Epistles, including the ‘Theological Disparity’ between Paul and Luke
- Chapter 7: Galatia and the Galatians
- Chapter 8: The Authorship and Sources of Acts
- Chapter 9: The Date of Acts
- Appendix 1: Speeches and Miracles in Acts
- Appendix 2: The ‘God-fearers’
Thanks to Eisenbrauns and Logos for making these resources available. Be sure to get the books before January 31, 2017!
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